I realised while inking the pages of Fathoms of the Sky (which is going rather well) that my main character spends all twenty-four pages looking either confused, scared or really pissed off - so here's a picture of her looking happy.
The map of a wild imagination - in sketches, WIPs and rambles
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Fathoms
I realised while inking the pages of Fathoms of the Sky (which is going rather well) that my main character spends all twenty-four pages looking either confused, scared or really pissed off - so here's a picture of her looking happy.
Friday, 14 January 2011
Comic WIPS
Here's a work-in-progress image of one of the pages I'm currently working on:
Last panel is obviously unfinished, and there's some details missing in the other panels (as well as some digital editing needed in the first panel; I'm not entirely happy with the cross-hatching).
Brush-pens are fun.
Last panel is obviously unfinished, and there's some details missing in the other panels (as well as some digital editing needed in the first panel; I'm not entirely happy with the cross-hatching).
Brush-pens are fun.
Monday, 27 December 2010
Sketch-dumpery
So. Yeah. Stuff I've done lately.
Ink-tests for my comic for the parts that take place under water. A bit scribbly and half-assed, but I'm sort of getting to where I want to be with them.
Also, lighthouse-girl - who still needs a name. I think I'll have to consult my atlas to hunt for appropriately sea-worthy names.
And last but not least - Ichinose, looking typically grouchy. It's his ground state of being.
Ink-tests for my comic for the parts that take place under water. A bit scribbly and half-assed, but I'm sort of getting to where I want to be with them.
Also, lighthouse-girl - who still needs a name. I think I'll have to consult my atlas to hunt for appropriately sea-worthy names.
And last but not least - Ichinose, looking typically grouchy. It's his ground state of being.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Currently working on....
This:
There will be a character in there as well, and a lot more stuff on shelves and floors and whatnot - and it will obviously be in colour.
I need to practise perspective and backgrounds in general (as in, actually having them, because I tend to be terribly lazy), so I thought this might be a good start
There will be a character in there as well, and a lot more stuff on shelves and floors and whatnot - and it will obviously be in colour.
I need to practise perspective and backgrounds in general (as in, actually having them, because I tend to be terribly lazy), so I thought this might be a good start
Monday, 20 September 2010
Projects and paintings galore
I have too much creativity for my own good. However, all things need to have a modicum of thought behind them, so before I paint things - at least before I paint traditional things - I have to plan them a little. Acrylics do not come equipped with an undo-button.
Sketches and ideas for paintings (which will look very little like these sketches):
Barn owls are my favourite owl. I mean, that face...
Those things on the left are halfhearted sketches of the layout of the painting.
Sketches and ideas for paintings (which will look very little like these sketches):
Barn owls are my favourite owl. I mean, that face...
Those things on the left are halfhearted sketches of the layout of the painting.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Watercolour process
Erm, hi. >.> Let's just skip the whole "Sorry I've been gone" thing, because we all know I'll pull that stunt enough times for you to be tired of it. I'm here, there's a new entry, there's pictures. Let's rejoice, or something.
Painting a portrait in watercolour:
(Step by step process, as done by an acute amateur:)
Set-up:
This is what I use to paint; an assortment of watercolours, mostly Van Gogh, Derwent watercolour pencils for sketching and lines, markers for the colours I don't have, some paper to wipe my brushes on, and the cheapest possible synthetic brushes you can find.
Step 1:
I sketch out the picture with Derwent watercolour pencil - Prussian Blue this time, because the painting is going to be mainly blue. I try to sketch lightly, but since the pencil is water-soluble anyway, it doesn't really matter much.
Step 2:
Using pretty much only water, I paint over the lines, using the smudging pencil to mark out where my shadows will be; if need be, I add a bit more blue. I paint the shadows in blue because, again, the picture is going to be mainly blue. I keep the shadows light; it's just a sort of underpainting for me to know where they go.
Step 3:
I add the skin tone and the base red tone for his clothes - lightly, because I might change my mind, and because it's better to start too light than too dark with watercolours. I also fill in his eyes a bit.
Step 4:
Darker shades on the clothes, and another layer of skintone to build it up (I am trying to make sure that the colours show up when I scan, but that, alas, is a lost cause; my scanner snacks on watercolours) - then a bit darker blues in the background to make the character stand out.
Step 5:
New verse same as the first; more layers of colour, layers of blue for the shadows, detailing with a tiny brush for the hair and the eyes, etc., etc., and this is what looks like when it's finished, before the scan - only not quite, because the lighting is crappy, and my camera is kinda out of focus.
Finished artwork can be found here - in all its scanner-mauled glory.
Painting a portrait in watercolour:
(Step by step process, as done by an acute amateur:)
Set-up:
This is what I use to paint; an assortment of watercolours, mostly Van Gogh, Derwent watercolour pencils for sketching and lines, markers for the colours I don't have, some paper to wipe my brushes on, and the cheapest possible synthetic brushes you can find.
Step 1:
I sketch out the picture with Derwent watercolour pencil - Prussian Blue this time, because the painting is going to be mainly blue. I try to sketch lightly, but since the pencil is water-soluble anyway, it doesn't really matter much.
Step 2:
Using pretty much only water, I paint over the lines, using the smudging pencil to mark out where my shadows will be; if need be, I add a bit more blue. I paint the shadows in blue because, again, the picture is going to be mainly blue. I keep the shadows light; it's just a sort of underpainting for me to know where they go.
Step 3:
I add the skin tone and the base red tone for his clothes - lightly, because I might change my mind, and because it's better to start too light than too dark with watercolours. I also fill in his eyes a bit.
Step 4:
Darker shades on the clothes, and another layer of skintone to build it up (I am trying to make sure that the colours show up when I scan, but that, alas, is a lost cause; my scanner snacks on watercolours) - then a bit darker blues in the background to make the character stand out.
Step 5:
New verse same as the first; more layers of colour, layers of blue for the shadows, detailing with a tiny brush for the hair and the eyes, etc., etc., and this is what looks like when it's finished, before the scan - only not quite, because the lighting is crappy, and my camera is kinda out of focus.
Finished artwork can be found here - in all its scanner-mauled glory.
Thursday, 8 July 2010
Long time no see!
Erm. Yeah. Long time between updates. Stuff happened.
But I'm still drawing stuff!
Like concept-sketches for a new short comic (ten pages). These were drawn without reference.
These, though, I did have reference for - which is a little silly, since they don't actually turn up in the ten pages I'm drawing. They turn up later, I think. At some point. In another, related story. We'll see. >.>
Oh, and have a mobster, too.
But I'm still drawing stuff!
Like concept-sketches for a new short comic (ten pages). These were drawn without reference.
These, though, I did have reference for - which is a little silly, since they don't actually turn up in the ten pages I'm drawing. They turn up later, I think. At some point. In another, related story. We'll see. >.>
Oh, and have a mobster, too.
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