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.
Tags: ballpoint pen, men, Pen & Ink, sketches, women
Archive for January, 2012
January 23, 2012
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Man and Monster,coloured
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedI’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 […]
Tags: ballpoint pen, colour, digital, digital
January 19, 2012
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All-digital Airplane
By Jack Ruttan in paintingsThis 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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Wacom Intuous 4 – the scratchable pen tablet
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's placeElectronics – do they make your life easier, or simply more costly and complex? I’ve blogged about my exploding toothbrush, now it’s the saga of the scratchable tablet. All six of you regular blog visitors may have noted I’ve got a new, expensive toy — a Wacom Intuous 4 tablet, which has replaced my Wacom […]
Tags: Activism, digital, ruttan's place
January 17, 2012
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Digital and Ballpoint Pen Critters (and folk)
By Jack Ruttan in 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. […]
Tags: Animals, ballpoint pen, black and white, cats, horses, paintings, sketches, women
January 13, 2012
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Edith Scissorpaws
By Jack Ruttan in cats, 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.
Tags: Animals, black and white, cats, digital, Nora the cat, sketches
January 12, 2012
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Digital Paintings
By Jack Ruttan in 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 Ruttan 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