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Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)

Jack — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:05:15 +0000

Still playing with the digital painting. I think I get so carried away with the technical challenge I sometimes forget to make an interesting picture. Hence this horse, not doing much of anything. George Stubbs I am not! Actually, without the “ink” lines, this looks a lot like one of those paint by numbers kits. I promise I’ll get better with the digital painting soon. Still think you might be interested in seeing the process!

Of course, it would have looked better had I used a photo reference instead of drawing it and the reflections out of my head, but that’s the way I am.

Meanwhile, here are a few real ball-point pen drawings I did. It’s a medium I enjoy. Again, sort of frowned upon by the finer galleries, but I like doing the tones with crosshatching.

Digital Cat Painting

Jack — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:51:08 +0000

Painted this digitally at a friend’s, after her feline companion. Still working on brushes, colour mixing, etc.

Edith Scissorpaws

Jack — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:56:59 +0000

Young Nora was being obstreperous, as is easy to see from this photo, and she got my little finger this morning as I was trying to take something breakable away from her. So I’ve given her a new identity, as below:

So there.

Simple Cat, Too!

Jack — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:13:02 +0000

I should have blogged more, but I’m still playing with my Wacom Pen. well, here’s this.

F-F-f-faces!

Jack — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:40:49 +0000

Still painting random faces, from DVDs, and my squirming imagination. Kind of enjoying it at the moment.

Some bonus kitty-cats as well.

What’s New in the Sketchbook?

Jack — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:02:57 +0000

Seem to spend a lot of time there. Here are some colour things:

Anti-Tax Doodle Cat

Jack — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:52:41 +0000

Must belong to the Tea Party.

Colour Cats and Such

Jack — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:39:51 +0000

I’m doing comic colouring in Photoshop. Shouldn’t be so difficult, but I’m thinking of it a lot. Then a little watercolour.

Out of My Head….

Jack — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:32:22 +0000

That’s where these drawings are from. When winter sets in it’s less practicable to draw things out on the street. So I sit around looking at books, watching DVDs, also drawing anything that tickles my fancy. Hate drawing directly from photographs, but those give you different ideas, and also keeps one closer to reality. So here are imagined pictures I was drawing last night, mainly while watching episodes of “Star Trek Enterprise” on youtube via the computer.

A Kelpie, a Vampire; other things.

Jack — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:50:40 +0000

I drew these in black and white, because I’m practicing computer colouring. Seems like a lot of work!