- I had fun last night sketching a buxom Betty Page-esque 50s stripper (yes: this does have a purpose, stay tuned). The drawing’s unfinished at present, however here’s a litle time-lapse movie showing the proceedings thus far (partial nudity alert).
- My attempt at a YouTube version turned out to be rather crappy, alas.
- In other news, I’ve posted some pictures of my “workspace” on Flickr for your perusal. You’ll note the slightly surreal webcam-taped-to-a-microphone-stand set-up used to shoot the movies.
- Gabriela took some nice pictures of the area where we live. So nice in fact, people in the comments are convinced it is a cardboard stage dreamed up by scriptwriters. Ha!
Category: Work (Page 5 of 8)
Big Time.
For those who haven’t been following along: I had been commissioned recently to make a drawing which was to be the basis of a tattoo eventually.
Now that the drawing has finally turned into an actual tattoo, I can tell you that the “client” was Pat of thebooge.ca. His account of the proceedings if you’re interested: “Marked For Life”.
I’m delighted to know the tattoo turned out splendid. Buzz of SilverLine Tattoo, it must be said, did an incredible job producing a tattoo based on what was a pretty complex drawing.
You’re dying to see that tattoo by now, aren’t you? Well here it is:
A little reddish and ouchy still, yes — however: mission accomplished. May it bring you and your family nothing but good karma, Pat!
A gnome, wikipedia will have us believe, is “a mythical creature characterized by small stature and living underground”.
Fair enough.
But what about oversized, androgynous, sexually ambiguous gnomes with a penchant for open air activity and sassy boots?
Take One:
We need some color. Second pass:
A little background imagery to finish it off…
… and that’s how you draw an androgynous gnome.
Thank me not! The eCard is available at the exit. Don’t forget your guide.
Well here we are: I think the tattoo drawing is pretty much finished. I had some trouble making the cherub top left look “less evil” (per request of the client who for now, shall remain nameless!) — I wonder what that says about my personality. The solution came by way of Gaby who superimposed an image of a cherub’s face in Photoshop and went on to draw the eyes, nose and mouth from there. Now you may consider this cheating but it did get the job done, so what the hey…
Here’s approximately the final size of the tattoo:
… and here’s how I imagine it will more-or-less look tattooed on skin:
I can tell you one thing: it’s gonna be a while before I draw cherubs again.