Sketchbook Wednesday - The Flash

I had this image in my mind today as we raced home from Sanibel Island. This was done in my sketchbook with a red Col-Erase pencil and some Photoshop colors. What can I say, this one was a real fast one. ;)

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Digital Study - White Tiger

Another quickie today. This was a 20 minute sketch. White fur is a tricky thing to paint. So I thought I would work from the series of white tiger photos I took. I just wanted a simple face to concentrate on the color. So that's the reason for the straight on head shot. This has a long way to go to look good, but as a study, I've taken it as far as I plan to. :)

This was done entirely in Photoshop CS3.

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Digital Study - Chimp

We went to the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa today and had a great time. The chimp face is done based on a number of photos I took today. I used them as my starting point and digitally sketched the face. I left the construction lines in this image so you can see where I started. When I started in with the color, I only used one particular brush. I varied the size, the spacing, the opacity and the flow but not the brush itself. I just wanted to see what I could do without the custom brushes or any of the standard ones. I'm happy with the results and encouraged to continue to practice digitally.

This image took about 30-45 minutes and was done entirely in Photoshop CS3.

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Digital Study - Sunday

Just another digital paint study for today. I haven't worked too much over the last few days since my mom got here, but luckily I get up rather early everyday. That give me some time to get things done while everyone is just beginning to get up. This morning I had about 40 minutes and I squeezed this in.

I hope everyone had a good weekend. See you tomorrow.

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Digital Study

Just a little Photoshop painting from this morning as I was waiting for everyone to get ready to go to an art show in Tarpon Springs. My mom is visiting for a week and we are spending time out and about in the beautiful warm weather we are having.

For this post I thought I would show the sketch as it progress. Each image shows the progress of adding a new working layer. The progress is slow because I am experimenting with different brushes to see what they can do. Since this is a study and not something I am working towards finishing, that's not a problem. I would say I spent an hour working on this.

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"And We're Back"

Before we get to the art I want to say I believe I made a rash decision to move my blog. What made a few things easier on me, made it a lot harder for a lot of you. And since the goal of this blog to share my work and continue to have this great community that has grown here, I am going to keep the ongoing blog right here where it belongs.

I will leave "The Blog So Far" on my GonzoArtStudio.com site and I just might update it every few months by bringing over the contents from here. Sort of an archive. If Google ever does something I don't like, my blog will still be intact over there.

I hope I didn't cause too much trouble with links and bookmarks and the extra confusion. Thanks to everyone for the feedback. Next time I make any big change I will ask for feedback first. :)

Above is the third and last piece for CILM this month. I am really happy with this. I think I am moving in the right direction. Still a lot to learn but this is encouraging. The original sketch is from a 2008 sketchbook. This is one of the reasons to have a sketchbook, too many ideas and not enough time to do them all. So put the idea down on paper and maybe you might get back to them.

Thanks everyone, for sticking around.

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Dread Baby - Finished

This is the final art that I am submitting to CILM. Overall I am pleased with it. I learned a lot and will be applying that knowledge to the next one. I could have easily fiddled with this piece forever, but you have to know when to stop and move on. And move on, I have. I will have another piece for tomorrow's post. :)

After that I will be catching up on my commissions. I have one for Brian in the works and two for Joe. I will be looking at what I can do at the Pittsburgh ComicCon next month. Bringing supplies is tricky since I am limited to what I can bring on the plane. But either way I will be opening an advance sketch list in the next week or two, after I figure out what I can bring.

This image was done in Photoshop CS3.

This is Post #890