It's back to school time....officially! I've started digital background painting, and it's going pretty good. Got a cool teacher. I think this year is gonna go allllllright. The above picture is my first attempt at background painting. The layout was provided by my teacher. I simply did the colours. That's all for now.
-Howard
Howdy! Here's my latest picture. I kinda like the way it turned out. I've been struggling with finding variety in the basic shapes I use. My people tend to look too similar.
By the by, it's been a while 'cause I've been SUPER busy with the camp that I'm working at at my church. Man! I didn't realize how exhausting it was working with children. Now I know! But it's still lots of fun. Unfortunely, it's not too great for my drawing ability, which hopefully hasn't been taking TOO much of a nose dive!
Anywho, I have a portfolio due Wed-nes-day for my cartooning class, so I'll probably be posting some of that in the next few days. Have you like it, Ma!
-Howard
Okay, so I saw the Spiderman 3 teaser trailer.....and do I ever feel teased! I can not wait until May 4th, 2007....well, I can, but not without some kind of aneurism or something. Anywho, I got a little inspired from that. Here is a one of the baddest of the bad, Venom! Dr. Doom wins as the all time greatest villain, but Venom is pretty close! Anyway, I'm done geeking out, for the time being. But here's the pic none-the-less.
-Howard
I've recently started up summer classes, taking cartooning. Seems I didn't do so well in this class the first time around (obviously), so I gotta take this class. So far I've really been enjoying it! I've been making some slow progress already, and the class just started.
The assignment was to make several different characters, who had to fit into certain age groups, and look like it. For this, I had to make a small girl, between the ages of 5-7. Here are the colours. I'm not happy with them, but that's not too big of a deal. I didn't spend too long on it. Just wanted to keep working with Photoshop as much as I can (which isn't a lot. Busy summer schedule).
Here's what I started with. Pretty Standard. I'm working on using fewer lines. Trying to get what I want on the first go, without going over and over the, trying to 'find' the line I want. Slowly getting better
And there's the 'clean up' lines. Not too clean, but again, I'm slowly improving. I guess the real test will be when I show these to my teacher. I'll let you know....maybe
-Howard
I'm actually kind of excited about this post. 'Cause I'm kinda almost semi happy with the results, at least as far as almost first time colour jobs go....this is actually my very first picture that I'd say is pretty much complete, although it's not really, cause it's only single tone at this point, but non-the-less, I like it! I did the background sky on the first try, and was happy with the results. I'm really starting to have fun fiddling around with PhotoShop! I can't wait to get my Wacom tablet! Of course, the picture is flawed (I had to drastically change this guys left wing cause it was too long, among other things) but I hope I'm on the right track. Hope you enjoy!
-Howard
Here are some picture I did recently for the Jr High group I help lead at my church. Actually, I was put in charge of doing a flier, but I figured since I'm putting out something people will see, why not put some art on it! Spruce it up some. I learned a lot while doing these.....mostly that I'm just terrible at inking. I used technical pens for the entire thing, after a failed practice attempt with ink and brush. To me, you're not really inking unless you're using a brush....so I guess I'll never be an inker. Oh well. Hope you like these. There's definitely evidence of Sean "Cheeks" Galloway seeping into my art these days. like music, my favourite artist seems to be changing weekly. I really like Cheeks art, his ability to show character through shapes. Something I want to try to do. And also the energy in his art. http://cheeks-74.deviantart.com/ If you want to see his art. Really cool stuff!
I spent a lot of yesterday drawing....which I've actually been doing almost every day for a while, so that's good.
Something else that I did yesterday was to finally buy 'The Iron Giant'! Such a great movie. My new favourite. If you haven't seen this animated film, then you're really missing out. Great animation and great story that really pulls you in. Well, that's all for now.
Well, here are some more drawings of mine....not much to say........'cept that the picture of the girl and guy makes me lonely. *sniff sniff. Later!
I've been getting into computer art in the last little while....and when I find an interest in something, I tend to focus on that, and let everything else slide....like drawing....with a pencil........on physical paper. But oh well. I'll get used to it, and hopefully do both. I'm thinking about getting an Wacom Intuos tablet. If anybody has anything to say about that, good or bad, let me know. I've used the Wacom Graphire tablet, and that was good, but is it really worth the extra coin for it?
Anyway, this is my very first photo editing jobs. I'm proud of it. I don't think anybody would mistake it for anything but a photo edit, but I like it. I just hope my buddy doesn't mind. Hehehe.
I'll also be very busy during the summer with school and work. This isn't an excuse for me not posting things. On the contrary. I hope to be doing more improved drawings, and I'll be showcasing them here. If all goes as planned...which it never does. Anywho, later!
Hey, ya'll! What's been happening? Well, I've ungraded my computer terminal from a little puny end table that I have to hunch over to reach, to a full fledged table....that I stole from my kitchen. Hope my roommate doesn't mind.
Anyway, 'cause I'm such a slacker, well, I'm not improving much in my art, but that's besides the point. I am putting together a cartooning portfolio for my class of the same name....Cartooning....not portfolio. ahem. Here is a sample piece from that portfolio. I show you that, 'cause it's the only one done...hehe...and it's due tomorrow. I am a slacker. It's not much, just didn't want blogger shutting me down for not using space, or something. Adios!
