...It is, however, looking fantastic so far! How similar is this method to the one Adi Granov used to use? He used to have a tutorial up on his site, and I definitely played around with it...
Anyway, good to see the new piece, and also nice to hear that it's faster! Maybe that'll allow you to sneak into the City every once and again, eh...? ;)
If I recall correctly, Granov was essentially rendering in grays, then multiplying colors on top and rendering a bit more. I tried that a long time ago and found the colors ended up looking kind of dead. The artwork I enjoy the most is color everywhere, less gray-based, if you'll allow. That got me thinking about how to handle the black and white art digitally.
I basically used the black and white art to create a mask for a color layer where I painted to alter the drawings a bit. So it's like a full color drawing sitting over a loose digital painting. To me, it feels much, much richer.
And yes, sorry I've been hiding in my cave; I do need to get out more. I'll be in touch.
Ah, interesting--the greys as a mask, rather than a multiply channel! You're right, that Granov's method had a tendency to sort of "kill" the colors...This is a really nice innovation.
Well: when you venture out of your cave, I'll look forward to seeing you! In the meantime, I think I'm going to take a page from your book this weekend--I'm currently ducking any and all Halloween parties!
For a sec, I thought you meant heavy metal album covers and I was confused. Then again, I don't study cover albums.
I think you mean the magazine, originally Metal Hurlant from Europe and yes... I love what I have seen of that material, so I'm happily accepting the compliment! :D
You guessed correctly. I've fallen out of love with the magazine in recent years, but for a long time I was a great fan. And your piece definitely put me in mind of art I have from a few 70s issues I have. It looks like it could have been on the cover. I'm tempted to do a mock up for fun. Very nice work.
it's a song of martian dusk...zumaOctober 31 2009, 16:52:53 UTC
Most most excellent. Great lighting. I know the ground took time for sure, but I especially love the nuanced graduation of the sky.
In an earlier draft I recall a path that I loved. This may be the better composition, but I loved that path. -Or am I thinking of a somewhat similar drawing?
Re: it's a song of martian dusk...mavingaOctober 31 2009, 22:33:14 UTC
Thanks!
The drawing itself did take a rather longtime. I started to think about this to handle any black and white artwork where I wanted to actually turn the drawing into a color drawing digitally that complimented the overall colors being put down. Trading the black or grays for colors basically.
I'm not sure what you meant by path, unless you mean the foreground rocks etc. I can still play with it to increase the amount of contrast in the foreground, but I'm not sure I want that part of the image to standout as much as the two characters. Either way, it shows I have a lot of work to do.
Re: it's a song of martian dusk...zumaNovember 1 2009, 00:13:13 UTC
yes, the foreground rocks. i thought i had commented on seeing a path below there in an earlier version that got cropped out. (might have been something you showed me in email.) but, like i say, this composition works for me extremely well. i'll hunt for my copy of that earlier draft when i get home from work. (okay, i looked now but can't find it, at least not in my main mavinga folder -i'll hunt more later. unlocated files drives me nuts.)
man, this is so beautiful.
the foreground rocks that you do have there bring to mind berni wrightson's best rock work -but that far off canyon... whew.
of course i want to know *how* you did it -but on the other hand, i don't. i don't wan to ask and i don't want to know -not yet!
Re: it's a song of martian dusk...mavingaNovember 5 2009, 11:06:21 UTC
Thanks, Bernie is on another level, also known as amazing. It's hard to work on something with so much labor in it and keep it looking spontaneous. Wrightson some how does. I saw his work when I was in college, Every piece was so interesting. It would be awesome to be able to bring that kind of energy into every piece. I guess it comes with time? and practice, Maybe?
The 'how' is probably the most pedestrian part of it all.
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Anyway, good to see the new piece, and also nice to hear that it's faster! Maybe that'll allow you to sneak into the City every once and again, eh...? ;)
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I basically used the black and white art to create a mask for a color layer where I painted to alter the drawings a bit. So it's like a full color drawing sitting over a loose digital painting. To me, it feels much, much richer.
And yes, sorry I've been hiding in my cave; I do need to get out more. I'll be in touch.
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Well: when you venture out of your cave, I'll look forward to seeing you! In the meantime, I think I'm going to take a page from your book this weekend--I'm currently ducking any and all Halloween parties!
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I'll have to drop you an email to get more info on your schedule.
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I think you mean the magazine, originally Metal Hurlant from Europe and yes... I love what I have seen of that material, so I'm happily accepting the compliment! :D
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In an earlier draft I recall a path that I loved. This may be the better composition, but I loved that path. -Or am I thinking of a somewhat similar drawing?
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The drawing itself did take a rather longtime. I started to think about this to handle any black and white artwork where I wanted to actually turn the drawing into a color drawing digitally that complimented the overall colors being put down. Trading the black or grays for colors basically.
I'm not sure what you meant by path, unless you mean the foreground rocks etc. I can still play with it to increase the amount of contrast in the foreground, but I'm not sure I want that part of the image to standout as much as the two characters. Either way, it shows I have a lot of work to do.
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yes, the foreground rocks. i thought i had commented on seeing a path below there in an earlier version that got cropped out. (might have been something you showed me in email.) but, like i say, this composition works for me extremely well. i'll hunt for my copy of that earlier draft when i get home from work. (okay, i looked now but can't find it, at least not in my main mavinga folder -i'll hunt more later. unlocated files drives me nuts.)
man, this is so beautiful.
the foreground rocks that you do have there bring to mind berni wrightson's best rock work -but that far off canyon... whew.
of course i want to know *how* you did it -but on the other hand, i don't. i don't wan to ask and i don't want to know -not yet!
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The 'how' is probably the most pedestrian part of it all.
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