"Romping" - Digital Direct Painting

"Romping"
10 x 8 inches
Digital


In Computer Illustration we had to do a direct painting in Photoshop.  Direct painting basically means you draw/paint straight in Photoshop (or Painter, whichever program you're using) and treat it the way you'd treat a canvas painting.

It had to be a selfportrait, revealing something someone wouldn't see or know unless you tell them.

bashed on a bike

This is one of (hopefully) many pieces in a new series I'm working on that revolve around encounters with ink monsters. I am using gouache for the first time...well technically second but the first attempt is something I'm still working on. I'm still using the built-in camera cause I don't have access to the scanner, so the colors are more vibrant in the actual drawing.



This is one of (hopefully) many pieces in a new series I'm working on that revolve around encounters with ink monsters. I am using gouache for the first time...well technically second but the first attempt is something I'm still working on. I'm still using the built-in camera cause I don't have access to the scanner, so the colors are more vibrant in the actual drawing.

From long ago

These three lovely specimens are a few of the original ink monsters. I started making ink monsters in early 2008 and I've used them in combination with various other styles of drawing.

All three were done on Illustration board, 15 x 20 inches, black ink, pen and compressed air cans.

Click on the image to enlarge if you want to see the details.

a few things from the past couple weeks

More ink monsters!


Monster Juggler
Ink, pen, watercolor
12 x 9.5 inches



WAAAAH
Ink, pen, watercolor
12 x 9.5 inches



Balldudes
Pen and watercolor
12 x 9 inches


Forest 4
Pen and watercolor
9.5 x 12 inches

Ink + Compressed Air =

Ink, pen, watercolor on paper
12 x 9

About a year ago I came across an artist, Stephen Bucher, who used ink and compressed air cans to create monsters. He would put a few drops of ink on paper then spray it with the air and let the ink splatter and trail all over. Then he would turn the spontaneous ink into creatures. He usually went back in to rework the image with markers.

I thought it was a cool way of starting pieces so I tried it out and over the summer of 2008, made a lot of drawings (about 10 or 15) using this style (at some point I'll get around to posting a few up here). After the summer, the compressed air was retired up until a few weeks ago. I threw down some ink and sprayed away. I let it dry for about a month, mainly because I forgot I had even done it. I found the pad of paper on Sunday afternoon at the bottom of my desk drawer. After a few hours of working at it, the above is what resulted.