DONE. It's a very large image, so be warned.
Also, here is a quick progress GIF that shows all the images I posted in sequence
7 years ago
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Pink Medusa
I wrote this song which is called Pink Medusa last year for my band; more or less it's about how lust and promiscuity look appetizing but are horrible monsters and can consume you in the end. I always had the idea for an image in my head but I've just now decided to begin it's fabrication. There are some nudsies, so click responsibly. Here is the initial sketch.
Update 1: Cleaned up the linework. Evidently this is what adonihs does before he starts painting, and he is a beast, so I'm going to give it a go. The lack of snakes is due to Photoshop pooping itself after I was close to finishing them...Once again, be prepared for a bit of nudity. BAM.
Update 2: Trying out some different color schemes and I think I've settled on this one; the background obviously isn't done so the color is just so I can better see what I'm working with. Snakes are back, but not very colored. I feel like the texture for the snakes is going to be mind numbingly frustrating, but we'll see if we can make it work. And yep, she's still nude. SHIMMY.
Update 3:Darkened some areas and started to block in some colors for the snakes. I'm thinking I definitely like doing precise lineart first, it helps a lot with detail, and soon I'll be making the lineart invisible and cleaning up just the colors. I kind of like the smoke blowing around her, but I might end up doing something a little more graphic 2D. SHWAMMY.
Update 4: I don't know why I didn't keep it to one post all along...Hid the lineart and cleaned up the color. Still putting off the snakes. Also, does anyone actually read this blog? BOOMP.
Break 1: Took a break from Ms. Medusa to play with the new tablets wrought from the hands of the gods and so graciously given to the Becker lab. These are also known as Cintiqs and are incredible. Quick sketch I did on one.
Update 5: Never again will I color a Medusa....at least not in the next ten years. These snakes are so irritating, and it doesn't help that I've never really drawn snakes before. I tried to do the hair as all one piece of color and make the different snakes by darkening areas...not so much, just didn't look contrasty enough. I've now separated each of the snakes into a different layer so I can manage each of the shadows individually, which is working a bit better. I'm working with 43 layers currently with a handful hidden for various uses.
Update 6: So close to being done! After this I just need to do a little edge cleaning, fix a couple light issues, and add a couple more textures. SHWORP.
Update 1: Cleaned up the linework. Evidently this is what adonihs does before he starts painting, and he is a beast, so I'm going to give it a go. The lack of snakes is due to Photoshop pooping itself after I was close to finishing them...Once again, be prepared for a bit of nudity. BAM.
Update 2: Trying out some different color schemes and I think I've settled on this one; the background obviously isn't done so the color is just so I can better see what I'm working with. Snakes are back, but not very colored. I feel like the texture for the snakes is going to be mind numbingly frustrating, but we'll see if we can make it work. And yep, she's still nude. SHIMMY.
Update 3:Darkened some areas and started to block in some colors for the snakes. I'm thinking I definitely like doing precise lineart first, it helps a lot with detail, and soon I'll be making the lineart invisible and cleaning up just the colors. I kind of like the smoke blowing around her, but I might end up doing something a little more graphic 2D. SHWAMMY.
Update 4: I don't know why I didn't keep it to one post all along...Hid the lineart and cleaned up the color. Still putting off the snakes. Also, does anyone actually read this blog? BOOMP.
Break 1: Took a break from Ms. Medusa to play with the new tablets wrought from the hands of the gods and so graciously given to the Becker lab. These are also known as Cintiqs and are incredible. Quick sketch I did on one.
Update 5: Never again will I color a Medusa....at least not in the next ten years. These snakes are so irritating, and it doesn't help that I've never really drawn snakes before. I tried to do the hair as all one piece of color and make the different snakes by darkening areas...not so much, just didn't look contrasty enough. I've now separated each of the snakes into a different layer so I can manage each of the shadows individually, which is working a bit better. I'm working with 43 layers currently with a handful hidden for various uses.
Update 6: So close to being done! After this I just need to do a little edge cleaning, fix a couple light issues, and add a couple more textures. SHWORP.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
RIGGED
Finally I got my main character rigged! Still needs a bit of weighting but for now I'm pretty happy to see him move...scratch that, I'm absolutely ecstatic to see him move. The last one made me giggle uncontrollably because it's so dang hot.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
More Sketchage
Decided to get some manly men on.
OH, I had a epiphany while sketching this that may help some of you drawing with a tablet.
It's so very simple, haha, stupidly simple, but it seemed to make the experience much more natural feeling. So there I was, warming up and drawing ellipses, and I was trying to figure out why I couldn't do it as well as I could with physical pen and paper. AND THEN.
I propped up my tablet so it was at about 45 degrees and boom, better ellipses.
I know, stupid simple right?
I think it's because my brain doesn't have to calculate the angle of the screen against the angle of the tablet as much...or something.
OH, I had a epiphany while sketching this that may help some of you drawing with a tablet.
It's so very simple, haha, stupidly simple, but it seemed to make the experience much more natural feeling. So there I was, warming up and drawing ellipses, and I was trying to figure out why I couldn't do it as well as I could with physical pen and paper. AND THEN.
I propped up my tablet so it was at about 45 degrees and boom, better ellipses.
I know, stupid simple right?
I think it's because my brain doesn't have to calculate the angle of the screen against the angle of the tablet as much...or something.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Womanly Sketches
I'm going to start trying to do more practice with my tablet; more or less I've only produced finished pieces with it and I still don't feel like I'm not as comfortable with it as I am with actual physical media. SO, I've decided to loosen up. How scandelous. I'm also digging bizarre color schemes lately.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Chapel Studies
Here's some body studies I did in chapel. I listen, promise I do, I focus better when I draw. The last one is from the 509, and I know it doesn't look that much like Heath but I gave it a shot; it's really difficult to make a likeness while drawing a moving subject...
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