New Page!

new page! I tried a different system to the last page, I decided to draw out the page traditionally then scan it in and colour it digitally. I normally draw each panel then put them together on photoshop. I think this looks more dynamic and the layout more interesting. I will be adding text to it to finish it off. I read up that Norse trolls when hit by sunlight turn to stone, this is this dude here.


 haven't updated for 2 weeks but have more art to post, will be posting 2 weeks of life drawing up tonight as well as a couple of sketches.

Update at long last!

Sorry for the lack of posts recently, will have some nice new posts over teh course of today!

I'm currently reworking how my writing is being done as well as my new logo for the website. I've been playing with various fonts from different sites and have ended up picking this as my Logo:

at least for now anyway. I wanted to captyre the norse feeling as well as the coldness of the environment. I realise that in the long run the icy border may not work but i'm currently learing illustrator and hope to have a more multi background friendly version soon. I also went for teh mask idea as it looks interesting and captures the character of hell fairly well and simply.

while at thought bubble I asked the good folks at self made hero to critique my portfolio, one of the pictures Rob Davis critiqued in particular was this one. I liekd this image originally but he pointed out the lack of contrast as well as the lack of depth in the image.

This is my attempt at fixing this, I want to keep the neony effect within the image but also keep it dark and make the lights actually look like they are lighting things up. I feel that this change has actually helped the overall look of page 2 as it matches my other images.

I also decided to scrap this image:

As I felt it was too bright and the blue set a different tone to the other images, as well I didn't want the characters face to be constantly focused on. I did like her body language though and decided to focus on her feet. This character wouldn't just decided to walk la-de-da into a cave, she'd be nervous about it and her feet would show this the most adequately.

Again this didn't work, but I played around with the contrast again as well as effects and then placed it in the overall image, this is how it's turned out:

I think this captures the atmosphere I'd envisioned with this page, stood at a precipice and the contrast if warmth and cold. I will be adding words next.

my next update will have this weeks and last weeks life drawing work.

Some quick partials

coloured version of the sketch I did the other day, added arms which won't be empty so the pose won't be as weird, will add background and will clean up lines and fix the face a bit, having a lot fo fun with my character design actually. I've also had the idea of masks which I will be incorporating into my logo I think, here's a couple more rubbishy sketches which i'll be using for my finished work.

I also accidentally clicked the layer which had the original sketch in and it came up looking like this which I think looks pretty fucking cool. Makes it seem really 3D, may experiment with this sort of effect in the future.

some playing with the mask idea which I really like.

I've been doing some figure draing practice and will be doing a life drawing class of next week in Curve Gallery in Liverpool for the all time low price of £10, very excited about this and I will be posting some of my figure drawing in my next update and my life drawing in the update after. In my next update I'll include some screenshots of my in progess website I think.