Posts pertaining to anything digital: videos, digital painting, websites, etc.
Long time no see, blog readers. Here’s an animated GIF showing some of the stages of my Rocket Raccoon digital painting.
And here’s the digital painting:
You can purchase prints of this painting, as well as other art, in my Etsy shop. Click here to visit my Etsy shop.
Here’s a little preview of a work in progress. It’s animated so you can see the steps (only three layers so far). This is only a small portion of the full piece and there’s still a lot to do. Can you guess what the illustration is about?
Has it really been an entire month since I last updated this blog? Boy have I been slacking off!
What have I been doing, you ask?
I have been reading a lot of comic books and various books about the comic book industry and it’s roller coaster of a history. I also went camping for a while and spent a lot of time taking photos.
I have to admit that since I’ve purchased a camera I have been neglecting my duties to draw and paint (and occasionally sculpt but that’s not my forte). I’ve also been neglecting to update my portfolio and my blog. It’s more work than most people realize. There’s a lot of annoying back end stuff that I have to do behind the scenes when adding new work to my website (and having to deal with SEO on all of my posts is pretty annoying). But anyways…
Here’s a little taste of what’s on my Flickr:
Thanks for stopping by! (or not?)
If you follow me on my official Facebook page then you also know that I recently graduated from KCAD with an Illustration degree! If you don’t follow me on Facebook and you didn’t know that then maybe you should stay in the loop (the graduation photo below was taken by my pal Simon Lee).
And what better way to celebrate graduating than purchasing a new camera? Actually I could think of a few better ways but I digress. A new camera means experimenting and making up reasons to use the aforementioned new camera. Today I photographed some lilacs (obviously seen in the photos below).
Stay cool out there in that heat! It’s about time that Michigan weather realized what season it is.
So here’s a digital painting that I’ve been meaning to post to my blog. The concept for which I had to make an illustration was the random pairing of words: “brilliant hallucination”. I made a mind map and determined the subject matter/color scheme. I’ll post some WIP images eventually.
Here’s a mech speed painting. Let me know what you think. Robots are cool but they are difficult to draw well.
Here’s a digital speed painting I did a couple months ago. It’s a concept for an oil painting that I’d like to do some day (Or maybe an acrylic painting?). The deer have glowing antlers. I don’t know why.
Here are two more digital speed paintings from the end of September 2013. You can see part one (the first two paintings) here.
Here are two digital speed paintings from the end of September 2013. Stay tuned for part two!
Edit: Part two is here!
It has come to my attention that not many people know about Google Cultural Institute (formerly the Google Art Project, but now it includes much more). I love the Google Cultural Institute and you should too. Although I’d much rather see a Peter Paul Rubens (Not to be confused with Peter, Paul, and Mary) painting in person (I’ll add that to my non-existent bucket list), I don’t have the luxury of flying all over the world to see his paintings so Google Cultural Institute is my solution.
Fake disclaimer: Google Cultural Institute is a great website and you’re likely to lose track of time and browse artworks for hours. If you have deadlines or tasks to complete, wait to look at GCI until you have some free time.
Here’s a nifty video to introduce you to GCI:
The Google Art Project (part of the Google Cultural Institute) has hundreds thousands of artworks for you to view in high resolution. You can take a virtual tour through partnered museums, read about the artwork, browse other member’s “collections” of artwork (you can make your personal collection of artwork from the Google Art Project, write things about the pieces you chose, and share with the world), and so much more.
As always, if you click on an image in my posts you can usually see larger images.
Let’s take a quick tour through the Google Cultural Institute:
Here I am browsing the artwork of Peter Paul Rubens. You can scroll left and right to view more art work by Rubens. Notice the little blue “gigapixel” button next to the title of “Venus and Adonis”. There are several gigapixel images on the Google Art Project. You may ask yourself “what is a gigapixel?” You may ask yourself, where is that large automobile? Well you know how cameras have megapixels? Maybe your camera has 12 megapixels (That’s pretty standard). A gigapixel is 1,000 megapixels (Whaaaaat!!!).
Browsing art work by Peter Paul Rubens in the Google Cultural Institute
Let’s take a look at the gigapixel image of “Venus and Adonis”:
You can get little history lessons about the art.
The descriptions are fun to read and they are very informative (unlike taking an actual art history class where you fall asleep and watch slides on a projector while the teacher drones on in a monotone voice). Enough of that, let’s zoom into the painting!
“You are such an Adonis!”
Look at the detail!
Pearls
If you are in an actual art museum and you can see a painting this closely, you need to back up a little before the security guard removes you from the premises.
There’s so much to look at with the Google Cultural Institute. A blog post can barely scratch the surface of how interesting GCI is. Go check it out for yourself! If you want a direct link to the Art Project, click here. And if you want to see the “Venus and Adonis” painting by Peter Paul Rubens, you can click here.