Was in the mood for a quickie when I got home today.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
"A Taste For Trolls"
Last weekend, my friend Kurt Papstein and I both did demos at a local workshop. I demoed a Space Troll and he demoed a Space Turkey. What a life! This weekend, I had a bunch of Blizzard/Carbine friends over for a marathon comic jam where we were each to produce a 3 page comic. My story revolved around the two warring factions from last week's workshop. I wasn't able to complete it in the allotted time frame, but will share anyway. It'll be a while before I have my comic shtick down, but...baby steps!
turtle toaster, ogre-lord, pumpkins, corrupted angels...
...all fairly par-for-the-course on my sketch pages!
Thanks to the mighty Cory Loftis, who inspired Turtle Toaster.
Thanks to the mighty Cory Loftis, who inspired Turtle Toaster.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Gold Pt. 1
At Blizzard, you have to paint a lot of gold. Fortunately there's a guy in Cinematics named Mathias Verhasselt (a.k.a."the computer") who can render the shit out of gold. And pretty much everything else.
This was my first attempt, under his stern tutelage.
Get this : gold apparently doesn't cast a shadow on itself. Mathias saw that I drew one [left] and said, flatly, "No, no, no. Get rid of that." Rather, gold starts out resembling a muted chrome and the yellowy-orangey warmth comes from highlights, ambient occlusion, and areas reflecting itself! As someone who's only thought about shadows up to this point, the idea of painting reflective anything boggles the mind. I guess this is what bounced light is, but still...
I'm going to keep trying, but it'll be a while before I can catch up to the computer!
This was my first attempt, under his stern tutelage.
Get this : gold apparently doesn't cast a shadow on itself. Mathias saw that I drew one [left] and said, flatly, "No, no, no. Get rid of that." Rather, gold starts out resembling a muted chrome and the yellowy-orangey warmth comes from highlights, ambient occlusion, and areas reflecting itself! As someone who's only thought about shadows up to this point, the idea of painting reflective anything boggles the mind. I guess this is what bounced light is, but still...
I'm going to keep trying, but it'll be a while before I can catch up to the computer!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
матрешка
They say the best gifts are hand-made. Today I was gifted with this, a Russian nesting doll (matreshka*) remix of my Blasphemous characters.
That's Hailey on one side and Holly on the other. These photos don't do the piece justice on a textural level -- there's glitter glazed into the hair and a reflective sheen to the skin. And the craftiest detail of all is that the pair are seamlessly woven together in much the same way I visualize them : inseparable.
A little about the artist, an unexpected treasure in-and-of herself : Victoria Yurkovets hails from Moscow, where she's most famous for her involvement in the Russian gaming community. She's hosted numerous reviews and interviews as "Kiguri", an alias that can be traced back to her Deviant Art account. It was through these things -- gaming and illustration -- that I came to know (and eventually meet) Vika. She's heavily into metal, cosplay, anime and, more recently, nail art. She speaks English and Japanese. Her pets include arachnids, reptiles and mammals. She hisses at children.
photo by Alex Klimov
I could go on, but one of the things I find most captivating about Victoria is the recurring cast of characters she draws. They all have names and histories -- lives that take place both on and off the page. She refers to them as one would refer to close friends or family members. They're part of her. In her way, she encouraged me to start doing the same with my characters -- to become more familiar with them, cherish them, give them personalities. Destinies.
And so, to the giver of this torrid, twisted and telltale gift -- to the giver of many possible destinies -- I say "Thank you, my one, my only Ki." If my artist self has ever had a muse, it's you.
.................................I love you SO MUCH.
*I should mention, too, that Kiguri does these matreshkas on a limited commission basis. You can contact her for rates...AT YOUR OWN RISK!
That's Hailey on one side and Holly on the other. These photos don't do the piece justice on a textural level -- there's glitter glazed into the hair and a reflective sheen to the skin. And the craftiest detail of all is that the pair are seamlessly woven together in much the same way I visualize them : inseparable.
A little about the artist, an unexpected treasure in-and-of herself : Victoria Yurkovets hails from Moscow, where she's most famous for her involvement in the Russian gaming community. She's hosted numerous reviews and interviews as "Kiguri", an alias that can be traced back to her Deviant Art account. It was through these things -- gaming and illustration -- that I came to know (and eventually meet) Vika. She's heavily into metal, cosplay, anime and, more recently, nail art. She speaks English and Japanese. Her pets include arachnids, reptiles and mammals. She hisses at children.
photo by Alex Klimov
I could go on, but one of the things I find most captivating about Victoria is the recurring cast of characters she draws. They all have names and histories -- lives that take place both on and off the page. She refers to them as one would refer to close friends or family members. They're part of her. In her way, she encouraged me to start doing the same with my characters -- to become more familiar with them, cherish them, give them personalities. Destinies.
And so, to the giver of this torrid, twisted and telltale gift -- to the giver of many possible destinies -- I say "Thank you, my one, my only Ki." If my artist self has ever had a muse, it's you.
.................................I love you SO MUCH.
*I should mention, too, that Kiguri does these matreshkas on a limited commission basis. You can contact her for rates...AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
low-res
Dinking around in Photoshop today on a single monitor, wacom tablet setup. My laptop isn't very powerful, so I kept the file teeny tiny, but you can totally concept at 72 dpi if you don't care about printing stuff...which I don't.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
lifedrawing log - 08.27.11/08.28.11
I've noticed I tend to draw a lot of squinty, "neutral" expressions on people. *tsk*
You can tell how NOT INTO drawing shaved, naked men I was, and how the following was a welcome switch...
You can tell how NOT INTO drawing shaved, naked men I was, and how the following was a welcome switch...
I'm not enabling comments for a while, as I've been getting ruthlessly spam-botted and don't care to do maintenance. I blame The Internet.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Gino's color bitch
My coworker/coffee pal Gino Whitehall drew a viking and challenged his Facebook friends to color it. I accepted!
The original...
The original...
...and it occurs to me now that the dangly, wiggly thing hanging from his groin is probably a knife, and should have been painted metallic. Oops!
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