My usual style is pretty rooted in a brush and ink, 40's comic-meets a woodcut sort of deal. For my self portrait, however, I wanted to do something more painterly. I started off in my normal style and then, in a moment of inspiration, started to paint over it. In the end, I flipped the layers around and placed the lineart atop the realistic value changes. I don't dig it enough to incorporate the change into my daily work, but it was a fun experiment nonetheless.
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Lookin' pretty tough there Mr. Frenden. ;) Nice job, I love seeing an illustrator's process.
still one of my favourite pieces of your work, ray!
WOW...WOW..AND MORE WOW......that is one a@@ kicking illo.....Great work..man!
Hm...I'm going to swim up stream here.
I really like the inked version...and I really like the painted version...but I don't like the combo of the two. I see that other's do, so please don't listen to me...must just be a taste quirk I have.
Personally, I'd love to see flat color used behind those nice inks.
cheers,
paul
Thanks for sharing your process, the results are nice.
Very cool, as is pretty much everything I've seen from you. In fact, I find your inking process so fascinating, it inspired me to order up a copy of Manga Studio to mess around with. Wish me luck!
Manga Studio is a great program; I'm sure you'll do fine with it!
I can understand the bit of dissenting opinion on the success of the piece. I'd not really done something painterly with brushwork over the top, and I wasn't expecting much success really. They DO tend to compete with eachother!
I love seeing the process behind an illustration, perhaps we could have a day for posting something like this?
Great ink work, I'm really jealous, I love how clean your lines are, how do you achieve that?
great style.
nice work.
j.
I get a lot of inspiration from observing another illustrators process. It's always interesting to me to see the work morph into a finished product. Great work and excellent presentation.
Thank you for sharing.
awesome work.
Excellent. Thanks for sharing the process, very inspiring.
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