Watch Me Work

The Journey is (Mostly) Over

John — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:49:31 +0000

The book has gone to the printers:

http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/1257268

Now I just have to sit tight until it comes. I’m not nervous at all, ha ha! In the meantime I plan to work on some promotional materials.

Storytime!

John — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:36:09 +0000

I’ve assembled a contact sheet of all 42 images so far. I’m thinking of adding one more (between the concert and the throne room doors), and planning to re-draw the page with the king in silhouette, but here is the complete story as of this moment. Probably too small to comfortably read, but you’ve seen most of these images already anyway.

Still to do: a couple more drawings, digital cleanup, printing and binding.

Images for March 6th

John — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:58:36 +0000

Progress continues.

Digital Enhancement Continues

John — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:26:26 +0000

Here’s a few images that have undergone significant digital enhancement. Especially notice the use of color temperature.

Week of Feb. 21

John — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:24:14 +0000

Here’s this week’s batch of pictures.

Making Of

John — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:21:03 +0000

It’s Saturday, and that means more posts!

Here’s a series of photographs showing the production of Page 20.

I begin with a line drawing (1), then fill it in with flat areas of charcoal, blended by hand (2&3), then draw outlines to increase definition and sharpness (4), and do a final detail pass (5). After that it goes to digital enhancement.

Week of the 14th images

John — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:50:01 +0000

These have varying degrees of digital manipulation.

Digital enhancement

John — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:46:56 +0000

All of these images will see some amount of digital post-processing, some more than others. Here I’ve done some work on enhancing the space station image (although it’s not finished yet) and I’m experimenting with some selective use of color. It seems like it could be an interesting effect if used correctly.

Pages of the week!

John — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:50:25 +0000

Here are the charcoal drawings of this week. Still need to be digitally enhanced. This is especially noticeable on the space station one, which is way too dark. I hope to post some of my process work later today.

Five images: robots, aliens, and more

John — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:53:58 +0000

Here are all the images I completed this week. There’s another which is about half done, plus some process work I may scan later.

None of these images have seen much digital touch-up yet, that will come later.