May 23, 2007 in Artwork, Digital Painting | 2 comments
I know - I have been absent from all my blogs for about a week now.
I will be coming back, with enough blog posts, but here is something that has really got me excited.
This was made using my new Wacom Intuos3 tablet - took me over an hour in total.
I will be writing about this great tool soon.
December 18, 2008 in Digital Painting, Tutorials
Software: GIMP or Photoshop
Level: Advanced
Subject: Glowing Objects - Effects
Earlier, we saw how to paint glowing objects by taking lightning as an example. That technique can be used for other things like sparkles, energy beams and flames - not just for lightning.
In this article, we will discuss how to further integrate these glowing objects with the [...]
December 14, 2008 in Artwork, Digital Painting
After drawing the Phoenix, I just felt like doing a digital painting from it.
The digital painting is done using GIMP and Wacom Intuos3.
See a larger view, and print, see Phoenix - Painting at devaintART.
For those interested, I had take a couple of intermediate screenshots. Head over to CGPainting.com thread to read through it - Phoenix [...]
December 11, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials
Level: Intermediate
Subject: Phoenix
This is a brief walkthrough on drawing a Phoenix. I will give the download links for XCF and PSD at the end.
Basic Structure
Though Phoenix is a mythical creature, it still pays to study a bit of bird anatomy and work on other birds like peacock. Examine the above concept - though it is [...]
December 7, 2008 in Artwork, Tutorials
Software: GIMP (or Adobe Photoshop)
Level: Advanced
Subject: Mecha Dragon - Comic Style
Dragon Workshop: Chinese Dragon | Medieval Dragon | More…
This would be a walkthrough on doinig a comic style illustration and coloring of one of my favourite subjet, dragon. Mecha Dragon or armored dragon to be specific.
Brainstorming And Sketching
I do some brainstorming, directly into GIMP. I [...]
December 4, 2008 in Tools
There is thing thought that being creative is to be without bounds; without constraints.
I have learned, dabbling with visual art that constraints can actually be a good tool towards bringing out your creativity.
To illustrate, consider a blank canvas, or a white paper. You want to draw anything that fancies your mind. I used to get [...]
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May 26, 2007 at 4:35 am
Flood of Dollars
Whoah! Nice piece of art!
Can’t wait for your writeup regarding the tool you used for this.
May 26, 2007 at 4:42 am
Vyoma
Well Flood of Dollars (for a moment, looking at that name, I was going to push the comment into spam box), the writeup on Wacom Intuos3 is published: http://kalaalog.com/2007/05/25/wacom-intuos3-6×11-graphic-tablet/