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Showing posts with label ink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ink. Show all posts
Monday, December 5, 2011
Atomic Comics Christmas
A cartoon I did for my friend Don's Christmas sale. Inked entirely with brush! Not bad - if I do say so myself..... The final ad is under it. Yes, the tagline of the ad was conceived in conjunction with the concept of the cartoon:
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Fun and Frustration with Ink... and Halloween!
Grrrr.... Practicing with various inking tools and techniques over the weekend and I churned this drawing out on Halloween. It kinda' made me chuckle so I thought I would share it. This was done entirely with brushes and ink - no pens, markers, or digital "doctoring" of any kind, although I may have used a little <AHEM> Pro-White in a couple of... problem areas.... Damn, inking with a brush WELL is tough, but that's why we practice like this. I don't bust out my expensive Series 7's for stuff like this, so the brushes used were cheap and not of the best quality, but for practice and playful purposes they do all right.... Anyhoo, I hope your Halloween was a happy and haunted one!!
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| A few different brushes and black FW Acrylic Ink |
Friday, September 23, 2011
I have a blog? Oh! Hey! I have a blog!
Man, I've neglected this thing for a while, huh? So much for regular posts, or semi-regular posts, or... well, you get it. Now that the wedding's over - and it was a f*cking blast-and-a-half, thanks for asking - perhaps I can get get back to my life. Wedding planning is a full-time job, let me tell ya', but damn was ours worth it, and I think it paid-off in spades. Good times....
For this post I'll cheat a bit and upload the sketches that Rachelle and I gave away as wedding favors, and, particularly for those of you that asked, tip you off as to the specific sites. (Click on the images to enlarge them)
First:
This is a view down the sidewalk of Chartres at the corner of Esplanade. Rachelle and I got caught in the rain and took shelter under the awning.
Next:
This is a row of tombs from Cemetery No. 1, if memory serves....
This is the Napoleon House at the corner of Chartres and St. Louis. It's one of our favorite eateries in the Quarter with a multifarious and reasonably priced menu.
This is the north side of Jackson Square looking down St. Peter from Decatur (the Mississippi River would be behind you).
The Faulkner House is in the foreground. Just past the immediate buildings on the right is Pirate's Alley and to your left - out of frame - would be the rear of St. Louis Cathedral.
A tight, forced perspective view of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop at Bourbon and St. Phillip. This is probably our favorite bar in the Quarter. The street signs have been absent for a while, but I referenced an old photo to insert them into the drawing.
So, there you go! The top 4 sketches were rendered "straight-up" with a Sakura Pigma Micron (.03 mm) pen, that is, I didn't plan them in pencil first or anything, I just used the pen. The bottom 2 were done entirely in pencil: 2B, and a 6B for the darker areas. I also used a kneaded eraser to tighten them a bit, increase contrast in areas, and add highlights.
I was rather pleased with these sketches, and I truly hope that all of our guests were, as well. Methinks I will crank out some more, and I will be sure to post the ones I like - and maybe one or two that I don't.... I am also going to get back to painting. I have a big unfinished painting on an easel that's really irritating me, as it's been there - and untouched - for faaaaaaaar too long.
Bye, for now!
- Ian
For this post I'll cheat a bit and upload the sketches that Rachelle and I gave away as wedding favors, and, particularly for those of you that asked, tip you off as to the specific sites. (Click on the images to enlarge them)
First:
This is a view down the sidewalk of Chartres at the corner of Esplanade. Rachelle and I got caught in the rain and took shelter under the awning.
Next:
This is a row of tombs from Cemetery No. 1, if memory serves....
This is the Napoleon House at the corner of Chartres and St. Louis. It's one of our favorite eateries in the Quarter with a multifarious and reasonably priced menu.
This is the north side of Jackson Square looking down St. Peter from Decatur (the Mississippi River would be behind you).
The Faulkner House is in the foreground. Just past the immediate buildings on the right is Pirate's Alley and to your left - out of frame - would be the rear of St. Louis Cathedral.
A tight, forced perspective view of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop at Bourbon and St. Phillip. This is probably our favorite bar in the Quarter. The street signs have been absent for a while, but I referenced an old photo to insert them into the drawing.
So, there you go! The top 4 sketches were rendered "straight-up" with a Sakura Pigma Micron (.03 mm) pen, that is, I didn't plan them in pencil first or anything, I just used the pen. The bottom 2 were done entirely in pencil: 2B, and a 6B for the darker areas. I also used a kneaded eraser to tighten them a bit, increase contrast in areas, and add highlights.
I was rather pleased with these sketches, and I truly hope that all of our guests were, as well. Methinks I will crank out some more, and I will be sure to post the ones I like - and maybe one or two that I don't.... I am also going to get back to painting. I have a big unfinished painting on an easel that's really irritating me, as it's been there - and untouched - for faaaaaaaar too long.
Bye, for now!
- Ian
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