I alway enjoy looking at favorite artist's work process. It's been a while since I posted one. Since I'm in the middle of experimenting with my Photoshop skills, I thought this would be a good time to do so again.
Below is a recent sketch of mine, that I'm currently in the middle of coloring...
I've long admired picture book illustrators whose style has a soft almost painterly look. Being primarily a vector artist, which I also love, I haven't really developed that soft look that I really admire. This is the year that I decided to really develop that look more. I doubt that I'll switch over to that look permanently, especially since it will take a while for me to develop it to the point that I'm happy with it.
Here's step two... I'm not even sure if I'm staying with these colors. I'm just trying to fill in blocks of color and try to see what I like and what I don't. Two big key changes to the way I'm working with this are, 1) use textures when I paint, and 2) painting on a "multiply" layer. The concepts aren't new to me, I've just never used them before. I like the effect and technique, I just don't know if I'm happy with the result yet.
You know what just occured to me ? This is supposed to be a polar bear.. white dummy... arghh..
My next post will sure the next, maybe next few, evolutions of this pc.
Thanks.. as always, thoughts and comments are appreciated.
Marty
2 Comments on Photoshop Work / Experiment in Progress, last added: 2/2/2012
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Not only do I love the character, but the background is great Marty! The cooler is neat and I like the nice touch of the pail, shovel, sunscreen, and a little shell. Looks like a cool place! :) I guess you could always have a white polar bear with some blue shadows. Can't wait to see the next steps!
Hi Marty, just got a newsletter from Zazzle, and saw this lady's art and wondered if it's what you meant by drawing "soft".... http://www.zazzle.com/dragon_love_mousepad-144796247894848473