Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Part two

TOM- It was good to have James up here for the weekend. These are some of the drawing I did of him while he was drawing the two sketches from his last post. The sun was strong in that first one, and i think we both had some pretty weird expressions on as we were drawing. More sketch book stuff to come...

Friday, August 3, 2007

Geisha



TOM- In keeping with adding more of a design element to my work, I'm trying to push myself in terms of composition, and not always having to use perspective or alot of people in the scene to make a drawing interesting. In doing that, this to me feels more like a logo or tattoo design.
I wish i could say i just thought of this and put it down on paper, but it wasn't really like that. Like anything else, i have a rough idea, then start scribbling, working, then reworking until it starts to look ok. This is usually done on typing paper and gets pretty messy. I wanted a real clean look to my inks, a little more controlled. With this being simple, i didn't want to add any unnecessary lines to confuse it. The final step was coloring in photoshop . My recent approach to that is to limit my colors and approach it more like a silkscreen, which this might become soon.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

SounD!


TOM- The quote is something that popped in my head one day, so i wrote it down in my sketch book alongside that drawing of the 'pomp' girl. Then i drew the 'fro' girl the other day also screaming/singing, and thought the two of them might look good in an illustration together. I've been wanting to play around with illustration and text lately, since I've been looking at these Morning Breath guys stuff , which has been very inspiring. I'm not a graphic designer, so my choice in text is based on pure instinct and guessing. I knew i wanted the feel of several different style fonts making up the sentence, but i wasn't exactly sure how to execute it. Maybe it'll just be something to play around with...

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

More big hair!

TOM- From the pompadour, to the fro. Covering all the bases when it comes to chicks with big hair. Just did this today, started out as sketchbook drawing, then on to inks and photoshop. This might become a series of drawings of chicks with big hair(theres another on the way) or it might find it's way into an illustration/promo piece. By the way, check out ArtBurn, me and Edowyn posted the results of our recent drawing exercise. Peace.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

Jan





TOM- So here is that sketchbook comic that i posted a while back, which i then refined and made into a black and white mini to sell at Mocca and now added color to it. I felt like i needed to experiment with coloring a comic, since all of my comics are black and white. I tried to apply stuff that i learned while interning with cartoonist Jason Little. He really knows how to set mood and believable lighting to really throw you into his stories. I might have went a little crazy with the burn and the dodge tools, but i just can't help myself with those things sometimes. I was glad to see James posting a comic, and i look to be posting some more very soon!