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Posts Tagged ‘Art Rage’
Illustration Friday – Chicken
Sunday, January 16th, 2011Kid Malone, Investigator – Character Sketches
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Awhile back, when I just came off the amazing experience of getting kid’s books published Kid Malone was a character I became excited about. Originally a little boy whose folks worked on the Adamville Police force, I thought it would be fun to go through a number of “cases” with a touch of noir.
More recently, Kristen suggested Kid should be a girl and it just clicked.
While creating the female version of Kid, I also saw the necessity for a Watson to my new Heroine Holmes. Some in my family may see a certain similarity to the character “Red” among our wonderful circus of relatives.
I’ll keep posting updates and eventually as this project forms maybe even some more polished artwork.
Sketch Of Kristen
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
After a long day, relaxing on the couch and sipping beer with Kristen. She actually painted the background using the tablet and ArtRage, and I sketched over the top. Teamwork.
Illustration Friday – Ripple
Monday, June 14th, 2010
For IllustrationFriday.com’s current theme, they joined up with a blog running a very smart and cool campaign to gather artwork and sell it on sketch cards for $10 each and then in turn donate that money to helping wildlife affected by the Gulf spill.
I know this piece doesn’t portray wildlife, but when I sat down to do the project all I could think about was that perspective of being underwater. Looking at video of the oil pumping, the water sort of rippled with the mixture of gasses streaming out with the oil.
Here’s a link to the ripple blog: http://ripplesketches.blogspot.com/
Also, be sure to peruse the other illustrations featured this week at Illustration Friday: http://illustrationfriday.com/
Illustration Friday – “Skinny”
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
My experience with ArtRage is still in the rudimentary stages, so I thought I’d expand my horizons a little with this program. Using the painterly style inherent in the software, you can achieve some very rich textures. It’s a little strange translating my usual vector heavy style into an actual “traditional” medium, but pretty fun.
This took about the same time it would have in Illustrator, about 40 minutes and another 10 in Photoshop getting the color and contrast more to my liking.
All in all, a really cool, cheap program that I’ve barely put a dent in as far as capabilities. I made it for IF’s theme of “skinny”, but I’ve titled it “Still Life With Emaciated Man”.
ArtRage Painting – “Carried”
Saturday, September 5th, 2009This one took about the same, 2.5 hours. I apologize ahead of time if this freaks anybody out, particularly any expecting mothers…
Art Rage Painting – “Sinew”
Saturday, September 5th, 2009I haven’t used the cheap but well-reviewed painting software Art Rage very much other than a couple experiments that proved my art school painting classes were not well absorbed. It was a fun little experience painting this and getting used to the brush strokes and paint mixing effects. This took a good, solid 2.5 hours today.
Here’s some more information about Art Rage…
http://www.artrage.com/
Links
Portfolio: http://www.gedimin.comDeviantArt:: http://gedimin.deviantart.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gedimin/
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