Ye Huntyng Catt
Keanu (Feel the Heat?)
A California Woman
Little Watercolour People
February 29, 2012
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Various Watercolour Paintings
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, watercolour, women
February 28, 2012
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Scoundrels and Shady Dealings
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, watercolour, women
February 27, 2012
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Children and Safety
By Jack Ruttan in Uncategorized
I went a little insane figuring out how to add the tone, but hope I’ve learned something. In the meantime, enjoy the comic. I hope to do more of these “casual” comics in the future, because I’ve got a notebook full of stories, and the full-dress style takes a long time.
Tags: ballpoint pen, cartoons, comics, current events, Pen & Ink
February 24, 2012
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Some More Painting
By Jack Ruttan in cats, sketches, womenThe digital thing is frustrating, because of all the switches you have to throw (if you start working on the wrong layer, then you’re lost).
Also, I keep losing brushes I like. In Photoshop, those are collections of settings and sometimes an image. This can all be solved, but it’s a learning curve for me. So, I’m trying to paint over pencil drawings. Not totally happy, but getting there.
February 22, 2012
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More Cats, and Star Trek People
By Jack Ruttan in cats, men, sketches, women
My sketches have become a little more, um, “sketchy” since I’ve been on this digital art kick. Still drawing, however, and the books are filling up with pencil drawings, actually drawing in all kinds of media, since it really doesn’t matter if I can mess with the lines and colours. So, I’ve been enjoying my coloured pencils while still dong monochromatic drawings. Above are some random cats, and a character wearing a hat from the old Sam and Max videogame.
Also still working on “portraits,” which is a grand way of saying drawings that look like real people. So, I’ve been drawing away while watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on a DVD set I bought at a pawn shop. Good times, but still a ways to go.
After visiting here, you can check this cartoon: Nobody Listens to Worf.
February 17, 2012
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Hiyo! It’s the Orpah Show
By Jack Ruttan in watercolour
Not sure what to say about this, except it was a bit of work. I described this strip to a twitter friend, now I’ve forgotten her name. Will try to look back and find her.
Tags: comics, watercolour
February 14, 2012
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Lazy Blog Post
By Jack Ruttan in men, sketches, womenI’m behind on things, also wasting time on facebook. Still drawing, but not blogging as much as I might. Well, here are some things. First of all, I’m messing around with the “Gaussian Blur” and figuring out what it takes to paint things over a loose pencil drawing in photoshop:
It’s from a tacky source (an 80s rock video, but interesting how the computer colours add that extra layer of tacky.) Maybe I’ll make the palettes more subtle to avoid the garish, next time. But that airbrush thing also does it.
Here’s a page of things I was drawing while watching the hilarious and obscene film Brüno.
The guy in the upper left was computer-coloured (mainly), but I still like the watercolour tones, as on the right, which are still easier and faster for me to do!
February 10, 2012
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Dropped Dip Pen
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's place, watercolour
This always happens when I drop one of those dip pens. It sticks into the floor like a dagger in an Indiana Jones movie. Bye bye nice nib!
Tags: cartoons, Nora the cat, ruttan's place, watercolour
February 8, 2012
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Spoons
By Jack Ruttan in ruttan's placeMy friend once used a spoon at my place, and remarked about it. She told me they were better quality than I imagined, and could look much nicer. I hadn’t thought much about them. They were grimy old spoons that I’d been using for ages, which I had taken with me to Montreal from my parents’ place in Calgary.
Anyways, my friend took them away with her, and after a bit of time here’s what she showed me as a surprise:
Now they’re so bright, I’m almost scared to use them. But be assured they’ll be back to their weathered state, after being used to stir coffee, measure out sugar, eat yogurt.
But what’s especially interesting is the maker’s mark the polishing brought out, as below.
Now I don’t think these spoons are from 1847, or worth a lot of money, but it’s interesting to think about. Googling the year tells me that Charlotte Bronte published Jane Eyre back then, under the name Currer Bell.
Goes to show, you never know what’s hanging around in the cutlery drawer.
UPDATE: Of course a quick Google of the whole phrase took me to this page, which is cute to see. Don’t think I’m going to try and sell them, sorry!
Tags: ruttan's place
February 8, 2012
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Electronic Rights (E-rights) Class Action Activity
By Jack Ruttan in Uncategorized
Author Mary Soderstrom gives a concise explanation of the ERDC’s (Electronic-Rights Defence Committee) class action on behalf of Canadian freelancers. [link]
We’ve been working on this for almost 14 years now. But things are happening. Keep track of the ERDC’s web site to follow the legal fun.
Tags: Activism, current events, ERDC
February 6, 2012
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Cat Poop Collector
By Jack Ruttan in UncategorizedI attempt to explain the cat poop collector, a device which has puzzled me this week. No, you don’t get to know what’s wrong with my cat. It’s disgusting, but not fatal, and I hope will be cleared up with a couple of pills, soon.
UPDATE: The cat poop collector failed completely. I brought it in with a sample, and apparently the vet confused it with that of another cat, and gave my cat a clean bill of health. However, I missed the message telling me this, brought in the cat, and she herself provided a sample which proved on the spot what treatment she needed. All my cats have got pills now, and I hope that solves the problem!
Tags: current events, Nora the cat
February 6, 2012
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Watercolour Baby and Other Things.
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, sketches, watercolour
Actually painted a portrait of somebody’s baby the other week. Looked nothing like this one, who was just practice for baby paintings. Can’t show the portrait, because it hasn’t been given to the recipient yet.
Then there’s this freaky smiling guy, again rendered in good old-fashioned watercolour.
Tags: men, paintings, sketches, watercolour
February 4, 2012
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Pile of Paintings
By Jack Ruttan in men, paintings, sketches, 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 woman was painted in black wash on paper, then coloured in Photoshop. Nifty! I want to be able to blend the colours more.
Still, all things considered, they look good to me, and my pics will continue to get only better.
Tags: colour, digital, men, paintings, sketches, vectors, wash, watercolour, women