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Some orcish character art and process. Highlighted areas being more saturated is not only the generally correct way to render form, it conserves your value scale. You get a lot of mileage out of relatively similarly valued colors and it’s like free depth to describe the form with.

I pick highlight colors closer to the hue of the light source and my shadows closer to that of the ambient atmosphere (and usually a compliment to the hue of the light source). Here, yellow to blue/purple.

I’ve always liked less recognizably humanoid orcs. The best film orcs were probably the Fifth Element aliens if we’re real talkin’ here. Dad hat, cut and sew print tank, pin rolled jeans and CP3xs. He tries very hard.

I decided to add some hand lettering to that last doodle.
Kawhi was amazing last night in the extremely tight loss to Memphis. He’s definitely part machine.

I decided to add some hand lettering to that last doodle.

Kawhi was amazing last night in the extremely tight loss to Memphis. He’s definitely part machine.

Warmup drawing. Kawhi Leonard as a cyborg. Because, let’s be real – he is one.

Warmup drawing. Kawhi Leonard as a cyborg. Because, let’s be real – he is one.

After a day spent drawing character art for clients, I decided to unwind by… drawing some character art.

After a day spent drawing character art for clients, I decided to unwind by… drawing some character art.

Some of my MST3K concept art has hit the wild over on the Kickstarter page. Here’s my first stab at Bobo as a puppet.
Plans called for an Aliens-style loader to hide an actor when Bobo needs to move around the set. That was my task. Bobo as a puppet,...

Some of my MST3K concept art has hit the wild over on the Kickstarter page. Here’s my first stab at Bobo as a puppet.

Plans called for an Aliens-style loader to hide an actor when Bobo needs to move around the set. That was my task. Bobo as a puppet, a loader to cart him around in.

The Kickstarter is perilously close to it’s 12 episode goal. Please support us if you like MST3K and have the means!

Here’s a free wash brush for Manga Studio.
It’s not available anywhere else. I have about fifty brushes ready to add to my big brush set as a free update for existing users soon. This will be one of them.
Make something!

Here’s a free wash brush for Manga Studio.

It’s not available anywhere else. I have about fifty brushes ready to add to my big brush set as a free update for existing users soon. This will be one of them.

Make something!

My figures begin as a center line and three triangles. If they work, so will the rest. I don’t see others use triangles.
Boxes and cylinders never worked for me, sketch mannequin wise. The triangles are less obtrusive and more open. Or something.

My figures begin as a center line and three triangles. If they work, so will the rest. I don’t see others use triangles.

Boxes and cylinders never worked for me, sketch mannequin wise. The triangles are less obtrusive and more open. Or something.

I think I’d like Superman a lot more if he, like, actually looked like an alien.

I think I’d like Superman a lot more if he, like, actually looked like an alien.

I’ve been using a Flemish dead color technique for digital painting and it’s super efficient.
I start out with a value layer.
I add in a dead color layer for highlights. This is usually a complimentary, largely desaturated hue.
I paint flat hues...

I’ve been using a Flemish dead color technique for digital painting and it’s super efficient.

I start out with a value layer.

I add in a dead color layer for highlights. This is usually a complimentary, largely desaturated hue.

I paint flat hues lightly, transparently, and build them up gradually on a semi-opaque layer set to Color above the dead color layer. Some of the underpainting showing through allows for broken color and subtle hue variations. A heavy hand while flatting these hues obliterates the dead and value layers, which I don’t like.

One final, opaque layer has the brightest highlights to model form and push values.