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Tag Archives: Ink
Early Attempts at Cartooning
I had been at the local comics shop and saw some of the Muggs Star Wars toys. Their rounded shapes intrigued me and inspired me. I wondered if I could try some cartooning of known characters using something like the … Continue reading
Process of Art (2) for “Zoe Alone”
This whole graphic short story is a big experiment for me, so I figured I might as well do it to please myself. Thus, I am doing things no sane person would do on a regular comic. Like doing hand … Continue reading
Process of Art for “Zoe Alone”
I’ve had this graphic short story bubbling away in my brain for a couple of years now. The thumbnail sketches and character designs for the story have existed for quite a while. But I’m only now buckling down to tackle … Continue reading
Sakai Usagi
So, this is a photo of the finished piece of Stan Sakai as his ronin rabbit Usagi Yojimbo. It was rather fun to do. Once I started doing the light shading, I realize the more realistic approach just wasn’t going to … Continue reading
Sketch and references
I’d gotten the idea at the June CAPS meeting, for no particular reason other than really liking Stan Sakai and enjoying his Usagi Yojimbo very much. I just started wondering if I could do a portrait of Stan as Usagi. … Continue reading
Drinking Light – color
Once I colored “Drinking Light”, I found that I liked it much, much better. I chose to keep a lot of it untinted, because the whole intent of the moment in the story was how Ungoliant was consuming and destroying … Continue reading
Drinking Light – original
I had previously posted this on LiveJournal. I am in the process of reposting material on my own site (independantly hosted database). But since I am planning on posting more of my artwork for Mythlore, now that I have finally … Continue reading
Incidental Mythlore Art – Now in Color
So, more of my “playing” with Photoshop. It’s stimulating to do these, but I do need to get back to work writing. I gave myself the weekend and holiday off from that. In the meantime, I give you these two … Continue reading
Learning to Work More with Photoshop
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) I’ve been working rather intently on the first draft of a script recently, and when I needed to take a break from it, I have worked on coloring an old pen & ink drawing in Photoshop. … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Williams, Digital, Ink, Mythlore, Photoshop, Stippling
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Work in Progress – Zoe Alone: Part 3
(Originally posted on LiveJournal) This is actually an extension of the previous post. I liked the original color sketch for itself, but it didn’t quite suit what I want for the comic story. So I did a second sketch. And … Continue reading