upcoming cover design for IF-x

I was asked to do a cover IF-X comics and I can't seem to say no to trying something new- so I mocked up my character FX-Mulrooney for a comic with an April fools theme. So if you understand the hardcore nature of my FX character- there is some humor in it- any way here was my process... first drew draft image on paper and cleaned up in photoshop.... but the base image anatomy and composition were weak at first- so i redid the image- focusing on a foreshortened and perspective of the piece with the focus on face- to show some expression. After a good compositional pose was created- I lightened the image on layer (not background) and set opacity of layer to 35- I then inked the piece ( in photoshop) using hard brush, the pen tool, and a combination of both. On layer below- i add the flat colors- one above that and below the line add shading on mutliply layer - using a large soft brush at low opacity and flow. and a final high light layer on normal. my last part is to color the background with a two color gradient... so that's it.... the image will be used with text and masterhead for IFX for the april Fools issue- cool....

quik photoshop drawing

I am trying to get ready for a toy character mock up I am doing for a local performance artist so I need to draw cute girls in action- I decided to warm up with some photoshop tools and created this as a test for me- its created all in photoshop- I sketched the image with small hard brushes at 100% opacity and about 8-15 flow(adjusting level to lighten up drawing)... I then modified brushes to larger brushes with brush shape modified thickness at 65%- and used pen tool (( note when using pen tool or illustrator brush tools-remember to hide ends of lines if possible)) to draw out outlines of the border shapes and use stroke path- this gave me a clean inked line look (on new layer on top)- created some layers underneath- at layer below laid out flat colors and did a shadow layer above flat colors (multiply layer)- all along use flat color(layer) areas as selection so I color in the lines- I finally add another layer between line and multiply layer for highlights and final rendering pushes- as a render I use smudge brushes larger at low strength for larger smoothing areas and small brush at 85% for hair renders....I keep background layer clear for a gradient selection two hue image- I use levels adjustment to get a less saturated mood..... and that's it- still have a lot to learn... every image I just wish to keep getting better...

any critiques....?

another head sculpted in blender

okay I am trying to get back into blender to get my cg comic project up and running- so i started sculpting this stylized cartoon head of a character I envisioned a mocked up this image after working through the blender 2.61 sculpting tools- I also rendered it in cycles to get use to this tool as well- I was happy to get somewhat close to the design I had envisioned- even though I did not model from an ortho-graphic- sketch- I fudged it so I think its close- any critiques?... my next test will be to take this high poly sculpt down to a low poly topography useful model- keeping my fingers crossed- cheers

troll

just trying to post something- been working on some projects and not getting sleep- hopefully i can slow down and work on my personal projects soon

here is a troll

dragon head- dump

hi, just checking my hard-drive for images for a CG concept project- I found this dragon head- that I did in photoshop and overlayed with a bubble texture- its still looks kind of cool- peace

year start face-blue hair

Its 2:55 am january 3 and I am falling back into old habits- creating faces- but I decided to mix up software- this stylized image was sketched in Sketchbook pro- lined up in illustrator and flat colored in photoshop with selections.... I was told by my sister that I had to plan out 2012 and she would help- so look out for new and fabulous things this year- happy New year- 2012- I can't wait to party- but no partying till I create magic this year- and I really want to party- so watch out

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year end submission- fingers crossed

I have been working as an academic advisor at Henry Ford Community College and noted a year end submission for an art journal the school had. even though they called for only alumni- I figured I would submit a piece any way- the deadline is December 31 2011- I sent this piece on Christmas day about 2:30 am- I sketched it out in Sketchbook Pro- with a Wacom tablet- lined and colored it in Flash- then brought it into Photoshop for the hair texture- I thought it came out good- as Always looking for feedback- have a happy new year everyone- keep flying....

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