Art is fair

Got my artwork exhibited at the Art is Fair this Jan 11-15! :)
Yeah Bucket list check!
This year I plan to paint more and do more exhibits, no more excuses! Get your lazy butt out of bed and start painting!

Angry Birds Digital Painting Tutorial

Okay this is my second lengthy tutorial you can check out my first tut here. I will show you my step by step process on how I did my angrybirds digital painting. This was exhibited last year on a group show. Well I thought why not create a tutorial about it. :)

1 TOOLS OF THE TRADE

So first things first below is a photo of my workstation (when it was clean!)
for digital art of course you need to a laptop/DESktop :)
I use a 13"macbook pro,
wacom intuos 4 (small) and
adobe photoshop CS5 / corel painter (this actually goes to preference)
lots of patience
good music background to get in the mood :)

2 SKETCHING
either i sketch on paper or sketch directly on the computer
for this one I directly sketched it in photoshop

3 UNDERPAINTING
I start with the value first, creating shadows where the light would fall and such. Removing color from this step helps a lot since it helps me focus on the shadows.
NOTE: For quick sketches/illustrations sometimes I remove this step or interchange step 3 & 4. (Maybe I will post a tut with the interchanged process next time.)

4 COLOR
When i'm happy with the value, then and only then will I add the colors.

5 DETAILS
Remember the saying "start with a broom & end with a needle" well this is true, I add the details last since they are the most taxing, but my main reason is the details get erased when I add them on first. Adding details depends on how realistic you want it to be.

So there you have it! Stitched them together :)

I hope you learned something from this tut. Drop a comment or share this if you do! :)

Cheers!

Listen to the Silence Exhibit

Was able to attend Lynyrd's opening exhibit last Thursday! (Thank God the Gallery is adjacent to our office) It was fun seeing old friends and acquaintances. Lynyrd's work is so awesome, there are lots of details in every artwork, its like a layer of images faded into one another, more like what we do in photoshop! The tones are a bit muted compared to his other works. I like his style here better, everything blends perfectly well. The exhibit will run until October 30, do check it out when you have the time.