Derrick Castle Patch Design Process Video

Derrick Castle is an illustrator who's work I've noticed a lot more recently and I think he deserves some recognition. The video above is his process for a patch design that he had the opportunity to do.

Final Image:

Dave Tevenal: Tattoo Flash

David Tevenal: Tattoo Flash from Seanie G Productions on Vimeo.


A quick montage giving some insight on how artist David Tevenal does his tattoo flash. This is badass, well at least I think so.


 Check out Dave Tevenal's website here: davetattoos.com


Music: Dodge & Fuski - Python
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Hydro 74 Hardcover book

As you may know by the occasional post, I'm a fan of Joshua Smith aka Hydro74. He recently had a hardcover book of 50 illustrations on pre-order. I pre-ordered the book and I received it early from the original date it was said it was supposed to arrive. I received it and it contained some sweet looking stickers. The book is thin, but you can see all the details up close in personal. It's a good reference book, but it's good to see how he created each design. Not all of the designs are on his portfolio, but those that are, it's good that you don't have to constantly go on his site to view. It's now $45, but it's worth it. I enjoy art books by various designers/artists, so it was a treat for me.

Purchase here http://www.merchline.com/hydro74/productdisplay.12717.p.htm

Below is what the pages would look like.

365 Days of Creativity -Day 86-107

Day 86

Day 87

Day 88

Day 89

Day 90- I don't know why, but this sketch reminds of Lady Gaga

Day 91- When I did this, it did not.

Day 92- I had to work on creating this to a vector file

Day 93-Finished vector format

Day 94-

Day 95

Day 96

Day 97

Day 98

Day 99-

Day 100-An example of how templates can be a timesaver

Day 101

Day 102

Day 103-Part of a flyer I was working on

Day 104-

Day 105-I've been playing this video game on PS3 that my girlfriend's brother downloaded and I felt like drawing a fun quick sketch

Day 106- I was thinking of the old Nintendo video game Bubble Bobble and decided to create my own fast sketch of a similar looking monster.

Day 107-Fast female sailor sketch. I was looking for a good example to sketch and I almost ran out of time for today, so this is the quick doodle.

Wacom Illustration Technique Video Tutorial by Jeff Finley

Designer and co-owner of Go Media Jeff Finley released a video tutorial showcasing his step by step design process. You’ll learn the process for manipulation and compilation of photos for reference, secrets of illustration with a Wacom tablet, and techniques for adding color and texture to finalize the piece. Honestly, it's good to see and can be very helpful, because there may be tips and tricks that you may not know about.
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Here is what will be shown in the video to create the image that is shown above.

Photo manipulation

-Setting up document
-Finding reference photos.
-Combining reference photos into cohesive composite reference.
-Aligning the anatomy of a reference skull to a stock photo.
-Using layer masks to clean up composite reference.


Illustration

Ideal brush settings for use with a Wacom.
Drawing the skull

-Roughing in main outlines.
-Adding illustrated hash lines and stipple dots to suggest shading.
-Knowing the difference between anatomy & illustration.
-See the entire skull drawn in real time.
-Drawing more realistic teeth.
-Interpreting detail from the dull areas of the reference photo.
-Adding texture with illustration techniques.


Drawing hair

-Creating your own style from insufficient reference material.
-“Chunking” areas of hair to frame the flow.
-Subdividing the chunks to fill in the hair.
-Controlling line density to suggest light & dark areas.
-Drawing hair like a twisting tube.
-Getting in the zone with the lines.

Adding type, texture, & color

Adding fill and texture

-Filling the linework with a background color.
-Adding “noise” with texture.
-Blending in the artwork to the background with layer masks.
-Creating noise textures with the “guess & check” method.
-Adding positive & negative noise to the foreground & background to add cohesion.


Adding type

-Combining faces, weights, sizes & kerning for the perfect type treatment.
-Using Photoshop’s align & distribute functions.
-Simulating ink bleed on the type.
-Adding color

-Experimenting with textures & layer blending modes.
-Applying the global vintage color treatment.
-Spot blurring to add visual interest.
-Adding grain & sharpness with the high pass filter.

Design For Sale-Drama Skulls

This is a design that I have available for purchase. If there is any company that wishes to purchase this design, please contact me.
I created design with the intention of it going on an olive t-shirt or thermal. I feel the design works best on this color. I added a little flourish in the background to balance out the edginess of these dramatic skulls.

Skull Speed Painting Video by T-shirt Factory

Here's another speed video for everyone to see. These videos are interesting, because they can be informative and it's interesting see what are other people's techniques and tricks. This video is from Barkone of T-Shirt Factory.

Vector skull speed painting. from Tshirt Factory on Vimeo.