Saturday, November 07, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Up FanArt
Watched it and I just love it. Here's some FanArt for it. Kicking it on my new Wacom Intuos4 Took some 5 to 6 hrs at PS.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday, September 20, 2009
10 Top Tips To Become A Better Artist
Written by Lloyd Harvey on Conceptart.org. Just wanted to share. Very Inspiring. In case you missed it.
10 Top Tips To Become a Better Artist
To become a better artist takes years of dedication, passion, energy and time. There are no short cuts but here are some art tips to send you in the right direction. I hope you enjoy what I have wrote here and look forward to the community's response.
Tip 1: Learn the Importance of the Sketch
Sketching is one of those things that every artist MUST do and do often. Sketches don't have to be perfect, nor do you have to show them to anyone. They can be as rough or as scratchy as you like but the thing to keep in mind is it's readability. The purpose of a sketch is to quickly illustrate or develop an idea you have, to capture or study some form of reference so that it can be worked on at a latter date. Because of this, the sketch only needs to convey the right information to you and you alone (unless you are drawing an idea out for a client then the message needs to be crystal clear).
Tip 2: Draw, Draw and Draw Some More!
This is a similar tip to the first but what I mean by this is draw anything that comes to mind or visually interests you. Sketch on the bus, train, in bed and even on the toilet. Seriously! The more you draw from your mind and from reference, the better you will become and the quicker your skills will develop. Take the time to doodle lots of different subjects and in lots of different environments as this will all help build up a mental cataloge of images to draw upon latter when you may become stuck for ideas or inspiration.
Tip 3: Build a Reference Library
This is a great tip that I learned from years back. As you begin to fill sketch books with illustrations of ideas and reference material, you should build up that stack of books with more books. By this I mean buying art books, books on clothing, guns, tanks, other cultures, animals etc. The list of what you should look into is endless and should extend beyond your general interests. But it mustn't stop there. You should also collect images off of the internet and save them to your computer and organize them correctly. Take photos of things you see if you don't have time to sketch them. The purpose is to have a nice big collection of images that inspire you, inflame your imagination and, more specifically, if you need to draw something right, having the material there to draw from will add realism and clarity to your work.
Tip 4: Explore Different Mediums
This is when you take an idea from sketch to final painting. Exploring other methods of creating that end piece can really yield some unexpected results and challenge you to push yourself further into new situations. Playing with different types of paints such as oil, acrylic, water colour or gouache are the options most people would suggest trying, but there is more than experimenting with these. You could try air brushing, pastels, using charcoal or taking the leap into the digital realm. All these different mediums have their strengths that you can harness but you will never know them unless you try them out.
Tip 5: Learn Some Colour Theory (At Least)
This is a big one. Colour theory is a massive, massive subject and I can't do it justice here. What I would strongly suggest is investing time and money in a good colour theory book and learn from that. Even learning only a little bit, will help your work massivley. The more you push yourself to learn, the better and better you will become.
Tip 6: Play With Perspective
Now, by this I don't mean completely bend the fabric of reality or attempt to mimic the works of M C Esher (but looking at his work couldn't hurt). No! What I mean is take the time to learn about vanishing points, 2 point and 3 point perspectives and how to create objects in three dimensions correctly. As this is just a tip, I'm not going to go into the details here but there are numerous books and places on the web that cover this important area. Learning the rules of perception will open up the possibilities of what you can draw and will broaden your artistic horizons greatly.
Tip 7: Hunt Down Your Artistic Weaknesses & Destroy Them!
I was told this by an incredibly exceptional artist called Chet Zar. This tip is something you should approach regularly and be really tough and honest with your self. By knowing what your not good at artistically and making a conscious effort to attack it (them, could be lots of things), will enable you to systematically grow. For instance, if you draw a lot of humans but avoid drawing feet because you know your not that good at it, set aside time to draw lots of feet, over and over again until they look right (just be sure not to get a foot fetish). This links to a previous tip I did of Draw, Draw and Draw Some More! Drawing things that you don't draw often or at all will increase your repertoire and will enable you to paint and illustrate more complex pictures.
Tip 8: Ask For Help & Critiques
I heard this one from numerous sources and I have to say that this is something you don't have to do all the time. Joining online art communities and forums will give you access to professionals who do know their stuff and can really help you improve, but having thick skin is advised. At one point or another, you will get some harsh and unfair comments but that is the risk of being an artist who puts art out for viewer consumption. Never be afraid to ask for help.
Tip 9: Develop an Original Style
Ah, a real tough one this as developing your own style takes time and experimentation. By exploring lots of little different mediums and genres, you'll soon get to know what you like and how you like to do things. Over time, by doing things the way you want and in the subconscious way you approach a painting, a style will emerge that will be recognizable and more importantly, it will be your style.
Tip 10: Learn to Accept Failure as a Positive Thing.
Possibly one of the most important lessons an artist (or almost any professional) can learn. Not every picture you create will come out looking the way you wanted it too and the same goes with any experiment to try out. There is no such thing as a bad result... there are just results. Learning to take something positive out of everything you do will change the way you look at you next piece and how you approach it. If something doesn't work or you don't like it, don't do it again or use it as a bench mark to launch yourself from in your next piece.
So, I hope that that is enough information to digest and apply into practice.
__________________
Lloyd Harvey
10 Top Tips To Become a Better Artist
To become a better artist takes years of dedication, passion, energy and time. There are no short cuts but here are some art tips to send you in the right direction. I hope you enjoy what I have wrote here and look forward to the community's response.
Tip 1: Learn the Importance of the Sketch
Sketching is one of those things that every artist MUST do and do often. Sketches don't have to be perfect, nor do you have to show them to anyone. They can be as rough or as scratchy as you like but the thing to keep in mind is it's readability. The purpose of a sketch is to quickly illustrate or develop an idea you have, to capture or study some form of reference so that it can be worked on at a latter date. Because of this, the sketch only needs to convey the right information to you and you alone (unless you are drawing an idea out for a client then the message needs to be crystal clear).
Tip 2: Draw, Draw and Draw Some More!
This is a similar tip to the first but what I mean by this is draw anything that comes to mind or visually interests you. Sketch on the bus, train, in bed and even on the toilet. Seriously! The more you draw from your mind and from reference, the better you will become and the quicker your skills will develop. Take the time to doodle lots of different subjects and in lots of different environments as this will all help build up a mental cataloge of images to draw upon latter when you may become stuck for ideas or inspiration.
Tip 3: Build a Reference Library
This is a great tip that I learned from years back. As you begin to fill sketch books with illustrations of ideas and reference material, you should build up that stack of books with more books. By this I mean buying art books, books on clothing, guns, tanks, other cultures, animals etc. The list of what you should look into is endless and should extend beyond your general interests. But it mustn't stop there. You should also collect images off of the internet and save them to your computer and organize them correctly. Take photos of things you see if you don't have time to sketch them. The purpose is to have a nice big collection of images that inspire you, inflame your imagination and, more specifically, if you need to draw something right, having the material there to draw from will add realism and clarity to your work.
Tip 4: Explore Different Mediums
This is when you take an idea from sketch to final painting. Exploring other methods of creating that end piece can really yield some unexpected results and challenge you to push yourself further into new situations. Playing with different types of paints such as oil, acrylic, water colour or gouache are the options most people would suggest trying, but there is more than experimenting with these. You could try air brushing, pastels, using charcoal or taking the leap into the digital realm. All these different mediums have their strengths that you can harness but you will never know them unless you try them out.
Tip 5: Learn Some Colour Theory (At Least)
This is a big one. Colour theory is a massive, massive subject and I can't do it justice here. What I would strongly suggest is investing time and money in a good colour theory book and learn from that. Even learning only a little bit, will help your work massivley. The more you push yourself to learn, the better and better you will become.
Tip 6: Play With Perspective
Now, by this I don't mean completely bend the fabric of reality or attempt to mimic the works of M C Esher (but looking at his work couldn't hurt). No! What I mean is take the time to learn about vanishing points, 2 point and 3 point perspectives and how to create objects in three dimensions correctly. As this is just a tip, I'm not going to go into the details here but there are numerous books and places on the web that cover this important area. Learning the rules of perception will open up the possibilities of what you can draw and will broaden your artistic horizons greatly.
Tip 7: Hunt Down Your Artistic Weaknesses & Destroy Them!
I was told this by an incredibly exceptional artist called Chet Zar. This tip is something you should approach regularly and be really tough and honest with your self. By knowing what your not good at artistically and making a conscious effort to attack it (them, could be lots of things), will enable you to systematically grow. For instance, if you draw a lot of humans but avoid drawing feet because you know your not that good at it, set aside time to draw lots of feet, over and over again until they look right (just be sure not to get a foot fetish). This links to a previous tip I did of Draw, Draw and Draw Some More! Drawing things that you don't draw often or at all will increase your repertoire and will enable you to paint and illustrate more complex pictures.
Tip 8: Ask For Help & Critiques
I heard this one from numerous sources and I have to say that this is something you don't have to do all the time. Joining online art communities and forums will give you access to professionals who do know their stuff and can really help you improve, but having thick skin is advised. At one point or another, you will get some harsh and unfair comments but that is the risk of being an artist who puts art out for viewer consumption. Never be afraid to ask for help.
Tip 9: Develop an Original Style
Ah, a real tough one this as developing your own style takes time and experimentation. By exploring lots of little different mediums and genres, you'll soon get to know what you like and how you like to do things. Over time, by doing things the way you want and in the subconscious way you approach a painting, a style will emerge that will be recognizable and more importantly, it will be your style.
Tip 10: Learn to Accept Failure as a Positive Thing.
Possibly one of the most important lessons an artist (or almost any professional) can learn. Not every picture you create will come out looking the way you wanted it too and the same goes with any experiment to try out. There is no such thing as a bad result... there are just results. Learning to take something positive out of everything you do will change the way you look at you next piece and how you approach it. If something doesn't work or you don't like it, don't do it again or use it as a bench mark to launch yourself from in your next piece.
So, I hope that that is enough information to digest and apply into practice.
__________________
Lloyd Harvey
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Monday, September 07, 2009
Friday, September 04, 2009
Cadburys Wowie
Last year at Ittina Studios Bnglr, I had this opportunity to work on one of the commercials called Wowie for Cadburys. Here are the Boards I designed for it. I added some value later just to make it look good. Heres a link to view it online
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Fall Walkthrough
Bonjour
This is purely not my style of working. I saw it at the amazingly talented Levente Peterffy's website. Do check his gallery and his video tutorials. This process lets u pick up a color scheme from the image itself and also leaves a texture behind. Image flipped eventually because I have my imp elements to the right and also that our eye reads a painting from the left to the right.
I hope u guys like it.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Sketches from life
Fellow Designers,
Its been a while I haven't posted. Just didn't feel like, was doing the same usual stuff. And even these sketches r as usual again..hehe...Doing nothing sitting at home,for a two weeks now. A week ago I started going to a shopping Mall to sketch here at Bangalore, India. Just wanted to share some......
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
NewBookInTown...
Bonjour!
Folks theres a new book published on CharacterDesigning, called "How to Draw and Paint crazy Cartoon Characters" , illustrated by Vincent Woodcock a professional Animator, designer, director and illustrator. He has directed feature animation for Disney (Duck Tales: The Movie, The Tigger Movie)
Well the good news is that it shows a little about my website, few illustrations. You'll need a microscope to view it though, hehehe...... My sincere thanks to him for doing so. ThanX.....
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Another set of Sketches from Life
Bonjour!
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I was busy with some other work. These are quick sketches again done from life at VanArts. Enjoy!
Au revoir. (See u)
Monday, March 26, 2007
Monday, March 05, 2007
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
Friday, February 09, 2007
Friday, November 03, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
School Admission
Zebrat is at a School to get himself an admission, but the Principal is worried about his Wild n' Crazy looks. Here's what he has to say......
Thursday, September 28, 2006
SORRY EVERYBODY!!!!!!
Well Guys Im in VANCOUVER now. Im taking the 3D animation programe at Vanarts which is for a year. I got so freakin busy with all the documentation back home that I just didn't find time for an update.But now thats its finally done and Im here now wil do it.Well Vancouver is a beautiful place and it is so cold in here now. Luckily the sun was shining when I arrived and its still going to be sunny for a week I believe, so good for me. It gets very cold and dark other wise, but it feels nice to be here. Only missing all my friends back home:(
Monday, June 05, 2006
ZEBRAT's Birthday
Hi! folks, Its Zebrat's birthday today and his uncle from Africa has sent him a gift, he opens the gift and........
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Interview for characterdesign.blogspot
Hey guys, sorry for not posting in for a while. Well I was kind of busy with the artwork I had to do for characterdesign.blogspot. Yes my interview is now online and to read it and see my new artworks as well, here is link sumeet-surve-interview.blogspot.com My many thanks to Randall Sly for starting this blog and doing such great work.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
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