Jesper Ejsing

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

By Jesper Ejsing





I was asked by the fine people at ImagineFX if I wanted to do a workshop article for the traditional part of the magazine. I was honnored and jumped right in.

Because of the nature of the article, I had to scan the painting during the process. Something I rarely do but often have wanted to. All the time I promissed myself to scan a painting I got carried away midway and forgot to scan for an hour or two, thus destroying any chance of progression steps. Well; today I have a step by step.

If you want to read the whole article please buy the magazine. But here is some of the snaps from the progress: All was done in about 10 hours.

The original is about 20 x 25 cm. on a home-made illustration board.

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    jeffkunze on November 23, 2011 at 1:51 pm

    Really nice work! Do you know if it's the issue available in the states now or when it will be available?

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    David Brasgalla on November 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm

    Gorgeous, Jesper – I especially love how the moon is handled. May I ask what the medium is?

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    Nico on November 23, 2011 at 2:57 pm

    Awesome dude, Monkey King? Agree about the moon, beautiful pink glow.
    Really love that IFX does these traditional workshops as well. Justin Gerard's Fawn was an eye-opener!

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    Ejsing on November 23, 2011 at 3:18 pm

    HeY David

    It is always acrylics. it is all I am able to.

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    eygji on November 23, 2011 at 6:22 pm

    looks great!
    i need to find a place here in town that sells that magazine. 🙂

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    Justin on November 23, 2011 at 8:11 pm

    Jesper, Thanks for sharing the process shots! I look forward to seeing the article.

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    jonny duddle on November 24, 2011 at 11:13 am

    Hi Jesper… I got my copy of IFX the other day, and have to say it is a wonderful article. Really well written with lots of interesting stuff, especially for us digital artists who dabble with paint.

    Beautiful image (and palette) too…

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    dark kristal on November 25, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    Very cool. I love to see an artists progression form the what (at least in my own work) I call the ugly sage.

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    Anonymous on November 26, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    I agree with all those comments above, but how do you make 'home made' illustration board?

    -elli

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    Ejsing on November 30, 2011 at 9:59 am

    Board:
    I print out the sketch onto a 300gram watercolor paper. then smear the backside with matt medium and glue it down to a piece of cardboard. Put it under press, underneath a stable of books for an hour. When it is dry I cut the edges clean: Viola: you got a watercolor board with your drawing on it, ready to add paint.