‘digital’

All My Life

Oct 06

“All My Life” is the next music project by Chasing Clarence.  I got to illustrate the cover, which was fun because I love drawing foxes.  The idea is playing off the fable, “The Fox And The Grapes” which is the tension of seeing something you can’t have, and despising it for that very reason.  This piece was to capture the very beginning of the fox seeing the grapes.

Initial sketch

Pencil drawing.

value study

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Art For Africa

Sep 27

*Update*
So obviously I was confused about which benefit I was giving to.  This print is actually for the new homeless shelter, Village of Hope, here in Bemidji.

Hey friends, I have been invited to participate in an art auction to benefit “Art For Africa.”  The charity organization supplies children in Africa with art supplies so they can experience artistic expression with adequate tools and resources.   The show is going up in the Cabin Coffee house here in Bemidji.  If you are around, please join us for the opening of the show this Friday for the First Friday Art Crawl.

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The Real Reason We Don’t Swim at Deeper Life

Mar 22

You may have never known why were aren’t to swim at Deeper Life Bible Camp.  All these many years a secret has been kept in the depths of Blackduck Lake.  May the Lord protect you as you venture out into the mirky waters.

Wow, what a fun piece to put together.  So much of this I feel was done in my head.  Below I have a few images documenting my process.  Enjoy :)

The watercolor/digital process.

Everything starts with a sketch. Coming up with the idea can sometimes the most fascinating part of the whole journey. The sketch is scanned into the computer and I draw on it a bit digitally to get it ready for projection.

My latest illustration purchase is a brand new Artograph.  This projector allows me to project quite nicely a sketch for enlargement.  I place my paper below on the table and draw away.

This is the final drawing before I watercolor on BFK printmaking paper.  BFK was my favorite paper for printmaking as an an art student at the university. The drawing is scanned and will be kept to lay over the watercolor so I don’t loose my lines.

Let the watercoloring begin!  This is the most difficult of the process for me, because I am new to watercolor…and boy do I have tons to learn.  I do my best here to stay consistent with color, so I have less to do in post production on the computer.  The watercolor is scanned and ready to go.

And now the really fun part is the digital process.  From the scanned watercolor I place my previously scanned line drawing on top of my watercolor so as to get back my lines lost in the watercolor process.  Then comes color correction, and layers upon layers of painting. I enjoy using custom brushes, airbrushing techniques, and other various layer types to achieve the above image.

So that is my watercolor/digital process in a nutshell.  My next painting will be of my crested gecko, ThimbleTack.

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Piglet

Apr 09

piglet

I have always been a fan of Winnie the Pooh.  This bashful character had always captured my heart throughout the entire stories and mostly in the animated film by Disney.  So here is props to Piglet, my favorite pig.

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My Sink Is In

Mar 16

My Sink Is In

I got the opportunity to do some illustration for Trout Lake Camp. The illustration is for the district youth conferences promotional materials.  Thanks to James, my wonderful sister Charlotte, and her Aaron.

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