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So, as I have nothing going on, I decided to go on a marathon to finish/publish all my old art, here is the thread.
Final artworks will be posted on my instagram @ chgendron
Final artworks will be posted on my instagram @ chgendron
N°1 : my most recent WIP a digital portrait w/ style losely inspired by oil painting techniques.
My goal is to finish the eyes under 2h but I just spent 1h30 on her left eye and I& #39;m still not satisfied.
#break I& #39;m rereading La Peste (how original in those times), here is a peak at my art circa 2011.
I wonder if this fits into the "works to finish" category.
Update : those 3h were spent on eyes and ears and I stopped counting how many times I listened to Black friday from the eponym musical (that song rocks and my vocal chords hurt from singing it).
Honestly, this is so time consuming, I love it but I own a total of zero (0) patience so that& #39;s a struggle.
Painting when you& #39;ve forgotten any painting convention old white bearded men taught you since you were 5 is : fun.
#break I went out to remember what daylight and fresh air were and took some pics of my hometown. fyi I& #39;ve been taking pics of this valley for a decade and it does not get old.
It gives me a good view of the overall progression of my art, too.
So, this drawing would probably be way quicker if I just switched brushes, but I am commited to my stupidity.
So after doing jack shit the last couple of days for *reasons* I& #39;m back at it and : look how pretty she is, I just want to finish her.
#art #illustration #portrait #digitalart #digitalpainting
#art #illustration #portrait #digitalart #digitalpainting
Alright so I& #39;m going to stop with this one for now because I& #39;m just getting slower and slower at this point. I& #39;ve finished the face and I& #39;ll probably do the rest in a few work sessions in the following order :
- rest of the skin;
- hair and hairs;
- clothing;
- background.
- rest of the skin;
- hair and hairs;
- clothing;
- background.
So I scanned this old comic I did last year for an assignment, not worth much, but I& #39;ll walk you through the cleaning process.
My scan is quite bad so what I usually do is erase all the white space. 1st I darken the image so I can see more clearly and then I select the background by hand and SUPPR.
As I& #39;m messy, lines aren& #39;t really straight and things don& #39;t really aligned, so I& #39;m doing a grid and I& #39;ll correct all that in Photoshop.
Here is the result, now all I have to do is to color correct.
Tadaa
Today I& #39;ll be launching myself into doing home made face mask cause sunday is craft day and also : fashun.
The sewing pattern is from http://www.craftpassion.com"> http://www.craftpassion.com
I cleaned up my tracing just cause I wanted an excuse to use my french curves (french curves being the object pictured, not my buttocks).
So I asked my mum for fabric, turns out she has 3 trunks full of it, which I never knew and is quite practical. I picked cotton and linen for outside fabric and lining and a light fleece that will go in between and will be removable.
I& #39;m now supposed to topstich but have no idea of what it means, so we& #39;ll stop there for today and I& #39;ll google it tomorrow.
As we enter a new week of quarantine, I realise I won& #39;t be able to print shit and, as most of my work is print media / book related, this is going to be an issue.
I& #39;d gladly order that expensive printer I have been eyeing for a while but, ethically, it would be wrong to give more work to delivery people for non-essential items.
Funfact : topstiching means doing a stich that will be visible once object finish, so it is supposed to be regular and clean, which I& #39;m unable to do.
My mom complimented my seams, saying she can& #39;t be as regular as me. Fyi, my mom has been handsewing dozens of bags by hand and her seams look impeccable to me. Comme quoi, we really all have a tendency to depreciate ourselves.
You know what I am realising now that this mask is coming together ? : I could do Plague Doctor Masks.
The whole point to this thread was to finish works in progress, lol.
Welp, after a quick google search for patterns and a rolodex spin through my seamstress& #39; knowledge, this is probably well above my pedigree so I will put it to the side for now.
Mask completed. Problem : my nose is too big and there is a huge gap between my cheeks and the fabric that lets the air out. I& #39;ll have to add the metal thingy that you can see on medical masks, but that& #39;s for another day.
Today, I completed the editing of this pic I took DECEMBER 2018 and started retouching a month ago (queen of unfinished business).
Here is how I compose my zines. Not really clear, right ? Be reassured, I will have forgotten what it means in an hour too. It is just to make sure my endless calculations were correct.
How many grids for the same zine you reckon I can do ?
I have FINALLY finished to put everything in place for that zine from my trip to Belfast from december 2018, no the only thing I have left to do is edit those 35 pics, uhu.
After testing different thing, I went for a very simple grid that can fit the instagram format + the 20x15cm dimensions I chose for the print version and randomly put the pics in it , rearranging stuff until it looked alright.
This one was already done.
Classic dab.
A couple of things :
- don& #39;t launch yourself into doing a ton a Photoshop editing when you have no clue were you want to go ;
- I am once again caught up by the fact my knowledge in proper exportation of docs is inexistant ;
- don& #39;t launch yourself into doing a ton a Photoshop editing when you have no clue were you want to go ;
- I am once again caught up by the fact my knowledge in proper exportation of docs is inexistant ;
So I& #39;m going to search for an online course on getting materials ready for print and restart the editing from scratch.
In the end, as I have no printer available until ???, I decided to edit as if it was for a screen purpose and I will do a 2nd round of editing when I& #39;ll need to print.
Also, except one or two, I kept the editing to a minimum, just correcting stuff because that is just supposed to be a quick zine, nothing more.
And let& #39;s be honest, the zine is more interesting than the pic themselves.
Arg. I just saved the flattened psd over the layered one and it doesn& #39;t even look right.
(which means that if I want to modify it I have to start from scratch).
Whatevs. I& #39;ll deal with that tomorrow.
Anyway. Here is a sample of the final thing, for now it is posted on my personal insta ( https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jvKlxByXH/?igshid=1ozqnvol016f9">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jvKlx... ; https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jvdXphUfn/?igshid=ucaz66lkj6hk">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jvdXp... ; https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jvnp_hfYi/?igshid=1x9g0mnm6dqjq">https://www.instagram.com/p/B_jvnp_... ). I& #39;ll print it once the quarantine is lifted.
Next one, I have this triplet of more or less autofiction pieces to finish
Alright, I tried to film a bit my work process, with the way my desk in arranged, my big head always ends up in a frame, so, that will be for another time.
Nevermind, I went to YT and found the proper set up 
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So while drawing #SixFanarts I used the previous set up to film my process but I& #39;m not sure how to edit it yet, so instead here are the step I took for my Jojo fanart.
#SixFanarts : the first suggestion was Josuke from Jojolion. To be true to Jojo spirit, I used Kate Moss as a pose reference. Photo by Mario Sorrenti.
Here is the scanned version of Josuke
Last unposted on #SixFanarts : Turns out capturing Cage& #39;s spirit in drawing was hard AF so here are some attempts at Nicolas Cage that weren& #39;t approved by the committee (the commitee is me).
This WIP captured so well Cage& #39;s spirit I was half tempted to leave it like that, maybe just throw some snake skin pattern to make it accurate to Wild at Heart and that& #39;s it.
I& #39;m hoping to wrap it up before the end of the day.
I had given up on that strip cause autofiction always feels just a tad overdramatic and I hate that ; but now that everything is coming together I& #39;m starting to really warm up to it.
It might not be the most technically advanced artwork but it gets its point accross.
At least I think so.
This was a comic I started when I was working as an Au Pair. I wanted to reflect a bit on the monotony of my life at that point, doing all the same things, never leaving the house, talking only to the same 5 people. Ironically I& #39;m posting it now that we& #39;re all in this together.
Anyway, there it is. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAdNccbhHVX/?igshid=12hsd8bpq31cn
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And some close up.
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I was able to find the original sketch for this comic, thanks god because I had no recollection what it was about. It& #39;s about a lil guy that loves ikea furniture.
Trying to get into drawing clutter.
