Monday, October 29, 2007

October - Digital Painting - contd.

And so, a muse came a-knocking at my door...
45 minute sketch - I think I'm going to move back into colour and then try full compositions - this man may have inspired me!



October Digital Painting - contd.

Monday contd. - 1.30 hour

Sunday, October 28, 2007

October - Digital Painting - contd.

Monday lunch time sketch - tried to go without reference for this one, not too sucessfully. Resorted to tonal reference through Bob Kato.

October Digital Painting - contd.


Friday, October 26, 2007

October Digital Painting - contd.

Friday - speed painting (with detail) 2 hours


Thursday, October 25, 2007

October Digital Painting - contd.

2 hour painting - Referencing tutorials by Bob Kato

October Digital Painting - contd.

Monochromatic Speed Paintings - 1 hour main 15 mins touch up

Thursday 25th October 2007













Wednesday 24th October 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

October Digital Painting - contd.

Update...
So, I'm not giving up on this one... I'm taking it nice and slow.












This painting 'birthday girl' was finished over two nights and printed on canvas. Success - paint at 300 dpi and stick to proper scale. The printer matched the sides of the stretched area to an orange used in the back ground and it looks great!












1 hour sketch

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

October - Digital Painting - contd.

Following on from the thumbnail idea last night...

October Thumbnails

Thumbnails to work on at a later stage... always nice to have a few of these at hand for when you're feeling like working on something from a quick sketch.

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

October - Digital Painting - contd.

TUESDAY 09 OCTOBER


FRIDAY 06 OCTOBER
Lunchtime sketch contd.











THURSDAY 05 OCTOBER
Lunchtime sketch contd. - I'm thinking of having this one printed on canvas. Not too big. Just as a test... I need to find out requirements for canvas printing...

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

October - Digital Painting - contd.

Could be a bit dark - I can't tell - the callibration on my machines at work and home vary so much... perhaps that's why my colours look a bit 'off' sometimes.




Lunchtime Sketch



Monday, October 1, 2007

October Digital Painting

ok ok, a bit of a man-girl thing happening - but the technique is working