Friday, August 13, 2010
Heroes on a half shell
Another nostalgia bomb. Here are my renditions of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, my favorite super-heroes ever (though Hellboy is a close second.)
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Plug
Friday, June 18, 2010
Commander Krulos
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
ICONS: ION Guard
I did some illustrations for a supplemental book for the brand new ICONS RPG. The book will be available August 1st.
The Cover Art
Infinitus and his Thralls.
The 3 iconic guardsmen.
The Cover Art
Infinitus and his Thralls.
The 3 iconic guardsmen.
Labels:
characters,
drawings,
finished works,
proffesional work
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Simple coloring tutorial
I'm always interested in seeing the process other artists go through when they create a picture, so, I decided to try my hand at it, and show you my coloring process. The other day, I was asked to draw this muscly, red monster man, and I realized the layers of his picture could make a nifty process walk through.
I start by scanning an inked drawing into Photoshop. On a layer on top of the linework, I color the internal lines dark red, I then set that layer to "screen," coloring the lines under it.
After I do that, I select the area inside the character, and make a layer that is a gray silhouette. I put this there so I can easily select the area of the entire character.
I select that gray silhouette, make a new layer, and fill that selection with a simple gradient. This is a cheap and easy way to add a bit of light and volume to simple cartoon characters like this.
Next, I put in shading. On a layer set to "multiply" I go in with a low value brick red, and punch in shadows.
The final step is super easy. On another layer, above the shadow layer, I just flat color the character, hit multiply, and BOOM! The shading and tone shows through.
There you have is, super fast, super easy coloring.
I start by scanning an inked drawing into Photoshop. On a layer on top of the linework, I color the internal lines dark red, I then set that layer to "screen," coloring the lines under it.
After I do that, I select the area inside the character, and make a layer that is a gray silhouette. I put this there so I can easily select the area of the entire character.
I select that gray silhouette, make a new layer, and fill that selection with a simple gradient. This is a cheap and easy way to add a bit of light and volume to simple cartoon characters like this.
Next, I put in shading. On a layer set to "multiply" I go in with a low value brick red, and punch in shadows.
The final step is super easy. On another layer, above the shadow layer, I just flat color the character, hit multiply, and BOOM! The shading and tone shows through.
There you have is, super fast, super easy coloring.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Gotta' catch 'em all
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