I’ve spent a lot of time watching videos and practicing with Photoshop to get my digital paintings to have the look and feel of wet media. Here’s some progress.
My Family 2012
Bucking Horse
One of my favorite digital paintings.
Digital Paintings
Here I go again…trying new stuff. I’ve recently gotten myself mixed up in digital painting. I purchased a Wacom tablet and I’m starting to think this might be the world for me. Here is a painting I did of my son using only photoshop. This is the 3rd DP I’ve completed. It’s a medium that is wonderful to use because the clean up is non-existent.
I still have a lot to learn in terms of how to properly apply coloring etc. I’ll keep you posted.
Photography & Lighting
I have been working toward improving my photography. I recently purchased a brolly (an umbrelly that works similar to a softbox) and set up a mini in home studio.
These shots are combinations of lighting and photoshop editing. I am really happy with photography. I hope to improve controling my environment. My goal isn’t simply to take a good picture, but also create an art piece that I envision.
TX Missions Logo
Logo for Church Project
Alex – Sr Pics
We had a great time doing these Sr. Pics. Taken in downtown Fort Worth, we traversed the landscape and had an amazing photoshoot.
Caricatures
I didn’t realize how popular it was to have caricature art done. I suppose that’s why you see these guys in malls and at theme parks doing airbrush art all over the place. It really is an industry that has a decent demand base.
After the last caricature style drawing I did I was hired to do 2 more other pieces from different sources.
On the first piece I had an assignment to incorporate places that they’ve vacationed to together. Particularly 3 places: Rome, Disneyland, and Colorado (ski trip).
The second piece was for a corporate project where they were celebrating the president being with the company for 5 years. I was doing a take on the classic Magnificent 7. I found a movie poster and went to work from there.
I don’t think my caricatures are very cartoonish as they could be. Where I think I am strong is that I am incorporating some background into the story of the pictures.
Caricatures
So…I got my first assignment to do some caricatures. It’s not what I do, but it’s Christmas and I can use the extra funds. I had to do some research so I visited a few sites and came across the inspiring work of Tom Richmond.
After a few initial drawings, I soon realized that this is a skill that needs understanding and development just like any other form. The more I worked at trying to achieve that caricature feel, the better I got at it.