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Thu Apr 16, 2009, 1:35 PM

Mood: Content
Listening to: Portishead
Reading: The Onion
Watching: South Park online
Eating: A big plate of rice
Drinking: Tea with sugar

I finally got the piece uploaded that I did for my coworkers. I might be doing another one like it, somebody else wants one. It was extremely fun to make, I'm looking foreword to another commission. I got some other stuff I should try to scan in soon, however I must just end up taking photographs of them. Gotta work with what you have on you sometimes, and I don't have a scanner. I'll toss more at you later.

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Current Residence: Madison, WI
Interests: Art?
Favourite movie: The Cell
Favourite band or musician: Regina Spektor
Favourite genre of music: Piano rock
Favourite artist: Aubrey Beardsley
Favourite poet or writer: Ogden Nash kicks my ass
Operating System: Ubuntu
MP3 player of choice: Zune
Shell of choice: Florida Fighting Conch, Strombus alatus
Wallpaper of choice: Fabrics from around the house
Favourite game: Double Dragon II
Favourite gaming platform: NES
Favourite cartoon character: Kirby
Personal Quote: "Yeah yeah yeah, you know what we should do..."
Tools of the Trade: My mitts

Email: q.ball@sbcglobal.net

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~skechRtist

Apr 12, 2009, 11:28:21 AM

I am not sure how the original artist did that work, I was able to find a wallpaper I liked back in 11th grade and painted my own acrylic rendition of their (I assume Photoshopped) work.

Now I have the experience with Photoshop that I can manipulate images whatever way I want. The way I do this sort of project is I will find a photograph I like and, using Photoshop, color over the darkest areas (in a new layer) in one shade while leaving the lightest untouched.

You have to pick and choose what areas you want to leave in and which ones you don't, and at times bend the rules to have a recognizable face. While there are filters that will change contrasts and lighting, I don't use them much except to accent an area I am having trouble with.

I can send you a psd of a Bob Marley piece I'm working on to see how I work if you like.

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~I-Quentin-I

Apr 12, 2009, 11:34:09 AM

Oh, don't worry. I've done it myself before, I was curious what method you used. Sometimes I'll just apply a threshold filter after tweaking the contrast, but I don't like leaving it entirely to the computer. Alternatively I like doing it entirely by hand in my sketchbook, it turns out a little more aesthetically pleasing that way I think. That's how I like doing my stencils these days.

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~skechRtist

Apr 12, 2009, 11:54:19 AM

Yea, I definitely think that there's something lost to people who go straight into digital work without starting on something analog. There's definitely a lot that can be done in the digital medium, but much of the best learning and innovation is done by putting pencil to paper. Then using those lessons to make your digital art as good as possible.

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~I-Quentin-I

Apr 12, 2009, 12:05:44 PM

Totally. Personally, I combine a lot of digital and hand made work. I think some of the best digital work comes from people who have at least been trained in the traditional method. When you get down to it, I think it's that a lot of subconscious choices happen when you do work with your hands, and that it's hard to do that when working digitally.

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~Tama-chankitty

Apr 2, 2009, 5:51:20 PM

Lol. Thanks Quentin!

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~xcrystallinextearsx

Dec 22, 2008, 7:03:40 PM

_{Hey aren't you that hottie that works at the game kiosk? xD -hint hint- Heylo!}

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