CgTalk Daily Sketch 451 "Rainy Day Blues"

[jmBoekestein]

30 - 45 minutes(I got distracted a few times), Painter IX... Just my thing... :) looking forward to the others... (oh yeah, wacom... :))

http://www.monkey-artsies.com/sketches/DSG_452_rainyblues.jpg

[TobyArt]

Wow, so close to first to post, next time....
Photoshop 45min
http://home.comcast.net/%7Ezyrinx99/WeeklySketches/rainyday.jpg

[blackpot]

http://www.gerrydavisart.com/pictures/rainydayblues.jpg

good work there. bout 45 mins on this one.

[Overchord]

Hi guys - first post ever here - and since it was my suggestion for today, it seemed only fair that I should get something in!
Anyway - menat to spend a LOT more time on this - but got called to the pub halfway through :eek: - but all in all - less than1 hour in PS with a wacom I acquirede on Sunday- so please bear over with the amateurish post :shrug:

http://www.overchord.net/cgstuff/RainydayBlues.jpg

[ashwin911]

in photoshop in 1 hour

http://img314.imageshack.us/img314/2987/451rainydayblues6wr.jpg

[barbapapa]

just arrived from the USA and im fighting my jetlag with my new wacom (yuhuu). I must resist the temptation of crashing into my pillow.
Alias sketch book,
1 hour 35 minutes

[djtrousdale]

Pencil & gimp 1hr.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b364/djtrousdale/451rainydayblues.png

[Overchord]

Well - I was really not happy after uploading my first picture - so I went at it again :)
Somewhat happier with the outcome of this one. Its inspired by the CD-cover of one of my many John Lee Hooker CD's which I obviously had going while doing this.
Great pics from everyone else so far - looking forward to seeing what else might show :thumbsup:

http://www.overchord.net/cgstuff/RainydayBlues02.jpg

100% photoshop (incl sketc)
Graphire3
~1.5 h

[luciferous]

http://luciferous.co.uk/images/WIP_images/Rainydayblues.jpg


Photoshop CS2
Intuos3 A4
1Hour and a bit

[GaryBedell]

the lady leaving would give me the blues too.


http://www.geocities.com/lord_artemus2002/rainy_daysmall.jpg

[rawwad]

Great topic!

luciferous: It looks that we have similar idea :)

Here is mine, 1h 10min, Photoshop, Genius tablet.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/rawwad/rainydayblues15total.jpg

[Zoontjens]

http://www.imgsharing.com/uploads/1125447260Rainy_Day_Blues_Sketch2.jpg

Hi all. This was done (at night feeling not too happy) with ink on paper, 80 minutes. hope u like my style. crits welcome! see you

>> thanks for the comments. yes the puddle of tears is not underneath her eye. Why? I don't know. Ink is so hard to erase...
But let's say its rain :). Although some minor faults are the rain not visibly splashing on the stones on the foreground and the rain drops seeming to fall upwards :)

[CodeNothing]

Photoshop, 1 hr


http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/8643/rainyday6lw.jpg

[Koekebakker]

2 hrs, PS + Wacom.

http://www.geoffreycramm.nl/public/13_rainydayblues.jpg

[DreamMaster]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/beauty7/blue.jpg
30-45 min in Painter IX - I don't know if you have noticed a tiny guy walking. :) I wanted to paint that hurricane we had recently, but I don't know how. LOL So it ended up like that.

[keko]

mine
PS 1hr 30mins

http://www.creativespot.org/post/data/500/rain.jpg

[Robertt]

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/1178/cgtalkdsg451byrjt20055es.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Photoshop Elements / Wacom tablet / half hour.

RobertT

[danielh68]

Great work Keko and DreamMaster!

90mins.

http://www.danielhelzer.com/sketches/sketch50.jpg

[gardogg]

This is my first sketch here. I'm so excited to begin taking part in this group.

Photoshop 1.5 hrs. 4*5 wacom tablet - MY WRISTS! :.(

http://www.garydowning.com/images/rainyDay%20SKETCH%20copy

[Swizzle]

ArtRage, Photoshop, Wacom, about an hour.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/xkostolny/Daily%20sketches/rainyday2.jpg
For some reason that guy looks very familiar. Hrmmm.

[J Cae]

PS 5, in exactly 60 minutes. Flattened and saved it when my alarm went off. It's what I'm feeling at the moment after a brief 'conversation' with my ex-bf.

I really need to learn how to do rain...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/brettshard/Dunwantyou.jpg

[GauntMan]

90 minutes; OpenCanvas + Wacom tablet;

Believe it or not, a briefcase makes an even lousier umbrella than a smile...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/gauntman/sketch/sketch451.jpg

jmBoekenstain - very moody and dark. good use of perspective and lovely wet hair.

ashwin911 - good use of colors; despite the relatively cheerful colors the sadness of the main character come though clearly. Nice contrast with color/mood.

luciferous - hair, face and particularly the mouth are well done. The water drops on the face may be too viscous (thick) - doesn't look like water in places on the check. However, the ambiguity between rain/tears is nice.

rawwad - looks like we had a similar idea -- but you have much greater patience to complete all the background people! The ciggy is a nice touch; Also, having the figure looking up adds an interesting poignancy

Zoontjens - The use of traditional materials stands out in this collection. Very nice - the ink gives a lovely wet feeling. Reminicent of John Tenniel (illustator of Alice in Wonderland); Only critique I can see is that the tears running down her face probably wouldn't land on the window sill... her face is too far back for the puddle. But wow, excellent work!

Koekebakker - nice composition and light work; I like the neon sign and the car lights are superb

DreamMaster - good lightning. I didn't notice the figure until you pointed it out.

keko - lots of nice detail; The house is well designed and cats appropriately creepy. Would the cat on the stair really stay in the rain?

J Cae - nice design and color choices for the clothes; dramatic composition.

[pipichu]

Here's mine. Photoshop + Painter. Around 80 minutes or so(+30 minutes refining). I was trying to make it looks like a traditional chinese painting but I couldn't. It was a pretty good experiment even though it wasn't a success.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a244/pipikon/rainydaybluescopy.jpg

Edit: I fixed the background bamboos. Thanks, Art2.:)

[MattVogt]

-And I start:
http://mattvogt.com/art/2d/paints/thumbnails/rainblueswip.jpg
-About a days worth of work (minus eating shopping and skateboarding)
http://mattvogt.com/art/2d/paints/rainblues.jpg

Ok I hope I didn't forget anyone:
jmBoekestein: Nice comp and evocation of emotion.

Zyrinx: Good idea
Blackpot: Love the hat; try blocking in colors first, that way they don’t get so muddied.
Overchord: I like the rain on the hat; both are great ideas playing the blues.
Hexaditidom: very true concept…
Luciferous: watch your facial structure: the far cheek is a bit extruded which I bet is the cause for the small sided mouth and the far out eye.
GaryBedell: I share her tears
Rawwad: Nice composition, love the soaked smoke and the bg is awesome *phew
Zoontjens: Excellent rendering
CodeNothing: love it
Koekebakker: and he’s off to the liquor store.
DreamMaster: faint – but I see him
Keko: great layout design
Robertt: textured?
Danielh68: way to push the silhouette. Reminds me of max payne
Gardogg: keep up the dsging and you’ll go places. I would have added a clutched fist to the floating ore (my 2 cents)

Swizzle: I feel that...rough…..

J Cae: vary the brush softness! I’d try blocking the colors in with a hard-edged brush then just do a bit of blending

GauntMan: he has a see-through trench coat? I like the glow of his face.
Pipichu: I’d say it’s a bang up job in that style. I really like it - great use of textures.

I hope I take part tommorow too

[J Cae]

@GauntMan: Thank you.

@MattVogt: I'm not sure what you mean. I used hard-edges for all my paintings. I would try to even out the blending if I had more time.

[embryotic]

Keko - I like the claustrophobic feeling in that .. nice
code nothing, Koekebakker,dreammaster - those enviromental ones always awe me
danielh68, rawwad - cool

3hrs (2 long) sketch, ps, wacom, why why why...
http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/5906/rainy1bm.jpg

[Alice]

I had absolutely no idea what to draw and then taori amoss "rain on my tongue" came up in the playlist :)
Made the sketch while playing some cs, then 20 minutes in photoshop.
cheers!

http://www.bobified.com/malin/wipscans/rainyday.jpg

[JakobWelner]

Too late and it isn't even finished yet.
The rythm of raindrops can be interpretated as a kind of blues so here goes.
Photshop, wacom and about 2½ hour for now. Will be updated

http://www.jakob.welner.dk/temp/RainyDayBlues03.jpg

[Art2]

Some very cool sketches guys!

CodeNothing, ok that's very very bad weather comming your way :)
keko, nice loose style. My cat wouldn't stay on the porch with me like those cats in your sketch...
pipichu, very nice. The bamboos in the background and grass are of the same scale as those in the foreground. This is a bit confusing I think.
digital-embryo, very cool and stylish :thumbsup:
Alice, fun and cute sketch.

[kevinwalker]

http://www.kofti.com/v5/sketch/58_rain_blues.jpgps wacom 1 h

[Robertt]

MattVogt: No textures or filters, just some dissolve brushwork in there along with some tweaked brushes ;)

Nice work everyone!

RobertT

[stephan.s]

http://www.stephanart.com/blues.jpg

Hehhe, cool work everyone!

jmBoekestein: nice! and very moody. lacks a bit of definition though. unfortunately, cause the atmosphere is already there and real good!

rawwad: Cool stuff!

Koekebakker: Nice atmosphere! works really well!

MattVogt: hehe, nice! The values are a bit off though I think.

[jmBoekestein]

Great stuff again.

Rawwad, nice feel to it. Reminds me of Sin city's opening scene. :p

Barbapapa, that's neat, very 'strokey', you got your anatomy down well. I like that.

Zoontjens, very nice emotive face, :thumbsup: good style.

Codenothing, always the cool colours in your paintings, love that, really great. :thumbsup:

koekebakker, that's good, you could have gone way brighter on the contrast I think. I'd go as far as to hide things behind the brightly exposed parts. Nice one.

Dreammaster, that's a very, very small person. :D

Keko, nice... cool moody...

Gauntman, thanks... Never did much with backrgounds, nice to know it worked. :D

Pipichu, I'm quite amazed at how readable your works are, odd and strange and cute figures. Good stuff. :)

MattVoght, thx :D... you should try setting a limit to the time you spend. It helps to push yourself. I like it though. :)

digitalEmbryo, love that. Reminds me of saladfingers. heheheh... :rolleyes: urh...

StephanS, thanks! Most time did go into setting the right mood... Really love yours... grea colours.

:applause:

[RenisanceX]

jmboekestien nice capture off mood really nice. I also like the atmosphere feel that is also there. i think the figure in the foreground could use a bit of contrast to really push the depth of the atmosphere however. but still really strong

stephan s very nice love the colors reminds me of rainy days in manhattan

[MattVogt]

JCae: it just looks really soft to me; it could be the opacity – such as where her chin meets her neck. I’d really make it noticeable by giving it a heavy line along the chin. The characters seem to be following the rules of perspective. Keep it up

Digital_embryo: I love the character the hood is well done like how the face is looking down. I mean great pose!


Alice: That's cute, cool hydrant

JakobWelner: great start! Good sense of scale
Kevinwalker: I like that song…
Robertt: looks very traditional, I’d say I scanned it.
Stephan.s: wow great work, my favorite so far love the white and orange lighting. Good point - yep my values are hella off it’s like an illuminated glowing city… next dsg I’ll rock the place

jmBoekestein: Yep I haven’t done a dsg for so long I thought I’d ease into it slowly, next round will be quicker.






good works everyone

[pipichu]

pipichu, very nice. The bamboos in the background and grass are of the same scale as those in the foreground. This is a bit confusing I think.


I never noticed it until you mentioned it. Thanks for pointing it out.:) I'm gonna fix it.

stephan s. - your sketch is very, very nice! Was it done in Photoshop or Painter?

[quigly]

Painter IX 1 hour "Come out of the Rain"

Concept: Ok, the concept started out as being a little girl with an umbrella going inside the house. Dry outside and raining inside the house to allude to a storm being inside the house. (Abuse, problems, ect.) Well, I screwed up and was sort of locked into the design. I didn't have time today to start over and so it ended like it ended.
Please critique...Still a beginner.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/796/raun6zm.jpg

[gardogg]

Painter IX 1 hour "Come out of the Rain"

Please critique...Still a beginner.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/796/raun6zm.jpg

I like how you did the curtains, the rain is all good, but the scene is a little confusing and blurry. I'm not sure what is going on. Maybe a little more focus on detail and a theme would be good. I can't tell if we are looking through a window or what. And if we're looking through a window, then why is the figure not below us. Keep up the sketching though. You'll be all right!

[Robertt]

Robertt: looks very traditional, I’d say I scanned it.

Cool, very interesting :) To elaborate, I used several tweaked "wet media" brushes in PSE (mainly to higher scatter rates, lower opacity) and kept going with those in between some dissolve brush passes. The original was done at 2048x2048 and resized for web viewing.

Occasionally I save my work in stages (mostly in 3d but not often enough with my 2d stuff), but it was the case with this piece, so here's what it looked like at an earlier stage:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/1175/cgtalkdsg451earlierbyrjt20055z.th.jpg (http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cgtalkdsg451earlierbyrjt20055z.jpg)

Thanks for the feedback!


to stephan.s: That looks great!

RobertT

[TobyArt]

Rawwad - beautiful, been there it sucks, always the last cig too
Zoontjens - Powerfull emotion
Stephan.S - Great lighting

[Darksuit]

30 minutes with Painter IX and Photoshop CS

http://www.darksuit.com/images/cgtalk/rainyday_DSG.jpg

[MattH]

About an hour, Flash.

http://www.moonlitbasement.com/other/cgtalk/rainy_day_blues01_small.jpg

link to one a bit larger (http://www.moonlitbasement.com/other/cgtalk/rainy_day_blues01_medium.jpg)


Wonderful sketches everyone!

I'm totally in love with the atmosphere in your sketch Keko!

Pipichu- I think it's awesome you chose to go with mossy greens instead of dreary blues. Now that I've seen that I totally want to do another "rain" sketch in greens/yellows.

Daniel86- Fabulous sense of texture and an interesting composition. I like!

[danielh68]

Wow, that's Flash? Nice work, Matt...very whimsical!

[embryotic]

stephan.s - great lighting and mood the splashes off his hood are a perfect addition - thanx
jmBoekestein - thanx man, i looked up salad fingers ...... :surprised wow
cheers Art2 your stuff is always inspiring...
thanks Mattvogt - its becoming summer here soon so I can start hammering my board again!

[djtrousdale]

Ok I hope I didn't forget anyone:
jmBoekestein: Nice comp and evocation of emotion.
Zyrinx: Good idea
Blackpot: Love the hat; try blocking in colors first, that way they don’t get so muddied.
Overchord: I like the rain on the hat; both are great ideas playing the blues.
Hexaditidom: very true concept…
Luciferous: watch your facial structure: the far cheek is a bit extruded which I bet is the cause for the small sided mouth and the far out eye.
GaryBedell: I share her tears
Rawwad: Nice composition, love the soaked smoke and the bg is awesome *phew
Zoontjens: Excellent rendering
CodeNothing: love it
Koekebakker: and he’s off to the liquor store.
DreamMaster: faint – but I see him
Keko: great layout design
Robertt: textured?
Danielh68: way to push the silhouette. Reminds me of max payne
Gardogg: keep up the dsging and you’ll go places. I would have added a clutched fist to the floating ore (my 2 cents)
Swizzle: I feel that...rough…..
J Cae: vary the brush softness! I’d try blocking the colors in with a hard-edged brush then just do a bit of blending
GauntMan: he has a see-through trench coat? I like the glow of his face.
Pipichu: I’d say it’s a bang up job in that style. I really like it - great use of textures.
I hope I take part tommorow too


We need more people like Matt. :D

[quigly]

I like how you did the curtains, the rain is all good, but the scene is a little confusing and blurry. I'm not sure what is going on. Maybe a little more focus on detail and a theme would be good. I can't tell if we are looking through a window or what. And if we're looking through a window, then why is the figure not below us. Keep up the sketching though. You'll be all right!

Thanks. The scene isn't how I wanted it to be, but I thought I should just finish it after I put the work into it. I am pretty bad at details still, so I will work hard on that.

[Gord-MacDonald]

good work everyone!

rawwad - very good - I like the separtation of the main character from the background - the cigarette says it all! Great mood


Koekebakker - very good mood - (I know those days! and walked down that street)

gardogg - welcome! (pretty bad day to be at a cottage!)

alice - I always love your cartoon style work - this kid knows how to make the best of a rainy day - ah the irrepressable joy of childhood *with a longing sigh*

stephan.s - very good image - mood is good, I like the 'textures' nd lighting, good drawing

Gord

[xodibox]

Here's mine. A bit late for this one, but I liked the topic better than todays.

PS. 40min
http://www.quickbrownfox.ca/DSG/rainy.jpg

[Gord-MacDonald]

pencil/ps - 1.5 hrs

self crit: I think this image is perhaps, a little - um - dry

also - I suck at gaglines - here are a few variants:

Jenkins - I hate rain make it stop - now.
What do you mean I can't control the weather /(or "rain")
Find out who started that rain, and fire them
And just who had the nerve to start that rainfall anyway.


http://cg2020.com/dailysketch/From2005Aug25/RainyDayBlues_1.jpg

Gord

[b2dermawan]

a much needed distraction.

30m ps + graphire

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b168/bdermawan/rainday.jpg

[Octothreat]

Pen, Painter 8
not very long
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1606/451rainyday1fe.jpg

[Her0d]

Photoshop, 1hr and a half.
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/4417/rainy3et.jpg

[CodeNothing]

I love these simple open ended projects. They always provoke a huge amount of partisipation/creativity. :)

great work everyone. best sketches in weeks.

[Yeoh]

I figured it's about time I got of my behind and joined the sketch group :), I could sure use the practice. Had the most fun painting the submerged part.

About 1hr 40 min in Photoshop:
http://www.collective-expressions.com/portfolio/2d/sod050903.jpg

[TobyArt]

Yeoh, took me a second to see what was going on but great job. Welcome to the sketch group.

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