Character Art, Concept Design, Illustration, Animation, Storyboards - CalArts '92-'94
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
New book
Today, another book I worked on becomes available - another "Cars" Step into Reading book called "Go, Go, Go!" Here's one of the spreads I illustrated for it, featuring Trevor the train.
These are great Ron. Tech question. So you do a tight pencil and then paint in photoshop right. Ho do you cover up the lines so it looks fully painted? Are you painting directly? Using paths?
The way I've been stumbling about it, that seems to work so far, is to scan in clean lines and dim their opacity quite a bit, depending on how visible you want them to be (if at all). If necessary, I'll use paths, sometimes imported from Illustrator if I want specific inking styles. Then, I can either paint the actual lines (using pixel lock), or, more often, just use them as a guide and paint over them. You can also multiply the line layer so that it blends better with the paint. I was so used to keeping linework pristine, from my animation days, that it's been tough to retrain myself to paint over them.
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Its always a pleasure to visit your blog and enjoy the work. Happy 2011!
Nice characters, I'm wishing to see this film :)
These are great Ron. Tech question. So you do a tight pencil and then paint in photoshop right. Ho do you cover up the lines so it looks fully painted? Are you painting directly? Using paths?
Thanks, Sam! That means a lot, coming from you.
The way I've been stumbling about it, that seems to work so far, is to scan in clean lines and dim their opacity quite a bit, depending on how visible you want them to be (if at all). If necessary, I'll use paths, sometimes imported from Illustrator if I want specific inking styles. Then, I can either paint the actual lines (using pixel lock), or, more often, just use them as a guide and paint over them. You can also multiply the line layer so that it blends better with the paint. I was so used to keeping linework pristine, from my animation days, that it's been tough to retrain myself to paint over them.
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