Sketchbook: Eric Elwell
insane polycounter
Pardon the watermarks, it's just easier to grab them from my blog than to make a new dir.
C&C is welcomed for sure
C&C is welcomed for sure
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Also moved these from the top to this, since they are more recent.
here's a dealio I did for my pastor, he wanted the image blown up and cropped
for landscape format, so I figured I would just fill it in.. Did this with the mouse
so it is a little bleh bleh.. but I figured I'd show it since I don't do these sort've
things often.
Here's the original:
and the reworkio:
I'm not too sure about the reworked photo. I'm not really sure what you where going for? Did you extend the photo? Did paint over it?
All came together in one night, as I had to take a trip 4 days before the deadline. I let it creep up on me, and did all the painting in one long shot. I had done a bunch of studies and sketches leading up, but I really think i could have taken it farther with fresh eyes, but whatevs.
Alex
Japhir: For that image, I did rough pencil shapes, then drew over with Copic Grayscale markers and
black Faber-Castell pens. I do use the 2 sided chisel and brush Copics. The blacks, I have an assortment
of line weights, and brush pens, which I have come to love (ehh.. mostly).
Sometimes I will use the Faber-Castell colors and grays, when my Copics are getting dry (They are almost
all dry now, need a new set, but I am cheap). I don't like how the Faber-Castells spread so much as the
Copics, but they are cheaper markers and I like variety in my tools/techniques, so I figured I would give
them a try. I've also used Prismacolor markers, and really liked the feel and results, but I have not used
them in awhile.
I would really recommend getting into markers. With the right technique, you can get great results and
they can be very quick and fun to work with. I would recommend getting thin copy paper though, and be
mindful that it will bleed through. When I started using markers I made the mistake of using Coarse Paper,
and it killed a lot of my markers, which I could hardly afford at the time.
thanks for your detailed reply!
damn those copic markers are expensive, 106$ for a set! :O!
more to come, but I am a bit busy now.
Japhir, yeah those copics are quite expensive, but well worth it. I'm not sure where in the netherworld you are based, but where I study, at the TU in Delft, at the architecture and industrial design faculties, we can get them discounted.
Been working on this contract for Realm of Empires (a facebook game), this is where I am now:
Painting medieval houses gave me brain cramps, so I just vegged for a bit and moused this up in mspaint:
original size of that bull dude with the border cut out:
getting closer and closer.
some sketches:
For RoE, yeah the village overview is modular and the buildings change as they are upgraded (at least, most of them. Need to finish up the last few!)
here's a paint diggy based on an old sketch:
based on a true story.
WIP of RoE:
the RoE wip is coming along well with all the details. If those are transportation pods on the side of the fish I would watch the placement of the one near the one big fin in the middle of the fish, looks like the fin might hit the chains when it swims. Looks good tho.
this one on the bottom right is very very cool!
here's a WIP of that old ecotron bot:
Very cool way to make an orange robot be something that you see on a second read. Seems like the right side doesn't have the weight of the left, but that area seems a bit in progress. Is a sense of fog intended? The atmosphere seems to come up very quickly.
Bold colour scheme, fun content, well captured setting, good stuff
as it was done in B&W and colored later. I never like the results of that
technique, but I suppose there's a good enough reason to practice it some more.
eco-tron bot continued:
Some brush tests:
hurray for new brushes!
that rose bushery turned out fantastic
but at the heart of it, you are just using the smudge tool, holding Alt key. You need
to design the brush to have some spacing and position jitter. Holding Alt will dab
your foreground color down before smudging, the spacing in the brush will give it
texture, really fun way to digital paint.
anyway... here's an open canvas session:
get the .wpe event file here
Keep em coming!