Sometimes after spending way too long on a project you realize at the end stage it never started right from the beginning.
You live you learn as simple as that.
This year I came across a great thought process site called Sketch Dailies. The basic premise is everyday the admin post a theme and artist from all over the world submit their own take on the daily theme.
The other day Baobhan Sith was the daily theme. After doing some research on the theme fyi: it’s a Scottish fairy with feet of a goat that entices young men, I came up with the following concept.
Almost at the end of Kill La Kill it’s been an amazing ride. This is the type of series as soon as it ends I will need their art books in my hands ASAP.
I did this sketch the other day and decided to spend way to long rendering it. I have no regrets about it.
With World Cup right around the corner I wanted to do a sketch of a character based on the home team colors. I ended up scanning it and finishing the entire concept in Photoshop. Ever so often I like to post a visual walkthrough so people can see the steps I take in my creative process.
After the image is redrawn in Photoshop, color values are added afterwards a heavily dithered and distorted background image is inserted in the background.
While doing some reading the other night, I had an idea to try digital inking using just a quill nib for black lines. It’s a fun technique I want to try revisiting on something like a complete panel at some point.
The image is based on this awesome cosplay image from Deviantart.
Ever so often I like to post a visual walkthrough so people can see the steps I take in my creative process. Once the final sketch is done it’s scanned. After scanning the line art has color values added along with gradients and shadows based on light source. It’s always fun to think of something loud for the background sometimes.
Just trying out some multiple layer illustration effects. The reference image was taken from The Sartorialist a great site for quick fashion references.