Camera is down ! But I shall update anyway.

         Okay so I have been drawing for two days now and my camera is down (Bummer). The main character designs are drawn and are currently being colored. Once the character designs are scanned I will make sure to get them in. The current names for the characters are:

1. (Main Character) Stanlee
2. (Stanlee's Roomate) Matt 
3. (The girl across the hall) Sally

        There will be more characters but the story line focuses on these three. There is no love drama, family sit down dinners, or any talking animals (SMH) also no cliff hangers, flashbacks (unless necessary), or +Conway Twitty  songs. You'll just have to check it out purely because you want too.

         Moving on.

         Storyboards for the first full comic are half done right now. The entire comic will be 39 panels over 9 pages. Once the comic is scanned in it will be colored then a few copies will be printed. These copies will be sent to winners of an up coming contest I have planned. The comic will be turned into a PDF and will be available on your Kindle for $1.99.

          If you would like to reserve a copy of the printed comic please email me with your information and I will contact you back within 24 hr.

          Well I'm going to get back to the storyboards.

Cheers,

Joshua

3D Transparent crystal ball tutorial.

Drawing a transparent crystal ball.  Tools Needed

• Pencil
• Clean eraser (For highlights)
• Smooth nylon brush (For blending)
• Digital camera with view finder
• Tripod/Mount
• Light Source

Steps

1. Focus a camera on the 3D shape you desire to draw. (Make sure the shapes complete view is within the surface you will be drawing it on.
2. Once you are happy with the angle at which the shape is placed while looking through the view finder, start to trace the outline of the image while looking through the view finder.

[In this video I decided to make my outline of the shape slightly bigger because the closer my pencil tip got to the object the tougher it was for me to see the line on the paper through the view finder.]            3. Work on the darkest areas first because they will be small and will not take up most of the                    object.      4. Next fill in your mid grays and heavy grays. The gray should become darker as it gets to the          object. (Keep it gray don't turn it black.)      5. Before you begin to blend the mid tones in the sphere blending the dark tones into the          mid tones.(This will leave pencil residue on the brush to make lighter tones easier to bring in          later.)      6. Start to blend the outer ring of the sphere, also rub your brush in curing motions in the          sphere to show some depth to the 3D object.      7. Once you have blended all of your shadowed areas so that they fade from darkest to white,           flip your pencil over and with the clean eraser and a firm grip draw in some solid white lines           following the curve of your shape.
         Make some minor touch ups and you should be able to look through the view finder again and see a 3D image. I hope this tutorial helped you if it did let me know. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them.

3D Apple drawing.

        So after watching some video's of +Tracy Lee Stum  which can be viewed on +YouTube  of her 3D side walk chalk drawings, I decided i could give it a try. Due to the fact that I do not have a contract to do this on a city street i choose to go with something i had in house.

        Here is a couple shots of an apple I had around the house that was drawn with pencil while looking through a camera view finder. The task was not simple at all due to the fact that you have to re-learn how to draw the objects shape.

        I spent a lot of the time focusing on where the light would hit the object. I have to say that I' am quite happy with the finale result. Although I do not have the current ability to do the city sidewalk chalk drawings like +Tracy Lee Stum I' am confident that if I was given the chance to do one of these great pieces of art I could accomplish it.

       Below is the +YouTube video I watched of +Tracy Lee Stum  preforming her +SIdewalk Art  so check it out and see if it inspires you to try this fun style of art for yourself. If you have any questions on how to apply and preform this method feel free to ask and I will be sure to add it to the Tuts section of the blog.

Cheers,

Joshua

Video's.

                  Well I have managed to have one video posted so far of this current project. I would have a complete video but the camera I' am using is a +Samsung USA  and is about 10 years old. With a future new camera I will be sure to have video +Tuts and video progress of my paintings posted soon.

                  Now the other day I was getting my blog registered with all of the major search engines. As I was doing this I came across a young women with the same last name as myself and was also an artist.

                 Her name is KATH HASTINGS and on here blog she has these awesome "Iconic Toxic Drums" Paintings.

                                  I wanted to share a few of the ones that stood out to me with all of you.

        
                    Now these are just the few that I picked out that I enjoyed, but don't just judge on these two go and take a look for yourself at her other works.