Not working on this too hard… Still, working on putting more things into this blog, and posting more regularly.
Archive for the ‘digital’ Category
January 22, 2015
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Ugly Art is Fun
By Jack Ruttan in color, digitalPretty art is fun too. But there’s a lot of ugly in the system that needs to get out.
December 30, 2014
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Silhouette Cat
By Jack Ruttan in cats, digitalThis is a digital drawing where I started with a silhouette painted with a large brush, and then filled in highlights and details with smaller brushes.
December 27, 2014
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Star Trek Guy
By Jack Ruttan in digitalThis Star trek dude has no reason to be smug. He’s wearing a red shirt.
November 17, 2014
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Paintings of Guys
By Jack Ruttan in digital, sketchesGoing to try to do slightly more exciting things than these. But the computer painting is working not so badly.
November 7, 2014
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Computer Sketch
By Jack Ruttan in digitalThis is a drawing I was messing with while hanging out at a friend’s, waiting for some work to be completed. I’ve been doing other drawings, both on the computer, and on paper, but have been lax posting them as of late.
August 17, 2014
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Digital Woman
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, womenI thought the tear helped make the picture. Still not as fun for me as watercolour.
June 25, 2014
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Computer-Painted Characters
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, heads, men, paintings, womenMy computer-painted characters are quicker and more satisfying to draw. I had to reach back into my experience mixing acrylic paints to think of the right kinds of shadows. Still, I feel more confident that I can paint in a pleasant way any subject that occurs to me. Backgrounds and bodies soon to come.
June 13, 2014
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Cool Colours
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, headsTrying to do shadows, contrasts, in a different colour palette. Still a ways to go, but I’m happier with some aspects. Seems to take a lot of practice.
May 24, 2014
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Intense faces and others
By Jack Ruttan in digital, heads, paintingsOne nice thing about drawing on the computer is that you can rework things infinitely. Squish ’em up, stretch them, repaint seamlessly, etc. These two drawings were absolute messes, but I’m sort of happy with them now. Still a ways to go in technique.
May 24, 2014
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Church Ladies and Sad Girls
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital, paintingsDrawn on the computer with my Wacom tablet. From my imagination. I don’t know why I’ve drawn these women in a church setting, but I was reading a fantasy story with a stern priestess in it, and my friend has been going to a church. This one makes me think of the Bruce Springsteen song […]
March 31, 2014
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Random Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, digital, heads, pencil, sketchesHad a terrible scare the other night with this site. Not going to talk about it online for fear of summoning the devil. But that can rest for now, and I’ll do a comprehensive backup of all this stuff. For now, I’ll just put up some things I’ve been drawing, more as an exercise for […]