Jwcmack | Art Blog

jwcmack 2018-06-05 23:47:47 UTC #41

Taking my time with the render, planning the lighting, refining the pose. Also warmups! I'm going to be setting aside time everyday to fit in gesture drawing as part of a balanced artist diet.

jwcmack 2018-06-07 23:41:18 UTC #42

Sorry for not updating yesterday, no excuse other than I forgot too. When I complete this character I will be posting a gif process as well.

I should probably start using the Navigator, keep catching things right before i post

Software Research, Getting a good Workflow going

I did a bit of research this morning on including or switching over too, other 2d programs. Krita has a great mirror tool which I used for this characters turnaround, but I spent no joke hours fiddling with setting and massaging to get passable line quality. Paint Tool Sai on the other hand has a tool basically provides rigged vector lines so line quality can be perfect and clear, but lacks the mirror functionality.

In other news Lazy Nazumi creator is now employed at Adobe, so maybe we will have some good perspective functionality in photoshop soon?

jwcmack 2018-06-08 23:31:24 UTC #43

Whew got a lot done today, started throwing down those gradient maps and such today. I plan to inject more lighting in and refine the fire effects but only once everything is firmed up. Next post might be Monday since I will be busy this weekend.

cedricgo 2018-06-10 13:54:57 UTC #44

It's looking really nice so far! I'm looking forward to see the final result

jwcmack 2018-06-12 00:05:20 UTC #45

Monday Update! Just got back from celebrating my Mom's birthday and I wanted to makeup for lost time. I'd like to say working on this face was a breeze, but I still have much to learn about rendering stylized faces.

Also I'm in the summer mood! Doing doodles in PaintTool Sai, their pen tool + lineart layers are pretty cool, I've been reading some tuts and I might try pushing this to finish in a cel shaded, linear fashion. I enjoy painting but I'd like to try an alternative style, especially if it's faster.

jwcmack 2018-06-12 17:32:59 UTC #46

Gesturesssssss

jwcmack 2018-06-12 23:15:08 UTC #47

More updates on the duder and the summertime image

jwcmack 2018-06-13 23:01:05 UTC #48

Sorrry Ced, realized I never replied! Thanks for the support!

Here's today's update!

jwcmack 2018-06-14 23:23:17 UTC #49

Updaaaaaate

jwcmack 2018-06-16 01:32:01 UTC #50

Gave my male protagonist a sex change say hello to the female protag
Dont blame meeeee found bunch of cool tuts

jwcmack 2018-06-17 03:38:45 UTC #51

More refinement, mostly face, proportions and layer order

jwcmack 2018-06-19 05:33:53 UTC #52

Hope Everyone had a good Father's Day weekend, I spent today playing catchup, sorry for the late post.

jwcmack 2018-06-19 22:59:43 UTC #53

Todays updaaaaaaaate.

Going to work some more today, but Im going to take a Ni No Kuni 2 break

jwcmack 2018-06-20 05:07:08 UTC #54

Ha! You all thought I was fibbing on that additional post! Well as proof that I'm not laying around here's another update. My concept, create a template for various monster's and NPC's as if they were a poke'dex / codex entry of some kind. Building UI for rank, power level and strengths. Going for that classic JRPG vibe as well, still looking for a font that works

Looking forward to this one!

jwcmack 2018-06-20 20:06:22 UTC #55

Refining, very close, going to be revisiting the turnaround before I call it. Temporarily removed the chest armor, dont know if it's worth the fuss. Tuning into an interview, before I work on other projects.

jwcmack 2018-06-22 01:14:57 UTC #56

More changes and experimentation. Found some very isnpiring reference showing hair techniques, now that I've invested so much time into this character I really want to nail it.

jwcmack 2018-06-22 17:21:19 UTC #57

Morning Everyone! Here is today's updates so far on both shirt and breastplate versions.

Going to clean up hair more today, add some accessories and refine stone floor, will probably add/remove design elements as well. Also not sure if the fire sword is cool, or just noisy Might be a missed opportunity to render the katana if I keep the fire effects....

jwcmack 2018-06-22 21:47:58 UTC #58

Going to take a break, haven't gotten around to the hair yet but I will today, focused on the base, rendering the chest piece out and inserting more color back into the shadows. Added a little gold puch too. Excited to get back but I need a breather.

jwcmack 2018-06-23 23:51:53 UTC #59

I've been taking a relaxed day off since it's hotter than usual here, I made some more adjustments to my current protagonist, and busted out some markers and started doodling at a local Starbucks.

Some of these I think I might polish up as they were pretty fun to run through....

I've been thinking of doing a sniper girl illustration as well, but we will see.

jwcmack 2018-06-26 01:02:38 UTC #60

Tightened a few things up on the elf/hero/protag character....

...and started a new fantasy portrait