Progression of a piece of art from the movie...

[pennies_4_eyes]

I was showing my teen daughter the process of painting a scene from a movie.  It's a complex process that yields a comic book looking page inspired by a particular scene from the actual film.  I get asked to artistically "reinterpret" movie scenes sometimes.  It's a fun way to get comfortable with a character.  My daughter wanted me to use an image

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[capaow]

Oh...oh my.
That is absolutely gorgeous. ♥
I am still looking for that Sherlock Holmes comic book!
Hahahah
thank you for your tutorial!
It's really helpful. Hopefully this will get me to start drawing more.

[pennies_4_eyes]

LOL! Thank you so much! I have a person willing to write a story for me to turn into a comic, so it will be on the way eventually. No worries.

And I would love to see you drawing again! Then you can share it!!!

[capaow]

I have a person willing to write a story for me to turn into a comic, so it will be on the way eventually. No worries.
:'D
I think my heart stopped for a second at that.

I would pay for a SH comic book. and if it's slashy,the better!
heck, I'd offer my own services just to see this get done. Hahaha

Now I'm motivated to draw. Thanks hun! ♥

[eviljenyus14]

Ditto. EPIC F*ING DITTO!!! xD Though more of my motivation is to write...but still O.o

btw, still staring at pretty picture...RDJ's bellybutton in particular...as per usual whenever he takes his shirt off...and to think I used to never get turned on by outties...hmm :P

[rabidsamfan]

That's very cool indeed. I hope you find a reason to do Watson as well!

[pennies_4_eyes]

Hiya! If you tell me of your fav watson scene in the movie, I will see what I can do.

Thanks!

[rabidsamfan]

Wow... that's actually kind of hard to narrow down. "My ten minutes are up," perhaps? Or the moment he realizes that he's tripped a trap but before he shouts at Holmes on the wharf.

If you'd like a slightly different challenge though, I'll dig up the pre-production pic that is the source of my icon, and you can de-modernize the background people.

[pennies_4_eyes]

sounds great! Send the image along and I shall draw it with all historic characters in the area!

[sadynax]

THIS.

AMAZING. Nothing less than AMAZING <3<3<3<3<3<333

[pennies_4_eyes]

Gah! You are way too kind! I am YOUR fan. Love your works!

And thank you!

[sadynax]

Oh >///u///< thanks <3
I think I'm your fan now 8//D <3 ~~~~~~~~~~

[wraithwitch]

*Is entranced and vexed in equal measure*
your art is glorious and makes me want to learn to paint digitally.
(can't be harder than oilpaint - which I adore - can it?)
But I have two stories, two art commissions and a tarot deck to finish.
Waah - distracted neurons! Bother your shiny shiny pictures!

[pennies_4_eyes]

Digital painting isn't any harder to learn than oil painting, but knowing both as I do, I can honestly say it isn't any easier to learn either.

That being said, after the initial financial investment in software, a good monitor and a digital tablet (you'll pry my wacom intuos3 9x12 out of my Farkin' cold dead hands...) then it's a lot less messy, smelly and expensive to make digital art.

It's the same basic principles though. And if you are very wed to traditional painting, you can make the transition using Corell Painter. I have version 10 which I love. But my true work horse is Adobe photoshop 7.0. Yeah, I know, that version is several years old. But Gods it's a great piece of software...

And thanks so much! I am so glad you liked this piece.

[kiminoloko]

That's beautiful! I really like the way Holmes is brought forward :)

[pennies_4_eyes]

Thank you! It's a trick of the eye in digital painting. Holmes is pushed forward when the background around him is taken slightly out of focus. Like replicating the spacial experience of a camera lens.