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Update (2020-09-04)
5 years ago
Hey Folks,
I haven't been on for a while, though I've been keeping busy working on my latest book and either enhancing or completely redrawing some of my earlier art. I'll be posting some updated images along with some new ones -- I have several. :P
I've been living out in the country, more of less isolated from people, except for the occasional forays into town to buy groceries and such. Ain't this pandemic b.s. grand (* sarcasm*)? I'm old enough to be clumped into the "at risk" age group (I'm in my 60s), and I detest wearing those masks. Anyway, that might be a rant for another time or venue. :)
I've started doing more digital coloring of my character portraits and other art, using Adobe Photoshop v.6.0 (yeah, it's a 20-year old program, but it still works). I'm getting significantly better at digital work, even though I don't really have a proper setup for it. What I've been doing is draw the initial sketch on my usual paper (generally Georgia-Pacific's "Everyday Copy & Print" paper, 92 brightness) using a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil with HB lead, then once I get the outlines down to how I want them, I carefully go over them with a 0.1 mm Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen with black India ink. I then scan the sketch (generally at 800 dpi in 48-bit color) and open it in Photoshop to do the rest. I do this on a Lenovo N22 laptop (64-bit Win10 Pro) and an old corded Microsoft optical mouse (also about 15+ years old). I manage to put a lot of detail into my art, though because I have to size the images down so much for posting on here, I imagine that if one were to zoom in enough to see the details, they might start looking pixelated or fuzzy.
Another things I've been doing is getting 8"x10" or 20"x30" archival quality photo prints made of my color portraits, so in case anyone should be interested in one, send me a PM (because I'm out in the country -- no Internet, I might not be able to respond immediately, so allow me some leeway on that).
Keep an eye out for the new or newly enhanced art. :)
Later,
Grandsire of the Ayoona
I haven't been on for a while, though I've been keeping busy working on my latest book and either enhancing or completely redrawing some of my earlier art. I'll be posting some updated images along with some new ones -- I have several. :P
I've been living out in the country, more of less isolated from people, except for the occasional forays into town to buy groceries and such. Ain't this pandemic b.s. grand (* sarcasm*)? I'm old enough to be clumped into the "at risk" age group (I'm in my 60s), and I detest wearing those masks. Anyway, that might be a rant for another time or venue. :)
I've started doing more digital coloring of my character portraits and other art, using Adobe Photoshop v.6.0 (yeah, it's a 20-year old program, but it still works). I'm getting significantly better at digital work, even though I don't really have a proper setup for it. What I've been doing is draw the initial sketch on my usual paper (generally Georgia-Pacific's "Everyday Copy & Print" paper, 92 brightness) using a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil with HB lead, then once I get the outlines down to how I want them, I carefully go over them with a 0.1 mm Faber-Castell PITT Artist Pen with black India ink. I then scan the sketch (generally at 800 dpi in 48-bit color) and open it in Photoshop to do the rest. I do this on a Lenovo N22 laptop (64-bit Win10 Pro) and an old corded Microsoft optical mouse (also about 15+ years old). I manage to put a lot of detail into my art, though because I have to size the images down so much for posting on here, I imagine that if one were to zoom in enough to see the details, they might start looking pixelated or fuzzy.
Another things I've been doing is getting 8"x10" or 20"x30" archival quality photo prints made of my color portraits, so in case anyone should be interested in one, send me a PM (because I'm out in the country -- no Internet, I might not be able to respond immediately, so allow me some leeway on that).
Keep an eye out for the new or newly enhanced art. :)
Later,
Grandsire of the Ayoona
I figured I needed to get on here and do a little maintenance and upload some new stuff. :)