Friday, October 27, 2006

The Ford GT40

"Crush those I-type, toe-rag, scumbag, pony-assed, heaps of Junk" Henry Ford

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Thursday, October 26, 2006

Ford GT

My next subject. The Ford GT40 is probably my most favorite car. The newer GT is just as impressive.

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Jaguar D-Type

One of the prettiest race cars of all time.
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Painter Demo

Did another process demo in painter.

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First - start with a value study. Block in your shapes, considering your light source and your focal point. It is the apple in this image.


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Next is the intitial color wash in digital watercolor (simple water brush). I like the digital watercolor because it allows me to paint from dark to light - and because it allows me to tint my value study.


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Next,I dry the digital water and then use a custom airbrush to paint opaquely over the image. I push the highlights, color saturation, tints and shades at this stage - trying to keep the most saturated area in the middle values on the light side.


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Adding more detail with the opaque mediums. A cool wash over the entire image in digital watercolor is then applied. This is done to unify the shadow areas. Next is to pull back the warm/light side by using digital watercolor set at white.


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This could still be taken much farther. It's just a matter of detail now.