Late last night I got my bluetooth adapter to play nice and my Intuos installed. I couldn’t put it down – it’s really quite dreamy.
Working Up to a Cintiq
I really want a Cintiq but can’t quite justify the $3,000 price tag with all of the things I need to do this year. Though I may still talk myself into it.
I’m definitely going to get a Wacom Intuos 4 wireless tablet though. I had a tablet back in 2000 and the tech just wasn’t quite there. Now, I think it is. If the response is anything like the Cintiq, then I should have no problem.
The real problem is clicking “check out” on Wacom’s website.
Early To Rise: New Work In Progress
This idea hit me like most usually do – in bed when I should be sleeping. I was dealing with insomnia anyway, so I sketched this out while watching The Rivers Edge on early morning HBO.
I started inking and coloring it in Illustrator but I tried to make sure I was really done with the sketch before I started. I’d say that the sketch is solid but I’m not sure about how the inking is coming along so far.
As usual, it’ll drive me nuts until I finish it.
Work in progress
Jane Ire: 2009-2010
I started this piece in June of 2009. It started as a sketch I had done before bed one night, based on a photo from a talented photographer named Tom Klubens. Later, I had seen some amazing vector portraits of some of the roller derby gals. So I decided to try my hand at something similar.
Jane Ire. Vector Drawing. 8"x10". 2010.
I barely knew what I was doing here. My Adobe Illustrator skills are limited and often I was hindered by just not knowing how to best do something. Surely there is some level of live tracing that I could have done but instead I simply created areas of color and shapes with the pen tool. I worked at this off and on for a year and a half. Heh.
Some portions are more focused than others. I was working mostly from my sketch but referencing the photo for color variations and shadows. The result is not so much a faithful rendering but more of a stylized rendering. Here’s my original sketch for comparison.
Jane Ire. Pencil on Paper. 8.5"x11". 2009.
I’d really like to perfect this style. I’ve seen a lot of vector work that impresses the hell out of me.
Design This
In the past two weeks I’ve put the finishing touches on my comic book as well as knocked out a booth design for a small scale internal tradeshow/competition. The latter included flyers, posters, web graphics, website and t-shirts.
I think I’m a designer once again.
Conference Display