I’m going to be doing a series of images with girls and bikes being the theme. Some of my biker friends asked why I never drew anything like that. There’s no reason and the subject intrigues me so I’ll give it a shot.
First though, I have to get over drawing faces. I figure it won’t be much longer…
I’m a terrible person to try to keep up with. A lot of things have happened to me recently and I was sidelined for a moment. Still, I only slowed down and my drawing was always at the forefront of my concerns.
Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been doing more”traditional” type work. For me, it’s a little easier to do; I still find myself concentrating somewhat to illustrate digitally. Oh well…
This image bothers me. It’s not that it’s inaccurate or incomplete. It took all of 10 minutes to realize what was wrong; I like her. When you draw someone you like, there’s a glow on them, but it’s only in your head. So it gets lost in the recreation. That’s why artists tend to repeatedly draw their muses to some extent; you can’t draw love, you can only feel it.
TaDaaaaa! I’m done with all my client based art, so onto the fun stuff! Just in time too, because I was beginning to feel a little exposed. On the plus side, my art got better, so no complaints.
My furnace broke down weeks ago and since I live in the mid Atlantic area, that’s a big deal. It hasn’t stopped me from pretending that I’m a starving artist at the turn of the 20th century, working on commission. Only you know, without the hassles of walking EVERYWHERE.
I have a couple of ideas for images that I jotted down when I was too busy with the work of others to do them. Looking forward to conquering the riddle of hair (hint:my digital skills need serious work). But hey, if all pork chops were perfect, we wouldn’t have hotdogs, right?
Ok, deep breath.
Hey guys! It’s going to be an awesome week for me. I took up the challenge of creating a color image with multiple themes. Since I haven’t done this before, I figured, “why not?”. Yes I’m a dumbass. Oh well…
The themes were a servant, night lights, reflection, perspective and a landscape. So the kid in me figured Silver Surfer on his board looking down on the nightside of earth, staring at our cities. Bam! Combo!
So far, I’d gotten most of the way when I was reminded (well, told) that I needed to finish the digital piece I’d started. Makes sense.
For an added bonus, the hand of Galactus!
After a little more work, it turned out pretty nice. Of course, the talent is the real arbiter of it’s value, but sense I almost never draw background stuff, I was pleasantly surprised. All this while listening to enough Evanescence to kill almost anyone. I worked harder at playing this weekend than my actual job!
Man, I miss work.
TaDaaaaa!
So, here I am on the Camden line train, headed home. Usually Friday night is my pool playing night, but since someone at Otakon broke into my vehicle, I have no pool cue.
Die screaming, thief.
So, as kind of a lark, this week has been about me doing traditional artwork with prisma colors. It’s not a bad way to remind myself of certain principles that are needed for digital work. For instance, making sure you have complimentary colors!
You also have to have and idea of what you’re creating. Believe me, I envy guys who can whip ideas out of thin air. But I need a little feeling out time with my images…
It looks less boring this way
Of course, I can tell that my sense of proportion suffered while I worked exclusively in the digital medium (band name, called it!) So breaking out the sketchbook or watercolors freshens up those tactile abilities. Don’t forget! As for me I have a mermaid to finish, so I’m turning up the Tommy Heavenly6!
I’m very happy to say that my love of creating digital art in no way diminishes my joy at doing traditional stuff. My poor sketchbook has no idea what hit it!
Almost forgot to ink the hands! I have a pen that works really well and I left it at work! Anyway, I hope you guys like my progress so far…
I’ll admit that I have a really low threshold for boredom. At least I’m open about it, but it’s been known to get me in trouble. Trouble like having someone walk into your engineering booth during a live production only to find me drawing the above image. Did I mention that the someone’s were my supervisor and the lady I was doing the program for? No?
Well, it was.
The show went off without a hitch.
Howly Time! 