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Wolverine Digital
I did this piece a while ago, when I was teaching in-class. I would often ask students what they wanted to see and they would shout suggestions and I would paint them.
I did this small sketch in my [Moleskin.](https://amzn.to/2v6zCNR) I did it with a 0.5 inch pencil. Then I took a picture with my phone and started from there.
Then I would develop the lines.
And clean them up some more.
Apply value. This was a photocopy onto gray paper. Some students were afraid of doing digital work.
Push the contrast even more. I think I used ArtRage for this.
Add color.
Not wild about that method of adding color. Trying something different here below.
This one I liked better.
I did this so long ago, that I don't completely remember my process. I'm still playing with my process so I'm still tweaking it based on speed and how I like to work.
Thanks for your support.
@PixelColada
Batman, Drawing | Painting | Digital
I started watching Batman on TV in the 1970’s with Adam West. It was a staple of my childhood.
Whenever I had a chance in art school, I would do a comic book piece. I would squeeze them into assignments whenever possible.
Sometimes, I would hire a model then turn him into Batman.
Batman w/ Cross. 15 x 20 in Oil on Board 1993.
The method was to use a glaze of transparent color and liquin.
And I would also use them as a subject to do demos for my students when I became a teacher.
These demos were done in class.
I’d start them off with line and value. Drawing from my head, blending with turpenoid and erasing with a kneaded eraser.
Then I’d apply colored pencils to a copy and add a solvent like turpenoid.
Then I’d scan the colored pencil drawing and adjust it even further in Photoshop. Here, I made it darker and pumped up the saturation.
Batman Colored pencil on 9 x 12 in Vellum/Digital 2004.
One of my favorite things about a teaching job is the free paper and drawing materials.
Thanks everyone,
@PixelColada