Monday 30 June 2014

Morning paint session.



 /// One hour quick paint session \\\

I used life drawing references i did the day before to help me paint this. Although i invented the light sources and shadows, I have to say, It really helps.

Observe from life, if you want to add life and realism to your drawings. Even if you're drawing cartoons. It helps.



Sunday 8 June 2014

POPPYSEED - Thank you for waiting….

THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING TO MY EXPERIMENT!!!
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I might not have amassed 200+ views, but i have amassed 75+ prior to the actual release.
This has given me a good experience about promotion and 
has shown me that it isn't so much the content that gives you views, its how you share it.

Now, to explain the artwork. In short, Here goes

What started as a simple experiment to blend skin tones together turned out to be quite a fun little project.

The concept was influenced by a piece titled Mistaken identity. As you can see there are similarities between the concept of sticking glass around the head of our character.

http://ken-wong.deviantart.com/art/Mistaken-Identity-105772545

The colour scheme came to me when i remembered a simple painting i did years ago. It was of some poppy flowers contrasted on a simple green background. I thought i could infuse these elements and dedicate the overall concept and titling of this painting by honouring the old one.

*As for the rest, we'll you can leave that open to interpretation. but i will come back to it later on when I'm not under so much pressure to post this now.


POPPYSEED

///For the 1200 VIEW MARK!!!\\\ Something special...Does curiosity strike you?




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WHAT-EVER, HAP-PENED TO THE, TEASERS!!!
NO MORE TEASERS, ANYMORE!!!

10 Minutes until The Final is upon us.

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Just two more until the full picture is complete.
Next update is in 20 minutes.

Get excited!!!
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Thank you, for the 75+ views in one Hour!!!
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This has been a fun little experiment, but the rules have changed.

To make things more interesting and to complete the puzzle while the iron is hot, I will be posting a section every 20-30 minutes, instead of forcing 25+ views from you nice people.

As they say;
ADAPT to SURVIVE
or something….


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{This post is here for evidence now and is now closed- Please look above for the newest update}
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///Thank you all for the 1000 views to my Blogger account!!!.\\\

 It makes me happy knowing there are people who stop to view this one webpage. So happy in fact, i've produced a painitng special for you guys.

 However, theres a catch.

 Im not going to release my painting just yet,(well the full one anyway) I think that would be too easy.

Heres my proposition;
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I will be releasing 1/7 a section for every +25 views i get, to become one step closer to the 1200+ mark. 
 Once i will upload the full painting at 1175 views, a fully rendered moving illustration will be ready once the 1200 mark has been reached.
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Curious? excited? I am.
So like, share, comment; All that Jazz to see the finished product in all its moving glory.

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My My, Over 50+ views, heres another piece, you lucky people.
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It looks as if 25+ of you have clicked that shiny button of pure curiousity... So i will reward you.
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BEGINNERS PIECE.
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Wednesday 4 June 2014

A Knights Wolf, searching for his master. T-Shirt designs.

I got a little self conscious about these and added a watermark on top. I didn't want to, but after reading about Facebook and googles ownership of content, i got scared.

It was also good experiment to see how watermarks could be applied without ruining the image. 

I call it, 'sharing, but from a safe distance.'
Anyway about the actual work….
The slender body turned the fox to be more greyhound/wolf looking. The white padded slipper feet and paintbrush tail are influenced by my dog, who i miss since I've been away at uni… *sniff*
#Sword and Sworcery, dog, ink painting, Adventure YEAHH!!!
The first concept was going to be a sacred fox who was the protector of a key. I still kept the key wrapped around the kerchief the wolf wears, and added a badass sword. Maybe the wolf is finding his master, who the sword belongs to and is on a journey to find him.

Monday 2 June 2014

Quick painting test, unconscious meeting.



A quick half and hour piece to understand a few flaws with the concept i made the other day. This was produced to understand how glow effects, particles and painted textures would look when strewed together. Although the contrasting colours need more work and its still very underdeveloped. It tells me that both the characters need to have different facial structures, more lifelike and believable proportions and needs to establish more of the fact conscious is floating instead of creepily looking at Lilith.

The hair fibres work, but need to be much more finer and the facial structures are too imagined. Ill will need to find some references next time I paint faces. The particle glow around the crystal works to highlight a more focused appeal. Im quite pleased with the crystal as it attracts a good amount of reflection and attraction to the situation.


Its an idea saved for another day. But the lessons learnt today have already influenced another painting I am producing. And its going to be a good one. Until then, i might undertake some t-shirt designs involving wolves with swords… who knows.

Sunday 1 June 2014

Lilith's Back, Everybody!!! oh, and some other small sketchbook work...

An unfinished section of a painting, titled, 'The Throne of Crows.' My main focus is trying to get a real sense of depth in this picture. And somehow fill it with threatening crows and a possible throne. 
Early design's of conscience and Lilith before i made them into what they are now.

Two design choices almost a year apart from one another. Its evident Lilith's design and even art-style changes whenever I produce a new drawing. At this stage, I'm coming up with a style that could one day be easy enough to animate but also have something thats stylistically pleasing to watch.


Small thumbnail idea for Lilith and conscious meeting. Punningly titled 'an unconscious meeting.' 


Painting Potential, maybe? 

I think Florence is evil, And somewhat incompitient.
Very long running joke. Jose is an accidental Anglo Saxon. Thats all you need to know.

Self explanatory, i want to do some clay modelling of Lilith sometime over the summer.

Ive actually competed a final design for this, but I'm considering placing the design on a shirt first before I put a digital watermarked copy online. (Its that valuable that I want to watermark it, MY GOD!!)