Sunday, October 25, 2009

Sorceress Colour Process



Above is the line drawing used as a guide for the digital painting that I worked on. Notice that the background is very sparse in terms of detail 'cause I wanted the colour to handle most of the detailing for me.



An overall wash of a dark turquoise was the base colour that the rest of the painting was built on.



Next I build up the figure ensuring that the lights and darks across her skin play well with the lights and darks found in the background.



The cloak is a very simple colour scheme of rich dark blues and deep reds. I orginally wanted her to be draped in a white cloak but found that her figure got lost due to the fact that there wasn't enough of a contrast between her and the cloak to really make her body and face stand out. Instead I went with the dark cloak painted with cool blues that pushed itself further into the background while at the same time forcing her figure forward.



The light from the staff comes into play now creating a warm contrast of light on a cool colour palette.



Here is the final with all of the fun flourishes highlights and shadows needed to give an a image that little extract push towards believable.

Thanks for checking out the first of many "process" blog entries that I'll be posting!

Check back soon!

Lamin

Friday, October 9, 2009

Legacy Posters Celebrating Women's History Month



I was given the great opportunity to illustrate the posters for, the Legacy: Celebrating Female Leadership Poster Series brought to you by Robert Small, internationally renowned fine artist of the Legacy Festival. Working on a portrait series of posters was another departure from my usual subject matter of fantasy images but I had to jump at the opportunity to stretch and grow as a well rounded illustrator.

To order your copy of the Legacy: Celebrating Female Leadership Poster CLICK HERE!

To view more of the beautiful work that the Legacy Festival produces visit www.thelegacyfestival.com

Thursday, October 1, 2009

The Word On The Street 2009


The Word On The Street National Book & Magazine Festival celebrated it's 20th outdoor exhibition this year! It was a great day for meeting and greeting an audience that wouldn't usually attend a comic book convention and thank god it didn't rain which helped to draw out large crowds of people who were more than willing to support artists in all forms of their print media.