tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-169796182024-03-07T19:14:12.887-08:00Draw StanleyA blog about what I love and do, illustration. I do it, teach it, read about it, research it for others. If it was edible…Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-39139277786885384102015-08-31T13:00:00.001-07:002015-08-31T13:00:20.694-07:00NONAME: project thumbnails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is not the beginning though. This project has been in development for a while and with the help and encouragement of several people is finally getting into what can be called prototype stage or proof of concept. The idea is to produce content that is entertaining and has embedded sponsor content, all that in the form of a comic, a digital comic. The details are more for those involved, this post (and the ones to follow) is more about the process of the prototype. First step thumbnails, YEAH!</div>
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Like I mentioned, this is not the beginning, but this is where things start to really take shape.</div>
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The format, functionality and story all meet and meld for the first time in these thumbnails. I have begun to put the story the writer and I developed together with the function that is crucial to the idea of the project. You can see story notes, tech notes side by side with the art. Dialogue is not done, and word balloons and narrative boxes are indicated in red. They may not all be used but they show where text can be placed and what for. The thumbnails are now in the hands of the writer who will flesh out the dialogue and script. Then I can tighten up the art, adding details like facial expressions. The blank panels are "black boxed" we know what has to happen and that there may be text there but the images are yet to come. There are a few thumbnails that I have used more finished art from a previous test stage.</div>
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So, these are getting scripted. While that's happening I'll be working on a specific usability issue and how to make it look the way it has been envisioned and not too intrusive. Also I'll begin (and finish!) a style test. So we can see just what this will look like when it's all done and polished! I'll post about that next, in a couple of days. Also the Final Final look for the main character, and perhaps a peek at the circular development he took! Stay tuned!</div>
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Hey music lovers! Camper Van Beethoven is using the comic, "That Gum You Like, (Is Back In Style)" in the reissue of their album, New Roman Times. The comic was originally done for No Depression Magazine's review of the album's initial release, so it's a real treat to see it picked up for the reissue. In the comic I followed and developed the narrative of the songs. A dystopian view of a near/alternate-future American West, with UFOs! Turns out the band liked it and obviously remembered it. All these years later I get a call for the record company asking to use the art! I made a few small changes and sent the pages off to the designer. The final product has yet to arrive, but it's nice to know when an illustration is well received, and ,"Back in Style."Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-3739334827447225032014-10-16T15:38:00.000-07:002014-10-16T15:38:44.661-07:00DJ Drez, drop dat beat!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBD1y1DYtg2ppJZQLu_U1dPmE9BL71PXtslCfws1-FkuldPgEG2TXbPfWov04xyBHs_HUGYfDsacziN8-0VlcFk4NTdTpBGyjKyOsdgp5a5WK91JB2jh-AbEJSTZaMUwSfpAIEzA/s1600/DJ_Drez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBD1y1DYtg2ppJZQLu_U1dPmE9BL71PXtslCfws1-FkuldPgEG2TXbPfWov04xyBHs_HUGYfDsacziN8-0VlcFk4NTdTpBGyjKyOsdgp5a5WK91JB2jh-AbEJSTZaMUwSfpAIEzA/s400/DJ_Drez.jpg" /></a></div>This piece started out as a quick sketch I did at Wanderlust, a yoga festival in Whistler. I was fortunate enough to take a yoga class from MC Yogi, and DJ Drez provided the music! It was great fun! As I have with sketches of other celebs, I had DJ Drez sign it, and told him I would send him a copy of the finished illustration. I felt the sketch called for a high degree of finish. I had time at the festival, so I started the finished version on my iPad in Procreate. You can see the video here, <a href="http://youtu.be/EmHLpfyaaCY">http://youtu.be/EmHLpfyaaCY</a> It was a while in between start and finish but I think it turned out well and does the subject justice. Procreate took some getting used to for the line work, but of all the apps I have tried on the iPad, it has one of the best inking tools and drawing feel.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-35871242214706210562014-10-13T13:07:00.000-07:002014-10-13T15:46:28.717-07:00Potential of Us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This is a animated version of the short I did for Verizon Wireless earlier this year. In this video I used the type which was not used in the final piece. Put this together in AfterEffects, but the final is planned to be a digital book with narration and different type added. In the meanwhile there is this to enjoy!</div>
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Drawing the couple was fun. I got to return to a style that is easy and exciting for me. I had to focus a bit on the hands. I can still hear my mentor saying, " What's with the big papery hands!?"<br />
The challenge was the background, yet another drawing of Seattle. It took a bit of discipline to stay dedicated to that. What helped was deciding to play around with shapes and highlights, to create that glowy Emerald City at night feeling. You can see it when you're there but it's not easy to capture in a comic. But I'm happy with the results! As I hope the Groom and Groom are.<br />
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One: <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Up down and straight. Order from chaos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; text-align: start;">Two: Trying to remember what I learned from watching Ward Payne and Art Chantry work things out with lettering, while at the same time keeping it loose, with an Silver Age Marvel vibe.</span></div>
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<br />Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-49131668005440275122013-10-10T10:53:00.000-07:002013-10-10T10:53:53.096-07:00Ruston Tunnel Playing Card: The Card went beep beep.<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I picked The Ruston Tunnel because it was a fun place in Tacoma, a place you could sound your horn like crazy, because you were supposed too! Driving thru a tiny dark tunnel! What could be more fun? I wanted to make sure the card illustrations worked like playing card illustrations, that you could view/read them from both sides. No top no bottom. The Tunnel having two identical ends really lent itself to that. …</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">"beep, beep"</span><br />
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My driving idea was a car, back lit, coming into the dark tunnel sounding it's horn. The light being the center and the words/sounds, "beep, beep", readable both ways. I tried adding oncoming headlights. A close runner up was to show both ends of the tunnel with the road curving from the dark into the light opening. I thought that was an intriguing idea but a little to gimmicky, forced, "beep, beep".<br />
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I went for simplicity in my next rough. Working digitally upsized. I had a lit tunnel entrance with the words readable both ways, "beep, beep(… the car went , beep, beep")</div>
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I felt this was on the right track, but somehow lacked the kind of mystery and fun of the tunnel.</div>
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I continued on, playing with the tunnel, the light and the words, "beep, beep". Maybe more of a straight ahead signage feel? Naaah. "beep, beep"</div>
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This last rough had some of the feel I wanted, the car, backlit with headlights on coming into the dark.<br />
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In the end I decided to strip everything away, giving up what I thought would be fun stuff to draw. I think it was Alex Toth that said something about reducing elements to just what is needed to tell the story, then drawing the hell out what is left.<br />
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Originally the words were set as type, but they didn't fit with the drawn headlights. So the set type was drawn, then flipped and rotated to make the card work like a card. Both ways, coming and going thru the tunnel…"beep, beep".</div>
Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-82211470821608377422013-10-10T00:32:00.001-07:002013-10-10T00:32:29.458-07:00Full Color Storyboards: Built for Speed<br />
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<i>It's been a few years since this project was completed. A chunk of the frames were lost, the team has all moved on. Now's a good time to let these surface into the light.</i></div>
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Working fast can have it's advantages. It's great practice and a good way to get familiar with streamlining work-flow and working methods. It frees you from getting bogged down with application tricks and techniques, forcing you to rely solely on basic illustration skills.</div>
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These images are part of a project I worked on in December. All secret and copyright protected, so forgive the lack of details, but, there were over 30 images total. Backgrounds and characters were done separately. I was able to devote attention to each. Most anyone who's done backgrounds will tell you its best to think of them as characters. What you put into the backgrounds, how you light, draw and color them, defines their personality. I've found that a well considered background helps define the other characters in the scene. Sort of like saying where they come from.<br />
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When it gets to the characters you can really go, they have a rich setting to react to, crammed, stinky cabin, hot dry desert, calm blue stratosphere. And if you've developed the characters fully from the start it's that much easier and fun.<br />
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Technically speaking there were all done this-a-way…<br />
I did a rough breakdown for all 30 plus images in InDesign. Set up a page format containing the frame outline and written notes/script. Then drew the rough concept with the pencil tool. This way I could easily rearrange the frames and add or remove frames and notes. Once that document was approved, each frame pasted into Sketchbook Pro and did a detailed rough for client approval. Finished line art was done in Sketch book Pro and I spit me out a psd file to color in Photoshop.<br />
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In P-Shop I set up two brushes, with opacity overrides in the toolbar, and one eraser. I worked with as few layers as possible for speed. I remember a friend saying, " layers are for pussies." I had a separate layer acting as a palette, so I could use the eye dropper (accessible by quick key) to swiftly change color. It also allowed me to see how the colors would look in the composition which was useful.<br />
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I had a plug-in I installed that allowed me to email directly from P-Shop. So I did that for quickly sending art to client for approval. This again was all part of my putting in place every step of the way things that smoothed out the work-flow without compromising the quality…too much…hopefully. In the end the client was happy and I was happy with the look of the art.<br />
Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-37662610928167329172013-08-27T13:32:00.000-07:002013-08-27T13:32:56.257-07:00Two Projects<br />
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In one hand is the re-coloring of Sunglasses After Dark, the vampire mini series I did with Nancy Collins. It will be collected and republished by IDW…as soon as I get done with the colors. I have been coloring (and at times touching up or fixing) the art for a while now. The last issue/part is being done. Lots of moody, mature themed images. Very stylized and sharp. Not to mention it is a vampire story for growed-ass adults. The original series was published, probably, over 15 years ago by Verotic Comics. Now I get to color it since we do not have the colored art. It's kind of something to work with your younger self. I look at the line art and try to remember/understand what I was thinking or trying to do at the time.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The project was to refresh the site and characters while adding learning activities for kids. From the estimate phase on, we were under a rush deadline. In addition to the clients schedule, I was going on a much needed three week vacation to Bali! Avista wanted a somewhat cinematic approach, so we settled on a widescreen format. A really wide screen format, about 5 by 42 inches! It also needed to be fun and bright. There was a set color palette from the existing site and graphics. All of which I was to use as I did the new backgrounds and redesigned the characters, (Wattson, a Scooby-like dog, and Edison, </span></div>
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I went with a sketchy style that would be fun and look fun while allowing for speedier finish. Used a pencil brush that had some texture to it to keep the sketchy vibe. The client really wanted to veer away from too clean of a look, so, I created and added an organic texture to each piece. The backgrounds are layers so they can be animated in a parallax/multiplane fashion as you scroll through them. Which is really cool! This was a key point in the process, the functionality of the backgrounds. I got excited by the process and added more layers to show views through windows and doors that moved, TV and monitors with stuff going on, and objects in the room that could change and move. On one I even aded a rainbow that could be faded in! To strengthen the depth of field, objects were added as a foreground and blurred. Those objects also served as transitions between views when needed. Textures and effects were saved as layers so they would be consistent and easy to add, remove or modify. To lighten the mood and create some magic I added sun rays (or God rays!). I even went as far as creating these or separate layers and different positions so they could be animated as well. It got to be kind of fun to making all the parts. Not all of them are used in the first iteration of the site due to the timeframe the coders were working under. To speed the work sketches and roughs were done in the same file and emailed via Adobe Emailer. It's a plug in that allows you to email directly out of Photoshop. What a time saver, I can send of views of the image as I'm working without any extra hassle of saving, stopping or quitting. The sketch could sometimes be cleaned up and used as finished line art. The same brushes used for Sunglasses After Dark were used to color the backgrounds. Once approved the psd file was uploaded to the agency FTP and downloaded by the coder. The art was then optimized for use. This iso something I wish I had done, since some detail was lost. I think I may have been able to save detail or redraw the art so as to minimize any loss. The results look good though! The goal of making them fun to go through was achieved and the client was happy. Just before I left on vacation, they ordered another background, the basement. That background includes a few Easter Eggs that may be in additional backgrounds! Two of them!</div>
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The corporate proprietary work I've been doing for a while now has
prevented me from having samples to widely show. What I will show is
something similar, "Trapdoors and Whores".<br />
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The story is from a germ of an idea I had several years ago of a
librarian/investigator who goes after a rare book about Tacoma. So, like
the paid work, I was doing I had only hints to go from, leaving a fair
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The notions of the Tacoma Tunnels and Dashiell Hammett was pretty cool,
so those were tossed into the pot to boil. I wanted to play around with
mixing up truth with fiction in a way that was hard to tease apart.
That's why the characters are real-ish. To quote Denny Eichorn, about his
auto-bio comics, "It's true enough!"<br />
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I did all my research on the fly, while doing each frame. I say Frame
because, again, I wanted to work in the way I am doing storyboard work.
Working out frames at a top speed 50 per day. I set a time limit of 30
minutes for each frame. I forgot to account for writing! That took the
bulk of the 30 minutes. This was also an experiment with Sketchbook Pro,
to see what the program could do, and delve into other areas that the
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I mentioned the story and that I was thinking of doing it like the
corporate proprietary work, "storyboards", to one of my clients. He
replied, "Do it. Start today, no roughs no character sketches, just go."
Why not!?<br />
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<br />So for 59 days (nights actually, I wound up doing them just before
bedtime!) I carried on this nonsense. It showed some strengths and
weaknesses. It also helped revitalize the corporate work I'm doing now.<br />
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I feel it's time for another romp!<br />Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-79625210770926165732012-02-07T17:29:00.000-08:002012-02-07T17:29:10.735-08:002012 February<div class="p1">Isn't it nice when blogs have recent updates?</div><div class="p1">So, what <i>have</i> I been working on lately (or since June!) well…</div><div class="p2"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><b>Top Secrety Storyboard Stuff</b>: Shhh…trust me it looks cool!</div><div class="p2"><br />
</div><div class="p1"><b>Mogo Charms</b>: Two waves, (a wave being a group of charms.) The charms are for pre-teen/tween-age girls and boys. I did about 12 sets of three. Including a commemorative set for the Royal Wedding. It's the smallest art I've ever done, one quarter inch in diameter! Most people would not know I've done quite a bit of work for the tween-age girl market!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="p1"><b>Morty G. Filtercat for Filter Talent</b>: I was brought in to do ideation, character design and assets for Filter's Holiday <a href="http://www.filterdigital.com/curiosity/" target="_blank">website</a>, I wound up doing the animations as well. There were nine animations each about 12 seconds long, one for each cat life, and a resurrection animation as well. Plus the cool cat skullz icon. This is the kind of stuff people think I do. Blowin' up cats, tons o'fun!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BWE1SVpU3M4efTz9ZuGuqnPYavhxtkQ6uCXDKGQij6GOrvICBIaaMt2Tj5_o9rwmqiAaSe8kfZxkAwiKSMIR2dktkvbvIb-K0abdBPZUTgqxZ3VDnSLvTGEoBcZusGnsRBa7hQ/s1600/Morty+G+Filtercat+Deaths+Bomb2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-BWE1SVpU3M4efTz9ZuGuqnPYavhxtkQ6uCXDKGQij6GOrvICBIaaMt2Tj5_o9rwmqiAaSe8kfZxkAwiKSMIR2dktkvbvIb-K0abdBPZUTgqxZ3VDnSLvTGEoBcZusGnsRBa7hQ/s320/Morty+G+Filtercat+Deaths+Bomb2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="p2"><br />
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</div><div class="p1"><b>Masque of the Red Death</b>: Added color to the black and white version of the story I adapted for Graphic Classics. Also illustrated the back cover. This adaptation was originally in black and white, so I made the black work as red and all the compositions are based on positive and negative space. It was quite a challenge to come back to it and add color, without screwing it up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9F6-dzva0MJwpogMqodp7wsC99F25C3KqtMg5pzTxy0UGOOaPGeJSxMUqAijR3utgPmUNIWvUXeKXE45sMVT47O8UXx7Bq1BM8Q5dguB6god9TLBOZ8Gt79v_L_ttGQFPgjkCw/s1600/Page1+SBS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9F6-dzva0MJwpogMqodp7wsC99F25C3KqtMg5pzTxy0UGOOaPGeJSxMUqAijR3utgPmUNIWvUXeKXE45sMVT47O8UXx7Bq1BM8Q5dguB6god9TLBOZ8Gt79v_L_ttGQFPgjkCw/s320/Page1+SBS.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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I've had the great fortune to work on at least there cool on-model projects. (These illustrations being one.) Cartoony characters are the toughest. You can't hide differences in a field of lines (or "hay" as the old times used to call "hatching".) like you can with comic book characters like Batman, Superman or Hay-Bale Man. There are fewer lines so each misstep is apparently out of line.<br />
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There is lots of information on breaking down characters to their basic shapes so you can get a better understanding of them and how they work in 3 dimensional space. But, I think it also helps to understand where the character comes from, it's ancestors, what the original cartoonists were trying to do, and how they worked. <br />
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Some things that help keep you on-model are mistakes made early on, short-cuts taken by previous cartoonists and just plain effects from they way they are drawn. Like the character said, "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way."<br />
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For me staying on model is more about getting into the head of who (years of other cartoonists, a current cartoonist, or a model sheet) and trying to let it flow from there. Like a cartoonist profiler! This goes beyond shapes and form because you want the art to have some life.<br />
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Here are seven illustrations I think will show an arc from conventional airbrush to digital airbrush. No matter what I do or what application I work in (Painter, Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, or Sketchbook Pro) I try to make the concept/idea most important and not the technique.<br />
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Nora Jones: This was for No Depression magazine. A lot of my editorial work was black and white airbrush, which I really love doing. Well, monochromatic to be really honest. So this is typical of that. I work at a low pressure setting on cold pressed board so there is a nice organic texture to the work in the sprayed areas and in the line work. While working for The Villiage Voice (printed on not that great newsprint) I learned to keep the work to three values, basically. This prevented the image from becoming muddy when printed. I love the graphic nature of working this way.<br />
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Holiday Art: Full page newspaper illustration for a Holiday Arts section. This was sprayed as black and white, then I added the colors digitally in Photoshop. Just basic layers set to multiply, nothing fancy, yet. Still playing with how hue affected values, shifting the compositional focus.<br />
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Brandy (w/ Timbaland): Florian Bachleda at Vibe gave me a pretty nice playground for doing my conventional airbrush stuff in color. Interesting subject matter and he gave me a lot of freedom, but also pushed a bit to make sure the concept and execution were spot on. I have a so-so color sense. Airbrush required a lot of planning and sometimes working almost blind because of the frisket. But it was like Christmas when it came time to remove all the frisket and see what I got. This is one of my better color airbrush illustrations. Again, mostly one color and the value/shape range is low. I always set it up by shape/areas. Like, "skin", "dress" and background". Each area basically one value with slight variation within. Timbo's face was sprayed in originally, but Florian and I thought he looked to fat. So I sprayed another face and added it digitally, along with the color.<br />
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Beth Orton: Grant Alden at No Depression is another wonderful art director. Plenty of great assignments and room to experiment under a helpful/watchful eye. I'm really pleased with the concept on this, which extends into the execution. Her transparent fingers sort of shy and not quite covering her mouth, suggesting how she veils her meanings in her song lyrics. Again this was sprayed with black ink and colored digitally. I made a few adjustments to the values after scanning so the color would show in the darker areas.<br />
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India Arie: Vibe magazine. This is again, sprayed conventionally, but there is an equal amount of digital work done. Tweaking the value areas, adjustments to the face and line work. And a lot of layer manipulation to get the color right and allow the texture to show through. Actually did this illustration over from scratch! Got very comfortable manipulating the texture in photoshop.<br />
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Ray LaMontagne: So I loved the Beth Orton piece so much I copied myself for another No Depression illustration. If you look you can tell. The difference is that this one is all digital. If you look close you can see tell tale signs, but this is a big leap for where I was heading!<br />
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Tracy Morgan: And we arrive back at the start, sort of. Some of my first black and white editorial airbrush pieces were for The Village Voice, and here is a recent one, but this time digital. I created my own texture, and worked in Illustrator, Photoshop and Painter. My goal was to provide my client with art in the style they wanted, but with the speed that a digital work-flow allowed. Ta-da! Some of my oldest art director friends couldn't tell the difference. "The android had successfully replaced the human!" <br />
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On editorial work like this, I try to come up with a strong concept, that doesn't rely on style, but takes advantage of it. Like Norah Jones's body being a piano shape. That concept could work in another style, but I like to think that is shows up well in the style I used. Same goes for the depiction of Brandy as a sort of Egyptian Queen/diva, or the happy, glowy, pop feel to the way India Arie is rendered. Even the Renaissance approach to a simple portrait of Ray LaMontagne. Style is subservient to the concept. Or at least that's what I'm aiming for. I welcome any and all comments from blog readers and other Illustration Robots!Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-34281969408089664702010-11-09T10:45:00.000-08:002010-11-09T10:45:34.197-08:00Treading the boards<title></title> <style type="text/css">
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<div class="p1">For a while now I've been doing a lot of presentation and proprietary storyboard work. Odd stuff, interesting stuff, speculative in nature, and not always finished. These are bits of the second of a two part project. The nature of the assignment called for finished vector work in three distinct styles. This is the one I had the most fun with. It is reminiscent of old Reader's Digest illustrations in it's rough line and single tone color treatment. I created a few special brushes to work with in Illustrator CS4. (I've since moved on to CS5!) I wanted the style to look rough and coarse as if done on oatmeal paper. We all remember paper, right?</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="p1">The other snippets are from the other set of storyboards. The style was to be more tech, clear line, and cartoony. We wanted a contrast between the rougher line and the cleaner line. Also contrast in how the overall feel, mood and flow of the boards.</div><div class="p1">They both were fun to do and took advantage of different features in Illustrator. I wish there would have been time to add color to these, in the vein of "Near Art". We had a bit more time at the start, but the schedule got cramped and one of the designers left half way through the project, so in the end we only completed two of the three.</div><div class="p1">Anyway the dust has settled on these boards, so it safe to tread.</div><div class="p2"><br />
</div><div class="p1">"Live fast, draw hard."</div></div>Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-2252666523892125292010-08-10T11:16:00.000-07:002010-08-10T11:16:59.858-07:00Sunglasses After Dark cover<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table> Hey kids comics! Or at least the cover for one. <br />
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Vampires never die. The adaptation of "Sunglasses After Dark" that Nancy Collins (the original author) and I did about 15 years ago will finally be collected and reprinted by IDW in 2011. An exact date has not been set, but the cover is done!<br />
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The wheels are in motion, the page art has to be scanned, lettered and colored. I didn't do any of the original series covers, but I did the collection cover.<br />
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Not only has it been 15 years since I drew the character, but for most comic book characters, I'm used to playing off existing art. This time I only had myself to riff on.<br />
My first take on the cover was much more designy, book cover-ish, and minimalist. I wasn't happy with the lack of excitement or interest this cover had.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">like some ol' make-up ad!</td></tr>
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After that, I went back over my original drawings of Sonja Blue, seeing why I drew her the way I did. I figured I would make some changes, sort of update her a bit, and did a lot of sketches along that line. But the more I drew, the more I realized that over the course of the original mini series Sonja had become fully developed. I didn't need to rethink the character at all. At one point I was even going to change her sunglasses and drew several different pair, but I wound up using the original (soldering) glasses she had.<br />
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"Sunglasses After Dark" has a strong pulp noir feel so I wanted that to come across in the cover.<br />
Once I got on track I did several roughs with a sort of pulp noir paperback look using the exaggerated figure, and low angle, and classic femme fatale stance. As with a lot of my stuff lately it was a complete digital work flow. The pencils were done in Sketchbook Pro, inks in Painter and colors were completed in Photoshop. I added a basic texture background and did my local color over that. My goal was to have an image that was dark but not murky and hard to see. While at the same time had some eye-candy appeal. In the original series Nancy and I wanted Sonja to have Engineer's Boots, this time I made them high-heeled Engineer's boots.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">only a few of the roughs done for the illustration!</td></tr>
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When the art was finished IDW wanted my input on type treatment, which I was happy to give. I have always had a fondness for the Doc Savage logo type done by Len Leone, which is a classic paperback type treatment that is echoed in tons of covers. So I went with that. I had to restrain myself and keep the warping to a minimum. In the image here colors are roughly chosen, subject to change, but I'm mostly happy with the way it looks. However it still has to pass few eyeballs before being final. Not sure when that will be, but stay tuned.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-73432671597061933242010-07-26T17:16:00.000-07:002010-07-26T17:16:45.715-07:00Casual Game User Interface<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXeHreJ-WcDzFqJ8chv8iZalJUL3YWalvlM6RrxXJdCUEGYoc897mdBfi08VNRZp_zjw2nOd3pxFfx82rHWsdx0BGd3b2Jwu7uMt36PykTvbzq-lsgsNb9WJdUlx6qXzSVh9M1g/s1600-h/Rough+03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368435324359129266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXeHreJ-WcDzFqJ8chv8iZalJUL3YWalvlM6RrxXJdCUEGYoc897mdBfi08VNRZp_zjw2nOd3pxFfx82rHWsdx0BGd3b2Jwu7uMt36PykTvbzq-lsgsNb9WJdUlx6qXzSVh9M1g/s400/Rough+03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 311px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
I'm working on a casual game UI piece. I've posted it here temporarily for feedback. Let me know what you think. My usual notes and notes about animation in Flash, with movements done in blue.<br />
<div></div>Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-23873061869244594602010-07-22T16:04:00.000-07:002010-07-22T16:04:07.987-07:00All in a day's work.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswOulSzUsibxB3J9nUOwha38kOds-GOr-FGUwxQC-R2d2zF0rMtTfyrmQmmifA6zgvE4hDuFjQQXDdC5OBdrC3km8TrF1tHspuh0JA2S_14XYc6qNCEAOPuqvY5M13JVsxeAM4g/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswOulSzUsibxB3J9nUOwha38kOds-GOr-FGUwxQC-R2d2zF0rMtTfyrmQmmifA6zgvE4hDuFjQQXDdC5OBdrC3km8TrF1tHspuh0JA2S_14XYc6qNCEAOPuqvY5M13JVsxeAM4g/s320/11.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>So, the top image is some of what I'm doing currently. Pretty normal, but along the way I get to experiment in Painter and I've made a nice "felt tip marker" that could yield some nice results, given more time. As it is I'm cranking on these with more of an eye to showing off the product/setting (basic information) than anything else, plus I have lot more to do by tomorrow. It's interesting, I know some illustrators have an aversion to working digitally and I definitely can see their point. But there are some pluses. One un-obvious thing, I put a piece of Bristol board over my Wacom so it feels like I'm drawing on paper rather than a piece of plastic. It even sounds like drawing on paper, which I love, "scritch, scritch, scritch." Any drawing is good practice. Doing this sort of stuff allows me to turn around things like the Sunglasses cover in short time (about three hours for inks and colors, more on the creation of that cover in my next post ). I don't always <i>want</i> to work at that pace, but it's all in a day's work, and sometimes it's like driving a really nice, fast car.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-74730846474364142062010-04-15T14:12:00.000-07:002010-04-15T14:22:27.938-07:00Bob Harper Fitness Illustrations on MSN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRja4sXqvgttCYmJk1rxmBm7PX6t-cR4Oevn_SZnLzIvfBZIsdD5YXz9ZxtQomjE1uIsTFpz8FCjs6P5XJ579P8xRriB_y3yQ8_ZH4kCOkoKOO4EUJ4meiTM_nhHpWOOQXpBmkCg/s1600/212-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRja4sXqvgttCYmJk1rxmBm7PX6t-cR4Oevn_SZnLzIvfBZIsdD5YXz9ZxtQomjE1uIsTFpz8FCjs6P5XJ579P8xRriB_y3yQ8_ZH4kCOkoKOO4EUJ4meiTM_nhHpWOOQXpBmkCg/s320/212-2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Earlier this year I worked on a project doing fitness/exercise illustrations, 21 episodes with at least three images per episode, for, "Help Yourself in 5 with Bob Harper, sponsored by Planters Nutrition", a site Bob Harper (The Biggest Loser) has on MSN. I was called in at the start of the development phase because of my visual problem solving skills. This was exciting because both my wife and I are gym rats so I would have no problem understanding any of the exercises or finding models! Well that and I was getting paid!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Microsoft's Branded Entertainment Experience Team had sent me a lot of art with the flavor they wanted. They had a rough look for the site and wanted to add illustrations that were subtle, tasteful with a little flair. In the beginning we were thinking of bright colors and textures. We wanted an almost retro, 50's look to it. Think Jack Lalanne!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Ironing Man" (using a clothes iron to do bicep curls) made sneaky appearances before the project went live.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't spend ALL of my life in front of a computer and I just got word that the site is live on <a href="http://helpyourselfin5.msn.com/?&source=hf#/workouts/6">MSN</a> a couple of days ago. <a href="http://helpyourselfin5.msn.com/?&source=hf#/workouts/6">Stop by</a> take a look at all the workouts, and let me know what you think. Do an exercise or two and waste five minutes getting fit, and remember it was drawn by some guys sitting on his butt.</div><div><br />
</div>Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-88712532782863103302010-03-30T14:41:00.000-07:002010-03-30T14:41:29.510-07:00Tracy Morgan for the Village Voice, Liz Lemon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79KmCJQ4YJCQnV6V8rWhehnTIpHVKBzVu-oMjtNFJqRTIp8KSySO9hfREulvIcf9ejBUE8KB3gIAKdJO0YudlWSIDOkvRqS3llWF0N8UZzTu_QjHZKlf58El96z5jffKrTFy8hA/s1600/Tracy+Morgan4Blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79KmCJQ4YJCQnV6V8rWhehnTIpHVKBzVu-oMjtNFJqRTIp8KSySO9hfREulvIcf9ejBUE8KB3gIAKdJO0YudlWSIDOkvRqS3llWF0N8UZzTu_QjHZKlf58El96z5jffKrTFy8hA/s320/Tracy+Morgan4Blog.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This is a different conventional/digital mix than normal for me. Being that the conventional part was done digitally and the digital part was done conventionally.<br />
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Jesus Diaz of the Village Voice asked me to do a straight illustration of Tracy Morgan for the Choices section. Specifically he wanted my airbrush style, which I perfected (or whatever) years ago working for The Voice, and went on to use it for a lot of other clients (Pierce Transit, Vibe, No Depression, BIBR, Dark Horse Comics,)<br />
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Originally I was doing this airbrush style in black and white, later I added color by spraying with Rortring Inks (Arguably the best inks that were on the market. Rumor is, they closed a plant rather than change the formula.) <br />
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When I started using a computer, I developed a way to color the black and white airbrush so I had the best of both. Nice B&W art for me, and controlled color art for my clients!<br />
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I like this style best in black and white, it just looks cool to me. My last sprayed color piece was an illustration of author Zadie Smith for Black Issues Book Review. After that I only did B&W, mostly for No Depression.<br />
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Then recently Jesus Diaz asked for that ol' airbrush magic. Time was tight, as usual, and I had only done one successful digital airbrush piece, (my jazz Blue Note Santa!) The sketch was drawn conventionally by hand (as opposed to by foot?) on paper over my light table. I scanned the drawing and completed the illustration in Photoshop CS4, making paths the same way I would cut frisket, okay maybe a bit more anally 'cause I'm like that! The new rotate feature is very handy. The texture is my own special recipe, actually sprayed by hand! Layers were sandwiched and the illo was sent off. In the rush, I forgot to add color but Jesus did that and it looks great.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-55360121095478803132010-02-04T16:41:00.000-08:002010-02-04T16:41:01.593-08:00And now for something completely different…Batman Action Figures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrkTHkw-8SL8Wclfyawa4X7plyzqotlkIxknQ5-V-nU-KYHxtRkfgKONogBrCSqaytfbQU8mdbtGlI9CQrIsnyQWAjB1d2kKT-83P-FjotveDMqS02QL-Tx0yFmLWkhp0pHH3-w/s1600-h/Scan+00.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlrkTHkw-8SL8Wclfyawa4X7plyzqotlkIxknQ5-V-nU-KYHxtRkfgKONogBrCSqaytfbQU8mdbtGlI9CQrIsnyQWAjB1d2kKT-83P-FjotveDMqS02QL-Tx0yFmLWkhp0pHH3-w/s320/Scan+00.jpg" /></a></div>I used to do a monthly or twice monthly single panel comic for the DC Comics employee newsletter. That's pretty fun stuff when I think about it. It was my second chance to work with the talented Dean Motter. I got to poke fun at whatever hero from the DC pantheon was in the spotlight at the time. I remember doing Superman, Shade (the Changing Man!) Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter gags. They're all somewhere in a pile of bristol board. Recently I heard (yet to be confirmed) that this Batman strip is in the "Batman Vault: Museum in a Box"!<br />
So, I thought I'd drag it out for show and tell to kick of a few posts that present a completely different side of what I do.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-61940815024881877642010-01-06T14:59:00.000-08:002010-01-06T14:59:29.496-08:00Alpha Stanta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeSTlmku3NpghEwLp95Uf4PGmVfAVmwViqlfPjfZMWK2lbvyJPHrXjasA6eVgOA3c7v16uRFDmiB08tc2QblP2klS_ZrnRK_b6mlINQou1MdXaveqkmrKWDRsNTiq81v2WAUs1A/s1600-h/Alpha+Stanta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbeSTlmku3NpghEwLp95Uf4PGmVfAVmwViqlfPjfZMWK2lbvyJPHrXjasA6eVgOA3c7v16uRFDmiB08tc2QblP2klS_ZrnRK_b6mlINQou1MdXaveqkmrKWDRsNTiq81v2WAUs1A/s320/Alpha+Stanta.jpg" /></a><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the depths of my hard drive, the original Stanta. <br />
</div>Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-73250637787416212992009-12-24T00:02:00.000-08:002009-12-24T00:02:07.625-08:00The Stanta Claus, 2009!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfX5KkC0_cG3sTmUzIXgEancEjkWQ33CLw3JaO6TEHo1JYDNPmFGJVYpQk-C6mhGVIFzGfU0s4wsXEnP87vcWTVe6dh0VFuNHtcx1BAlDAopvBkXYSb_05_C-Os_bECSP1dRTUA/s1600-h/Stanta+2009.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfX5KkC0_cG3sTmUzIXgEancEjkWQ33CLw3JaO6TEHo1JYDNPmFGJVYpQk-C6mhGVIFzGfU0s4wsXEnP87vcWTVe6dh0VFuNHtcx1BAlDAopvBkXYSb_05_C-Os_bECSP1dRTUA/s320/Stanta+2009.png" /></a><br />
</div>Last year because of a typo I made I did a drawing I used as an email signature, "Stanta". Which I can't find. Over the years I have done relatively few Santas. This year I decided to have some fun and do a few more. The first one, above, was a quick run at another email signature image. I had in mind a photo my old studio partner had of a a New York City cop, dressed as Santa, loading his revolver.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I was not going to do a comic book version, I had done that for the local paper some years ago. <br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The first Stanta for 2009. Just a quick drawing in Sketchbook pro, that turned into a Sean Connery. The main goal with the Stanta's was to have fun. I wanted to do each in a different style or technique and play around with the look of Santa.<br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is Hillbilly Stanta,<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Snoop Stanta,<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and Jazz Stanta <br />
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</div>Only got four done. Not bad, each is somewhat of an experiment. I had fun and learned a bit. Hope people got to enjoy them. I think I have a new Holiday tradition.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-18682832182863368312009-12-23T13:04:00.000-08:002009-12-23T13:07:12.039-08:00Stanta 1 : Stanta Connery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRFrkkniThmbbBV70NE8knuHwlDkFjUKZnQoTtewdarZEf2878IcRzoOU1_xaMU53YT4fYBHF4VM3h5thpz6xuNAJEPNVCDrkyyRl0MlJXw8BBc3EwLe21Hf2xF99Ecu5dBQCvA/s1600-h/Santa+Connery.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDRFrkkniThmbbBV70NE8knuHwlDkFjUKZnQoTtewdarZEf2878IcRzoOU1_xaMU53YT4fYBHF4VM3h5thpz6xuNAJEPNVCDrkyyRl0MlJXw8BBc3EwLe21Hf2xF99Ecu5dBQCvA/s400/Santa+Connery.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418540654971289650" border="0" /></a>This didn't start out to look like Sean Connery, but hey, none the worse. I stopped here because I accidentally screwed up the Sketchbook Pro file.Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-43894740627916698842009-12-23T09:29:00.001-08:002009-12-23T09:31:46.393-08:00This is just a test: March of The Stantas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4UF5c8WiDh2D2KhI54PEGD-aE0rDqVzktIuYO4MFS_rt4Wc__JKBwVnHdrlxUjK1rUSZF8hxWN-260-tkhNJFOfYrVcLQZkWjk0bRVIvkSBXYE3mLb_iOrG2lcqjo47hsOaQxg/s1600-h/FB+Santa+4+StNick1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4UF5c8WiDh2D2KhI54PEGD-aE0rDqVzktIuYO4MFS_rt4Wc__JKBwVnHdrlxUjK1rUSZF8hxWN-260-tkhNJFOfYrVcLQZkWjk0bRVIvkSBXYE3mLb_iOrG2lcqjo47hsOaQxg/s400/FB+Santa+4+StNick1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418485213046267426" border="0" /></a>This is a sort of live test, but I will be posting all my 2009 Stantas!<br />Stay tuned!Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16979618.post-91541322564046004882009-12-15T09:25:00.000-08:002009-12-15T15:36:31.087-08:00It takes a Village…<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY6rhK7Gkl4C2RG6agkNSE1AgWDZEgvbe9tQHPfcM_YDRokhKzL3IwbBxjPNiAroDnxTsj9wZRziZ-YArD8Jf1IpW_S6vdoDLpZGDLaCXJqGyxFBCODOICisEL55VCqlST3NSUA/s1600-h/BloombergWinnah.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 392px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY6rhK7Gkl4C2RG6agkNSE1AgWDZEgvbe9tQHPfcM_YDRokhKzL3IwbBxjPNiAroDnxTsj9wZRziZ-YArD8Jf1IpW_S6vdoDLpZGDLaCXJqGyxFBCODOICisEL55VCqlST3NSUA/s400/BloombergWinnah.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415524012489052162" border="0" /></a><br />It takes a Village to get me back to my blog! I find myself going to the blogs I frequent and seeing no new posts, then I say, "Man, why no new posts!?" Then I realize that I have a few followers who might be saying the same thing. So here we are! I have been working. Most of it has been on secret or proprietary stuff that I can't show, yet.<br />One project I did, again, Top Secret storyboards. (not in the film sense, more in the business meeting sense.) It was so secret that I didn't know where I was going until the morning of the meeting, no topic, no names until I was on the road. The pay was good and so was the food, as was the location. I drew for 8 hours, with a lunch break, uploaded my files and was done.<br />Another job was toy presentation art, that's anew one. The toys do not exist and there were no real drawings of them, just sort of "napkin" quality doodles from which I had to create "almost 3-D" drawings. <br />Then there's training comic book for medical professionals/technicians. I'm inking that in Illustrator. At some point in the project I should post about how I'm inking digitally. I love a real brush, but I have inked several illustrations in Painter, Photoshop, Sketchbook Pro and Illustrator. Each app has it's good and bad points. Which brings me around to The Village…Voice that is. I'm still doing the Robbin's column, so let's roll on the one from last week.<br />I start in Sketchbook Pro doing a few roughs for concept. I can email from the app or call the Art Director to discuss concepts. The topic for this was a fund scandal involving the city comptroller and Peggy Lipton, "Julie" in the original Mod Squad!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMayrzS6c2D4v77jnaonp7PilIUhCB-DQZtQeicWaSJMo5z7sOQzGoIOVUMHjyQv7WBbFeCFHQoqxHP_3kxBnAJYOqRDRr1UaleMiKkgON0A7oKmZF_hvVFvSW9wTosLmB36gbQ/s1600-h/FraudSquadRough.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 389px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEMayrzS6c2D4v77jnaonp7PilIUhCB-DQZtQeicWaSJMo5z7sOQzGoIOVUMHjyQv7WBbFeCFHQoqxHP_3kxBnAJYOqRDRr1UaleMiKkgON0A7oKmZF_hvVFvSW9wTosLmB36gbQ/s400/FraudSquadRough.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415524035230766514" border="0" /></a>There are/were three major players in the scandal, but they only wanted to focus on two, and I HAD to draw the pose "Link" (Link, Pete and Julie! get up on your Mod Squad!) was in! So…<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg63Io-5FcHpL34oplYEJGJnu6TXBqLeYBjjrEBN8LqDega8UxwehoMfzHdYdYYSqN0ZvIdNreGhmMG1xQwqdg9pQ6W1BDc5GLAo8sp2itRwLLTiXpyY5hDSGzFNpsRnJzV5WqFQ/s1600-h/FraudSquad.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg63Io-5FcHpL34oplYEJGJnu6TXBqLeYBjjrEBN8LqDega8UxwehoMfzHdYdYYSqN0ZvIdNreGhmMG1xQwqdg9pQ6W1BDc5GLAo8sp2itRwLLTiXpyY5hDSGzFNpsRnJzV5WqFQ/s400/FraudSquad.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415524020514217666" border="0" /></a>After the rough I move to Painter, where I "ink" the art. I still do love inking conventionally, but I have a thing for what I call "The Impossible Brush." The ink never runs out and you get to Command Z any messed up strokes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuhAJ3ZLxtUa3YCz9RcmA0Piji5UwyTz-CNerRRqjWcGb3peTWEIC8G5mij8nmJSyNK1NayTCWE2EMikGt2sc33QgJkrxsPb2TOebxB37F4ydmeLtEx_10jeQtElGyDOfXw-yPQ/s1600-h/FraudSquadDetail.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOuhAJ3ZLxtUa3YCz9RcmA0Piji5UwyTz-CNerRRqjWcGb3peTWEIC8G5mij8nmJSyNK1NayTCWE2EMikGt2sc33QgJkrxsPb2TOebxB37F4ydmeLtEx_10jeQtElGyDOfXw-yPQ/s400/FraudSquadDetail.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415524028408826994" border="0" /></a>Then, over to Photoshop for the colors. I could color them in Painter, but Photoshop is better and faster at total image manipulation, and I'm used to the interface.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6EzvYuOh_ZOI0coeyKgYGpP3I3ZNY_VhPZCheF3lvP1qBOA6L8xs95OA_kmx59lFD38nP68u1w7hYbmFDr5kbWeaT_1ktKwlOzX2bgo6pO1uIxQZ84pMa95l6khHx43fo1MD7A/s1600-h/Fraud+SquadAlt+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 399px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6EzvYuOh_ZOI0coeyKgYGpP3I3ZNY_VhPZCheF3lvP1qBOA6L8xs95OA_kmx59lFD38nP68u1w7hYbmFDr5kbWeaT_1ktKwlOzX2bgo6pO1uIxQZ84pMa95l6khHx43fo1MD7A/s400/Fraud+SquadAlt+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415524018171409794" border="0" /></a>Colors and textures are added and for this an additional mod background and type.<br />The type was done by "The In-House Art Director" and is in the same style as the Mod Squad opening credits. A soft drop shadow helps it separate from the illustration. The blue-ish color is kind of 2000-ish, and not fitting with the TV show, but I used it to differentiate from the previous weeks illustration.<br />It's not as "hip" as I wanted. Looking at it now, some oranges and yellows would have been nice. Perhaps a solarized or posterized look. This concept was a straight ahead mash up of what is and what was. (Now that sounds Mod.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zPo5tLjHn_e4htmg-roDgBuegbfP8m2fUfDDvakvw84Kfz3CiJ7XfQ5cucWxoH-IiZkUZmF35tM4686Dr_fHWO7R4jkNsah1JGvs7La_r5muhGYbpr9NyNu1AnfJdx7Zwl2BIw/s1600-h/TugStrike+7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zPo5tLjHn_e4htmg-roDgBuegbfP8m2fUfDDvakvw84Kfz3CiJ7XfQ5cucWxoH-IiZkUZmF35tM4686Dr_fHWO7R4jkNsah1JGvs7La_r5muhGYbpr9NyNu1AnfJdx7Zwl2BIw/s400/TugStrike+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415573177086699442" border="0" /></a>For the NYC Tugboat Strike the concept was more metaphorical. My original idea was to use a version of Tommy the Tugboat, or more like his New York cousin, who's on strike. The AD didn't think there was anything funny in the article so we were going to go with a straight shot of a tug with a strike banner. I though the banner would be too small to read and then had the Eisner-esque idea of putting it in the water.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4w9mbkFU1c9c0ePduoq6QVzym9C6VQoXHBZoXnbWIPErc3OfFfTlQFJ5lmzh-HS2LVrnNTQ481gg8Fyc3yoylgpdiZXRIcWTzboVHBka9aK2BquH4R2yMCvcLUZL_uOIPUr5pPQ/s1600-h/TugStrikeDetail.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4w9mbkFU1c9c0ePduoq6QVzym9C6VQoXHBZoXnbWIPErc3OfFfTlQFJ5lmzh-HS2LVrnNTQ481gg8Fyc3yoylgpdiZXRIcWTzboVHBka9aK2BquH4R2yMCvcLUZL_uOIPUr5pPQ/s400/TugStrikeDetail.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415573184427476210" border="0" /></a>Whompped it up in Painter with "The Impossible Brush"…<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VFGzuWsnnv9m6lByL4_aiQe8uDXK3xefk-H8Sj5Av_JPP1rottsO3IPZO9sSLtz5T0DXeRTIkYRaFfiXXaIca1UIS9RuibgGOh1ztgFl3uAep_Nn4NPkiiwkEy__-dqKwvnvXQ/s1600-h/Tugboat+Strike.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VFGzuWsnnv9m6lByL4_aiQe8uDXK3xefk-H8Sj5Av_JPP1rottsO3IPZO9sSLtz5T0DXeRTIkYRaFfiXXaIca1UIS9RuibgGOh1ztgFl3uAep_Nn4NPkiiwkEy__-dqKwvnvXQ/s400/Tugboat+Strike.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415573189226651570" border="0" /></a>…and then colorfied in Photoshop.<br /><br />I'm trying to break myself of the horrible tendency to work zoomed in. You wind up putting in to much detail, making "hay" and wasting time. I like to look at the finish as the file icon in my finder window. I use a reducing glass when I work conventionally.<br />Just finished this coming week Village Voice illustration, another Bloomberg. I'll eventually post them all here I think. The next project to finish is the comic book inked in Illustrator, that and yet another secret project!Stan Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14027446150855414929noreply@blogger.com0