Sebabkan aku rasa semngat lepas download brush baru, maka aku try lukis potret Robert Downey Jr. Kenapa Robert Downey Jr? Entah la, maybe sebab aku suka Ironman kot.
Ok, aku start dengan buat lakaran guna brush Penciller saiz 10. Ni untuk asas lakaran je.
Lepas tu aku gunakan warna biru sebagai warna latar belakang.
Lepas tu aku warna la. Senang kan?
Itu je untuk kali ni. Lain kali aku update lagi.
Malam ni terasa sangat panas sehingga rasa susah hendak tido. Semua member-member di ruang sembang dah lama offline. Aku buka browser dan mula download beberapa brush tambahan untuk Photoshop CS4. Akhirnya aku dapat koleksi brush yang agak sempoi dari Saejin yang berasal dari Korea. Blog beliau - http://saejinoh.blogspot.com/
Setakat ni, inilah costum brush terbaik pernah aku jumpa unuk digital painting. Lupakan koleksi brush air atau awan yang nampak sangat menipu nyer. Aku belum try semua brush dalam ni tapi dari beberapa hasil cubaan sebelum ni, brush ni agak baik. Aku cuba brush ‘Penciller’ dan ‘Sparkling Vampires’ dan aku sangat-sangat berpuas hati dengan hasilnya.
Sejak akhir-akhir ni aku dapati aku lebih kerap menggunakan Photoshop berbanding software lain. Painter pun aku dah uninstall. Sketchbook Pro pun dah jarang buka. Maybe komputer aku lebih sesuai dengan Photoshop nie.
Lepas ni aku akan tunjukkan artwork yang menggunakan brush ni. Later.
What did I draw last week? Hmm.. Lets see..
Look here.. Look at my hand.. Now give me your money!
My multimedia speaker. Enough said..
Still looking for a good story to create an animation. Any ideas?
My painting(s) have improve. Am I flattering myself? Forget about it. I want to show you another portrait requested from Sabah. Click the picture for higher resolution.
As usual, I include the the step and progress for this painting. Need I say more? Click the picture for higher resolution so you don’t have to squint your pity eyes.
More portraits coming up after this.
I think I would want to create a short Flash animation. So I start with a few sketches to get some ideas. At this point, I still don’t have any idea about the storyline whatsoever.
First attempt to draw a samurai. No reference used.
Second attempt to draw a samurai. No reference used. He looked so stiff and rigid!
Ahh.. Ninjai. So cute but yet so brutal.
Some years ago, when I study art and graphic design, the only device that available to produce digital artwork is (you guessed it) keyboard and mouse. I (and other students) were struggling to use the keyboard shortcuts and drawing curves using the pen tools. Fortunately, the CTRL+Z shortcut give us freedom to explore using trial and error.
After several years struggling with keyboard and mouse, I thought there must be a better way to draw without using keyboard and mouse. Then I found out about drawing tablet.
Why using drawing tablet? Because mouse is never fit to do digital drawing. Yes, you can trace perfect line using pen tools. But try to draw your own signature using mouse. You may feel awkward. It just doesn’t feel right. It’s not natural.
(Promotion starts here) Introducing, my (new) partner in drawing and digital painting: Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch. As the name suggests, it support pen input as well as touch input. Despite that, I’m using pen as my primary input device (I use mouse when playing games).
The device has quite small surface and 4 big buttons on the side. I have a small working area and this device doesn’t cramp up my workspace. It’s sits perfectly on my workspace. The surface area is unique as some my quote ‘pencil on paper feel’. Yup, it’s true. It DOES feel like drawing using pencil on paper. Unlike Intuos or Graphire series that feel slippery like drawing on ice.
Unfortunately, the pen nib will eventually wears out. If you’re using the pen long enough, you will notice the nib will become shorter. Not to mention the surface will full of ‘scars’. Luckily, you can wipe the surface area with clean cloth. Wacom also include extra nib which really a life saver.
Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch is really responsive and very comfortable to use. If you’re doing digital painting and can’t afford to buy expensive drawing tablet, Wacom Bamboo is a good choice. Price ranges from RM280 –RM400. I highly recommend it. (End of promotion)
I don't know why I drew this..
It takes around 10 hours to get this done. But it was worth it. I do enjoy painting with Photoshop and my Bamboo. It’s like were meant to be together. No, I’m not Wacom-fetish.
As a bonus, I include the ‘behind the scene’ shots. Click the links below to see the hi-res version, says Captain Obvious.
And, as a final note, penguins DO fly.
A compilation of sketches that I drew ages ago. It’s not pretty, I know. Tell me about it. Now I’m using Autodesk Sketchbook Pro with Wacom Bamboo. I just love it. Don’t get me wrong. I still use Painter and Photoshop for my works, but Sketchbook allow me to draw freely and intuitively. Thanks Sketchbook!
What I’m trying to achieve here? I try to improve my understanding in anatomy and try to draw and sketch faster. Most of my sketches were done in 5-10 minutes. I hope I can draw faster and much better than this. Hey, I gotta start from somewhere right?
