2009 number 1
2009 001, originally uploaded by guerillustrate.
So I’ve been studying colour a lot lately. Not so much that I’m reading up on it or anything like that, but just really trying to LOOK at colour when I see things and be conscious of it and how it works. Through all this studying I realized that my internal sense of value was totally off. I had been wanting to try a colour piece in photoshop for a while now with these ideas in mind but never really got around to it until tonight. I started off with a sketch, painted over some approximate black and white values and then started adding colour once I felt I had some decent values set. Seemed to work okay.
I wouldn’t say this picture is great by any means. It’s not really that great of a drawing when it comes down to it, and compared to anyone else’s work the colour’s not THAT good. But on a personal level I feel like I’ve learned to use colour better… and that’s definitely a good thing. I feel good about making some progress in my artistic ability (no matter how slow that progress may be), and self improvement is an excellent start to the new year.
Now if only I could post on here more regularly then it would be a TERRIFIC new year. Don’t hold your breath though…
-zee.
PS: what constitues a “speedpaint”? I did this in about 3 hours. Does that count? I’d like to know what the time threshold is there. Considering the fact that I’m working on a piece in photoshop now that I’ve probably already put in more than 20 hours worth of work on, I’m going to call a piece done in one sitting a “speedpaint” whether it takes 3 hours or not (or at least until somebody gives me a better definition for what a speedpaint is).
Paintings
Hey guys sorry it took me forever to start posting, heres a few pieces Ive done during the school year.
Hell Week
Yeah, this week just wouldn’t end. Three projects were due. I am completely exhausted.
These are just a few quick and generic spot illustrations for Fat Possum Records.
This are a few finished drawings from a process book that I created a concept for. It’s a mash-up of Godzilla, Canadiana, Calvin and Hobbes, and The Power Rangers.
Here’s the antagonist baseball card to pair with Scotty Smalls. Both cards relate to characters in the movie The Sandlot.
-Scott
The Plastic Surgeon Gods
This is the final illustration that goes with an article written about plastic surgery. Apparently there are offices in Australia that are offering loans to their clients. It even sounds like the surgeons are recommending certain loans to their clients and pairing certain payment plans to certain procedures. So now people who normally couldn’t afford the surgery are getting the surgery, but because they can’t afford the payments they are just getting deeper in debt. It just seems pretty shady.
So here it is: the sacrifice to the surgeon gods.
- Scott
The Sandlot
FINISHED!
Now on to an editorial illustration due Thursday. I’m so not ready for that.
- Scott
SCHOOL IS FOR LOSERS/ME
Hey, School is back in and It’s my last year at ACAD. So before I get too busy or too sleepy I have a couple things to post up here. This is a sample of a couple projects that are in progress right now.
I have to do a protagonist and antagonist portrait for a figure illustration class. Here’s the protagonist, Scotty Smalls, from the movie The Sandlot.
Next up is a corporate illustration project. This whole thing is getting dumped in favor of a better concept. But I put a little work into it so I thought I’d at least show what I came up with. The illustration is about an article on plastic surgery and how there are plastic surgery offices that are offering loans to their patients for their new look. Creepy.
- Scott
BIG DUMP
I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had the chance to get around to scanning and uploading stuff from the last few weeks. Some of this is figure drawing, some of this is just random drawings, and there’s also 4 weeks worth of skratch klub material in here too.
So yeah. Peruse at your leisure.
Okay, I KNOW the hand is screwed up in that one. It’s not finished. We were finishing up at skratch klub before I had time to put any finishing touches/corrections on this one. Take it for what it is.
WHEW! Finished!
everything looks better in chrome
So seemingly out of nowhere google launched it’s own browser today called Google Chrome. I am currently using it now and it seems pretty nice. But my favourite part about this whole thing is that it gives me an excuse to read a new online comic by Scott McLoud:
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/
It doesn’t get any better than that! Check it out!
-zee.
lickety-splickety-splat
Just noticed that there hasn’t been anything posted on here for a few days now. Thought I’d do a quick something-something in photoshop to throw up here before I left work. Hopes you likes.
Life drawing
Tonight’s life drawing session was pretty fun. I didn’t get into the life drawing groove until the second half, and even then it was a little iffy. I am going to cheat and only post the good stuff from tonight:
