specworkfan Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Sketch of the work in raster. I didn't like the board pointing down, so I found a location West of the Golden Gate Bridge to go the other way. She's a bit plain and emo. Emo doesn't sell well. Even Hot Topic is exciting and upbeat. The font is my own handwriting. I like it, but it was a bit over the top here. Details close up. I used the stock vector stitch brush in Affinity and played with it just a bit to get the stitching on the jeans. I'm a new to vector and doing things the easy way in it. The results were very good. That's the final result, 100% vector! I'm quite happy with the work flow. This one unfortunately took 4 days to complete, but that is mostly because I was unhappy with the previous sketch and wanted to nail down the feel. Sometimes relying on an imperfect sketch is more time consuming than just doing everything from scratch again. Live and learn. The idea started with a pinup in mind related to other designs I am doing currently. The real inspiration for the pose, believe it or not, was the "Jesus Christ is My N----a" youtube video, where an old white lady turns her other "cheek" (itself inspired from Weird Al's Parody of Gangta's Paradise, and he probably got it form somewhere else). The motion was tough to get. I don't skate, and I don't know if this is possible, but her weight is centered. I used kind of a composite of stock photos with some transformation to sketch the background, which is not exactly correct, but is probably clear for anyone who has been to this location that it could be real (I've never been). Most of the stock photos are low quality, and art is interpretative, so I made my own lens. I did cheat on one thing though! The skateboard is tough to do in an exact perspective without it looking wonky. I sculpt in 3D, and own a copy of ZBrush, so playing around with a 3D model of a skateboard overlayed on a sketch helped immensely. It's an underrated technique for weird poses. You could probably use it to render light as well, but that would take away from the artistry for a style like this. Jobalou, Roscografik and MattP 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted April 15, 2015 Staff Share Posted April 15, 2015 Really well done and such superb colours - very impressive! :) The only teeny-tiny bit that sits slightly strangely for me is the angle of the top line visible on the right shoe - there's just something that draws my attention to it because it seems subtly wrong. Maybe it needs to be ever so slightly moved down to make it appear the shoe is marginally not as tall? I'm not sure - see if anyone else spots it. Either way, it's an awesome achievement! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specworkfan Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Interesting. It's very hard to see this for me now. :-) It is like editing your own words. I will look with fresh head in morning and see, you might be right. I appreciate your feedback greatly.When something is out of proportion I like to turn it upside down and around to see it. Even if something is physically possible and correct, doesn't not make it artistically correct. The flow of the eyes and what draws attention are very important, so this kind of thing carries weight. :) Edit: I was thinking about shoelaces too, but the white color drew too much attention there. I still can't see it, but maybe it will be like the white and gold dress that turned blue after 15 minutes. Edit 2: I think it can be retouched. You are correct! Really well done and such superb colours - very impressive! :) The only teeny-tiny bit that sits slightly strangely for me is the angle of the top line visible on the right shoe - there's just something that draws my attention to it because it seems subtly wrong. Maybe it needs to be ever so slightly moved down to make it appear the shoe is marginally not as tall? I'm not sure - see if anyone else spots it. Either way, it's an awesome achievement! :) penwiper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Wonderful colors, I love how you rendered the skin tones in the arms and legs and the socks came out great as well... Great style! specworkfan 1 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Sonoma 14.4.1 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specworkfan Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Made some changes. Thanks again Matt. :-) MattP, penwiper, Roscografik and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 really nice work, loving the detail youve put into the bridge Quote DART | Twitter | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denironaut Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Top drawer quality right here, colours, details, composition, all great. Quote http://earnshaw.photography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MattP Posted April 16, 2015 Staff Share Posted April 16, 2015 That's got it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penwiper Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 Wow, that is an amazing piece of work! Maybe I am nosy this way but it would be fun to see a desktop shot of all the layers involved here. :-) (One of the strangest things I found when first designing with a vector program and now it's just something fun to look at later and play around with ...) Love the colors, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specworkfan Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Hundreds and hundreds. :-) Wow, that is an amazing piece of work! Maybe I am nosy this way but it would be fun to see a desktop shot of all the layers involved here. :-) (One of the strangest things I found when first designing with a vector program and now it's just something fun to look at later and play around with ...) Love the colors, too. penwiper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRScott Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 All very nicely done. Quote Gregg OS X Version 10.14.6 iMac 27" 3.2 GHz i5- 32 GB Huion Kamvas Pro 20 iPad Pro 12.9" IOS 13 AD = OS IOS, AP = OS IOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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