Character Design Pt 6 – Sidetracked (Iterations)
This week I’m continuing work on the final render for this character. I like to focus first...
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Author: Winona Nelson
Voice Shutter Self-Reference
We’ve had some great articles about shooting self-reference here, involving costumes, tripods,...
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Character Design Pt 5 – Starting the Render Phase
I’ve just got a tiny bit of time between client jobs to update this character design, but...
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Character Design, Pt 4 – Starting Color with Gradient Maps and History Brush
Hello again! I’m starting on the color stage for my character design. I’ve decided on...
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Character Design, Pt 3 – Creating Variations – Layer Organization and Clipping
In the last session, I created a paper doll body base, to provide a frame on which to work on...
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CHARACTER DESIGN, PT 2 – THE PAPER DOLL BASE
Last session I started gathering ideas for my occultist. Now I’m going to start in on a set...
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Character Design, Pt 1 – Reference Gathering and Starting Thumbnails
Play along with me as I design a character! For the first segment of this series, I’m going...
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“If You Lived During The Plimoth Thanksgiving” by Chris Newell
I’ve gone and illustrated a children’s book! This was my first kids’ book and...
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A Small Portion of IX 2021
I am at IX 2021 in Reading PA! It’s a big show and I’ve only managed to photograph a...
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Inspiration: William Trost Richards
Several years ago I was planning a painting that had big rock cliffs and crashing waves, and went...
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In Memoriam – My Father, Ralph T. Nelson
I’ve been traveling for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, to see my family...
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Full Zoom Faces
Today I thought I’d share a selection of my digitally painted faces at full zoom…...
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Superman 1978
This is simply a post of total admiration for a work of art I was unaware of until last night: The...
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Inspiration: Dmitry Belyukin
Like many artists, I collect folders of inspiring art from around the internet. I want to take a...
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Burnout/Rest
I often listen to self-help or nonfiction audiobooks while I do housework, and in many of them...
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