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Here are a couple of my initial sketches so far. I started out using the grid method with a blue line pencil for the roughs and regular pencil for the details. They both still need a bit of work as you can see from the overlay but hopefully with a little more time I can fix them. I'm not sure yet if I'm going to finish them with pencil or digitally in the computer. - S

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Figure #01: 3D render by "gio"-Giovanni Nakpil


Figure #02: 3D render by "pum"-Herbert Lowis
]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:54:56 +0000 http://shanesart.cgsociety.org/blog/2607 "No More", shown below. I hope that it’s informative. - S

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Step 1
I start by scanning the pencil sketch into Photoshop. After scanning is complete I start to clean up the image a bit by taking out some of the unwanted smudges that are left by your hands while drawing. I then proceed to title the layer “Line Art”, then apply the “Multiply” filter in the Layers Palette and finally lock the layer.



Step 2
I then create a new layer below the “Line Art” layer and title it “Base Colors”. I then lay down the based colors for each section. This step gives me a basic idea of the final composition.



Step 3
Then I create another layer above the “Base Colors” layer and title it “Shading”, then apply the “Multiply” filter. I then begin to pull the mid-tones together and start to give the picture some depth.



Step 4
I now start to pull some of the darker values out by defining the shadow areas. Create yet another layer above the “Shading” layer and title it “Shadows”. Try to stay away from straight black by using a mixture of deeper primary colors. This will help you to not make the image muddy.



Step 5
After I have established my shadow areas I start to fill in my detail areas and highlights. These will help in adding even more depth to the illustration. I added a black eye, hand marks and redness to the skin to show that he had been abused. The highlights that I added helped emphasis that the boys skin was sweety.



Step 6
To finish off the illustration I play with the “Hue and Saturation” a bit. Sometimes they can take your illustration in a completely different direction. In the case of this image I like the way it made the boy look frightened and worn down. Almost as though he had been beaten or pushed to his breaking point.

]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:05:50 +0000 http://shanesart.cgsociety.org/blog/2526 CG Society: "Portfolio". I would like to thank everyone at CGSociety & Ballistic Media for choosing my work for the cover page. To everyone else who has checked out my portfolio... thanks for the views and keep coming back to see my latest illustrations. Enjoy - S

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