closeup working progress 08
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Monday, 26 November 2018
Happy SteamPunk Witch - digital illustration
Happy Steam Punk Witch - digital illustration
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| A Happy SteamPunk Witch preparing for Halloween |
This digital illustration was created
during October 2018. It feature a happy steampunk witch going about
her business of creating potions and spells at her cauldron. It can
be seen that the coven has a number of technical refinements
including a gas fired cauldron, a steam pump for pushing various
chemicals around the area and in to the cauldron, and some evidence
of electricity for various experiments. The witch still prefers to
create her potions the manual way when possible. As found in many
covens a black cat is a customary addition to the surroundings, and
is perched up on a stool watching activities. The witch herself still
wears the typical pointy hat but has a number of 'steampunk'
additions in the way of goggles, corset with straps and stylized
jewellery.
The illustration is painted in 'auto
sketchbook pro, initially drawn on an android 'galaxy' tablet to find
the composition, with some basic colour work being done on the device
too. At a later stage the file is exported to the same software
running on a Windows 10 machine, where the image is greatly enlarged
and repainted to a finer standard for final output, which can be seen
on this link.
Saturday, 24 November 2018
Sunday, 18 November 2018
Line of trees in Hampshire during Autumn - oil painting
Line of trees in Hampshire during Autumn - oil painting
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| Oil painting of Autumn trees in Hampshire |
During September 2018 this oil painting
was created, main as an exercise in [painting trees in a simpler
(impressionistic) way, rather than falling in to the trap of painting
each individual leaf and branch. Oil paint on a board, which was
sized at 20” x 16” was used. The subject was based on a
photograph taken a number of years previously, just with the
intention of finding a way to painting trees in a quicker and
'slicker' way.
The finished painting can be seen here.
Monday, 12 November 2018
closeup working progress 07
closeup working progress 07
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Happy Steam Punk Witch - WIP stages
Happy Steam Punk Witch - WIP stages
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| WIP stages of 'Happy Steam Punk Witch' illustration |
The artwork was created digitally using 'Auto Sketchbook pro' software. It is begun on an android tablet where the drawing and layout are decided, followed by 'roughing' in the basic colour information for the artwork. The first two panels show this and it can be seen that a little ghost was going to feature popping out of the cauldron. The final panel shows the finished work, where the ghost has been dropped. This stage is performed on a powerful Windows computer, running the same software. The image is greatly enlarged from the original file and the subject is refined when repainted at this size.
The finished artwork can be seen here in greater detail.
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Wasp Woman Insect Drinking Tea Fantasy - digital illustration
Wasp Woman Insect Drinking Tea Fantasy - digital illustration
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| digital artwork - Wasp Woman Insect Drinking Tea Fantasy |
A guest at an Edwardian summer garden party is elegantly sipping a cup of tea. However not is all at is seems as she happens to have the body of a wasp, complete with a stinger.
Painted digitally in 'Sketchbook Pro' during August 2018. It was started on a Android Galaxy tablet and when work had progressed to a certain level, the file, including levels, was exported on to a windows 10 machine running the same software. This means that the brushes and the behavior of them remains consistent. The file is greatly enlarged and repainted at this stage to produce the final, refined painting.
On this link the final artwork can be viewed in detail.
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