Had time to show you guys my new contact sheet with illustrations not seen on my site. I don't now if doing it this way will ad some kind of colectable value or not, but it was fun to create.

Painting Away

As I expressed in the last post I have been getting more into oil painting. I find it quite fun and relaxing. Here is the original sketch and a quick color thumbnail for the piece.

First

Hey! I have been getting into oil painting lately and I just love it. Plus the cool thing about it is- even though it's considered old school (b/c of digital painting) it  reinforces new techniques that I use all the time digitally. A must try for any devoted artist. This is my first portrait attempt.

A good Habit

So I was working on some projects this week as normal when I actually got a chance to do some  personal work.  Besides design, illustrating (and painting) is my second favorite aspects of art. So I thought it would be beneficial to mention a tool that I use over ,and over again that helps me with projects.  For those of you who have been drawing alone time you probably know what a turnaround is. However, if you don't, let me show you.

This is a turnaround for a children's illustration I am working on. As you can see it's just a rough drawing of a character concept from all the  view points in which you might see the character. It's really easy to do because once you have the front view- form there  you can imagine what the other angles will look like. Plus if you need a little help  developing the concept you can always draw guide lines highlighting certain parts of the body such as the hip, shoulders, etc... This is good practice because it helps you be more creative with your character concepts and reinforce drawing characters standing which is something the artist uses almost 70% of the time with slight variations (such as arms or head turning).

Here is another turnaround for a more adult project I am working on. Once when you get this down pack, and  have more time, you can remove the line working and develop the values more for a painterly effect! So, as you can see this is a good habit to get into doing before each project and is a must anytime you plan to draw the same character for a story more that once. Try it out!

Illustration of the Day! Zita The Spacegirl

Hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know I enjoyed mine with new year still to come. Well not to keep you in suspense to day illustration of the day comes from Ben Hatke.

                                                               http://zitaspacegirl.com/

Actually this book is about a spunky young girls who by her own blunder ends up in a galaxy far away. Thanks to the mistake she has made she ends up getting her best friend's head on the chopping block literally as aliens want to sacrifice him. This book is adventures and a lot of fun. Also, this book is great for those young ones who like novels.

Piece of the day

For those of you who don't know- today  I am glad to to introduce to you the featured piece of the day . It comes from an artist/designer. Known by many only as Sano.  San is a Japanese American born in Cleveland Ohio who's work has graced us while collaborating with such famous members of Public Enemy and MC Serch. Sano does graphic design work but recently has been becoming more popular for his wall murals (graffiti art), and screen printing screen printing.

www.sanoizm.com/

Merry Christmas

Taking this weekend off because of the Holiday. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.