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Dune Painting

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Here are several drawings I did well reading the Frank Hebert book – DUNE.
Rather than working from reference these works are from imagination. I do this in real time – read a passage from the book and draw what it’s saying (often DESCRIBING a character or environment).
I’ve been using bio pen for my work. It’s quick, bold and allows me to WRITE more. Drawings are photographed at various stages – line and tone. Convert to black and white, just to get rid of that color temp problem. Make everything the same.

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The Witch.

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Scene at McDonalds with DUNE title (from book) scatted

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Illustration was copied from Dune book cover

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Starbucks

Auckland Pencil Drawings

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It’s been sometime since I’ve uploaded some artwork. I’ve mostly been drawing, street scenes and such.

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Albert Park fountain. 2H pencil

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Queen Street

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Top page of that Queen Street drawing

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This is Hamilton. I’ll include it here anyway. Bus stop in Hamilton East. Chilled here well waiting for my brother to wake

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Imagination. It’s great to just doodle sometimes

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Queen Street. Sitting on a seat, drawing the corner. Attempted to add some figures. Rubbish

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Character was referenced from a magazine. Background was imaganation

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March concept title

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Currently my drawing tablet is broken.  Usb won’t recognise the device.  I’m working on getting it fixed.  In the meantime,  pen and paper plus digital painting on the android tablet

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Here are some digital paintings I did with my fingers in the app sketchbook

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Drawing around Wellington

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I have a new sketchbook. It’s likely the most expensive paper I’ve used. Slight texture, but nothing too major.

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The waterfront. In the distance on the left is containers being loaded onto the dock. Traveling across to the right is land. Lines above represent clouds. This was drawn in the morning. DSC_5346-edit

The right side of the page. I decided to mix up the scene by drawing the majority of this side in a different area than the previous drawing  This allows me to work on more detail and not get frustrated with lack or detail and information – especially on the second page when I often get tired.
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Sat on Coutrney Place for this drawing. Looking up at the lights , buildings, and vegetation surrounds. DSC_5348-edit

Reading Cinemas sign. Another view from Coutrney Place.

DSC_5356-edit Bucket fountain on Cuba Strett. The figure was drawn earier and I worked around the figure with the drawing of the water fountain. This included the grass on the ground. Focusing on a small area and getting it right is aften better than looking at a large area and getting it wrong. DSC_5351-edit
View looking out to the water.
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Lights, sky, flag. DSC_5354-edit

A scanner Darkly. Book by Phillip Dick that I recently read. It’s great I’m reading more – I want to illustrate novels. DSC_5355-edit

Another quick city drawing.

RedditGetsDrawn Kobo Sketches

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I’ve used my new Kobo for more drawings. I used my ipod touch to look at reference photos on RedditGetsDrawn and then sketch them on the Kobo. No color and such for the Kobo but at least this is a portable way to get the line layer done in my drawings.
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Character in the foreground with a landscape
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Drawing from life, a pillar picture11

Reference for this was a print by Dan Ross. I noticed it on his page and did a quick digital drawing of the work.
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Two portraits from RedditGetsDrawn.
picture9 Another RedditGetsDrawn. Here a painter is painting the gnome. Doing the job he loves. picture8Sideways portrait. Sorry.

My plan for these is to take them into GIMP and work on them further – adding in grayscale and color

 

Color explored with RedditGetsDrawn Paintings

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Here’s some more digital works. This time I used reference from RedditGetsDrawn.
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Portrait photo reference. I usually go for photos that have more of the body but this one was interesting with the tape covering her mouth. The background was plain, with only the vertical tiles. I added in quick flicks. I wanted to work different here – created a map top down view rather than a perspective looking over the ocean to the hills in the distance.

 

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The tone changed the map idea with more of a focus on perspective  - the normal way I do these scenes. I’ve used range of brushes. Normally I stick with the one brush in the whole painting but adding more adds texture and variety to the piece.
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Color. Went with a orange for the skin. Since I’ve been using a range of tones with the color I feel I can explore other colors without having problems of the colors not working together – like in washes. Using the range of tones allows for clarity and flow within the color – and spreads throughout the whole painting.

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This was a great reference of these two people. When I was little my uncle would give me piggy back rides.  Extremely large scale for the figure sitting on the others shoulder.

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Grayscale tone. Much of the work is flattened out – the ground area doesn’t contain the texture that the line version had. Minimal focus on the face details - leaving out eyes/nose/mouth.
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A range of saturation was used in the figure. Previously I had only worked with adjusting values. I love the brush for the leaves. TODAY.LINE

Figure on the left. I used a photo I took in Wellington for the environment  I often just use my imagination. Working from reference will be helpful. Especially using my own photographs.

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Mixing up the colors with a blue for the figure. Pink was used in the building, not sure how I feel about it – doesn’t fit the flow of the painting. Maybe a nice brown would have worked better. Fun times with the green, covering the majority of the painting. The hills and sky in the distance are painted blue.

wellington draw

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Currently in Hastings. Busy with the photos, plus some drawings. This post is for the drawings I did during my time in Wellington. I have wifi.

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This view is of on the corner of Tory Street and Courtney Place.

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Right side of the page. Here I’ve captured the end of the building is the rail traveling in the air. On the right is a black pillar shape. It’s a sculpture in the foreground, only able to fit part of it in so framed it up against the edge.

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The waterfront. I sat on the Wellington Waterfront on a Sunday morning and drew this. In the distance a ship is docked. This is where I start. From here I build out
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Sitting on Cuba Street. This is a favorite spot for me. The drawing is of the buildings in front of me. I love to draw Wellington. DSC_8960

Another Cuba Street view. I’ve drawn this exact scene before so great to go back and redraw.

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Hastings Imagine Painting

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Currently staying at a farm just out of Hastings. Slow on the digital painting, but getting plenty of Photography and Pencil Drawings done.

Here’s a digital painting I did from imagination. I had a kid observing me and giving me in instructions on what to add.
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I started with the figure, then added the floor. For the background I went with large circles as hills. I was told to add a cave into the mountains, this is visible on the left. There is a figure rising from the hill.
marns-tone (Large)Tone added. Much of the detailed areas in the line version are removed. Added though, is tone and shape. marns-color (Large)

Color. I explained how I use a restricted amount of colors – three here, and that I use a range of tones (3 usually) of the colors. This isn’t finished, yellow could be added.

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