Strong Arm Photoshop Rendering

Lately I've been practising my rendering techniques in Photoshop. For the most part they have been basic blending techniques consisting of gradated blends from light grey to black and once I was comfortable with that I moved onto rendering spheres. When I felt comfortable with my rendered sphere, I decided to put what I've learned to something that was a little more challenging, so I found a black and white photo of a body builder posing and decided to just do the fore arm. I'm quite pleased with the overall result. 

Getting dressed for another season

It's hockey season! All three of my boys are back on the ice and practising for another exciting year of hockey in T-Bay. This sketch is from a while back depicting a player lacing up his skates before the big game. Most players will do their skates before putting on the shoulder pads, elbow pads and jersey (sweater for all us Canadians). Helmet and gloves would be last of course. I wonder if there has ever been a player to do his skates with his gloves on? I don't even think it is possible, but it would make for  an interesting challenge. 

Raking the leaves

Summer is over in my neck of the woods, and I thought I would do a quick cartoon sketch of a fella doing something that all Northwestern Ontario residents will be doing very shortly - raking leaves. 

Quick sketch of Santa

Thought I would add a second drawing this week. Drawn at just 3" tall, I whipped this sketch off in a matter of a couple of minutes. Only 105 days until he makes his annual visit.

Sarah Lippett Caricature

Here is another caricature. This one is of illustrator Sarah Lippett. She is one half of the CrayonLegs creative team. I'm not sure if it is good practice to show her picture here, so I will post a link to where you can view the photo I used for reference.

sketching cats and dogs

I'm not one to sketch a lot of pets, but I'm working on designing an illustration piece that involves either a cat or dog. I'm not sure what pet I want to use yet, maybe I'll abandon both and choose a gold fish instead. In the meantime, I decided to do quick sketches of our four legged friends. Here are a few attempts.