Author Archives: cherry

Illustrated photos: step by step

By cherry | Published: June 18, 2010

As you can see one benefit of digital is that I start out with a rough guide for the shape and flow of the tentacle. I next draw in the suckers and the changes of angle and then the rest. I shade in grey because I think it gives me a better grasp of the lights and darks, and then add colour afterwards. Many of these stages are done on different layers with different blending.

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The Cheaper Show No.9

By cherry | Published: June 17, 2010

The show opens on Saturday June 26th from 6pm and runs until midnight. Suggested donations at the door are $5 and if you donate $10 or more you receive a wrist band that gets you into any of the three after parties for free.

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Sketchbook Snapshot 22.04.10

By cherry | Published: April 22, 2010

Another three week long trip and two conventions took me away from my desk for a while! I was a bit disappointed in my lack of time/motivation to sketch while on the road. I’m going to put it all down to it being a stressful trip of sorts, but I plan to do my best to prevent that from happening in the future.

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Sketchbook Snapshot 10.03.10

By cherry | Published: March 10, 2010

Much to the disdain of my high school art teacher I used to only want to work in pen and ink.

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