Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Shapes

Fun with shapes.
Awhile ago I was looking around for a nice black line pen/brush pen. I tried out a bunch and was never completly satisfied with the result. One day I was in a local Longs store ( a kind of everything store (stationary/sweets/food/pharmacy) for those of you living outside the U.S.), and saw in the stationary section, under the title....." pens for older persons with visual impairment" or somthing like that. It promised a dark black solid line, an "easy to read pen". The pen actually says that on it.
(the name is Sanford 20/20, easy-to read-pen.) So I picked one up and gave it a try. You know what. I love it. I bought a ton of them since. I really like using them. they flow nicely and they scan into the computer really nicely too which is a bonus. I just thought that after browsing artshops looking for something really nice, I found it somewhere I really didn't expect. Maybe it's not the deepest darkest black line you've ever seen, but the're fun to use and cheap.
Anyway, here you go. Messin' around with shapes. Coloured in Photoshop.



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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Sketches

Here's a typical page of random thoughts from my sketchbook. I brought it into photoshop for the laugh.
I like experimenting with that program.



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Monday, August 29, 2005

Joy

This is from a while back. I called it "Joy" because it was one of the first times I used photoshop just drawing directly into it with a Wacom tablet. I could see that the possibilities were endless.


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Sunday, August 28, 2005

Humpback Henry Group

Here's a group of Humpback Henrys. I'm always drawing these guys. Variations on a shape.



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Saturday, August 27, 2005

Brown Bird

More birdies.



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Links Links Links

So I posted up a whole bunch of links on my links section to a sites that I am constantly going back to for inspiration. I am completly humbled by these guys. Some of them have been around for a while, and some of them, like mine, only started this month. I'm amazed at where the comments section on the blogs will bring you to and checking out their links has been a joy. Hidden treasures await. Hopefully they won't be hidden for long once the word gets out. Stunning work. Check them out when you can. I'm so glad to be able to see all this work. I look forward to seeing this art every day. What a cool thing blogging is.

The latest sites I came across recently are....
Crookie's Blog
Gur-B
John Nevarez
Justin Ridge
Patrick Morgan
Stef's sketches
Stephen Silver

The old reliables are....
boring3d
Craig Mullins
Enrico Casarosa
Jasen Strong
Louie del Carmen
Ronnie del Carmen

I've also added Cartoon Retro by Shane Glines. Just subscribed to this site and it is amazing. What an incredible resource. So much beautiful artwork

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

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Friday, August 26, 2005

Girl

Time for a girl drawing. Not the usual pin up. Just something a little different.
Still looking for interesting shapes when I'm drawing, and pushing shapes out of regular patterns.


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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Blue Hair

just like the feel of this blue pencil. sometimes you just get a pencil that flows.
I love finding those.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Blue Frog Wednesday

another one.



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Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Tuesday Picture

More blue. Just a guy hanging out.



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Monday, August 22, 2005

Blue Frog Day

Why not switch to blue.



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Sunday, August 21, 2005

Fingers on backwards



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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Tickle

One of the other tools I've been using lately is the waterbrush, I've had one for ages, but it didn't dawn on me to use it with the watercolour pencils until a couple of months ago. The water is contained inside the plastic barrel of the brush and you just squeeze to release some water. No mess, no fuss, perfect for traveling around with. I love it.



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Friday, August 19, 2005

Fingers



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Thursday, August 18, 2005

Sad Guy



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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Joe Ranft

I heard the tragic news that Joe Ranft has passed away.
My deepest sympathies and prayers go to his family and friends.
What a great loss.

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Bigger Bird

Oh no, not more words. Gimme the pictures........
Small to tall to fat to thin. Gotta keep pushing the shape around.
The variations are endless. Putting some of them together in the one piece can make it look interesting. Too much and it can get too complicated. I try to keep it as simple as it needs to be and as readable as it should be. That's the coolest thing about sketches or thumbnails. You can quickly search for the shapes that will play off each other and you can experiment a lot in a short amount of time with no commitment. It's like exercising your drawing muscles.



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Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Beak Bird

variations on a theme



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Monday, August 15, 2005

Bird

Here I got the old bird theme going on. Just looking for those interesting shapes.



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Sunday, August 14, 2005

Humpback Henrys

Here's an example from my sketch book of pushing shapes around. Starts of with some searching for a shape and then making variations on it.



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Saturday, August 13, 2005

Bird

Another feathered friend.
I just started using these watercolour pencils a couple of months ago. They're now one of my favourite tools. I wish I had started using them years ago. Oh well, better late than never. So glad to have messed around with them. I can't stop drawing with them now.



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Friday, August 12, 2005

Hairy Bird

Most of the time when I'm drawing, I'm pushing shapes around and seeing what works. Right now I'm playing with shapes and seeing what comes out. Creating a pleasing shape is what it's all about.




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Thursday, August 11, 2005

Friend to Lean On

back to pencils


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Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Blue Tree

Weeeeeeee, colour!
I started messing about with photoshop a while ago. Mainly to start dabbling in colour. Granted, you don't have the paint to
put onto a canvas, but the ease of using this as a learning tool was a huge deal for me. For the majority of the time, I was
animating away with a blue pencil, I hardly touched anything that had to do with painting, wheather it was traditional or digital. Using this tool allowed me to just freely experiment. and it opened up a whole new area to me. One of the reasons for starting this blog is to see where I can go with all this experimenting and look at it over time and see how it evolves and what directions I can take it. This pic was from a while ago, but I thought I'd pop it up anyway.
Loads of fun. Colour doodles.




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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Birdies


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Monday, August 08, 2005

Another Link

Another link added.
Please visit my friends over at animation meat.
Animationmeat

Lots of notes and links to a whole bunch of animation material and up to date news.
D.

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I Can Fly


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Sunday, August 07, 2005

Humpback Henry


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Saturday, August 06, 2005

Hairdo


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Friday, August 05, 2005

Got Long Arms


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Thanks

Hey,
thanks to two super talented guys for their support as I started this blog. Jim Hull (sewardstreet) and Jason Schleifer (shh-life-er). Please follow their links on my link page if you haven't been there before. Lots of goodness to be found.

I'm also going to try to post a new doodle every day, so keep checking back for updated drawings.
Hope you like them.
D.

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Thursday, August 04, 2005

Big Guy, small guy


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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Guy and Bird


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Horse


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Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Self portrait


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Originally uploaded by donnachada.


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Monday, August 01, 2005

Welcome to thedalyblog.
Hi. Every once in a while I'll post up some doodles for no other reason than I just love drawing.
Nothing quite like putting pencil to paper and getting that tactile touch. Expect to see a mixture of traditional and digital drawing.
Enjoy.

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