An October to Remember

Hey gang, after a relatively quiet couple weeks...which fortuitously came at a perfect time, because it allowed me to work on storyboards and character design for a Christian animation series...I'm fixin to go back out on the road and hit 4 different conventions in 4 weeks during the month of October.

Here's the rundown:

The Nashville Comic Con


At the TN State Fair Grounds

Oct. 1st-2nd.

For more info: http://www.comiccitytn.com/Nashville_Comic_Con.html


Fan Days Dallas

At the Irving Convention Center

Oct. 8th-9th

For more info: http://www.scifiexpo.com/DCC/fandays.html


Memphis Comic Con

At the University of Memphis

Oct. 14th-16th

For more info: http://www.memphiscfc.com/


Wizard's Mid-Ohio Con

At the Greater Columbus Convention Center

Oct. 22nd-23rd

For more information: http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/home-midohio.html

If you live in or around one of these fine cities and are interested in a one-of-a-kind commission or sketch, make sure to message me in advance and I'll make sure to have it ready for you at the show!  Also, I'll have plenty of the award-winning Eye Witness graphic novels as well as my fan-favorite character prints and posters.

 Hope to see 'ya-all out on the road!
RJ Luedke
http://www.bobtheartist.com/

Creating a Print (Part 3)

Part 3:  Bringing the Composition to Life

In this final stage of this tutorial, we'll take the flat colored version of our Superman/Doomsday design (part 2) and bring it to life and add depth of field by adding highlights and shadows.



You can see how the reflected light from the fires on the characters, along with the shadows on the side facing away from the flames, serves to give them a feeling of weight and 3 dimensions (verses the flat colors).

Another long time colorist tool is the intensity of color.  Notice the colors and outlines in foreground debris stands out from the characters, adding depth to the scene.  Along those same lines, on the debris behind the characters I went with even lighter colors and outlines less intense, to pull those items back in the scene from the characters...adding even more depth of field.  So in essence, what I've tried to do is create a foreground, middle ground and background through the intensity of color.

So there you have it!  I hope this is helpful information.

For those of you interested, this print design and so many others, are now available for purchase at my new website:  BobTheArtist.com    ....which should go live sometime today (if you get directed to headpress.info, try again later, as that means bugs are still being worked out).

R.J. Luedke