These are simple, but done with different techniques and programs. Up above is purely digital, drawn and painted in Photoshop. The guy below was drawn in Adobe Illustrator according to a pencil sketch, then coloured in Photoshop. I’m happy with the ink lines I’m able to create, and they’re fast to do, too. This strange [...]
Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category
February 4, 2012
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Pile of Paintings
By Jack in colour, digital, men, paintings, sketches, vectors, wash, watercolour, women
January 26, 2012
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Passel of Drawings
By Jack in ballpoint pen, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, womenI sketch a lot more than I put up here. Thought it was time for some of those. Mainly out of my head, while watching DVDs, or live, in some cases. Those always make the best poses.
January 23, 2012
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Man and Monster,coloured
By Jack in ballpoint pen, colour, digital, digitalI’m still adventuring in colouring sketches, and hence, cartoons. Difficult to figure out what’s too much, because I like the original drawing, done in roller pen in the sketchbook, just fine. But these flat colours with subtle gradations are all right. I also have to work on my colour sense, to let things blend into [...]
January 22, 2012
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Colour Couple
By Jack in colour, digital, men, womenMore cartoon colouring. I’ve noted that few people are visiting the blog on Sunday, so I can post today in relative obscurity.
January 19, 2012
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All-digital Airplane
By Jack in colour, digital, paintings, planes, vectorsThis took me a bit of time, but taught me a lot about digital painting, and making clean lines in illustrator and photoshop. It started life as one of my silly little sketches, so it’s not a real kind of airplane. I’m experimenting with different lines to see which ones are the prettiest and fastest [...]
January 17, 2012
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Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)
By Jack in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, horses, paintings, sketches, womenStill 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. [...]
January 15, 2012
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Digital Cat Painting
By Jack in Animals, cats, digital, sketchesPainted this digitally at a friend’s, after her feline companion. Still working on brushes, colour mixing, etc.
January 13, 2012
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Edith Scissorpaws
By Jack in Animals, black and white, cats, digital, Nora the cat, sketchesYoung 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.
January 13, 2012
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Woman in a Bikini
By Jack in colour, digital, Pen & Ink, sketches, womenYes, she’s in a bikini, but she’s got a personality, so I don’t think she’s just being an object. This is another drawing, in real ink this time, which I coloured with the computer.
January 13, 2012
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More Digital Painting
By Jack in colour, digital, womenI’m pretty happy with this beauty, and am slowly figuring out brushes in photoshop. Hard to set the ones I like. This took a lot of time, but then again so did the acrylic pictures I used to paint on matte board when I was in High school. Still have one of those.
January 12, 2012
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Digital Paintings
By Jack in colour, digital, sketchesThanks to this site here, I’ve taken baby steps in digital painting. Not easy for me! Had to learn about brushes, mixing colours, transparency, layers, and flow. I recommend the lessons here to give you a hint of how to proceed. I still haven’t been able to cobble together a decent palette, but will work [...]
January 4, 2012
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Blue Period
By Jack in men, paintings, watercolour, womenHappy New Year’s, all three of you visiting this blog! It’s business as usual at Utopia Moment. I’m still playing with my Wacom Intuos, but I also enjoy the old school tools. These are a pile of faces, in gloomy watercolours. I’m very happy that my local art store has returned to stocking this paper [...]
Tags: color, faces, men, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women
December 31, 2011
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New Year’s Eve
By Jack in digital, men, watercolourHaven’t blogged much recently. Mainly because I’ve been busy, and drawing little bits and pieces of things as I learn my new tool, the Wacom Intuous Tablet. But there are some exciting projects happening in the new year, and I hope lots of interesting stuff to draw and put up. This is a watercolour man [...]
