Sketches I did while listening on the phone, and watching moms take their kids back from daycare. Trying to capture shapes and action. Also a bit of personality.
April 14, 2015
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Value study
By Jack Ruttan in sketches
This is a value study of a character in a storyboard sequence I’ve been doing. I wanted to make sure I had the right colours for shadows on her yellow jacket. The jacket is an homage to “Kill Bill.”
I’m pretty lazy, and don’t usually do studies, because that’s extra work, and I usually like to wing it. But this character is appearing a lot in this story, and I wanted to be sure the colours I was using on her were ones I could live with. These are also fun drawings, I think.
March 26, 2015
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Characters
By Jack Ruttan in paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
Just sort of warming up, here.
March 24, 2015
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Pair o’ Cats
By Jack Ruttan in cats, color, paintings, watercolour
I’m calling this a “warm-up,” since I’m really working on a much bigger job. Still, this taught me some things, and finishing it freed up a watercolour board.
March 12, 2015
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Spring-like Sketches
By Jack Ruttan in color, montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour
It was actually possible, yesterday, to sit on the balcony and draw this little postal van, illegally parked across the street.
The above is a tiny little thing, but the colours are pretty.
March 8, 2015
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Down at the Abbey
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital
I have no idea what that backdrop means, but I’m happier with the painted characters.
March 6, 2015
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Colour studies
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital
This is me, working on colour and light in a purely digital format. I’m trying to limit my palette. And still keep it interesting.
March 4, 2015
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Rue Notre Dame
By Jack Ruttan in montreal, watercolor, watercolour
At least I think that’s where it is. I didn’t write down the name of the street when I snapped the photo I painted this from.
March 4, 2015
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Green Girl
By Jack Ruttan in color, digital
One of the nice things about digital painting, which I think I’ve said before, is that it’s infinitely workable. This picture was sitting around for a while, looking lousy, but came to life for me with the leather jacket and streak of purple.
March 3, 2015
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Floofy Cat to Adopt
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, cats, Gouache, pencil, sketches
You can adopt this floofy cat by going here on Facebook.
February 26, 2015
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Rod McKuen’s Co-Existence Bagel Shop Blues
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, collaboration, comics, Rick Gagnon, sketches
The passing of Rod McKuen the other month reminded me of this comic a friend of mine and I did, based on a spoken word recording made by this famous (maybe in-famous) poet. The “official” beats hated these, as sort of climbing onto the bandwagon, but I think they’re funny and unpretentious. I did the pencils and Richard Gagnon did the beautiful inks. The text, of course, is copyright by the poet.
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