Archive for the ‘sketches’ Category

February 4, 2012 0

Pile of Paintings

By in colour, digital, men, paintings, sketches, vectors, wash, watercolour, women

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 [...]

January 26, 2012 0

Passel of Drawings

By in ballpoint pen, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, women

I 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 0

Man and Monster,coloured

By in ballpoint pen, colour, digital, digital

I’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 0

Colour Couple

By in colour, digital, men, women

More 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 1

All-digital Airplane

By in colour, digital, paintings, planes, vectors

This 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 0

Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)

By in Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, horses, paintings, sketches, women

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. [...]

January 15, 2012 0

Digital Cat Painting

By in Animals, cats, digital, sketches

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

January 13, 2012 0

Edith Scissorpaws

By in Animals, black and white, cats, digital, Nora the cat, sketches

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.

January 13, 2012 0

Woman in a Bikini

By in colour, digital, Pen & Ink, sketches, women

Yes, 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 0

More Digital Painting

By in colour, digital, women

I’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 1

Digital Paintings

By in colour, digital, sketches

Thanks 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 7, 2012 1

Simple Cat, Too!

By in Animals, cats, colour, digital, sketches

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

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January 4, 2012 0

Blue Period

By in men, paintings, watercolour, women

Happy 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 [...]

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December 31, 2011 0

New Year’s Eve

By in digital, men, watercolour

Haven’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 [...]