tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53517703487366172562024-03-19T03:35:51.943-07:00Digital Illustration with Adobe Photoshop CC ExtendedDaniel Johnson shares his digital illustration work in Adobe Photoshop CC with an emphasis on realistic imagery and matte painting. Here you will find tutorials on raster and vector techniques for creating realistic images from scratch that you won't find anywhere else. Daniel is an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor in the latest versions of Photoshop and Illustrator. Feel free to e-mail him with any questions you have. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-11360111988435718332024-02-26T15:29:00.000-08:002024-03-18T22:08:10.284-07:00Work from last year<p style="text-align: justify;">Here it is. I've been wanting to get these up, but it's been a busy year. Not much of an excuse, I know, but I have two overload classes this semester and everything seems like it takes longer and my days go later and later. It looks like I didn't do much work last year and I guess it's less than the usual. I did do a lot of product design imagery and animation, but I can't really show that yet. I did some personal work that came out nicely, though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQzxUF2-VjpLO90-e49wvfBt47IQbYXxhXCd9-G6oS74mRIWC4TJTyw8ElTmuhNU2_V8G8Sowco3yuGg6rULPj3Jzd6it8lfKwbVjCY90Ksikk8-hMOkPjREtGRWwVHk0kqIPtWRZlokKIoYL2KJHLmUkwyEoM_r8GG50lzUn9a98-eD6olPnK6CMe40/s1920/MCPIII-4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQzxUF2-VjpLO90-e49wvfBt47IQbYXxhXCd9-G6oS74mRIWC4TJTyw8ElTmuhNU2_V8G8Sowco3yuGg6rULPj3Jzd6it8lfKwbVjCY90Ksikk8-hMOkPjREtGRWwVHk0kqIPtWRZlokKIoYL2KJHLmUkwyEoM_r8GG50lzUn9a98-eD6olPnK6CMe40/w200-h113/MCPIII-4.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This piece isn't really finished. At the moment, it's just a simple 3D model that I was working on for a larger project. It still needs to be textured and fit into the final setting. I'll do that someday, but the project stalled. That happens a lot, at least for the kinds of things I am on. It will probably start up and get done later this year. Hopefully, it will show up in my next end-of-year post.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8WKENHvH_GKmfWJMIJJchG5okZSzhXhv2BqQA5mZZ0fFKOmjgbio64BH5jc7eZcNBMUgLkFFeZYIPGh52ngMB9EcpQRw_v2sOOp7xwzFyzc5yb1o9H6w6Q_jBwnaf-hp56ZMXULCa8kQw9YIFxraGIqL53BfFVNauuMCOn1BtaXgFnITmB9FKt80nXU/s1112/basket.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="580" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8WKENHvH_GKmfWJMIJJchG5okZSzhXhv2BqQA5mZZ0fFKOmjgbio64BH5jc7eZcNBMUgLkFFeZYIPGh52ngMB9EcpQRw_v2sOOp7xwzFyzc5yb1o9H6w6Q_jBwnaf-hp56ZMXULCa8kQw9YIFxraGIqL53BfFVNauuMCOn1BtaXgFnITmB9FKt80nXU/w104-h200/basket.jpg" width="104" /></a></div>Here's a drawing from my summer Life Drawing class. I try to have a long pose at the end of each drawing session. This is a great model I've been working with and we came up with a fun pose using some interesting props. The basket is hers. I was quite happy with it and the end result. Some drawings work out and some don't, particularly working from a live model. That's always a challenge, at least for me. As you might guess, it's easier to work from a photo for many reasons. I like the very classical look we got here. The basket was just a fun afterthought. I've been trying to come up with a clever name for this drawing, but I haven't thought of anything good yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QmEw1690hl3k0u4Z7NIvSUm9f0-uwRtSiU1ocEC-LJ496iWQIKq7p87F6BrllG-aQ4PzC4TLKUESmzUMXcw1NjZ4sO9YIjVIJMz3npQ5_htrt8dhsy80eofnm0tchO5nRaE5hqAjcc4Vbwj72TISqlQYfxJ-LxEyDbgX6YQZnS4uCaDtgaCODesRUjM/s1000/orange-wrap.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="764" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1QmEw1690hl3k0u4Z7NIvSUm9f0-uwRtSiU1ocEC-LJ496iWQIKq7p87F6BrllG-aQ4PzC4TLKUESmzUMXcw1NjZ4sO9YIjVIJMz3npQ5_htrt8dhsy80eofnm0tchO5nRaE5hqAjcc4Vbwj72TISqlQYfxJ-LxEyDbgX6YQZnS4uCaDtgaCODesRUjM/w153-h200/orange-wrap.jpg" width="153" /></a></div>Here's another drawing of that same model. This was during the same summer session and it's our long pose again. She always brings interesting props or clothing articles to use. Sometimes I like to work a little larger and do more of a portrait than the entire figure. I was pleased with this one as well and it's fun to throw in a bit of color with the charcoal. Some combinations of the pose with the lighting work out well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBM1Gugb_m1NtZoSJi4sufiGYXKTn3rLM9Bp4uOBoz5IIQWxjeGEb76t02HvrguEbbJOEYuiflbdUmSWA08kg_iEjHpkoycbyT6sF58jQtywBQyEvD_zHvJVlLfL0z_eFH1nz-NlXrr-Hu3E1wazNzXeuV-Uwef9qZ3etIGS7nsAGl86jzjk5mWlPeUE/s1000/K.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="594" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBM1Gugb_m1NtZoSJi4sufiGYXKTn3rLM9Bp4uOBoz5IIQWxjeGEb76t02HvrguEbbJOEYuiflbdUmSWA08kg_iEjHpkoycbyT6sF58jQtywBQyEvD_zHvJVlLfL0z_eFH1nz-NlXrr-Hu3E1wazNzXeuV-Uwef9qZ3etIGS7nsAGl86jzjk5mWlPeUE/w119-h200/K.jpg" width="119" /></a></div>A different model from the same summer session. This was the first time I had worked with this model and it was a good experience. I like to add as many models to my roster as I can and hope that they are all good and work out. For the most part, that has been pretty successful and I get models that I work with on a regular basis in my classes. I did this one with Nupastel, which is very similar to charcoal. It's fun to try and add some color in. She had some bright pink hair color that I tried to replicate, but I couldn't quite catch it. I emphasized the rimlighting on the left a bit more than was there, but I think it works. This image is a good example of how value can work no matter what the colors are.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc4w1cx1y3DDLPqoIb8HghJf1WHAKYEQhGy95hQ4ziRm0yCI1oN52w5tBuF1I4gmkg1Gnmpxs9-GFfRAry1m2PxFusFszWaySeLESt4qy38W40kCOv5I-2LryrCmB0_lni9g7qSH7nUXGZmwOD75TKbclub8BpMMA1vWvcIqPY3cBUOoRw1Z8TwyLeUc/s1200/Corn-Hole-WF-3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXc4w1cx1y3DDLPqoIb8HghJf1WHAKYEQhGy95hQ4ziRm0yCI1oN52w5tBuF1I4gmkg1Gnmpxs9-GFfRAry1m2PxFusFszWaySeLESt4qy38W40kCOv5I-2LryrCmB0_lni9g7qSH7nUXGZmwOD75TKbclub8BpMMA1vWvcIqPY3cBUOoRw1Z8TwyLeUc/w100-h200/Corn-Hole-WF-3.JPG" width="100" /></a></div>Here's another commercial piece, but I don't think it was ever finished. It's really a weird idea; this company was doing something with a cornhole competition and wanted their own graphic for the cornhole board. That's what the dark circle in the middle is: the hole for the bag (?) to go in. I ended up doing several designs. I'm not sure which one is the best, but I kind of like this one. In the end, the company decided not to do this at all, after all the work I did. I suppose I just couldn't make a bad idea work well enough.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF91o47ip103H4FVyrGvLjJaqp40nVp0aBCu6kfgskBqv0CA3V-mfEk-5KBBocXkYg3d6XI57PZS4SGOcsNS0wiLHOXu3vfWv6WlyM95BFWRCAv8qYk1HX755D7XKI2d6Bi253zGatYXZwBmKu89sBok3euXRiyaYDPsoKhimSsmiB09yawJfgpU0njQI/s1160/spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="751" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF91o47ip103H4FVyrGvLjJaqp40nVp0aBCu6kfgskBqv0CA3V-mfEk-5KBBocXkYg3d6XI57PZS4SGOcsNS0wiLHOXu3vfWv6WlyM95BFWRCAv8qYk1HX755D7XKI2d6Bi253zGatYXZwBmKu89sBok3euXRiyaYDPsoKhimSsmiB09yawJfgpU0njQI/w129-h200/spring.jpg" width="129" /></a></div>This is another personal drawing. I like to do these just to keep my drawing skills up. It's not from life, so I can take my time and get all the details I need to. I liked this image and felt it was a beautiful pose. There was also some interesting texture that I tried to capture. I made some changes to the flowers in her hair and felt it would be a nice place to add some color. It's not without its flaws, but overall, I do like this one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KAhyphenhyphenN1UdEJKQXzbRu95_RUTNLKdQqwD74Mqi_LWgNTBD8rfDbGCsOvuHuiMuCrXWkI88gb-dtunRrdvyrldzMo9YDX_CmD-0IaKPGbU2BCWqdyYFcf-Zv5qc-SAMeNPuYWs2psie6SnotSvK_IrRWnKxE-NOub52uhBOcbcnc8zcpKEKo2Og-eQ-85Q/s1675/light-shadow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1675" data-original-width="1133" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5KAhyphenhyphenN1UdEJKQXzbRu95_RUTNLKdQqwD74Mqi_LWgNTBD8rfDbGCsOvuHuiMuCrXWkI88gb-dtunRrdvyrldzMo9YDX_CmD-0IaKPGbU2BCWqdyYFcf-Zv5qc-SAMeNPuYWs2psie6SnotSvK_IrRWnKxE-NOub52uhBOcbcnc8zcpKEKo2Og-eQ-85Q/w135-h200/light-shadow.jpg" width="135" /></a></div>Another of the same sort of thing. It's actually the same model. I liked this pose and enjoyed some of the challenges in the angles and cast shadows. As with a lot of these, I'm trying to add in some color in interesting ways. For this image, I chose the rustic wooden beam she's leaning on. The problem is that it's grey, so how do I make that stand out? I'm using grey Nupastel, but it has a lot of other colors in there as well. Nothing in life is purely without color. I'm pleased with this drawing. I spent a lot of time on it, but that's the luxury you have when you work with photos.</div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhkYOMUNqwwYTNXMvLkBFBlLalN3Ht4SoWZZ2E105hZloTA7zzbbbI-A7-imb_aplSUKu2XxU9UB0gKCMvAv53MOyThWdDTelzFi0HxG3mf2IOLPZOk2XaqVlAnPhWD1zNdzzD5K8MazHiywGGdQj2N1YhkKsCZ5L7RcV9n9WHHifs7W7te2jLi4crwY/s1300/bangladeshi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhkYOMUNqwwYTNXMvLkBFBlLalN3Ht4SoWZZ2E105hZloTA7zzbbbI-A7-imb_aplSUKu2XxU9UB0gKCMvAv53MOyThWdDTelzFi0HxG3mf2IOLPZOk2XaqVlAnPhWD1zNdzzD5K8MazHiywGGdQj2N1YhkKsCZ5L7RcV9n9WHHifs7W7te2jLi4crwY/w154-h200/bangladeshi.jpg" width="154" /></a></div>This is a personal piece. It's a digital painting. I had been working on it for a long time, mainly during my classes as a demonstration piece. I started on it long before last year, but it sat around on class computers without much progress happening. I finally finished it off to show my classes how I would paint a portrait digitally. In my Digital Illustration class, I have a portrait assignment that I give my students, so I like showing them one approach they can take. If this image looks familiar to anyone, I based it off of a couple of photos by the Bangladeshi photographer Mou Aysha, who has made some beautiful photos like this. I started with one that I found quite striking, but then added details from another. For me, painting children can be difficult, but I like how this one came out.<p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF64ViwZXCR2Wy7g1YbTGzrWx30_xjxbuf_e_uHp_Av28ufBb_ENjiMlH89JYVRzbLoHYUUKxhgrNIWoqOk4fSVjH8MmIDiRKO0AulDU3tXSF67jRD9RMmp3A7D6i5mgYNRBrVHM1bRwKKn1MLG94TdQiajVEp_Dw6DhSuFNOC1i6GamHZH3LSluVBXs/s1273/F35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: -1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1273" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYF64ViwZXCR2Wy7g1YbTGzrWx30_xjxbuf_e_uHp_Av28ufBb_ENjiMlH89JYVRzbLoHYUUKxhgrNIWoqOk4fSVjH8MmIDiRKO0AulDU3tXSF67jRD9RMmp3A7D6i5mgYNRBrVHM1bRwKKn1MLG94TdQiajVEp_Dw6DhSuFNOC1i6GamHZH3LSluVBXs/w200-h157/F35.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>This was one I had in mind for a while. My plan was to do it as a Christmas present for my son. It's an F-35, his favorite plane, so I thought he would like it as a gift. The plane was not too hard, but painting the background took a while. I do like this one a lot. I had it printed out and mounted, but I had to do that a couple of times before they got it right. I've made some tutorials documenting the techniques I used to create this. You can start watching them <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT3cUMOw1Ck" target="_blank">here</a>.<p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-47650474877623695242023-06-29T17:32:00.024-07:002024-01-04T19:14:39.216-08:00Work I forgot<p style="text-align: justify;"> I like to put up my work for each year when it's over, but for some reason, I forgot a big chunk of work that I did last summer. I'm not sure why I didn't think to include them, but here they are. They were all done by a company in California that provides digital backdrops for theatrical productions. They were interested in using my work, but wanted me to do some test images first. I don't necessarily recommend this, but they did pay a bit for them and I was interested in this project.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cyREHqEhg0bJROgTYUX4Ni2pVnKScK3SYgNQfyHgN_HzKgWHt0am7_67aPnsiZDB7Jksf6y_9jCBxmcGLu2D7rqS07zCC7grs7AQdnO98l6aAgLwobeqt_0IMZdzOiJBqOY0OaB7qsjlsM9YZ8AkywHHmUDyXaPk2Rxja9Z_SS7C6rqYoeZt3_jJGFU/s1440/house.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cyREHqEhg0bJROgTYUX4Ni2pVnKScK3SYgNQfyHgN_HzKgWHt0am7_67aPnsiZDB7Jksf6y_9jCBxmcGLu2D7rqS07zCC7grs7AQdnO98l6aAgLwobeqt_0IMZdzOiJBqOY0OaB7qsjlsM9YZ8AkywHHmUDyXaPk2Rxja9Z_SS7C6rqYoeZt3_jJGFU/w200-h113/house.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first test image was basically, a haunted house on a steep hill. They sent me a rough concept image to work from and this is what I ended up with, after a bit of art direction from them. As you can tell, it's mostly photo-based, so it's sort of a matte painting. I liked the end result quite a bit, so I decided to animate it. You can find a link to that animation <a href="https://youtu.be/x3cXOBqHWUI" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkDVIvlPjO2DQMKjj-N97z_jTEQftVZGrYEFmaAZE25PNB0ZVfxU3rupgZwIVaufUvuKwZXkp3WjOeZ_gTA3MCDnKFCFtuSOThQ7HZ1KnfOAf0jG751VD8Gdgbl12Crc9ydLCHeKRWNJT54fnTRsjvedfgj2W5LoZ3Gn2nD9mb82elwjKaMMge6D_OX8/s1920/library.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmkDVIvlPjO2DQMKjj-N97z_jTEQftVZGrYEFmaAZE25PNB0ZVfxU3rupgZwIVaufUvuKwZXkp3WjOeZ_gTA3MCDnKFCFtuSOThQ7HZ1KnfOAf0jG751VD8Gdgbl12Crc9ydLCHeKRWNJT54fnTRsjvedfgj2W5LoZ3Gn2nD9mb82elwjKaMMge6D_OX8/w200-h113/library.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Here is the second test image they wanted. Again, I was given a concept image to work from. I do like this. It's okay, but not the greatest thing I've done. It's not totally photorealistic and not quite an illustration, but the overall impression is cool.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7mwczBNqo21NDB19EZMY3uRaT38NUQkfp6FZVtTBFCFSC5iSr1pXhCTg4rdojo5-vM3sr5e2HKFepBXTCX0G1sOZVijSIhP-mD9XUEM66bhrZXST4X3Mur9ijjNGn1ZgLygieqUP3ZSJwZUyfcQ7CJJt3tp2fiJcrgHy8n4rrY0I8IeRClTAb21uGC8/s1440/theater.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7mwczBNqo21NDB19EZMY3uRaT38NUQkfp6FZVtTBFCFSC5iSr1pXhCTg4rdojo5-vM3sr5e2HKFepBXTCX0G1sOZVijSIhP-mD9XUEM66bhrZXST4X3Mur9ijjNGn1ZgLygieqUP3ZSJwZUyfcQ7CJJt3tp2fiJcrgHy8n4rrY0I8IeRClTAb21uGC8/w200-h113/theater.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>They ended up liking them, so I was given the full project: create digital backdrops for the musical The Prom. It was a challenging job, since they wanted images at a really large pixel size. This one was interesting. It's an image of the Shubert Theater with a fictional production called Eleanor! I guess that's sort of an in joke for the musical. This is a day-for-night shot and I had to create all the signage, since this musical doesn't actually exist. The idea here is that this is what it would look like if it was actually a show on Broadway. I used this image for a tutorial I did on refining mask edges in Photoshop. You can watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX5AroFhdXo" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_R6ynTKbAHYJi1pv3CRMTVqBqJTXvCtVFEEd9PEeJbJydNaMcc9r5dBHWqUCwsnyoWma7Y5nl0VY4ZZGMtl-7Qc2Dc58X0AtJZ43xiOuHjAIIGAoHQbiU-yeVLsPdo5YNTAisNoeUTm1ghlshKKMD1vjnhBWy2dR3GU2J62kS42AEpyKfoY7HtMb3GH8/s1440/sardis.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_R6ynTKbAHYJi1pv3CRMTVqBqJTXvCtVFEEd9PEeJbJydNaMcc9r5dBHWqUCwsnyoWma7Y5nl0VY4ZZGMtl-7Qc2Dc58X0AtJZ43xiOuHjAIIGAoHQbiU-yeVLsPdo5YNTAisNoeUTm1ghlshKKMD1vjnhBWy2dR3GU2J62kS42AEpyKfoY7HtMb3GH8/w200-h113/sardis.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>After the 'show' wraps, the cast meets at Sardi's for their party. This is an actual restaurant in New York City that is popular among the theater crowd. This image is based on images of the restaurant, but customized to be a backdrop. The main feature of the restaurant is the caricatures of famous personalities framed and hangin on the walls and columns all around. Can you tell who is on the front right column?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBt0fe5tkE7aWwTDzVVN1dg2eO9KwPb7hBBslMeN6dF8XZOkLsnOBLjd4MllM17dlkO15dkpQpA7P1mem0bQcgUmXlQAtretYxGbTaixTCjsNhuqFrravBqo_csdgvXRtBQQGGoiTpcm6GPjrTMaA4tnFKGYTavpGmX-yoJvSIEWd0Po8nywh9ClB8--k/s1440/school.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBt0fe5tkE7aWwTDzVVN1dg2eO9KwPb7hBBslMeN6dF8XZOkLsnOBLjd4MllM17dlkO15dkpQpA7P1mem0bQcgUmXlQAtretYxGbTaixTCjsNhuqFrravBqo_csdgvXRtBQQGGoiTpcm6GPjrTMaA4tnFKGYTavpGmX-yoJvSIEWd0Po8nywh9ClB8--k/w200-h113/school.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Much of the musical takes place in a fictional high school. This is my image for the exterior. If the color here looks a bit off, they had a color scheme for the production that they wanted me to match. I had a hard time figuring out what they wanted. My initial images were more plain and realistic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB_cdw_WcdzFQLPfT5AT8jUuUe6WWikAQM1lwSdR6NllB0jM8VjckPFpqGtZuuWr7ZObMeDQy9pK_lhMlTKyJ9ib-SiTXcLN4XTUgXH4kSp0h5C9fr6dUERISpwRuzeO4e4CFgt0tlx4pVBwDGmRsfBXB4vsPaAHWpGrdq6S69rfCTdibNIFHYLiHVAw/s1440/gym.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikB_cdw_WcdzFQLPfT5AT8jUuUe6WWikAQM1lwSdR6NllB0jM8VjckPFpqGtZuuWr7ZObMeDQy9pK_lhMlTKyJ9ib-SiTXcLN4XTUgXH4kSp0h5C9fr6dUERISpwRuzeO4e4CFgt0tlx4pVBwDGmRsfBXB4vsPaAHWpGrdq6S69rfCTdibNIFHYLiHVAw/w200-h113/gym.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Here is an interior shot. James Madison Hight School has the Wildcats as its mascot and the colors are blue and gold, so that imagery pops up over and over. I thought this image turn out nice. I like working with different surface quality and reflections, so I had fun on this one. It has a dramatic impact as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIz3IRGrJeA89UcHX5N6OA8HQ4E9KicowU1mpYEpaTn8lCpX5ROuM0ufXYgW_q3giQURX63SvZrIPjuigWodOvKpyPXQOROamcbdSOmAAh-2uZFSmgVmLHrL7K_WR-db0cZ_yPvpmoBuLPjcbsfbd4eWugWUqYqEw1-0toh7jYN9PC0SRIGgf1nbVM_0/s1440/motel.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIz3IRGrJeA89UcHX5N6OA8HQ4E9KicowU1mpYEpaTn8lCpX5ROuM0ufXYgW_q3giQURX63SvZrIPjuigWodOvKpyPXQOROamcbdSOmAAh-2uZFSmgVmLHrL7K_WR-db0cZ_yPvpmoBuLPjcbsfbd4eWugWUqYqEw1-0toh7jYN9PC0SRIGgf1nbVM_0/w200-h113/motel.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The theater troupe from New York comes to this midwest town, so they need to stay at a motel. Here is an exterior shot where they stayed. I also had to to a daytime shot, but this one looks cooler. It's supposed to be a cheap, plain motel that wouldn't really be that fun to stay in, so that's what I tried. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1alzii9JzzE5t0d2Pcrv0IAOfoY737FW0Nj-liuT_0F_uqFmHM8i4e0-bwta-YUyR0bqgb58rOyq-DYO3Q-QLIyLy9wskBAIb3vQvln4wgwnbtWh4Dp9IyWGhUXQJGIk5iZT0YRrBoGBzdVWDiIEFnvcLNO4njp-hROWRg_7Z_jCQ7LGZI9loaUAfJws/s1440/lobby.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1440" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1alzii9JzzE5t0d2Pcrv0IAOfoY737FW0Nj-liuT_0F_uqFmHM8i4e0-bwta-YUyR0bqgb58rOyq-DYO3Q-QLIyLy9wskBAIb3vQvln4wgwnbtWh4Dp9IyWGhUXQJGIk5iZT0YRrBoGBzdVWDiIEFnvcLNO4njp-hROWRg_7Z_jCQ7LGZI9loaUAfJws/w200-h114/lobby.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>The interior lobby shot was also supposed to hammer that point home. It's small, drab, and maybe a bit depressing. That's what I was supposed to do. It's sometimes hard to make conflicting ideas work together in one image; I still want to make a cool piece of artwork. I still kinda like this one.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2xdIkzlPNnv2xJgIliS7sEOFNJYqMtYD8O_i-VKfbQcrKCldAQs6Aq5OlDuG7ZBiGUx9yOHoNTCZ7ixG8UU3H39HyQW7j2eLnDjbjdxtMCrSe4hkbIDM9kUhqc6QJIRKIIIq-Bl53P8cCC8dmaCVFMGpDsFGsm3JrmeGUEtQrf0Tvy5-RP_6kumaKWs/s1440/prom.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1440" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim2xdIkzlPNnv2xJgIliS7sEOFNJYqMtYD8O_i-VKfbQcrKCldAQs6Aq5OlDuG7ZBiGUx9yOHoNTCZ7ixG8UU3H39HyQW7j2eLnDjbjdxtMCrSe4hkbIDM9kUhqc6QJIRKIIIq-Bl53P8cCC8dmaCVFMGpDsFGsm3JrmeGUEtQrf0Tvy5-RP_6kumaKWs/w200-h113/prom.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>For this final image, I went all out. It's for the final scene, where the theater troupe helps put on a fancy prom for the kids. It's still in the gym, so I worked on top of that image, but it was also supposed to look fancy and spectacular. This was in addition to a 'sad prom' image that was earlier in the show. I actually created quite a few backgrounds for this production. These images here are some of my favorites. It was a really big job and ended up being more work and time than I had thought at first, but it was an interesting job. It was a nice summer job and I had to learn a lot. Creating theatrical backdrops is different than other kinds of images, as the viewpoint and scale have to serve a particular need. It was tough at first, but I eventually figured it out.</div></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-87613729924443441842023-02-01T20:36:00.002-08:002023-02-01T20:36:34.909-08:00Tenure!<p style="text-align: justify;"> It has finally happened. After my first year as a lecturer, I went on tenure track at UNG. At three years, I went through a pre-tenure review and was supposed to do my tenure review after five years, or so I though. Actually, it was during my fifth year, right at the beginning. That was early September of last year and I've been waiting for an answer ever since. Recently, I was notified by the board that decides these things that they have recommended me for tenure and promotion to associate professor to the university president. I just got the letter back from the president, who has to sign off on these things, officially congratulating me. The tenure and promotion start in the fall, the start of the next academic year. So all that work and stress paid off. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-77132682086216082652023-01-09T07:51:00.232-08:002023-02-01T20:31:42.902-08:00Last year's work<p style="text-align: justify;">It's finally time to take a look and see what I accomplished in the previous year. As it stacks up, it doesn't seem like a lot, but I did a lot of image prep, production, and video work that doesn't show well for an illustration blog. I also did a lot of work on product development that I can't quite show yet and I have some personal work that's still in progress. But here's what I have done.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKlrpdboGyvjZ2I1xjE4SN9akLeX7qU8tWEyx5TosfWCoal6XymwcQGLqvR-QrgMiwB9rLzBHxYrjbX_bnZ6zAKgoldKBA0AJXhjZHatwKvd6eJBCkvVuZz8BfAS_IqCpb6VVKG_zuqL9EflUrvJIDWWe4jRkZ4FIhFl7upHIppf5Q58N2dh0J_33/s960/Rigid-Inclusion-1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: -1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKlrpdboGyvjZ2I1xjE4SN9akLeX7qU8tWEyx5TosfWCoal6XymwcQGLqvR-QrgMiwB9rLzBHxYrjbX_bnZ6zAKgoldKBA0AJXhjZHatwKvd6eJBCkvVuZz8BfAS_IqCpb6VVKG_zuqL9EflUrvJIDWWe4jRkZ4FIhFl7upHIppf5Q58N2dh0J_33/w200-h113/Rigid-Inclusion-1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Okay, so it's not very exciting, but this is a frame from an animation showing another ground cutaway. In this case, the machinery is rendered, but instead of a realistic background, a schematic of the different soil types is shown. This was partially a stylistic decision and partly to keep the cost down.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAPO4nZvRHIkkuhrgq0D3aCOf7aFMYjDXTiZTv776-s3WheNEUuZopokK9gO08zyaJGYm5cqNctJP3zpldeQvRKwHlpsYmtWtURZxUWDCxQuZxkUXemodpagHeEOCWr26Rf6DZ-d38S0wAdzwKZqOZJS75BX6yslSUODF3ShdI_FfUiRcB8wl1CHf/s1333/WF-final.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: -1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAPO4nZvRHIkkuhrgq0D3aCOf7aFMYjDXTiZTv776-s3WheNEUuZopokK9gO08zyaJGYm5cqNctJP3zpldeQvRKwHlpsYmtWtURZxUWDCxQuZxkUXemodpagHeEOCWr26Rf6DZ-d38S0wAdzwKZqOZJS75BX6yslSUODF3ShdI_FfUiRcB8wl1CHf/s320/WF-final.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>I guess this one is my big illustration of the year. As usual, it's showing geotechnical onsite applications. This one was for an anniversary publication for this company. The problem here is that I had to cram a whole bunch of different applications into one image. This one needed a dam with a lake in the background, windmills in the distance, a bridge, sheet piling along a road, rock anchors on a cliff face across the river, a shotcrete wall with soil anchors, and measuring equipment in the foreground. It's obvious that no one image could ever include all of this in reality, so I have to try and fit it in as best I can. I did what I could. It won't win any awards, but it does what it needs to and the client liked it. I like specific areas of it. For example, I like how the dam turned out. The guy and testing equipment near the bottom look pretty good as well, but the whole thing just doesn't come together. In this case, the whole is definitely not greater than the sum of its parts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYILOzlG33Vo_3v01-jpL5r3Avib0_dCNZjHxTJMGx_1B_r3T1YaRNBqQe5Mp7hQZ9HMy6DUPmj9kltPVkKRQ28AScxyOgHG6gLRmC7nE91-cks0Mz5G66yGPOvxOX9SMoR9Ei8BLem9BrwbJqHMNp78qJO-RF6XiG2_9fW1209wN8JwikRrDdomF/s1920/electric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwYILOzlG33Vo_3v01-jpL5r3Avib0_dCNZjHxTJMGx_1B_r3T1YaRNBqQe5Mp7hQZ9HMy6DUPmj9kltPVkKRQ28AScxyOgHG6gLRmC7nE91-cks0Mz5G66yGPOvxOX9SMoR9Ei8BLem9BrwbJqHMNp78qJO-RF6XiG2_9fW1209wN8JwikRrDdomF/w200-h113/electric.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Here's a screenshot from another animation. I was working on some of these for a long time, not because they took so long to do, but because there were pauses in the process and it took the client a long time go make decisions and answer questions. There was government funding somewhere along the way and that just makes things much more complicated. This one shows a seismic process where these hammers and devices are put down boreholes to measure soil density or something. I just remember it took a long time to get our questions answered about what they actually did and how to depict it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdxVvAVQtwzZqrvkKPwjEPYUERKU2cOpTytuwoFSnGQ19BP6ghwi1FQJGjtZbUE3pq2WDU9bwtiAaosTUhzpnul670Cqt2ceRTe9nxBEvfynzdGRTQXtMRNeUg-ob5ZsF0_WG_ORWXU5io_EkArG_eudTzkpZDPT56rMTL9Jxmnfh7r_3xY6IHV6e/s1303/june-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1303" data-original-width="1160" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBdxVvAVQtwzZqrvkKPwjEPYUERKU2cOpTytuwoFSnGQ19BP6ghwi1FQJGjtZbUE3pq2WDU9bwtiAaosTUhzpnul670Cqt2ceRTe9nxBEvfynzdGRTQXtMRNeUg-ob5ZsF0_WG_ORWXU5io_EkArG_eudTzkpZDPT56rMTL9Jxmnfh7r_3xY6IHV6e/w178-h200/june-2.jpg" width="178" /></a></div>Once again, I taught Life Drawing over the summer. In addition to teaching, my responsibility has also come to include keeping a roster of models current and finding new ones to replenish our list. I worked with some new models this time and they did great. This is one of our new models. She was fun and exciting to work with. This is a sketch I did in class with the students. Like all drawings from life, it's a bit rough as I'm trying to put a lot into a limited time. Often, I'm trying to get the likeness correct, but I'm working hard and fast to do so. These are just simple charcoal drawings done on newsprint.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz9BN6b1cjs7XxKZz-Sep2cVZvToT5X4pfOde0GsaR98r4_ofYRL4jt3SkCZtbQuZ_t-ZtovvKSoUKcoiBoYr7SVSkjD_YbEfDbHu-v2k1x0UdyIy_MMNORZ_vqSB5edJikGArJCJclYPZhkzg-61FVgAl8PzRzqQZNj6V-G1Vxw3XXuhylxcK7K3/s1325/june-1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="1032" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz9BN6b1cjs7XxKZz-Sep2cVZvToT5X4pfOde0GsaR98r4_ofYRL4jt3SkCZtbQuZ_t-ZtovvKSoUKcoiBoYr7SVSkjD_YbEfDbHu-v2k1x0UdyIy_MMNORZ_vqSB5edJikGArJCJclYPZhkzg-61FVgAl8PzRzqQZNj6V-G1Vxw3XXuhylxcK7K3/w156-h200/june-1.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Another new model for our class. I always try to end each session on a long pose, at least an hour, sometimes a bit more. That's actually not very long (for me anyway) to try and get in a full figure or a good likeness of someone. I think this one turned out fairly well. For these longer poses, I try to get a good lighting setup and find an interesting angle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2K-x3Y_fQNyDzs2G6Xnm6HhQ65xzHfwFcaTuB6XHjzzswDTr0pjNtflz1BDXbhQkpvKd4fuFY3JW_tIHsGQTWzA4AXBeKAKMV4V8WSxqH2l-HHyACiuyxtSGoXrXcKuAGrmJYZlMJ4SvpB_0Yy-UJNPpUWq0BKlb9z28q4kbSNAlr05Ko4lljQtQu/s1404/june-4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1051" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2K-x3Y_fQNyDzs2G6Xnm6HhQ65xzHfwFcaTuB6XHjzzswDTr0pjNtflz1BDXbhQkpvKd4fuFY3JW_tIHsGQTWzA4AXBeKAKMV4V8WSxqH2l-HHyACiuyxtSGoXrXcKuAGrmJYZlMJ4SvpB_0Yy-UJNPpUWq0BKlb9z28q4kbSNAlr05Ko4lljQtQu/w150-h200/june-4.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>This is a model I've worked with for a number of years now. He's always been great. This one is just a quick sketch, but I liked how it turned out. The students were surprised at how much it looked like him. A likeness can be accomplished with very little drawn on the paper. As you can see, the figure is only briefly roughed in and I spent most of my short time on the face. This one is still on newsprint, but it's done with Nupastel for a bit of color. It's nice to mix it up once in a while.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71ocq4_FBBHL596cm3axv11gmz4RUPBz0ld6pUpEEtfTZD5nrm121NHXkUaihuIwmzBs9FDYmP3GwKblgdeGRXMb14cCNXYloYw2-DvVf0fZHTLuWCQ8SJOtY4IfgV8EeWwKHHQUvvwF0b7e0dRHIRUzf1dU9FU5_NnWg4MHlTAPss83sJY334fcM/s1920/MWD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71ocq4_FBBHL596cm3axv11gmz4RUPBz0ld6pUpEEtfTZD5nrm121NHXkUaihuIwmzBs9FDYmP3GwKblgdeGRXMb14cCNXYloYw2-DvVf0fZHTLuWCQ8SJOtY4IfgV8EeWwKHHQUvvwF0b7e0dRHIRUzf1dU9FU5_NnWg4MHlTAPss83sJY334fcM/w200-h113/MWD.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Here's one that might resemble something from the previous year. That's because I started on it back then. I had been working on this one and then paused for quite a while for the client to figure stuff out. I was finally able to get back to it and finish it up. I had to solve some issues to get this final result to work. Real 3D artists might scoff at this and they're probably right. I'm not great with my 3D work, but I do what I can. For each project, especially animation, I try to learn one new tool or technique that I hadn't used before. This one isn't great, but I do kind of like it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoetZZBE8k2uC6aSpa6s5QLkau--163W1rlEgapzZkVapazBCJa07rLdcUSmBaXseoHvT7UsB5CH6KL02zGHN7pSt0D4QWWlGjjw_pYSVxm9fH91aWxv8x8AqL9YnYLrWkkl1JUpT3Mt1ROfcmtXXfYgvQzI5GoG0hkVtAvZhGFjWZo1OGj-IyJfZg/s2043/MSB-exhibit-final-12.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoetZZBE8k2uC6aSpa6s5QLkau--163W1rlEgapzZkVapazBCJa07rLdcUSmBaXseoHvT7UsB5CH6KL02zGHN7pSt0D4QWWlGjjw_pYSVxm9fH91aWxv8x8AqL9YnYLrWkkl1JUpT3Mt1ROfcmtXXfYgvQzI5GoG0hkVtAvZhGFjWZo1OGj-IyJfZg/s320/MSB-exhibit-final-12.jpg" width="157" /></a></div>Another big illustration to end out the year. If you recognize part of this as something I've done before, you would be right. With my primary client, we often reuse artwork to save cost for the final end client. I had illustrated the bottom rig before and we used it as the base of this illustration for a large exhibit. The other two pieces of machinery were illustrated anew for this project. It was tough to fit everything together, bit I came up with something that worked. This was the central panel in a three-piece exhibit. It was quite big; exhibit graphics are usually six to eight feel tall. The dark parts at the top and bottom are essentially bleeds. Those sections roll up into the hardware that holds the whole thing up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsPrXc9Q-GstFWpIxfKr2ag8KS99h7yj1DTD-1vEo8sWYZ1gyQBesaD32a0Y2EHBAVCWZQwA97rOPkKod47n-pYCvsE2t9Qyzpo4n1gRq5H09oWHBARodR6WLJByYVV94250ayP_aJuNB3hVf-89Xdu6rr-CC4KE4BXLaBPIHL4AYpNi0Z04lA0kF/s1500/contemplation2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1121" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqsPrXc9Q-GstFWpIxfKr2ag8KS99h7yj1DTD-1vEo8sWYZ1gyQBesaD32a0Y2EHBAVCWZQwA97rOPkKod47n-pYCvsE2t9Qyzpo4n1gRq5H09oWHBARodR6WLJByYVV94250ayP_aJuNB3hVf-89Xdu6rr-CC4KE4BXLaBPIHL4AYpNi0Z04lA0kF/w149-h200/contemplation2.jpg" width="149" /></a></div>And finally, a personal piece. I like to keep up with my traditional drawing just to make sure I can still do it. If I can improve any along the way, that's a bonus. Since I teach this kind of work over the summer, I like to make sure that I'm able to do what I expect my students to do. This was a concept I had for a while. The last element I needed was a skull, so I used one that we have in our drawing studio at the university. They aren't real, but they are realistic. My idea was to add some color to make it stand out, but how do you do bone in a black and white drawing? I did an Internet search for real human skulls to get an idea of what the color should be and used Nupastel for it to contrast with the rest of the drawing, which is charcoal and white Conté crayon. This image is my take on the theme of Death and the Maiden. What you mostly see is death in a position of power, often seducing the weak or innocent young women. In my version, the maiden has the upper hand, as she is contemplating and even smiling at Death, symbolized by the skull. I spent a long time on this one and I'm quite pleased with the result.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So that's what I have for 2022. I had hoped to have more professional illustration work, but that's how it is. I'm trying to get more side work, but it's hard to predict. Teaching and all the associated duties, especially as I work toward tenure, does take a lot of time.</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-83857775836502913432022-09-15T13:37:00.008-07:002023-01-25T13:42:32.885-08:00Applying for tenure<p style="text-align: justify;"> This one really snuck up on me. After five years on tenure track, it is time to submit my final portfolio for consideration. Based on when I started, I thought I still had more time, but it was mentioned at our department meeting that my deadline was coming up. It's good I was told then, because I had no idea. But I collected all my info to format and get ready. This includes documentation to show my accomplishments in teaching, service, and research. I got everything in on time (barely) and now it's just a waiting game. I wonder how long it will take for the decision to be reached.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-45809517556871509742022-04-06T18:30:00.002-07:002022-04-06T18:30:23.270-07:00Some current work<p style="text-align: justify;">What have I been up to? Well, there's always something. Recently, I finished another illustration. This was a big, complicated one. It was hard for me because of all the complicated parts and construction settings I had to include in a limited area. I took longer on it that I had planned initially. It came out better than I was hoping for a while. But if the client is okay with it, that's the important thing, right. The agency I did it for put up a movie showing how the image progressed from early sketch to the end result. You can see it here. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/udvD640wf28" width="320" youtube-src-id="udvD640wf28"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-63492837152508203092022-01-28T12:48:00.232-08:002022-02-08T20:08:55.432-08:00My work from 2021<p style="text-align: justify;">It's a bit late, but I thought I should put up work from last year. I don't know that there's much good work, but here's what I have. As always, I did additional work that isn't ready to show in a public forum for one reason or another.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvN3twMcvvzyL1zKi2S7udZ1KxKgFXrVMnRxcZPgLQASkdwqDfrCkN-S1DDfQ7NL1NvH4-hPxh2hp-YcFHEmDs6HzYUXAy_OFqlTALe7kGPRi-ChCrm11wF-Xdm0f5Z6f0hxEV5Y4xsE9FpHJzEPOLrGX5I_BrjQ1j4f9TEZElkl1LR5ZUaPqxAi-W=s2560" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="2560" height="59" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvN3twMcvvzyL1zKi2S7udZ1KxKgFXrVMnRxcZPgLQASkdwqDfrCkN-S1DDfQ7NL1NvH4-hPxh2hp-YcFHEmDs6HzYUXAy_OFqlTALe7kGPRi-ChCrm11wF-Xdm0f5Z6f0hxEV5Y4xsE9FpHJzEPOLrGX5I_BrjQ1j4f9TEZElkl1LR5ZUaPqxAi-W=w200-h59" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Is this an illustration? Maybe not, as it's mainly a photo. It might not be very exciting, but you do what you have to do. My job was really to create text that looked like it was in the ground, more or less. It had to match the perspective of the photo and I tried different versions to see what would work. I don't know if this does, but it's what eventually got chosen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirp2RaXA1jKVsCxP_IX5_0gY0b28FAOW99vyyxEsTGj90TmpoDn8aKfiFY5nbRFR_fkTYzwU-OcJzQKjHuYUMZ0h7-SSH0PttiQmFppHsnEVkry_1bTJCUjj_AMJDg0jEuy2aek7tJnpErPjQiqWeLBMDM873JfoXmQbQuObEUiY7BgjyqsvkC6Joe=s1920" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEirp2RaXA1jKVsCxP_IX5_0gY0b28FAOW99vyyxEsTGj90TmpoDn8aKfiFY5nbRFR_fkTYzwU-OcJzQKjHuYUMZ0h7-SSH0PttiQmFppHsnEVkry_1bTJCUjj_AMJDg0jEuy2aek7tJnpErPjQiqWeLBMDM873JfoXmQbQuObEUiY7BgjyqsvkC6Joe=w200-h113" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This one probably isn't exciting, either. It's a 3D model I had to build for an animation I was working on. I say 'was working,' because I still haven't finished it. It's not for my lack of effort, but it's still being reviewed by the end client. Sometimes, projects can take a long time, depending on how much red tape companies have to go through. For what it is, I guess this little model came out okay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM8jbYsaUvf6afsi-7jWtTi5PVTB2cjKB--5lBgb9II4vgh6l-SXa8vepy6V_i0vgPnD2nl6XSy4dTXpXDEgq4z5o2luaMex4dRhrc0y6j-_eWLlsTxBy2voQau75tbKxv_BP4VM3Pjpx9fc19FLtuyZUPEK1VCTieF9wvZNb6SCgo5W3k97GPeD_c=s1920" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiM8jbYsaUvf6afsi-7jWtTi5PVTB2cjKB--5lBgb9II4vgh6l-SXa8vepy6V_i0vgPnD2nl6XSy4dTXpXDEgq4z5o2luaMex4dRhrc0y6j-_eWLlsTxBy2voQau75tbKxv_BP4VM3Pjpx9fc19FLtuyZUPEK1VCTieF9wvZNb6SCgo5W3k97GPeD_c=w200-h113" width="200" /></a></div>Here's a shot from that same animation. These little items are geophones that are strung together and planted in the ground. You may notice a similar ground cutaway to other work I posted from the previous year. They are sort of part of a series. I like how this one was turning out, so I hope to finish it someday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhawj2LbgQvZyr5jo-x4iVAu0d-E5LI6ZLoJ0eIq8o4PbP_gxIX_ntnSJ7I2q2C1OA9jvpx8sllxdh1_J1lGpHvp4XFTQxQnUtMVhO3-tp0frdgyNwLwMiyM1aoq0fZ1ZKXW6AqZB8O55q7ZvowDV-ehia7dfVAW8GpP4bvkG-U8YxLVcumxGmnuc4t=s1408" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="1408" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhawj2LbgQvZyr5jo-x4iVAu0d-E5LI6ZLoJ0eIq8o4PbP_gxIX_ntnSJ7I2q2C1OA9jvpx8sllxdh1_J1lGpHvp4XFTQxQnUtMVhO3-tp0frdgyNwLwMiyM1aoq0fZ1ZKXW6AqZB8O55q7ZvowDV-ehia7dfVAW8GpP4bvkG-U8YxLVcumxGmnuc4t=w200-h57" width="200" /></a></div>I've been doing a little work for OUR, <a href="https://ourrescue.org/" target="_blank">Operation Underground Railroad</a> that is an organization seeking to free sex slaves in a crime commonly called 'human trafficking.' This was for a digital billboard. It's nothing much, just a bit of image editing with some typography. It's what they were looking for, so I do what I can. Hopefully, I'll get the chance to create more promotional materials for them in the future.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNpwSzsizmMS224TaIt1eea0L6rxNyYWXkL_1PxZCMfbzBCdALIzVAzKxAAUpKtcJmYym5NEYoUS1KE3tr6ZrnsogBCZaqR6DGwXNEEk4XFbQI989JrXhZIiPIBtJEWXslTouksRvMU7nKoRIbxKM9K6t-st5bt_7xug6zt9K--IbwA8UngO2ofbWb=s1920" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNpwSzsizmMS224TaIt1eea0L6rxNyYWXkL_1PxZCMfbzBCdALIzVAzKxAAUpKtcJmYym5NEYoUS1KE3tr6ZrnsogBCZaqR6DGwXNEEk4XFbQI989JrXhZIiPIBtJEWXslTouksRvMU7nKoRIbxKM9K6t-st5bt_7xug6zt9K--IbwA8UngO2ofbWb=w200-h113" width="200" /></a></div>Here's an actual illustration, finally. It's pretty good and I've done something like this before. It won't win any awards, but I tried to do something cool with it. The important part is just the little patches along the runway. As long the client is happy, that's what counts, right? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKHq9SKW8VMMkj6lFvlJOIlX6FPA3T921rhgB6A63FRkQew5ttbWaswnsQ-H9yon14akWbNNa-3iaBkYky_j1zcBfIxLBIt7U_rHOHHMzFxqrKB51Iw3L-J7iEd-ypsMmPBEyYxoIJ199fXR--EJUv8Fvc8ZGPmdeKDBXLQD94_aVC3j3VXmD9u2hA=s960" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKHq9SKW8VMMkj6lFvlJOIlX6FPA3T921rhgB6A63FRkQew5ttbWaswnsQ-H9yon14akWbNNa-3iaBkYky_j1zcBfIxLBIt7U_rHOHHMzFxqrKB51Iw3L-J7iEd-ypsMmPBEyYxoIJ199fXR--EJUv8Fvc8ZGPmdeKDBXLQD94_aVC3j3VXmD9u2hA=w200-h113" width="200" /></a></div>Here's another frame from a 3D animation. This one also is still in progress and I'm waiting for approval so I can continue. I didn't build this bit seen here in the upper left; I just organized it for animation and textured it to fit along with the rest of the scene. Yes, it's another ground cutaway.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif2DHe28KacuTsLKJqD_fqCRlrlbnS-1_AKfK8heCYtK_S-R766omBUjDqrhkPV13qcTM0Ngjd02WtfkliWEcJRF2GE1V-R1VP18wHZIP2qhKHC4uH4OK9tzUdsc_114LI8IDqaGDFYjVnhVbMl_LvuukA4ilbPHOIPAixpzCP6tTe7ZuprVwXNg_h=s2972" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="2426" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEif2DHe28KacuTsLKJqD_fqCRlrlbnS-1_AKfK8heCYtK_S-R766omBUjDqrhkPV13qcTM0Ngjd02WtfkliWEcJRF2GE1V-R1VP18wHZIP2qhKHC4uH4OK9tzUdsc_114LI8IDqaGDFYjVnhVbMl_LvuukA4ilbPHOIPAixpzCP6tTe7ZuprVwXNg_h=w163-h200" width="163" /></a></div>I taught Life Drawing again this summer, which was nice to do again, since I didn't have it last summer. I hadn't done this kind of drawing for a while, so I wanted to give it a try and make sure I could still do it. I did some practice charcoal drawings before I returned to the classroom. Here is one of the first ones I did. Sorry if this might be NSFW, but it's art. I ended up doing quite a few, as it was fun to do some traditional drawing again. I still try to be classy. This one is currently in our faculty show we are having at UNG.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBiBP_rIz7fSLKSN-fUXS4lU7qnfP30WBROfVIPGTgwaRSdVVY2oM83tWZF1r6dKVa4pqVoHid3IKJ4Z_ydjKXzq8lg6GqT6i3nCnyYPTYbdWqSesU_o74fY3xtIvhsZB7Yrh7IYGJCKm07EXQIMIi2dthzHeMPxXFdzIStQ4fGJVPPC_nkc_KFXFb=s3155" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3155" data-original-width="2198" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBiBP_rIz7fSLKSN-fUXS4lU7qnfP30WBROfVIPGTgwaRSdVVY2oM83tWZF1r6dKVa4pqVoHid3IKJ4Z_ydjKXzq8lg6GqT6i3nCnyYPTYbdWqSesU_o74fY3xtIvhsZB7Yrh7IYGJCKm07EXQIMIi2dthzHeMPxXFdzIStQ4fGJVPPC_nkc_KFXFb=w139-h200" width="139" /></a></div>After a few black and white drawings, I wanted to try and add some color, but in a fun way. I didn't want to do full-on color, but I liked the idea of looking for source material that had an interesting splash of color where I could work with pastels. These are all just on newsprint, so they aren't great works of art that will last for posterity. They are just fun little exercises. After drawing the the red coat, I hesitated for a while on the idea of adding some red as reflected light on the figure. Unlike with digital art, there's no going back once a decision like this is made. Luckily, I liked how it turned out and looked for more ways I could implement this technique in future drawings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg273hYvBEI4Y85iFxIMnre1ArTz3MHW_jdD0yr4gCRSKPQC35Yx1Li225wreznl_Vc_pdrfcPHlW1APtC3SucEFudij0O--NHONmtD4qiY5p-tZkj6uTRWAfwrdb-zIzJFi1PQqUCsQ-1JrqgOCPozN3pNRWRxy0orq4Q9k8DtYL5ffsoryQpvFjlX=s3317" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3317" data-original-width="2320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg273hYvBEI4Y85iFxIMnre1ArTz3MHW_jdD0yr4gCRSKPQC35Yx1Li225wreznl_Vc_pdrfcPHlW1APtC3SucEFudij0O--NHONmtD4qiY5p-tZkj6uTRWAfwrdb-zIzJFi1PQqUCsQ-1JrqgOCPozN3pNRWRxy0orq4Q9k8DtYL5ffsoryQpvFjlX=w140-h200" width="140" /></a></div>Here's another one. I did this drawing with the idea of recording my work so I could turn it into a tutorial. I've done a lot of digital art tutorials, so I thought I should try some traditional art. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how much video my camera would record in one take, so I lost a bit, but I did realize how to do this and pulled it together in the end. In addition to the tutorial videos, I made a time-lapse one so you could see the drawing come together (except the part I didn't record) in just a few minutes. You can see it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtgg2q99lM" target="_blank">here</a>. Sorry if the music isn't great. I had something cooler that was a good duration. It was an instrumental piece and the music publisher is in Germany. But a day or two after I uploaded it to YouTube, I got a copyright infringement notice from them. Weird. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEugnI08uPA" target="_blank">Full tutorial part 1</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2zV98m1Rtw" target="_blank">Full tutorial part 2</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRmxqMmLurZZ4Z5IKW7aaC6KBV0pgBAE_cdrELkKh65l_4KpDVa_zp0Vagx2V2iqlo-2Lb9nxQ1AmuzInIEB0x4bJc7mPFCdKL7Lu6IXdndbvXGdAQqcB9MtmYU5n-JtrucOlsoA47KN0sqoetSWnOUOxvSVoD0491C2eecDu6CVdWW0KC_Dll9rPk=s3747" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3747" data-original-width="2320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRmxqMmLurZZ4Z5IKW7aaC6KBV0pgBAE_cdrELkKh65l_4KpDVa_zp0Vagx2V2iqlo-2Lb9nxQ1AmuzInIEB0x4bJc7mPFCdKL7Lu6IXdndbvXGdAQqcB9MtmYU5n-JtrucOlsoA47KN0sqoetSWnOUOxvSVoD0491C2eecDu6CVdWW0KC_Dll9rPk=w124-h200" width="124" /></a></div>Yet another one. I did say that I ended up doing quite a few this year; this is just a small selection. You can see a lot more of them in my gallery on <a href="https://www.deviantart.com/danjohn8/gallery/80393734/figure-drawing" target="_blank">Deviant Art</a>. This one is a bit different. I kind of like it, especially the contrast between the natural curves of the figure and the hard, artificial edges of the chair. After the other tutorials, I had a request to do one based on drawing the face, so I recorded that while I was working on this drawing. A figure drawing isn't the same thing as a portrait, so getting the likeness right isn't the prime concern. The face looks good here, but it doesn't exactly look like the model. I'm only a little bit disappointed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhusVcaCUxg" target="_blank">Full tutorial part 1</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luB2k0jZy9g" target="_blank">Full tutorial part 2</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicPWh2lC3VgrvSMspJmXfIYNZUKDjHWgkRQPUWgzTeCWtqTaJ3uwvg6EiiHt8jwU7c9rAIR3c48eMqKX943VvOXLsBsoL8QVvu7E4DQgQdpHpvdkThXmSvGfglByTAcDP9Vp5WmQseZDcBPjWTqaOJJPYDkSRV99a1mZE2WdPOZEgGHq7aX1bUHjj6=s2240" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2240" data-original-width="1400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicPWh2lC3VgrvSMspJmXfIYNZUKDjHWgkRQPUWgzTeCWtqTaJ3uwvg6EiiHt8jwU7c9rAIR3c48eMqKX943VvOXLsBsoL8QVvu7E4DQgQdpHpvdkThXmSvGfglByTAcDP9Vp5WmQseZDcBPjWTqaOJJPYDkSRV99a1mZE2WdPOZEgGHq7aX1bUHjj6=w125-h200" width="125" /></a></div>This is the last one. I was quite pleased with this drawing as I went back to my idea of adding a shot of color. The thin, diaphanous fabric was a challenge, but in the end I was able to pull it off. I spent a lot of time on this one, trying to get all the anatomy correct. I do like the hints of orange reflecting back on the skin and think it works well to pull everything together. As it was not the full figure, I worked a bit larger and could put a good bit of detail in the face; this one is pretty much a portrait.</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuJoljVPPN9mvpgkcmYRJoHVHGlhQeqYSGJLd9dF0ayYeKRMgYPgTveCrFV4TMo5EOZJgLDvbuYbtvBypNCesmJCYIZZ7Y3qc8BR0FyOtXV4HnKZrhfH1Nx7Ft2r_fb41v5v2cNlCpK-qpdhRHwpAyVyJfzLWmxa-sozMoseyQNz4M0Q2WzKurTFqj=s1920" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuJoljVPPN9mvpgkcmYRJoHVHGlhQeqYSGJLd9dF0ayYeKRMgYPgTveCrFV4TMo5EOZJgLDvbuYbtvBypNCesmJCYIZZ7Y3qc8BR0FyOtXV4HnKZrhfH1Nx7Ft2r_fb41v5v2cNlCpK-qpdhRHwpAyVyJfzLWmxa-sozMoseyQNz4M0Q2WzKurTFqj=w200-h113" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My last professional illustration of the year. This one isn't much to look at and it changed quite a bit from the process of going from comp to final. For what it is, it looks pretty good, but I was disappointed in what I ended up with based on the client's request. Earlier versions were more interesting visually, but with commercial work, that's not the most important point.</div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-69424197765870593422021-12-06T08:22:00.026-08:002021-12-24T08:31:59.071-08:00Published in 3x3 <p style="text-align: justify;">I had a personal digital painting from last year published in 3x3's Annual 18 this year. It won an award of merit, so no money or anything, but it's nice to win and it helps me toward tenure. <a href="https://3x3mag.com/annuals/annual18/j/johnson-daniel-77392">Click here</a> to see it. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://3x3mag.com/annuals/annual18">3x3 Annual 18</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-58942665902267055822021-02-11T19:25:00.004-08:002021-02-11T19:26:24.682-08:00Upcoming presentation of my work<p style="text-align: justify;">Just a quick note here: I'll be giving an online presentation about my work to a local library. You can watch it live from wherever you are. It will be 16 February starting at 7:00 pm EST. <a href="https://www.forsythpl.org/event/4866666" target="_blank">Click here</a> to watch. Since I wan't be seeing you, I hope you see me there.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-13443452893816803952021-02-01T19:55:00.016-08:002021-02-06T20:01:35.382-08:00An important step toward tenure<p style="text-align: justify;"> Today was a deadline for a big milestone for me: my pre-tenure portfolio at UNG was due. I've been working on this for a while, as I had to put together lots of documents, create a full CV, make mini-CVs out of it, put in reports, add student evaluations, respond to all that, and get it organized for the committee to go over when they meet. It was a bit stressful, but I've been working toward this for three years now. It was a bit of a surprise when it was offered, but I'll take it. This review is to see if I'm on track for the full review, which will come in another two years. I'm judged not just on my teaching, but also my research and service to the university and community. Challenging for a digital or commercial artist, but we'll see how it goes.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-46266174518053399522021-01-06T21:07:00.016-08:002021-02-06T20:04:47.378-08:00My work from 2020<p style="text-align: justify;">As I look back on my posts for the year, I see it has been a bit slim. I don't know that this worldwide plague we've been enduring has given me much extra time. I certainly haven't done as much freelance work this year as usual, but not as much personal work, either. For one thing, I didn't get to teach a Life Drawing class this summer, so I didn't get any nice drawings like that done. Even though classroom teaching was different and there was less face-to-face time in class, that doesn't mean it's easier for instructors. I think I spent more time trying to create online content for distance learning and figure out how to do things differently. But we all just keep going, right? So gathering it all together, here is what I was able to accomplish during the year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DzN_B88ezxZddHdvF2aro5vto10a1RmUkkwgby8CQcM4qC2o-k8WvHOIrFHHY1x7x9kXNa60yDIZRLvW4R4nrt9gxjqke1ML6_EN4mknRKENoguV5D6gZjvprI0jihJlmUYLB1XKpAM/s1800/MSB-ad-final.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DzN_B88ezxZddHdvF2aro5vto10a1RmUkkwgby8CQcM4qC2o-k8WvHOIrFHHY1x7x9kXNa60yDIZRLvW4R4nrt9gxjqke1ML6_EN4mknRKENoguV5D6gZjvprI0jihJlmUYLB1XKpAM/w150-h200/MSB-ad-final.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's the first freelance illustration from early in the year. Yes, I know, it looks like so many other things I've done, but if you can do something, you just keep with it if the work comes. This is somewhat conceptual, as the drilling rig is shown in a cross section. Why, I don't recall; I just do what's required of me. If you've followed my recent work, you may recognize this design or color scheme on this rig. The view and all the details on this one were a bit complex and took me some time to do. Just to entertain myself, I added the cool sun reflection and lens flare from the window, but the client didn't like it, so I had to take it out. It's the usual story. But here is the version that I prefer.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbXjul3YWYTHRQVUjKZ6HnnFMDrYWbDgvq3VApvE-g0UoMAE0f_Io1NgUw_Z8LqWSAl3949HoJiMialt0ns5x3PbFtM1W4iunbNEf4PAfyzSzwfRzcYpCmA5L0_kpmbNrtqhYCaaEFBU/s1920/CSM.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEbXjul3YWYTHRQVUjKZ6HnnFMDrYWbDgvq3VApvE-g0UoMAE0f_Io1NgUw_Z8LqWSAl3949HoJiMialt0ns5x3PbFtM1W4iunbNEf4PAfyzSzwfRzcYpCmA5L0_kpmbNrtqhYCaaEFBU/w200-h113/CSM.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next image is actually a still from a 3D animation I worked on. Another artist built some of the models, but I had to do a lot to refine them and make them match the real equipment we were showcasing. As I work on projects like these, I like to try new techniques or learn something each time. This one is part 3D animation and part compositing. In an attempt to take my animations to the next level and try to make them more realistic, I'm adding effects like light wrap, motion blur, depth of field, and more immersive environments. There was a lot to make come together on this one, but I do like the final result.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJI56pi-4wo1PvRRoOgdZySE012rwhIWgF9dWhkRaT2sOrZyGHZB9TflpUbdWvO3U4avPlMSufHvszLHQJNZSvuCgMok1ej_-N3hDZCqyE7c8GUv09Ly3v9V2SUmx3KxfXKEBXAQ2GAw/s1000/sewer-cat3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJI56pi-4wo1PvRRoOgdZySE012rwhIWgF9dWhkRaT2sOrZyGHZB9TflpUbdWvO3U4avPlMSufHvszLHQJNZSvuCgMok1ej_-N3hDZCqyE7c8GUv09Ly3v9V2SUmx3KxfXKEBXAQ2GAw/w200-h160/sewer-cat3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now this is something different. This painting has a bit of a backstory, and not a very pleasant one, I'm afraid. This digital painting was based on a photo my daughter took of her cat. He couldn't live in the house and when we moved, he decided to stay most of the time in the storm drain across the street. The neighborhood kids called him 'sewer cat.' Unfortunately, he didn't choose the drain on the corner of our yard. Maybe he liked living here so he could look out and see his house. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">One rainy day, we were informed that a dead cat was in the street in front of our house. I went out to check and at first I didn't think it was him, but when I opened his eyes to look at him, I knew it was Mighty. That was his name. Picking his body up to move him out of the road and telling my daughter was one of the worst days of the entire stinking year. Anyway, when I saw her Facebook post about him, it included some interesting photos she had taken. I like this one and had never seen it before, so I decide to to a painting of it. I did change the eyes to have more open pupils than the little slits from the picture as this reminded me more of him. I also had to come up with a lot of detail that was only barely there of his black fur in the shadows. I made a canvas print of it and gave it to my daughter as a gift to try and cheer her up.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5INgkN5ERiiPssD20tTTaFfC5-7dvoa3gYfwKquL4x9RQ2BCJPldv766jVNfM2fok-5naJd_MkDPWPU46U0JVqar5Zan7fV3vO3UJECg-fjhd9iVYALbbj-hSQdRClN73dJe3D8fD2jA/s1365/skywires.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5INgkN5ERiiPssD20tTTaFfC5-7dvoa3gYfwKquL4x9RQ2BCJPldv766jVNfM2fok-5naJd_MkDPWPU46U0JVqar5Zan7fV3vO3UJECg-fjhd9iVYALbbj-hSQdRClN73dJe3D8fD2jA/w200-h113/skywires.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here's something I had been working on for a long time and intending to do it for even longer. It's from a photo I took during my time in Vancouver for SIGGRAPH. For some reason, I was fascinated by the streetcar wires criss-crossing each other in the intersection, so I stood out in the middle of the street, trying to get a good set of photos to work from. I guess I was putting it off for a while because I had been busy, but also because it looked so complex. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But I finally started on it and worked on it bit by bit during downtime in my classes. I started with the wires, cables, and all that hardware just to get it out of the way first. After a while, I got into a groove and began enjoying it. But I actually stopped work on it to work on the previous image, which I cruised through in a few days and then I returned to this one. By the time I finished it, I was quite pleased and glad I finally made myself get it done.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV31k62jETic4ESIMI-8oLAlliZl1lV5u23hYjgoTWTMxyRGQba5bRxY5jESkvBypMKPe6htMi15GrjxhomzBNmBWOTXktHqMDbeoqFC7opUyyHSfoRgQ25rAIH6Qyj4EMwgGiUl5rRAU/s960/GI1050.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV31k62jETic4ESIMI-8oLAlliZl1lV5u23hYjgoTWTMxyRGQba5bRxY5jESkvBypMKPe6htMi15GrjxhomzBNmBWOTXktHqMDbeoqFC7opUyyHSfoRgQ25rAIH6Qyj4EMwgGiUl5rRAU/w200-h113/GI1050.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For a long time, I wasn't creating any new art. Then this project came along. It's a still from a 3D animation. This one isn't that exciting, but it's what the client needed. the final animation included some motion graphics and titles added in After Effects. I had to do a pretty much final image as a comp for approval. It was done as a Photoshop illustration, but then I had to recreate it as 3D geometry in Cinema 4D. I'm still waiting for approval to get the final rendering done.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NOhNZzmUs4kaxOclFOPTaJA18LRRwftgkHrif2RJ4S-Yp_RbfzvUsb3mR0BLWfVLHCZUjXsGxovz-KwedtfTxt3hMbaVePAUOb8Y47IymbmjGC2G-67EJ7tzcLyq2SDKhFkx2L1qL8c/s1280/televiewer-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NOhNZzmUs4kaxOclFOPTaJA18LRRwftgkHrif2RJ4S-Yp_RbfzvUsb3mR0BLWfVLHCZUjXsGxovz-KwedtfTxt3hMbaVePAUOb8Y47IymbmjGC2G-67EJ7tzcLyq2SDKhFkx2L1qL8c/w200-h113/televiewer-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, it's another still from an animation. If it looks somewhat similar to the previous image, that's because they are part of a series that I'm in the middle of. This one was a bit challenging, as I had to build some more complex geometry and also render glass and the lit LEDs. It took a lot of test rendering, but I think I finally like the result I got. This project is still in progress and it's moving along at a slow pace. But that happens sometimes. I think when it's all done and fully animated, it will look pretty cool.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA2h32uYKldvlp21XOXBy_Rm2c3mXv4__k8AcSAmgJtaAoy48PYxM0ruvBHBsCoWf-laYIyasLrmix5sL8aK7zdKiiZpODP1Am-rDmeslA9odyhyCuU77r39_U7IKLmfJx5XIh2JUmxI/s1920/painting.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcA2h32uYKldvlp21XOXBy_Rm2c3mXv4__k8AcSAmgJtaAoy48PYxM0ruvBHBsCoWf-laYIyasLrmix5sL8aK7zdKiiZpODP1Am-rDmeslA9odyhyCuU77r39_U7IKLmfJx5XIh2JUmxI/w200-h113/painting.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And the last one. I was really struggling to get this done so I could add it to this year's group of artwork. It's from something I saw a few years ago when I was working in Utah for the summer. As I was driving along the highway, I saw the sun going down over the mountains in the west. I think there might have been some fires somewhere, adding a lot of particulates in the sky. This building being lit by the setting some appealed to me for some reason, so I found an exit, parked somewhere, and took a bunch of photos, trying to find a good vantage point. I wasn't really satisfied with them, but they worked well enough to serve as reference for a painting. I finally started during the fall semester, but again, it took me a while to really get involved in this one. But I just pushed through it and finally enjoyed working on parts of it. Is the final painting great? Not really, but I guess it's okay. It's actually a Harley-Davidson dealership, I believe.</div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">So that's it for 2020. Not a great year for my artistic output, but like all of us I just pushed through and tried to accomplish something. I actually did more than this. I worked on creating animations based on some of my past work and tried to gain more VFX skills in After Effects. I'm also involved in projects where I'm creating imagery for products and technologies that are currently in development and there's a lot I can't share. I'm also putting up more tutorials on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-j0Mfj9QbRvBa9WZ3c8g_Ou82fWkZrlT" target="_blank">VFX playlist on YouTube</a>. So there's always something going on. Still, it's nice to be able to have something nice to show when the year's over. Let's all look forward to something better in 2021.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-34352332388365884212020-12-06T19:35:00.076-08:002021-01-31T12:49:09.689-08:00Creative Quarterly competition<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5KWXGZ-LlOPtb_brYCYZyyJwsly-ChvXIXy4MwrYRC7hn8d9bvIJ_wXMqJrDuZVbgnLZNrey03xzZ-yZ3plj8_76A-jW5QLtPQ2lnUKEAkq3nU1bM2WzLYZrdz_d6pwY1i_L7ELIOK0/s440/cover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: -1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="350" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5KWXGZ-LlOPtb_brYCYZyyJwsly-ChvXIXy4MwrYRC7hn8d9bvIJ_wXMqJrDuZVbgnLZNrey03xzZ-yZ3plj8_76A-jW5QLtPQ2lnUKEAkq3nU1bM2WzLYZrdz_d6pwY1i_L7ELIOK0/w159-h200/cover.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now this is something cool. I've been sending out entries to various contests and art shows. <a href="https://cqjournal.com/" target="_blank">Creative Quarterly</a> journal of art and design is a professional publication showcasing working and student artists. They do a competition each quarter and I decided to see if I could get some notice. My experience has been that the kind of work I do professionally doesn't tend to win awards. I think some of it is good, but it's just not artistic, symbolic, or arty enough, even for professional art and design competitions. But I guess this time, something worked. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;">For <a href="https://cqjournal.com/winners/59" target="_blank">Issue 59</a>, I got submissions chosen in the professional illustration and fine art categories. No money or anything like that, but it does help me in my research work going toward my tenure application. I also had entries chosen in <a href="https://cqjournal.com/winners/61" target="_blank">Issue 61</a> in the professional illustration category. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">It takes a while to get the winners up and online. I'm still waiting for the printed copies to arrive and they are now accepting entries for Issue 63, but the gallery for Issue 59's winners is up and you can see it <a href="https://cqjournal.com/gallery/59">here</a>. I'll try and see if I can come up with more work that they might like.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://cqjournal.com/gallery/59/johnson-daniel-608" target="_blank">Click here to see my fine art winning entry</a>.<br /><a href="https://cqjournal.com/gallery/59/johnson-daniel-606" target="_blank">Click here to see my illustration winning entry</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-43235531882701371482020-06-04T22:19:00.001-07:002020-06-04T22:21:33.640-07:00More places to see my work<div style="text-align: justify;">
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I finally have stuff up on <a href="https://www.artstation.com/">ArtStation</a>. For a long time now, I've been hearing that it's the place to be if you are serious about your artwork. So I have a few albums up, showing professional, personal, and demo work.</div>
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<a href="https://www.artstation.com/drjohnson/albums/all">Click here to see my work on ArtStation</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-32362858464426596902020-01-03T00:56:00.002-08:002020-01-03T02:36:49.655-08:00My work from 2019<div style="text-align: justify;">
Back again. Sorry it's been a while. I'm not sure if my work shows it, but it seems like it's been a busy year. As usual, I try to do more new artwork. This year I've been keeping up with my usual teaching schedule, including a class over the summer. There wasn't that much freelance work in 2019, at least not that got finished. I'm still involved in some long-term ongoing projects, so not everything I've been working on is ready to be shown, but this should be it.<br />
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Oddly enough, I almost forgot about this one. I did it early in the year as a little exercise in speed painting and then had my class do something similar. The brushes are all taken from photos of various objects and then almost stamped down. It's a quick way of putting in detail quickly. I started on monochromatically, then tinted the image on higher layers in Photoshop. I also did some painting with my standard brush to put in highlights and tie things together. It's not great, but it is interesting.</div>
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Here's one I had been planning to do for a few years now: the lovely Jennifer Connelly. This was mainly done as an in-class demo during my spring digital illustration class to show how I go about painting a portrait in Photoshop. I like the end result, but it was a bit more challenging than I had supposed. First, my source material was very small, so I had to interpolate, or basically make up, most of the detail. Second, the lighting was difficult because most of the photo was so dark, making for unusual skin tones. But I eventually pulled it off. I do like the bright highlights on the hair to contrast with the overall shadow everywhere else.</div>
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It's my first completed freelance project of the year. You can probably guess that it's mainly a 3D render. Most of the models were derived from either an earlier scene I built or 3D files from other sources, so it turned into more of a rendering and compositing project. I built the foreground geometry for it and as usual, did a lot of painting in Photoshop to finish it off. Multi-pass renders really help out, especially for depth, which I'm really trying to work on. I painted the water by hand. It's supposed to be a sewage treatment plant, so originally, the color was a bit different, but the client didn't like that much realism, so I redid it with blue to look more pleasing. I do like the end result. Hopefully, I'll get paid for it someday.</div>
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Another demo I started for my illustration class, just to show my process of using layers, clipping masks, blending modes, and so on. Like most digital artists, I keep a collection of lots of photos to serve as source material and inspiration. I had been meaning to do this for a few years now and finally got around to it. I do like the way it turned out, but painting all those architectural details was tough. If you look closely enough, you might see that I'm just winging it, especially as the image goes farther back. Some of the more geometric parts still look a bit rough, as I did it all by hand, instead of using shape tools or another more precise method. So if you focus on discreet areas, it might not look so good, but I hope that the overall effect works. It was fun to work with a limited color palette and some extreme atmospheric perspective. The photo had people and other details that I left out for more of a somber mood.</div>
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There's always a job you just have to slog your way through and just get it done. The client wanted something conceptual for an ad illustration, but provided practically no source material. This can be a common problem for illustrators. I spent a lot of time looking for imagery to work from and did the best I could. Some parts are okay, but some are pretty weak, especially where I'm making stuff up without really knowing what it should look like. In the end, there was concern over parts of the image looking too much like the source images, so I had to remove details that I felt made it more interesting. As a result, the final is more bland than I would like, but the client is always right. Anyway, I hope it works.</div>
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As you can probably tell, these are from my summer life drawing class. While I do love digital painting, there really is no substitute for using traditional media to create something tangible. Drawing, especially from life, is a must for all artists. The best digital artists I have known have also been able to draw really well.<br />
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While teaching the class, I always use the opportunity to do a lot of drawing along with the students and I got quite a few from this class and drew some models I hadn't worked with before, along with some old favorites. I actually ended up with a lot that I liked. Some were quick sketches and some were more finished. These are some of my favorites that I feel were more successful. I keep thinking about uploading more.<br />
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This is the last drawing we did for that class. It's a bit unusual, but it was for a specific exercise. The model was our class skeleton. I had named it Dr. Bones, but later I was told that a previous class had already given it a name: Saul. The two names are not mutually exclusive, I suppose. But we used this opportunity as a practice doing drapery, a skill just as important as drawing the figure. I liked how it was going, so kept on it, even after the class was over. I entered some in drawing competitions during the year, including Saul here, but sadly, none were accepted. Maybe someday.<br />
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Here's yet another little in-class demo. I had found this photo years ago and thought it could be turned into a cool digital painting. Textures like this are always fun. I changed it significantly from the original and did my own thing with the color scheme. There may be a hint of photo brick texture in there, but other than that, it's all painted by hand. I am quite pleased with this one.<br />
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Nothing new here. It's just a Pettibone and pipe on a train. I've done a zillion of these over the years, in all sorts of combinations. This one is not necessarily for any one particular client; it could be for any of quite a multitude of them, or none at all. It looks a lot like past work. Maybe it is. There's nothing here unique to any one end job. In fact, I like pipe and Pettibones and trains so much, I paint them just for fun. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.<br />
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I'm quite sure everyone recognizes this guy. It's another image I had been wanting to paint for a while now. I started it during my fall digital illustration class as my portrait demo. It was harder than I expected at first, due to the complex mix of warm and cool lighting on the face. If you know anything about how I start out digital paintings, you may know I try to use PMS colors, at least initially. That was harder here, but I kept going and eventually as the colors mix, new colors appear that work.<br />
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At first, I wasn't sure I would paint Andúril, but metallic objects like this are fun. I did change its orientation and position from the original photo, as I felt it made more sense outside of the context of this scene in the film.<br />
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My last freelance project of the year. I can't say I'm too proud of this one. It is what it is. I had to do it quickly and without much accurate source material, as usual. It went through a few iterations until it got approved by the end client, but as you can tell, it's mainly 3D, so that makes for easy changes. There's really not that much to it. The geometry is simple to build and for multiples like this, I use instances, so when I change the master version, all the copies of the object update. After the render, it's painted up a bit in Photoshop it give it my signature look. I hear it was well received.<br />
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And the last one, just completed a few days ago. This one was inspired by a painting one of my students did in my last digital illustration class. An avid comics fan, he did a portrait of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. I thought his image was pretty cool and thought about doing one myself. I chose this one because of the cool pose, lighting, and textures. One element I wanted to add was a strong light wrap from the window behind her. It's just my little touch. The costume elements are successful, I think. Metallic or shiny surfaces are fun and easy to paint, once you have a system down for it. I simplified the background a lot to focus on the subject. I think it actually came out with more detail than I had originally intended. I like it, but I hope I did Gal justice. She was a great choice for Wonder Woman and made her a serious character. I like that her costume became more Greek armor than a bathing suit, which seems to be what a lot of female superheroes wear. I tried to capture her beauty and strength, but I'm not sure I did. When really studied for detail in the face, the source image was not as good as I had thought at first. I really worked on it and kept coming back to fix problems, but what can I say? Female faces are hard.<br />
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I guess that is a lot. There is actually more. I did a lot of production work, web images, brochure layout, photo editing, and some animations that I'm still involved in. When it's all put together, I guess it's a good bit of work for the year. Out of all this work here, there are a few that I really like. I hope you like them as well.<br />
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<a href="http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/cgiv2019/index.html">The International Conference Computer Graphics Imaging and Visualization</a> (CGIV) is being held again, this year in Paris, France and Adelaide, Australia. I wrote a paper on the history of computer art and submitted it, but it was not accepted. However, they did put my work on D-ART, their online gallery, and published my paper there. I thought it was pretty good. I based a lot of the information in my paper on the research I did for my History of Computer Art class I did last year. There's some really interesting stuff in there. A lot of the steps that have been taken in the development of art and modern technology are fascinating, and some are quite funny. </div>
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There are many techniques that I teach in my classes and I've done so many times. The end result is a combination of tools and approaches that I've refined over the years. For some reason, my students can't find similar tutorials out there, so I decided to start making videos of them to share. This first one is how to cover a textured wall with some sort of painted or applied image. The hope is to end up with a fully photo-realistic image. Many important and sometimes little-used tools are demonstrated, with the goal of working as non-destructively as possible, something I stress all the time. Enjoy!</div>
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It's that time again, the time to share a year's worth of work. I don't get to do as much as I might like to, with a full teaching schedule and all. I even had a class over the summer; it brought in a bit more income and gave the the chance to dive back into good, old-fashioned drawing. </div>
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My first official freelance illustration of the year was actually a 4-part series. It took a good bit of work and was challenging to put the scene together correctly, as I didn't really have good photos of the worksite. That makes things much harder and it takes longer, too. Of course, with Photoshop, some parts only have to get done once. That's one of the benefits of working digitally, especially with layers. </div>
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Here is another version that shows a previous step in the building process. The dirt gets built up in various levels, getting closer and closer to the roadway. This image shows a lower dirt terrace, along with some interior structure of the retaining wall being built. I did quite a few images for this series, but these two will suffice for here.<br />
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This is a render from a 3D model I had to build for an animation. As usual with something like this, I work with another artist who builds most of the models. My job is usually to fine-tune and organize the geometry, texture it, light it, and render the final frames. Often, I edit the final video and motion graphics for the deliverable video. Only a little of this model was in the animation, and then again, not for very long. But I was pleased with my work here, so I'm including it.<br />
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The final video looked something like this. I had to do a lot of test rendering to get it to look good. Some background elements were purchased as stock models. That can be good, but quality can vary quite a bit. I had to go back in and rebuild some pieces because the geometry was so low-poly. This scene came out nicely. I was pleased with the tracks I was able to cut out of the dirt, which was oddly much harder than I thought it should be.<br />
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Now here's something different. This is basically a personal project, done mainly as an in-class demo for my first ever digital illustration class. This was for a portrait assignment and I was showing some basic ways of how to craft the illustration. I chose this image of Brian Cranston that I found randomly. The purpose was to show that a portrait could be impactful and interesting without being what we might consider as classically beautiful. The many lines and wrinkles here add so much character to the face and are fun to paint. And no, I really didn't exaggerate anything here.<br />
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Now here's something you probably didn't expect: a drawing on actual paper. This came from my summer figure drawing class I taught. I was able to schedule some good models for the class and had a good time as the instructor instead of as the student. This was one of my favorites. After she was done and the class was over, I stayed working on it for another hour or two, mainly finishing up the chair. Unlike people, chairs don't care how long they pose for you. I have other good drawings from these sessions, but this is the most finished. I did submit this to a drawing competition later in the year, but unfortunately, it wasn't chosen. I still like it, though.<br />
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What we have next is probably one of the most complex and challenging 3D animations I have done so far. I had to build outdoor environments, create an expansive and realistic landscape backdrop, and deal with scenes that became increasingly more and more difficult to work with as the poly count rose higher. I blame these darn trees. I'm just including this frame from this very long animation. It looks pretty good, but there was a lot more to show. I try to learn and do something new each time I have to work in 3D.<br />
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Back to a simple illustration for this one. Well, it's not so simple, I guess. The source images I had were pretty good. It's somewhat conceptual and I guess it's okay, but I don't love this image as much as I would like to. The inner scene of the overall pipe plant looks good, but somehow, the whole composition didn't come together as strongly. If the upper left corner looks a bit rough, that's because it is. In the ad layout, the entire left side was covered with a translucent block for text and other ad content, so it wouldn't really show. These things take so long that I don't want to spend any more time on them than I have to.<br />
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Another still from another animation. Except this wasn't really an animated video. I just rendered out various stills and then used them as source images for a video created in After Effects. The idea was to simulate a 3D rendered video without having to pay for the usual render farm that we use. For the most part, the geometry I used was free or stock models. My job was to texture and light various scenes. For this project, I was really trying hard to get some realistic lighting and textures. It did take a lot of test renders, but as I was only doing single frames, I was able to do it all with my hardware.<br />
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I ended up rendering several still images for this animation, mainly indoor settings which are sometimes hard to light and make look good. For this interior shot looking out a window, I used Photoshop to composite the pieces and do some final adjustments. For me, it was easier to solve these problems in 2D, rather than in 3D.<br />
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My last illustration of the year. This one was tough. Some of the equipment was done from pretty good source material, but the overall scene was pretty complex and I had to make much of that up. The problem is that with all the levels and the four different rigs I had to include, the photos I was given weren't all at the right angles. I did what I could, but didn't have much time. Actually, I was up against a tight deadline. I made it (with a bit of an extension), but then of all things, the magazine kicked the ad back because it wasn't the right kind of equipment for their publication. Great. It did eventually get used in another magazine and I made a poster out of it, but I ruined my fall break trying to finish it on time.<br />
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And there's finally this one. For some reason, I thought I didn't have much to post for last year, so I did a quick little painting based on photos I took while biking around Vancouver over the summer. I was there for Siggraph and found a little time one evening to get out and do something. It was a hazy, smoky day, which made for an impressive effect as the sun went down. I tried to capture it and I think it came out well. But, it didn't take too much time to do.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-18332981229251639922018-11-26T19:09:00.000-08:002019-01-14T19:19:29.992-08:00Speaking at UNG<div style="text-align: justify;">
Earlier this month, I spoke at the University of North Georgia Symposium on Innovation, Research, and Engagement (SOIRE). They were looking for instructors from our department that could share topics at this one-day conference to showcase faculty and staff achievements.</div>
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Having just a few minutes, I spoke about techniques I first taught earlier in the year in my Digital Visual Effects class. As an example, I showed footage I created as demos for the class and I had a couple of my digital paintings on display as well. It was a good event to attend and I made some good contacts. There is some interesting and innovative work being done here. I look forward to seeing what else I can get involved in as time goes by.</div>
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Something surprising has happened recently. Before last school year ended, I was offered the chance to go onto tenure track at the University of North Georgia. This is what I was hoping for, but it came along much sooner than I had expected. Even though the position was offered, I still had to apply (while I was in Vancouver, Canada no less) and meet with the hiring committee. But the official offer letter has come and now I am an assistant professor. The teaching is about the same, but now I have to get involved in service opportunities, outside professional accomplishments, and other projects that would benefit the department or school. I'm already working on some right now, so I'll keep everyone updated if anything happens. But needless to say, this is quite exciting. The track lasts five years, with a review after three, so that's the road I'm on for a while.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-60951486457370197362018-08-03T17:58:00.000-07:002018-08-03T18:01:06.978-07:00Work from this summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I taught a class this summer, and for the first time ever, it was a figure drawing class. I have taken many as a student in the past, and had various teachers. There were some classes where I thought that perhaps I could do a better job. Well, I finally got my chance. It was an interesting experience, different from my point of view as a teacher as opposed to a student. Enrollment was small, but I think we had a good time and I tried to get a lot across in this short but intensive class. We worked with a variety of good models and I was able to get some nice sketches and drawings in, which is one of the best parts of having a class like this. Even as a digital artist, you need to keep up the traditional drawing skills. Here is one of my favorites from one of our longer drawing sessions.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-61098904492845250902018-06-15T14:26:00.000-07:002018-06-23T14:27:49.373-07:00A warning to freelancers<div style="text-align: justify;">
I'm teaching a life drawing class this summer. It's quick and intense; next week is our last week. I'll post some of my drawings that turned out okay. But I'm always looking for freelance or remote work, so I'll share a recent negative experience in hopes of keeping others from my same fate.</div>
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I found a remote job working for Vimeo posted on my local Craigslist. Maybe that should have been my first red flag. I was selected for an interview, and went through a fairly intensive online set of questions. After a bit, I was told I had the job. They were going to provide the hardware and software, but as a freelancer, I had to purchase it in my name. Vimeo would send me the funds to do this. Maybe you can see where this is going. Unfortunately, I didn't.</div>
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Anyway, the end result is that it was all a scam. Vimeo doesn't hire like this. I have lost thousands of dollars through a loophole in banking regulations that lets you purchase secured funds (a cashier's check) with unsecured funds (a questionable check that has been deposited). So a warning to all of you out there: don't do it. Don't send anyone (a client, new employer, business partner) a cashier's check. You can't stop payment on it and if you are the victim of a scam, you are on the hook for whatever has been stolen from you. Your bank probably won't help you out.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-66398687786607683442018-04-07T17:08:00.004-07:002018-04-07T17:09:29.000-07:00New in-class demo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am currently teaching a digital illustration class at UNG and a recent assignment was to paint or create a digital portrait. Making a good likeness was a key requirement. To demonstrate some possible techniques for painting a face in Photoshop, I found a random photographic portrait to use as source material. It just turned out to be Brian Cranston. I worked on this in class a few times to answer questions about how to start such an assignment. It was mostly done, but I decided to put a few more hours into it and finish it up at home.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5351770348736617256.post-71786464378065493782018-01-29T12:25:00.000-08:002018-02-24T18:58:33.302-08:00My illustration work from 2017<div style="text-align: justify;">
As you might guess, it's been a big year. The move across the country and starting up a new, long-term job have taken much of my time and attention. But I still have other work to do and I'm continuing my freelance work. Much of what I did in the previous year was for animation, but there always is illustration. So here it is:<br />
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This is actually test frame from a long animation I worked on. Most of the textures were created procedurally in Cinema 4D. Another artist built most of the crane and then I had to fine-tune it and texture it. I also built the geometry of the items hanging in front.<br />
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Here is another test render. Thankfully, the tank model was provided by the end client and I didn't have to build it. I did, however, have to spend a lot of time organizing the pieces. I then textured it and built the scene around it. This is how animations start.<br />
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Another 3D render. Again, this was a model provided by the client, since it's their product and it has to be perfectly represented. I just had to texture, light, and render it so it looked pretty.<br />
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Here's a simple one, mainly vector shapes that I put together. It was created in Photoshop, using its great vector tools and layer styles. It was supposed to be the background for an ad or something like that, but sadly, I hear that the client didn't like it and I don't think it was used for anything.<br />
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You may remember other illustrations similar to this one. I end up doing a lot like this. I'm almost becoming an expert in heavy machinery of this sort. It's demonstrating a process of building a geotechnical retaining wall. The rather plain sky was designed to be the background for the text of the final ad. I do like how this one came out.<br />
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Now, here's something different, for a different agency. Apparently, another artist had been hired to illustrate a lion head for a package. What he really did was steal the lion image from the poster for the movie <i>The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe</i>, pick half the face, copy and mirror it, then apply some quick Photoshop filters to it. I was hired to paint it from scratch. But all my initial sketches were turned down until it finally looked like the image I was supposed to replace. So I basically ended up copying the original image anyway, down to the (inaccurate) color of the eyes. But at least I actually painted it. Every pixel is my own.<br />
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A very different piece. This is mainly a photo, but demonstrating a new product that is in development. Part of the problem was to illustrate luminous elements. This is always a tricky proposition, but it eventually worked. I did have fun working on the reflected elements.<br />
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Another piece for the same client as the previous image. This one included various photographic elements composited together to create a hopefully realistic and believable image. It also included 3D rendered elements that had to fit into the scene as though they were present.<br />
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These tanks may look familiar. It's a frame from the final animation. The whole thing took a lot longer than I had expected, but I do like the end result.<br />
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Another frame from a 3D animation. I ended up doing a lot of this work during the year. There were a number of items I had to animate in the final clip. Much of this work is based on photographic textures, as the animation needed to look quite realistic. It's also a good way to speed up the work flow.<br />
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Yet another frame from an animation. Another artist started it and did much of the initial work. I just had to finalize it, improve the textures, and make sure all the elements came together.<br />
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Here are two separate images that were put together for a company's holiday animation. I guess it turned out okay and it was well received, but it's not my best work. You may notice that the lighting is a bit off. Painting snow is hard, especially at night. I didn't have much time and no source material provided, so I guess it's okay for what it is.<br />
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As a new faculty member at UNG, I'm still trying to figure things out here. Earlier this semester, I attended SIEGE, the Southern Interactive Entertainment Games Expo in Atlanta, GA. I made some contacts in the industry and found out what is happening in the area, in terms of games and animation development. I'm trying to get in with companies to be able to share opportunities with students and prepare them for the workplace. If I can do some work around here as well, that would help on many levels. </div>
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After the conference, I was <a href="https://ung.edu/news/articles/2017/10/ungs-digital-arts-program-is-real-game-changer.php">interviewed</a> for the university's newspaper about opportunities in the area and what students need to know in order to prepare. The state of Georgia is growing with jobs in the entertainment industry, due mainly to incentives to get studios here for TV and movie production. At UNG, we offer classes designed to get students into these local industries and are working to provide even more. </div>
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<a href="https://ung.edu/news/articles/2017/10/ungs-digital-arts-program-is-real-game-changer.php">Click here to read the interview with me and another instructor about the future of this industry</a>.</div>
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If any of you have been following along with my exploits, you should know that I've been applying for and trying to interview at colleges and universities across the country, looking for a permanent position. I enjoy teaching, but life as an adjunct instructor is not dependable. You may recall that a couple of years ago, I went to Arkansas to interview at Southern Arkansas University. That didn't quite work out. Last year, I interviewed at a community college in Tulsa. A bit ago, the SAU called me up and said they had a new opening and wondered if I wanted to be considered again. I said, sure.</div>
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I had been applying to many schools recently and got quite a few replies to interview online. Surprisingly, I got a prompt reply from the University of North Georgia, in addition to others I had applied to previously. I did a lot of online video interviews, made some video tutorials, and got a job offer from the UNG. I traveled to Georgia to meet everyone and see the campus. I then flew to Minnesota to interview at a college there. At the same time, a college in Iowa was trying to get me to come out and interview. Oddly enough, I got a call a few days ago from a school in Omaha that I had apparently applied to a while ago, wanting to interview me. These were all for openings to teach in the fall.</div>
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When it rains, it pours, right? I guess it's true. After all these years, all these possibilities were coming in at the same time. Well, I accepted the offer to teach at the University of North Georgia. I'll be moving out there with my family to start as a lecturer teaching digital art and animation this August. I'll also continue my freelance work as it comes in. Stay tuned to see what develops, y'all.</div>
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