The Making of a Picture - Part 2

I didn't want people to think that I've forgotten about including a behind the scenes look at how I'm putting my holiday card picture together, so I thought I'd include a mini-update on the coloring progress.

When I post the completed image I'm planning on sharing a whole bunch of work in progress images so that you can get a better idea about how I approach the digital painting aspect of one of my pictures.

Sweeney Todd - part IV and final

Yaaaay! I finished my entry for the Sweeney Todd poster contest tonight. The final image measures 20" x 30" at 600 dpi. It can also be found right here in my deviantArt gallery. You can see the work in progress images for this in my previous sketch blog entries.

Sweeney Todd - part III

Here's some of the coloring progress I've made on my entry for the Sweeney Todd poster contest. I'm doing all of the digital painting in Photoshop with my Wacom tablet. The poster dimensions are 20" x 30" at 600 dpi. My plan is to have this completed by tomorrow night since the deadline is the 11th.

Sweeney Todd - part II

Well, I finished the preliminary work for my entry to the Sweeney Todd poster contest. I drew it with brown pencil on an 18" x 24" piece of watercolor paper, and then painted over it with black ink. I scanned it in to my computer, pieced all the scanned images back together, and now it's time to start coloring!

Sweeney Todd

I thought I'd post a bit of a work in progress tonight. This is eventually going to be my entry into the Sweeney Todd poster contest that is being hosted on deviantArt. The deadline is the 11th, and I'm hoping to get this done a day or so before then. I'm alternating between working on this and working on my illustration for my holiday card. The switch between the subject matter is amusing to say the least.

Prints for the holidays!

If you've been considering ordering anything from my print shop, now would be an excellent time to do so! Not only has my shop been updated with some new printing options, but you can use the promotional code THANKSFELLA when checking out to save 10% on orders over $50!

Perfect for gifts for others or yourself!

Also, if you're considering ordering any as gifts for the holidays, you should be aware of the following dates for cut offs for December 24th arrival. Here is the information that has been provided to me by deviantArt.

For deviantWEAR Products:
Wednesday Dec. 12 - FedEx Ground
Monday Dec. 17 - FedEx Two Day
Tuesday Dec. 18 - FedEx Standard Overnight

For All Other Products (ie. standard art prints):
Friday Dec. 7 - USPS Economy
Friday Dec. 14 - USPS Express Priority Mail
Monday Dec. 17 - FedEx 2nd Business Day
Tuesday Dec. 18 - Next Business Day

Frosty Lion

The topic for Illustration Friday this week is "the zoo". I always wonder what the animals at the zoo do when the weather turns cold, especially the animals that usually live in warmer climates. For example, lions live in the Serengeti, not the harsh winters of upstate New York. Yeah, he has that big fur coat, but still. Cold is cold.

The sketches below were just me playing around with a couple other ideas for this week's topic. I had to work kind of quick this week since I'm going out of town tomorrow, and I was determined to have something to show for this IF topic.

Luck On a Leash

I took a quick break from my polar bear illustration that I'm working on to put this together tonight in Photoshop. It's for this week's Illustration Friday topic, which is "superstition". I know there are probably going to be a ton of black cats with this topic, but I really don't care. I just wanted to make something fun and try my hand at a more simplified, retro inspired style.

Plus, I simply like the idea of someone who really believes in luck owning a black cat.