Sketches

sketches
Digital illustrations for the Toronto Police Services recruiting program.Here are a series of brainstorm sketches. 

Story board finish

My finished storyboard all 4 frames.

My process for each frame was to create the line art first then put in the solid colours on a new layer for each object. Next I put in some shadows on a new layer. Then the highlights on a new layer. Even the type for the bottle has its own type layer to make it readable. My process example follows as below in the pictures.

storyboarding

In class we were given a story board that we could recreate. This was the original storyboard for me to base the grim reaper on chilling and relaxing at home. Just making him into a bit of a funny joke.

I choose to redraw some on the scenes elements to lead the viewer to the revealing of the grim reaper at the end. The grim is not fully shown to add to the comedic effect at the end when all these habits are revealed to be on the grim at the very end.

Digital painting

For my first digital painting done with using the reference below. This portrait of

a woman in done in grayscale. This post will explain and show the process of how I digitally painted the piece from start to finish.

First I opened the reference up in Adobe photoshop and created and named the reference on its own layer. I turned down the opacity of this layer so I would be able to do a line art sketch. The line art sketch is done on its own layer. The line art is done to have a general sketch of what you are painting.

Second, I took a a large size brush to paint in the some ground on its own layer. I choose a charcoal brush to achieve this textured effect in lightly laying in some on the darker and lighter areas.

Next, I created a values layer to to paint in all the darker values in the portrait. I had the opacity for the brush down low and would adjust it depending on how dark I wanted a certain area to appear.

Then I created the highlights layer to and painted in the textural details of her sweater, hair, hat, and face. Again I adjusted the the opacity of the brush many times. I had to switch between painting in the darks and lights to achieve the look I wanted. Lastly, I removed some of the line art. Removing the outlines that were showing through it allowed the highlights and shadows to shape her face. An example of this would be her lips.

Sketches for Illustration Friday

Last weeks word for "Illustration Friday" was family. This online platform allows illustrators to practice their skills and create something based on the word of the week. I decided to create sketches of a potential movie poster. Below are 4 potential thumbnail compositions sketched out.

When sketching these compositions I didn't want to choose a stereotypical approach to the word "family". I decided to choose a darker theme. I intended the sketches to be depicted gory with the use of dripping blood. The four siblings are shown that competing for the throne are shown, but the main female lead is larger. The death of the king can be interpreted through the empty throne or funeral. 

My inspiration for these sketches is a book that I read when I was 14. Unfortunately I cannot remember the proper name to research the book cover. The book was about a maid that is top spy for the queen. She must do what ever it takes to protect the queen at all cost.

Above is my first attempt at sketching digitally with my new Wacom tablet. I choose this design to sketch because I thought that is was the better composition. The girls enlarged head and crown at the top draws in the viewers eye. The dripping blood from the crown moves the viewers eye down through the composition to the bottom of the composition.

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