This is a near finish of the frog renderring as I have yet to still finish the back ground as well as the fly to be put in the upper left corner very small and in flight toward him. The pencil line around the area is to indicate where I will fade out the gren wash into hte white for the vignette effect along with the pattern. Also posted is a photo referance of my father, who is a medicine man that I plan to draw out in colored pencil either black and white, or a monochromatic sepia-toned drawing. rom this referance I will take out the background of the room hes in, however im still trying to figure out what else to do with that corner or to just have it an ambient space of some sort. I will have a couple sketches put up in a couple hours when i get get some kinks worked out in the scanner. The frog just needs the lighter values and high lights on it and I will have it completely finished this evening.
That’s a great idea to include your father into this series. Not only because he helps to tie together your whole thesis idea, but also because it will show that you can illustrate people, as well as animals. I look forward to seeing that piece develop. As for your frog, I think he’s coming along very nicely – but the final stage of highlights will definitely help. Feel free to go all the way to pure white, as it will give you that nice moist look frogs have. Also think about how you can show shadows on the water’s surface cast by the frog, as well as the refracted light that makes its way into the shallow depths of the pond. I think the morphing of the frog’s legs into the water ripples is a great way to integrate the foreground and background, which is a key piece of your semester goals – so keep it up! Now for some of the next illustrations, think about stretching out the proportions of your canvass, so maybe one is a really tall narrow image, while another has a wide landscape feeling. I think these options will work best for an appropriate animal (ie. go with a tall canvass for a bird illustration, to emphasize either preparing to take off by placing it near the bottom of the page, or giving it a sense of flight by placing it high on the page).
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Hey Jeremiah, sorry for the late post - had a little issue with it posting on here. Anyway, wonderful rendering of the frog. I agree with Nate that once you get the highlights on there it'll pop wonderfully. Shadows and refracted light, again like Nate suggested, will add even more to the piece. It will be interesting to see what you have in store for the background too. For the piece with your father, I think sepia would add a nice mood to the piece rather than b&w - sepia gives off a more nature based mood and will complement your father being a medicine man. As far as the corner your concerned with, is it the right or left, bottom or top? Overall, I think it could work with just an ambient light behind him and the smoke encircling him.
ReplyDeletehey dude, that is a great rendering of the frog. the hind legs and back especially look really correct. i'm very anxious to see what it looks like when the fly is added
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