Last post had 3 pieces in the works, finished 2 of them for finals plus 2 more not previewed, also for finals... I know right? The anticipation is blowing my mind as well (I like to pretend I have a throve of fans just thirsting for my updates)
ANYway. Yeah these are the zombies. This was my final for my electronic illustration class, and I have process work! :D For the assignment we just basically had to do a painting digitally, with our own image in it, soo it could of been a self portrait or something like this. So yeah I'm totally on a "Walking Dead" and "Left 4 Dead" hype at the moment, or at the moment this piece was done, so yeah I thought what would it be like to be in a zombie apocalypse at SCAD. haha
Oh I've also started labeling my work so the people who take my images off my blog (dare to dream) will always know where they found it :)
This would be the final.
And cue process work...
Its always good to start off thinking just in terms of value and value contrast, so I started with a grey background, added a gradient to represent my sky. In this case I knew exactly where my scene was going to be set, so I went ahead and roughed it all out. (Its the roof of my illustration building haha)
Then I just build up the background, adding shadows and little bits of detail. Nothing too embellished as I'm still setting up value, the detail is just so things make sense to me.
Then after fleshing out the background I just sort of sketch in the figures, very rough, just to plan out where I want everyone, and how it would look compositionally
Well its around this time where I actually get reference. I actually went up on the roof did the poses etc. Found out the correct size relationships of the characters the proportions all that good stuff. So I refine my sketch based on the first rough.
This is where the fun starts. Fleshing out the figures. Yours truly in the front, and the others were modeled from two of my friends except the guy on the ladder, I didnt bother with him because we don't see enough of his face for it to matter. I should of explained this earlier, I think I said it in a previous post, but I like doing backgrounds first completely before attacking figures. Pretty much for the same reason I eat my french fries first before the burger, I like to leave the best and most enjoyable part for last. Also, If I eat my burger first I might be too full to finish my fries.... hope you get the metaphor here...
Now Color. This part was pretty tricky for me, because up until this moment I had been appreciating it in grayscale. So needless to say my first dash of color was a bit strong. A bit too cheerful for a zombie apocalypse I would think...
So I muted the colors a bit, especially the background because it popped too much, and distracted from the foreground. Basically I had all my colors and Im just scuplting my focal point, at this juncture. Manipulating color value and the intensity of each to pull your eye where I want it.
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