tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33399287790069058402024-03-14T07:07:08.641-04:00Drew Baker, sans nda.Drew's sketchings (and perhaps drawings, paintings, and musings).Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-41511503368013259372013-01-07T12:55:00.000-05:002013-01-07T12:55:31.687-05:00Really? A Princess?In a lot of ways this feels like the first work day of the new year. Holiday travel (and colds) are behind me, I've cleaned and culled my office and studio, and am trying out a new schedule. I'm sure more discipline will do me good.<br />
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These thumbnails are from a while ago. I started out looking for a sketch for a new playmat, but was surprised when a much longer story started pouring out. Eight pages of sketches and story notes later I hope I can find the right way to tell it.<br />
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--DrewDrew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-2194321851024291762012-07-07T01:15:00.001-04:002012-07-07T01:16:30.475-04:00San Diego Comic Con 2012SDCC looms just a few days away. I don't have a display space to tie
me down, but I will be part of Del Rey's signing for Star Wars: the
Essential Guide to Warfare. Friday, July 13th, from 11:00am-Noon, Del
Rey Star Wars booth #2913D (outside corner of the Star Wars pavilion
against the wall) you can meet me, the author, and some of the other
artists. <br />
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Mean while, here are some sketches for something I've been picking away at for a while:
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Still some decisions to be made, but I think it's coming along.Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-48516648720304096232012-04-13T03:59:00.000-04:002012-04-13T03:59:12.636-04:00Essential Guide to Warfare: MygeetoI contributed ten pieces to Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Warfare, which came out this month. Here's how I developed one of them.<br />
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It was a half page spread -- half a page high, two pages wide -- of the battle on Mygeeto. In short the process was: thumbnails, drawing, color studies, painting. Of course it's never as simple as it sounds, but that's my story.<br />
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45"x15" Oil on panel. Copyright Lucasfilm Ltd.<br />
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It makes me think I should paint more often.<br />
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--DrewDrew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-86940972578453514472011-12-18T22:39:00.000-05:002011-12-18T22:39:03.215-05:00A new piece and two step by steps on WIPnation.comOver on my <a href="https://www.wipnation.com/citizen/drewbaker">WIPnation page</a> I've posted a few step by steps. The first two are of my Stalking the Unicorn and Stalking the Dragon covers. I've also posted how this dragon piece has come along from the pencil stage. <br />
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I just found out she's running a Kickstarter for an art book, and thought other folks out there may be interested, yet not already heard of it. So here are links to Heather's site, a couple of her dragon paintings, and her Kickstarter project. Have a look. Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://www.heathertheurer.com/">Heather Theurer's website</a><br />
<a href="http://www.heathertheurer.com/artwork_detail.php?galleryID=3&artworkID=83#top">Air Dragon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.heathertheurer.com/artwork_detail.php?galleryID=3&artworkID=165#top">Game of Chase</a><br />
<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/712345913/when-i-close-my-eyes-a-book-of-art">Heather's art book Kickstarter</a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-2209418999415820302011-07-27T22:40:00.001-04:002011-07-27T22:41:19.811-04:00Back From San DiegoThanks to generous sponsorship by Steve Argyle I was able to attend San Diego Comic Con this year. It was my first time, and thoroughly exhausting.<br />
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I now present a selection of doodles from napkins and a boarding pass:<br />
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I like to think I generally feel pretty free to play in my sketch book, but knowing these weren't part of that semi-permanent record seemed to be a bit liberating. Interesting. Well, to me, anyway.<br />
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<a href="http://www.steveargyle.com/">Steve Argyle</a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-49765317434897132752011-07-16T02:13:00.001-04:002011-07-16T02:15:23.822-04:00IMC 2011:FiraxeI was fortunate to be able to attend the Illustration Master Class again this year. We were given several projects to choose from, and in keeping with tradition I worked on another sci-fi piece: <br />
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It turns out that assignment had been provided by Irene Gallo, and is the same story excerpt she offered up for the July/August challenge over at Jon Schindehette's Art Order. <br />
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<a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/">Illustration Master Class</a><br />
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There's been a lot of focus on the end fight, but I decided to look at what lead up to that. I settled on when the Witch-king takes to the field of the battle. Eowyn's horse Windfola panicked, and she and Merry were thrown (and since there's no specific reference to when her helmet came off, I decided it would be a fine time for that, too). I stretched things a bit having her bumped by the fell beast, but I wanted to show her resisting them. The Witch-king and fell beast, however, are cropped out of the picture to show they don't regard her at all.<br />
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Here are some of the steps I went through. The last is a photo of the painting as it stood last night. It's oil on paper on panel, about 15" x 21".<br />
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Ottawa Kotei details: <a href="http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=88133">here</a><br />
Austin Kotei details: <a href="http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=88066">here</a><br />
Louisville Kotei details: <a href="http://www.alderac.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=87962">here</a><br />
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Mark Kistler -- <a href="http://www.draw3d.com/">http://www.draw3d.com/</a><br />
Alonso -- <a href="http://monotremedreams.blogspot.com/">http://monotremedreams.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Ninja Mountain Scrolls -- <a href="http://ninjamountain.blogspot.com/">http://ninjamountain.blogspot.com/</a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-40632825270163196512011-01-16T01:39:00.000-05:002011-01-16T01:39:29.858-05:00Talking about myself. What could be easier?Two things:<br />
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1: Next weekend, January 21-23, 2011, I will be a guest at <a href="http://www.geneseo.edu/gagg/runninggagg">Running Gagg</a> at SUNY Geneseo. I'll be giving a couple of seminars late Friday and Saturday afternoons. The organizers have asked for the standard fare -- starting out,experiences, process, painting demo, those sorts of things. I was wondering if anyone had any questions they'd like answered, or topics that they'd like me to cover. What gets missed or glazed over in convention talks like this? If you're an illustrator, what do you wish you had heard starting out?<br />
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2: When I started my blog the plan was to only talk about work I did on my own, for myself. From my sporadic updates it would seem I'm not really doing a lot on my own, so I think I'll open things up to more work-work. I'm hoping that will make it easier for me to find interesting things to say -- or at least show.Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-20695919968462040572010-12-15T06:38:00.000-05:002010-12-15T06:38:59.108-05:00Acrylics, Even.I'd been forewarned by some of my friends that Magic players like to get cards altered at tournaments. Rather than make a mess of things with a Sharpie I took some acrylics to October's Toronto GP, so I could make little paintings like these:<br />
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A few people were surprised I'd only been using acrylics for a few hours, but they trusted me with their cards anyway. Back home I decided to try them at a slightly larger scale -- and to compare my M. Graham acrylics with the newer Winsor & Newton Artists' Acrylics. Both boast longer open time than older acrylics, and WN's claim of minimizing color shift during drying was interesting. So during an evening at <a href="http://www.tomgalambos.com/">Tom</a>'s studio with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greg_lendeck/">Greg</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/benjaminjamesonmorey">Ben</a>, <a href="http://www.allendouglasstudio.com/">Allen</a>, and <a href="http://www.odoripark.com/">Chris</a>, I did.<br />
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I think the M. Graham paints' longer open time was more important to me than the lack of color shift in the Winsor & Newton paints. In the end, though, I was glad I could go back to oils. <br />
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In conclusion, napkin doodles:<br />
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Here's a quick scan of where the painting left off:<br />
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(I know it may not look like many thumbnails, but in my defense I do a lot of erasing. Any sketch that feels wrong at the outset gets erased and that spot gets another chance to be useful.)<br />
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And the final:<br />
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(I also talked about sketching in <a href="http://ninjamountain.blogspot.com/2010/10/episode-83-sketchy-aint-it.html">Ninja Mountain episode 83</a>, if anyone's interested. I like to think there isn't anything particularly scandalous in the episode.)Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-3431530817404154262010-09-23T16:00:00.003-04:002010-09-23T16:04:57.963-04:00Game Session SketchesBack when I was doing some work for <a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/dndacc/217837200">Adventurer's Vault</a> I got a copy of the D&D 4E style guide. I thought some of the ideas for the new dwarves were interesting, so when it came time for my group to try 4E my character was a female dwarf fighter, who I sketched during a couple of sessions:<br />
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Some time later I was talking with William O'Connor (<a href="http://www.wocstudios.com">Website</a> <a href="http://williamoconnorstudios.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> <a href="http://dracopediaproject.blogspot.com/">Dracopedia</a>) who had done a lot of concept work for 4E. He told me they had made a concerted effort to make female dwarves interesting to players -- research had shown they were played even less than monster races.<br />
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So I guess their new marketing targeted me. I'm always surprised when that happens.Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-63647447849694418182010-09-01T02:20:00.004-04:002010-09-01T02:30:31.526-04:00September is also sketchyDragon*Con in Atlanta is this weekend. I'll be attending, and will have work in the art show. If anyone wants to get together, drop me an email. This will be my first Dragon*Con, and I'll be glad for an orientation. <br /><br />I have a few more robot sketches, some of which are more giant than others. These were done pretty quickly on the heels of the last batch -- I was just slow sharing them. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlS8K2FqxiDM0QpU3puJeXWyMBBWcCS9NgdG07JlWXm74fj-LxPby-NPIRUqCW7OzA4L1xUAsbABHDxFGr61aUSao8bPPG0bD2Dr6Y4AwvV03OM1pdmi4M4s2SKiD535siQFkgt6nwWk/s1600/2010-9-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlS8K2FqxiDM0QpU3puJeXWyMBBWcCS9NgdG07JlWXm74fj-LxPby-NPIRUqCW7OzA4L1xUAsbABHDxFGr61aUSao8bPPG0bD2Dr6Y4AwvV03OM1pdmi4M4s2SKiD535siQFkgt6nwWk/s320/2010-9-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511826460369527538" /></a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-77817073829620018112010-08-19T22:51:00.003-04:002010-08-19T23:01:56.088-04:00Back Up To SpeedJust some quick sketches today, as things get back to normal after GenCon. <br /><br />I started with an old idea of a wyrm with a tower, which I've not been able to nail down, and ended up working on a few "woman with her giant robot" compositions. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_amaS9WuK4rgfXcZ8klnco4hHbzu0pA4fJZax3C3OICacXOL9OG1Qcz_1vUAP8zEOBHr1x-9MvBA9qVnWZon2IHV5WKmCC7zcxKWg55fYgpu5COmQS-y69hGHmnU4x6rDRmkIv-DchVI/s1600/2010-8-19.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_amaS9WuK4rgfXcZ8klnco4hHbzu0pA4fJZax3C3OICacXOL9OG1Qcz_1vUAP8zEOBHr1x-9MvBA9qVnWZon2IHV5WKmCC7zcxKWg55fYgpu5COmQS-y69hGHmnU4x6rDRmkIv-DchVI/s320/2010-8-19.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507320137571930082" /></a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-40386477228040956242010-08-12T00:21:00.003-04:002010-08-12T01:07:43.565-04:00GenCon PostThe titular "post" in this case leaning toward "the station or rounds of a person on duty." This was my table in this year's GenCon art show. (Shooting at f/2 with the available light made for quite a shallow depth of field. Sorry about that. Next time I'll try a flash.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFKFe0T1dN4BcKSSlZ31Rd64_H5fBRFy7K5FASHRRd2K_JZ23MG4RL64mzFqQuEeM4LuNx9yeKyrMfAJNpub3Ns7nV3PegWE1OOpRt6wDk4KwM7DIyEUeV13PPlI6Fb9nkFWvoOZTMoo/s1600/gencon2010table.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFKFe0T1dN4BcKSSlZ31Rd64_H5fBRFy7K5FASHRRd2K_JZ23MG4RL64mzFqQuEeM4LuNx9yeKyrMfAJNpub3Ns7nV3PegWE1OOpRt6wDk4KwM7DIyEUeV13PPlI6Fb9nkFWvoOZTMoo/s320/gencon2010table.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504374080825447730" /></a><br />This year I wanted to emphasize my paintings -- which were mostly new -- and my playmats. The playmats would easily take all the table space I could get, but I also wanted to have paintings on the table, where people could get a close look at them. While sketching some display ideas it struck me I could use an LCD desk mount. (I also considered extending the tabletop for more display surface, but let that idea go for another time.)<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5A45xCaq1QY41kSSH_PFEc22YQag47Cbb_LnpYIbIVu_ev0cSFNF0Fo1uX9AX1TiYDyx6HXd8IKzU8yjSQeXi9nxiMPxUb9kIeYjWcQlno8iugIfTw_EPXAiR1m1bN5q-jrJosRHz6Tg/s1600/gencon+sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5A45xCaq1QY41kSSH_PFEc22YQag47Cbb_LnpYIbIVu_ev0cSFNF0Fo1uX9AX1TiYDyx6HXd8IKzU8yjSQeXi9nxiMPxUb9kIeYjWcQlno8iugIfTw_EPXAiR1m1bN5q-jrJosRHz6Tg/s320/gencon+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504374077728135298" /></a><br />I think they worked admirably. The paintings were convenient for passers-by to see, were secure, and didn't interfere with looking through the piles of mats on the table. <br /><br />The LCD arms I used are model 5402 <a href=http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=5402>from MonoPrice.com</a><br />I've also been asked about my panel extenders. They, along with the stiffeners and support bar, are from <a href=http://www.propanels.com/panels.html>ProPanels.com</a>. The GenCon panels are 38.5" wide, with dark grey carpet, if you're looking to match.Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-24166531173865034162010-07-29T00:40:00.004-04:002010-07-29T00:51:14.144-04:00Centaur Doodle 4Last month I listened to <a href="http://temeraire.org/index.cgi?pagetype=writing&series=Temeraire">Naomi Novik's Temeraire series</a>, which no doubt influenced this centaur sketch. <br /><br />In other news, I'll be in the art show at GenCon next weekend. No doubt I'll also be slightly frazzled.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCw9c_4bLBBngLi51FLfMuX_FOHd4JRfDmu_P9XIUhrcETKo3wEgdPbibSQVE1XjwMNz0KBWzCZwnQh00cuCHO61-LYXPQEpdZHwOy8f9v-LF8cVJBasQpflSWFYYmjGYJ_kOrf_HKLM/s1600/july+centaur.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCw9c_4bLBBngLi51FLfMuX_FOHd4JRfDmu_P9XIUhrcETKo3wEgdPbibSQVE1XjwMNz0KBWzCZwnQh00cuCHO61-LYXPQEpdZHwOy8f9v-LF8cVJBasQpflSWFYYmjGYJ_kOrf_HKLM/s320/july+centaur.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499183700269607106" /></a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-7826477194131167452010-07-18T04:32:00.003-04:002010-07-18T05:12:41.381-04:00Mind the (Graphite) DustI did a couple of sketches for <a href="http://www.nonsportcardexpo.com/TCoA.htm">The Treasure Chest of Art</a>. I put in some tone after scanning them, but this is the only record I have.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TfIaOfKsOEnWV0CNNgy3QCPCWSyX2ZcXzxF-kBJyjL7zydtQLyxNDwOFJ_M2g5SRknRUdXVKoB94J_ljtphRElxp8JDScKIqhvGYpcdT9XpYAxSuYrVoZpMNyuZ87HtbejkXEnkg4Gk/s1600/2010+treasure+chest+pencils.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TfIaOfKsOEnWV0CNNgy3QCPCWSyX2ZcXzxF-kBJyjL7zydtQLyxNDwOFJ_M2g5SRknRUdXVKoB94J_ljtphRElxp8JDScKIqhvGYpcdT9XpYAxSuYrVoZpMNyuZ87HtbejkXEnkg4Gk/s320/2010+treasure+chest+pencils.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495162525315426066" /></a><br /><br />These are a couple of pages from my dot grid journal. I haven't used it all that much, as most of my recent sketching hasn't been aspect-ratio specific (and it doesn't fit in my pocket). I should have the top right one painted and with me at GenCon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiSyYJ2dD1VPm3ezC-v7F8pb8t1G-VIFxfD23JPINy3c1Av5TOlQbGJciAzeSwqlRV5JBvo-hiWFt57li2pNkTtulFHcLwLPHgYQ8cv6F-JfJ7TM2uGGehXurUpXvC71HaujSfB-P97k/s1600/dotgrid3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmiSyYJ2dD1VPm3ezC-v7F8pb8t1G-VIFxfD23JPINy3c1Av5TOlQbGJciAzeSwqlRV5JBvo-hiWFt57li2pNkTtulFHcLwLPHgYQ8cv6F-JfJ7TM2uGGehXurUpXvC71HaujSfB-P97k/s320/dotgrid3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495162538673631650" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FtZ9K5lHMd71FotCcvJLHF7IYhBbrW8MijeqmtKyTsAsXKV6Gcpj-cEmrG2xLanM86HPb9AgIhvtgqyr6ToYbRMkMzPXKBgzbIwIGMoYp1yovEOvN717P49s0zXRumOtGDDuB89ndEU/s1600/dotgrid2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1FtZ9K5lHMd71FotCcvJLHF7IYhBbrW8MijeqmtKyTsAsXKV6Gcpj-cEmrG2xLanM86HPb9AgIhvtgqyr6ToYbRMkMzPXKBgzbIwIGMoYp1yovEOvN717P49s0zXRumOtGDDuB89ndEU/s320/dotgrid2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495162529181710578" /></a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-69178770590858294272010-06-25T18:05:00.011-04:002010-06-28T23:25:20.099-04:00A Week's Painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ScfWsXcg02pJP5dPOYTlp2pIHBKHwvl7J4tQQiXJyQpiBO_mfMy3zSvlDNfEV4ekZ5Gou6zvEGq5V59A9MwNgHcwd2Z6ptG7mrvCW1tjnqUWR6MPxB34ntqB91dkmQwFfvEiUODao4A/s1600/DrewBaker_IMC3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ScfWsXcg02pJP5dPOYTlp2pIHBKHwvl7J4tQQiXJyQpiBO_mfMy3zSvlDNfEV4ekZ5Gou6zvEGq5V59A9MwNgHcwd2Z6ptG7mrvCW1tjnqUWR6MPxB34ntqB91dkmQwFfvEiUODao4A/s320/DrewBaker_IMC3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836575397278498" /></a><br /><br />I arrived at this year's Illustration Master Class with a couple of rough thumbnails, and spent the first day refining them into the sketch from the <a href="http://drewbaker.blogspot.com/2010/06/pre-painting.html">last post</a>. Rob, Dan, and Donato gave me some good advice at the early stages. When it came time to work up the drawing Steve knocked out a quick model for me, and I shot fellow students -- Grant, Aaron, Kim, and Annalisa -- for reference. And, of course, I made stuff up.<br /><br />The drawing -- which I mounted on a panel to paint over -- was roughly 17 3/8" x 12 3/4". <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3FrsFyO5yMjJKrpB18fzK9hiW8vejIWkQwphrUs039WeY-qmgBGkdr-75qsOIJNB0wP1GHAae3PSf6EKmGKzv0rZpU47wliGhHX272JoWsdDqjX2QP9ZXdKrGGrPveseIDHlQCBDkJ4/s1600/pencils.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3FrsFyO5yMjJKrpB18fzK9hiW8vejIWkQwphrUs039WeY-qmgBGkdr-75qsOIJNB0wP1GHAae3PSf6EKmGKzv0rZpU47wliGhHX272JoWsdDqjX2QP9ZXdKrGGrPveseIDHlQCBDkJ4/s320/pencils.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836321939045394" /></a><br /><br />I started painting by glazing in the sky, roughing in the smoke on either side of the ring, and blocking other parts in. I'm trying to work back to front, and to stay patient. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgeWDn2EXikirYq1NofC0YTi6INLQ4UTVEcviKFjfNiOOase3cp2YD3J48geX-GxxmpZgkHNmqyRDtmkwTwxObZXHpXae_bk-OBfdaXcxedk27AHCb0qtGubHKhjKVCnB6i6Hmm2hwQ4/s1600/paint1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjgeWDn2EXikirYq1NofC0YTi6INLQ4UTVEcviKFjfNiOOase3cp2YD3J48geX-GxxmpZgkHNmqyRDtmkwTwxObZXHpXae_bk-OBfdaXcxedk27AHCb0qtGubHKhjKVCnB6i6Hmm2hwQ4/s320/paint1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836329585798914" /></a><br /><br />Next I worked in the ring, and the spattered explosion. At this point the sky was still tacky, so I held off editing the spatter until I was comfortable I wouldn't pull anything back up.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz3jzt1T1PHDiJjRPiU1Gll4Ywn2v8ticFiYDodmfgRM6GDGEEGtZq8FLwsCgq7MkoVSvVWG_EHl1kqGBDKnu1Ae9e4txFKDw9eBKE4tmQUywJKe44gOizZarrpQ23a-NyDSOppmWxPw/s1600/paint2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsz3jzt1T1PHDiJjRPiU1Gll4Ywn2v8ticFiYDodmfgRM6GDGEEGtZq8FLwsCgq7MkoVSvVWG_EHl1kqGBDKnu1Ae9e4txFKDw9eBKE4tmQUywJKe44gOizZarrpQ23a-NyDSOppmWxPw/s320/paint2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836338598786418" /></a><br /><br />More work in the ring, and the first stage of paint on one of the main figures. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMg02_HryBHdohRtyy4w3cneRi6bymJ3vNMaxfkZRr4y5ZugYsopj2fMFbkUksc6gjY8bLTLNzN2s0aSVEe2Bi2QYPIoSVTKhE9ScOm4xU2phcoTVIM2_b71bFoJSZR4vQ0HLsTUKkSU/s1600/paint3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXMg02_HryBHdohRtyy4w3cneRi6bymJ3vNMaxfkZRr4y5ZugYsopj2fMFbkUksc6gjY8bLTLNzN2s0aSVEe2Bi2QYPIoSVTKhE9ScOm4xU2phcoTVIM2_b71bFoJSZR4vQ0HLsTUKkSU/s320/paint3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836348746852802" /></a><br /><br />The first layer of paint down on the first face. I wiped off the first three or four attempts. I also gave the sky and smoke some more attention.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gKpnSQbko4GTToeZiB0vptpAFBVKKtim_pUNxK8JW5umkG4wyQYCyhFemjgOHoSESoJ9oulfxXtZ4y25IfJpkPswrn9Fa-Q3NsDnO8Q3eLE4vXhhFpeTA8V852hIgf9C8tXplQxxWS0/s1600/paint4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gKpnSQbko4GTToeZiB0vptpAFBVKKtim_pUNxK8JW5umkG4wyQYCyhFemjgOHoSESoJ9oulfxXtZ4y25IfJpkPswrn9Fa-Q3NsDnO8Q3eLE4vXhhFpeTA8V852hIgf9C8tXplQxxWS0/s320/paint4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836356768640626" /></a><br /><br />The first layer down on the second face, and a second layer on the first. I also darkened the smoke behind the figures to help separate them from the background. A bit of paint on the midground figure too. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictAxTAYph_ysJBFKk-TBVYuAuubY4wLkUeZEC_q-GPPwu4bclvzwzfvVT2jgNKsAr3ZQZ6d-Y5R9MiFMYBRtAFYWLgu_kYoAXiFceQcGNZEgT48dF4Edfdf-DqvqPSSh64zhZiujbQx0/s1600/paint5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictAxTAYph_ysJBFKk-TBVYuAuubY4wLkUeZEC_q-GPPwu4bclvzwzfvVT2jgNKsAr3ZQZ6d-Y5R9MiFMYBRtAFYWLgu_kYoAXiFceQcGNZEgT48dF4Edfdf-DqvqPSSh64zhZiujbQx0/s320/paint5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836536770239314" /></a><br /><br />More work in the midground, foreground, and figures.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFjzrnVcG8sQ5RogFiKFX0FagiljGny2Bbi-4hahTUlbrNiLhEsSXrNKV3UgiOXVcANvd2eXk4HOU9ZAaMgiMFqoCokB6M3koQl5xSRD5BrUpTW4avI2cpinSVU8U09mOf56eq5kB2A8/s1600/paint6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEFjzrnVcG8sQ5RogFiKFX0FagiljGny2Bbi-4hahTUlbrNiLhEsSXrNKV3UgiOXVcANvd2eXk4HOU9ZAaMgiMFqoCokB6M3koQl5xSRD5BrUpTW4avI2cpinSVU8U09mOf56eq5kB2A8/s320/paint6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836551105562994" /></a><br /><br />The week was almost up, but I was able to get a first layer of paint down on the remaining figure and the flag, and do some general trouble shooting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONFB8nbmnhoDKr7buUaEKuq1q0Zd0dJsMixRY7etJXKvsS20qb9lrcc-vjHoQn96GOFiyF0T6EEYKzsnVx2N2Q5rDk9QSkdbW31lHhwt24I6STmlu1_e2zLhdS3UPTeC0lvikGgvpdD8/s1600/paint7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONFB8nbmnhoDKr7buUaEKuq1q0Zd0dJsMixRY7etJXKvsS20qb9lrcc-vjHoQn96GOFiyF0T6EEYKzsnVx2N2Q5rDk9QSkdbW31lHhwt24I6STmlu1_e2zLhdS3UPTeC0lvikGgvpdD8/s320/paint7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836562859172162" /></a><br /><br />And this is how the piece ended the week, photographed after I got home (and adjusted a little in Photoshop).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ScfWsXcg02pJP5dPOYTlp2pIHBKHwvl7J4tQQiXJyQpiBO_mfMy3zSvlDNfEV4ekZ5Gou6zvEGq5V59A9MwNgHcwd2Z6ptG7mrvCW1tjnqUWR6MPxB34ntqB91dkmQwFfvEiUODao4A/s1600/DrewBaker_IMC3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ScfWsXcg02pJP5dPOYTlp2pIHBKHwvl7J4tQQiXJyQpiBO_mfMy3zSvlDNfEV4ekZ5Gou6zvEGq5V59A9MwNgHcwd2Z6ptG7mrvCW1tjnqUWR6MPxB34ntqB91dkmQwFfvEiUODao4A/s320/DrewBaker_IMC3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486836575397278498" /></a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3339928779006905840.post-33913730714288204592010-06-15T08:22:00.004-04:002010-06-15T08:34:33.942-04:00Pre-paintingAt the Illustration Master Class in Amherst I've pulled out the bottom sketch <a href="http://drewbaker.blogspot.com/2010/04/searching-for-solution-to-problem-i.html">here</a> for some more attention. Here's the new sketch and drawing. I should start in with oils later today.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOLjNvLO3JXCOblRBROPYIjsZcoRBV0hjcXaxJ1jiS-n9YuH1W_0BDRyIIC0-_5VUsCuf2f6hyphenhyphenMky8q5sobiDLR_ABhyphenhyphen8xySbmkaB4TlZdfuGTAWh_SijH8XxQzrr2HIKy5D7cYKSPFA/s1600/revisited+sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOLjNvLO3JXCOblRBROPYIjsZcoRBV0hjcXaxJ1jiS-n9YuH1W_0BDRyIIC0-_5VUsCuf2f6hyphenhyphenMky8q5sobiDLR_ABhyphenhyphen8xySbmkaB4TlZdfuGTAWh_SijH8XxQzrr2HIKy5D7cYKSPFA/s320/revisited+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482975084270885586" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QSdhdejO97vJp7VgCHeBFfXX3CoJZQAwFZPClfjKD9okbMDTAu9fOXbck9GHr-VK6BOYNPmer2bC2PSnDAxZbV6kzCghku0EmsnjNr0QWVBFU80mMwwG2cpGm88JsThBxW749MRI9ec/s1600/drawing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QSdhdejO97vJp7VgCHeBFfXX3CoJZQAwFZPClfjKD9okbMDTAu9fOXbck9GHr-VK6BOYNPmer2bC2PSnDAxZbV6kzCghku0EmsnjNr0QWVBFU80mMwwG2cpGm88JsThBxW749MRI9ec/s320/drawing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482975086609344834" /></a>Drew Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04265950214198768275noreply@blogger.com0