RCAD 2013 Commencement

Attended the commencement for RCAD's class of 2013. I wish them the best of luck; it appears to be a turbulent world, but one full of opportunity. 

So let's start with Luke 24...

Sketch of Jim from the Coffee House; he spoke of two men who met Jesus upon a road. 

City Island, SRQ

Fine way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

City Island, Sarasota FL. 

Graphite & Officeworks "Invisible Tape" in moleskin sketchbook. 

Tao'tieh

The Tao'tieh from J L Borges's Book of Imaginary Beings, 

painted as part of a demo at the Ringling College of Art & Design.

(The below approach was heavily influenced by the inimitable Sam Neilson.
Pay him a visit, if you haven't already.)

1. Graphite drawing, scanned & cleaned in Photoshop

2. Illustrator "live trace"(converting to vector for scaling purposes). 

3. Local color pass

4. Ambient lighting pass

5. Direct lighting pass

6. Steps 2-5 combined; the final (topmost) image has cleanup and layer effects added. 

Digital figure paintings...

More digital Figure Paintings...  

Emma with burning hair and fractured background

Digital figure painting, started from a pencil sketch. 

Emma in profile

Tossing another figure study onto the pile... from the Friday open sessions @ the Southern Atelier. 

~2.5 hrs, Photoshop. 

Peryton

The Roma-stomping Peryton from J L Borges's Book of Imaginary Beings. Scanned a partially-painted moleskin page, sassed it up in Photoshop. 

Super Secret Figure Painting Group

Digital figure painting from the Super Secret Faculty Figure Painting Group at RCAD. 

~3hrs. 

Southern Atelier Open Studio

Digital figure painting @ Open studio night, 6:30pm Fridays @ the Southern Atelier... It's a fine way to spend an otherwise lonely Friday night; come out and paint!

& a process gif...