Trying some different marker styles, sorry they don't look so hot on the computer, all the light grays tend to disappear.
First style: Formulaic. Application according to a simple plan I worked out last quarter, starting with highlights and using basic cube shading with pencil outlines. I thought it would be brilliant to have a web-cam baby monitor. Then I realized that would just be a web-cam. Oh well.
Second Style: Similar to the first, but with darker, thicker outlines done in marker. Looks worse than first method on paper, but transfers more easily to a digital medium. The idea for this monitor was that you could also play music on it by putting the files on the accompanying flash drive, then set it to lullaby mode so that the music got gradually quieter and quieter.
Third style: Faster application of color, looser (or nonexistent) outlines. Eh, I don't really like this one, I think it may be my least favorite. His head is supposed to bobble, there is a camera in the yarn ball that can be adjusted and microphones in his ears, plus a pocket-able monitor.
Fourth style: I like the Orwell the Eyeball better than his little brother Winston. This seems like a pretty good balance of color, outline, and gray scale. Yes, they're a little creepy, but really they're just looking out for you. Oh, and those deelybobs on their heads are a microphone and a little speaker, respectively.
Fifth style: Sin City style? I need a lighter red marker. This doesn't look so hot on paper, but without any light grays it translates really well to the computer screen. I think part of that is because scanning it in mellowed out the red, which was really garishly bright. The idea for this one is a pulse monitor for a baby's wrist with a matching bracelet for mom or dad that will vibrate and make loud noises if the child's heart is having trouble.
Second Style: Similar to the first, but with darker, thicker outlines done in marker. Looks worse than first method on paper, but transfers more easily to a digital medium. The idea for this monitor was that you could also play music on it by putting the files on the accompanying flash drive, then set it to lullaby mode so that the music got gradually quieter and quieter.
Third style: Faster application of color, looser (or nonexistent) outlines. Eh, I don't really like this one, I think it may be my least favorite. His head is supposed to bobble, there is a camera in the yarn ball that can be adjusted and microphones in his ears, plus a pocket-able monitor.
Fourth style: I like the Orwell the Eyeball better than his little brother Winston. This seems like a pretty good balance of color, outline, and gray scale. Yes, they're a little creepy, but really they're just looking out for you. Oh, and those deelybobs on their heads are a microphone and a little speaker, respectively.
Fifth style: Sin City style? I need a lighter red marker. This doesn't look so hot on paper, but without any light grays it translates really well to the computer screen. I think part of that is because scanning it in mellowed out the red, which was really garishly bright. The idea for this one is a pulse monitor for a baby's wrist with a matching bracelet for mom or dad that will vibrate and make loud noises if the child's heart is having trouble.
Pretty shoes, more an exercise in digital rendering than anything else.
First time painting experience in photoshop, woo! I'll be trying to improve my technique, though I don't think this is too bad for an initial attempt.
First post! After avoiding the blogosphere for years, I guess it is futile to try to escape the inevitable. Ah, the wave of the future. Speaking of the future, here's a lovely post-apocalyptic pipe-busting pocket-loving lady by the name of Jade Margery.
