4 posts tagged “photoshop”
A bit bored tonight, inspired by some various illos I was looking at.
This isn't finished yet.
Once upon a time, I slept. I remember it clearly because, well, it was time that I wasn't up until all hours colouring a damn jacket. Why do I spend so much time on this stuff? It doesn't even look like hours worth of work!
So here's a progress report on my latest piece. It's a good thing I don't sell my work; I'd definitely be working at a massive loss.
It's the Easter long weekend here in Australia (we get the Friday and the Monday off, so it's 4 days of bliss for moi), so I thought I'd waste an evening doing another illustration. Hopefully I'll get a chance to colour it in the next week or so!
Every now and then, I like to point out that most of my illustrative work these days - at least the stuff that is vaguely anatomically correct - is from photo reference. I point it out purely because I feel awkward when people compliment me for my work, under the impression that it's 100% mine. And it's simply not. Illustration isn't something I have enough time in my life to focus on, and I'm simply not going to spend what little time I have available on learning foreshortening and perspective and all that other wonderful jazz. For me, it's all about the end product - not how I arrived at it. And as far as I'm concerned, most of the time my end product is unique enough in its own right that the methods I used to get there are, well, not irrelevant, but certainly not important to me.
Here's the grabs I threw together to create a starting point.
So there you are. I hope you enjoy my work, and I hope you'll be as carefree about my methods as I am.
Oh man. I never want to draw ever again, haha. I've never spent so much time on a single piece before. I don't know how you people do it! It was fun and all, but man. I could not ever make this is a full time job, haha.
Anyway, here you go. Some random dude sitting on the hood of his Nissan C110 "Kenmeri" Skyline GT-R, sipping on some bubble tea (oh you sweet delicious bubble tea). Enjoy! And remember, make it Kenmeri time. ...™
