Completion in a photoframe

It would be Mr Rob Hogan that would frame his own portrait and display it on his own desk, diamonds and all XD (haha dodgy, I know XP)

Daimond crusted, Mr Rob Hogan.

Colours without the frame: and a nifty animated gif to show the transitions from the beginning =)

Work was completed entirely in Adobe Photoshop with the use of a Wacom Tablet.

Tutorial for the day: the .gif animation one! Specifically, this tutorial is for making a animated avatar/icon but I used it for making the transitions gif for Mr Hogan’s process. Check it out: Blinking Avatar Tutorial by Lysa

Guess I’ll have to start something new =)

Greys down, on to colour!

Skipped ahead on the shading side – I’m getting to the point where I’m itching to play with getting this into a coloured state. Mainly because it’ll be my first grayscale image to convert into full detail colour. You gotta start somewhere they say!

Speaking of itching… been battling with hayfever and its effects on the eyes >_<;; Not that that has much relevance. Just that if you get bad, itchy eyes it pays to go through the 5 minutes of agony you get when applying eye drops in order to get long time relief ^_^

Wargh Mr Hogan’s go such a funny mouth!

On! To colouring! I’m going to try using some of the techniques from Yuni’s tutorials which have been linked in previous posts =)

White hair

Had some fun putting another level of lighter shade on Mr Rob. It’s great moving up in the shaded layers because the form really begins to start showing through. I haven’t put enough lightening on the image yet… still got lots of fiddling to do. Technically it would have been a lot easier if I’d gotten a good reference image for the lighting… will have to note that for the next image > 3>

Tutorial for the day, another one by Yuni: Colouring Technique but again most relevant to Adobe Photoshop users.

The Little Boy

Once upon a time there was a little boy. He was cute as ‘ell but annoying as ‘ell too. Poor thing.

One day the little boy annoyed the ‘ell out of a big, older, rich man.

No one ever saw the little boy again.  …Poor thing.

All hail the reign of Mr Rob Hogan, looking as tricksie as ever.

Don’t mind me, I’m just going mad! That’s all XD

Hrmm, next step probably a round with a lighter shade yay!

Tutorial for the day:
All My Secrets Uncovered by Perzo

A bit of Progress

Here’s an update on Mr Rob Hogan. It’s quite amazing how easy it is to change lighting in an image with just two shades of grey!

I’ve gone into a bit more detail in some of the areas for this pass which is probably a bad thing because I’ve still got a number of shades of grey to work with >_<;; Better to leave it for now and come back tomorrow with more fresh eyes.

Stumbled upon another tutorial type thing! But be warned there is quite a bit of nudity but not complete nudity. You’ve been warned! You may have to wait a bit for it to load as well:
Vintage Shading Technique by yuni.deviantart.com

Something freaky-weird-awesome by the same person too XD -> Arcus the breathing statue by yuni

Oh and Mr Hogan! Before I forget :3

Time Schmime!

Dang… had no time to work on Rob Hogan today >_<;;

But I did stumble upon a nifty skin toning tutorial!

Skin Tones By Stephanie Shimerdla

Haven’t been around Elfwood.com in ages but used to hang there religiously. There are some really great artworks and artists there.

To sleep again!

Mr Rob Hogan’s First Pass

Start on gray shading:

And now to sleep!

Say hullo to Mr Rob Hogan

*talking to self mode on*
I don’t often draw a character or image with too much thought as to why I’m drawing it… I mean, why have a reason?
Well, if you don’t have a reason then why do you create anything at all?
Good question… hmm… for fun?
Fun? Define fun…
I don’t know man! I just wanted to draw something!
Ah-hm, but why?
… grrr
*talking to self mode off*

So I’ve been thinking about this Double Chin Guy pic… he needs a background, or some kind of existence. A reason for being here. So I’ve thought up a bit of character for him including a name: Mr Rob Hogan.

Mr Rob Hogan is a rather intelligent, trickster type man with a taste for manipulation. His great wealth is used to fund other individuals’ projects (as long as there’s profit to be made). He’s someone you are a friend with one day and then tossed aside the next – someone you meet and hit off with only to find they’re really not the person you thought you met.
His past? – he struggled to make a living initially after being exploited by friends and family (he’s quite the genius when he needs to be). Because of his not-so-happy start to life he’s never been comfortable with trusting anyone and always ends up making enemies of his friends. He doesn’t mind though because he has money to buy happiness and, really, it’s so much fun pulling people up only to drop them off a cliff *insert evil laugh here*

Now at least this character is something more than pixels. Or at least he is to me anyway >_> *shrugs*

Progress on sketch:

Mr Rob Hogan

Time to start shading.

>_>;;

Well! I’ve certainly maintained this place haven’t I? 8D

Ah the wonders of sarcasm…

Okie dokie, I keep struggling to think of things to write about so instead I’ll just post pictures. Starting off with a WIP (Work In Progress). That way I can update every now and then with its progress and not have to worry about not having nothings to write about XP. (You think I’d have tonnes to write about with the amount of stuff there is on the internet! I’m just not too good at it. Practice makes perfect ^_^)

Meet Double Chin Man:

Rough lines:

Cleaned a bit:

Next step besides a bit more line cleaning will be to begin grayscaling =)

Alrighty!

I think I can just make my way around here now. So let’s start with a bit about who I am, what I like to do and how my interests might interest you.

I am your average person born in 1985 in Africa before moving to Australia at the end of the year 2000. I am an illustrator meaning I love to draw. It is my dream to illustrate and publish my own comics though that’s still in the works. I also have much to learn before I can reach something as grand as that.

I’m rather an internet addict which probably isn’t very good for my health (I should exercise more!). This addiction however has lead me to mountains of really inspirational and useful information mostly in regards to making art (there’s just too much stuff in the internet not to find mountains of it!)

But enough about that, I have a purpose for this blog and that is to use it as a place for me to share what I find and perhaps what I already know and have done. This is the first time I’ve ever tried something like this so bear with me while I start up and try to grow. It may turn into a dumping ground you never know!

On a side note, I tend to enjoy really bad jokes. Here’s an example:

What do you call a guy with no shins?

Toe-Knee!!

Hahahaha! XD

Tutorial of the day: Wolf Eye Tutorial by Yellow-eyes