Sketchbook Thread of Cris Palomino

[Cris-Palomino]

Eye Study: Painter: Chalks and Pencils

http://www.elektralusion.com/Figure/EyeStudies01.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Hand Study

Painter:Chalks

http://www.elektralusion.com/Figure/Hand01.jpg

[Intervain]

:bounce:really sweet stuff!! love the portrait! more s'il vous plais! :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Neck study.

Painter: Pencils and Oil Pastels

http://www.elektralusion.com/Painter/anatomythread/NeckStudy_600.jpg

Thank you for the nice comment, Intervain.

http://www.elektralusion.com/Figure/NeckStudy_600.jpg

[razz]

Great studies. Especialy I like the eye. Nice faces too, great catch of lighting. What can I say, happy to see new faces here and keep up with your studies :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Razz...I'm going to try to keep adding to the thread...hopefully be as interesting to watch as I have found others' to be.

This is a quick line study of Ledo and the Swan.

http://www.elektralusion.com/Figure/Week5Lido.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

From the 15-minute sketchathon.

Painter:Chalk

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/FlamencoDancer01.jpg

[se7en-z3r0]

Hey hey its ChrisP!! It's great to see that you finally bowed down to Rebecca's power. None can resist : p

Lets see some new stuff now Chris, it's not like you have been busy or something ; )

[razz]

I must say it will be interesting to watch your thread. Great linework. Looking forward to more :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Hey, se7en! Good to see you!

Thanks, Razz...I will try to keep your interest. :)

I tend to work on several projects at a time...due to the nature of my work. I'm trying to get demos done for my Painter class...am looking forward to teaching it.

Playing/Working with oils in Painter.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/FlamencoDancerWIP01_sm.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Bit more work...have to go on to other deadlines...will try to work on this later or tomorrow.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/FlamencoDancerWIP02.jpg

[FateBringer]

Hi Cris-Palomino

Awesome work. :thumbsup:
Thanks for sharing and don't worry about the scars, they add character and will probably fade over time anyway. :)

Mark

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Cris...:thumbsup: :)

GREAT thread so far....can't wait to see where you take it to.
Really like the DaVinci study,...are you planning on turning it into a finished painting...just curious.....would be great to see.:)
Like the way you are painting that lady with the red dress also....beautiful vibrant colors, dramatic lighting, really captured a great expression there......:thumbsup:

A real pleasure seeing your work here...VERY INSPIRING....:bounce:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks for the kind comments, Mark and Glenn. Glenn hadn't thought whether I would go any further with the sketch. The painting I would like to finish.

Am busily working on several pieces for demos in my workshop...the cool thing is it's really making me produce. :) This is a WIP, in it's final stages, using Painter's Chalks.

Final is now in my gallery.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/macaw/Macaw08_600.jpg

Cris

[Llynna]

oh nice work here :)

really great to see the use of painter for such real traditional looking drawings. im going to step in regularly to see more of it and soak some painter wisdom out of it ;)

especially love the dancer looking real dynamic.

hopefully we will get to see loads of updates :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Hah! I was just in your thread posting when I heard the ding from my email and saw you had left comments on mine.

Thanks,
Cris

[kary]

Your NeckStudy_600.jpg and 15 min sketchaton pictures are just fantastic. The character in that dancer is amazing and the quality of the painting in the neck study is great. Really natural looking media too, this thread could wind up quite an advert for painter :).

I look forward to following it.

[Cris-Palomino]

Kary, thank you for such nice words.

Right now I am mostly trying to show what Painter can do. In my work, I most often work back and forth between Photoshop and Painter. It has, however, been kinda nice to stay in just Painter. I tend to do more precision paths in Photoshop and much more freeform painting when only in Painter.

I was just playing tonight...nowhere near finished, this is a character WIP.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/Aura_WIP01.jpg

Cris

[batte812]

Amazing work. The dancing woman has a very strong expression. Great eye study as well.

[Intervain]

oooh - the dancing woman is indeed great! :thumbsup:

[Rebeccak]

OPB Cris: Once upon a time there was a little girl named RebeccaK and she had a dream. She wanted everyone to have their own Anatomy Thread. Sometimes she asked nicely, sometimes she cajoled and sometimes she brought out the sharp implements...but she always got her way. Thus I am here (they say I won't have any scars). ;)
I heard that! :scream:

I took Beck's workshop, Figuratively Speaking. Loved it. Recommend it.

I am going to share some of what I accomplished in the class as well as add new things I am planning on working on.
Thanks Cris! :) It's great to see you finally have an Anatomy Thread up! I guess my threats, I mean, incentives :D finally paid off! Can't wait to see what you do here! :thumbsup:

Cheers, :)

~RK

[Lute]

Kary, thank you for such nice words.

Right now I am mostly trying to show what Painter can do. In my work, I most often work back and forth between Photoshop and Painter. It has, however, been kinda nice to stay in just Painter. I tend to do more precision paths in Photoshop and much more freeform painting when only in Painter.

I was just playing tonight...nowhere near finished, this is a character WIP.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/Aura_WIP01.jpg

Cris

its a very beautiful picture. but i noticed somethings that were off..that might skew the look of the image. the creasing under her nose/above her lip. I forgot the name of it but the right one is skewed off. which makes it looks like its off the axis. when all the features are right on target. unless your trying to make it look like she pursing her lips off the side.

her neck area... doesnt really look like she has a neck, maybe u can use shadows and highlights to show where her neck is.
but i know its a working in progress. so u probably added more detail and fixed it up.
anywho. This peice is looking lovely

good luck to u

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Becks! You drive a HARD bargain and close a MEAN deal. ;)

Lute, yep, you caught several things that need to be worked out. Philtrum, neck...sometimes I find working this was is like working in clay where your adding, taking away, finding the form. I like to work a number of ways...they're all fun. Thanks for the crits...always great to have other eyes on your work...it really helps.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Sometimes, using the smooshy tools can smoosh the heck out of everything. I never really worry (especially when it's just for the fun of trying something for myself) because I know what I do is go back in and put a "virtual" tissue over my work and correct myself. We used to do this at Disney all the time...do an image, overlay, correct it, do it again, overlay...as many times as it took to work it out. It's a lot easier to do it digitally...I can just do a new layer and paint my correction. Sometimes, we would also take our analog drawings and scan them and correct them.

I would sometimes clone the paper and mimic the pencil from the original sketch and it was hard to know if they were looking at a color xerox made from an original paper sketch or a digital correction I had made. ;)

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/Aura_WIP02.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Waiting for the hundreth render I've done testing some textures...started to sketch an idea.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/Sentinel.jpg

[CgIcecube]

:)Cris...
Great to see your work here:thumbsup: It was fun knowing you...from Figuratively speaking wrkshp:)
All the best to the instructor for the Painter workshop:love:

[Cris-Palomino]

Richa! How lovely to see you! :)

I was going through some work while archiving and ran across some watercolor sketches I had done. I love working with the watercolors in Painter for things like this.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/BugsNStuff.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/BugsNStuff02.jpg

Cris

[se7en-z3r0]

too damn cute for me, but very nicely done ; )

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, se7en!

Been busy trying to get things ready for class....this is an example of a paper created in Painter and then drawn on with Artist's Pastel.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/CharacterStudy_600.jpg

Cris

[kary]

The Winnie bits are almost aggressively cute, if thats possible ;). I like the action Winnie is in, very rollie pollie, and the walk you'd expect out of him. The jar that piglet is in looks a little odd to me, it seems like a 'looking down' perspective on the jar, and then it's a straight profile on piglet.

I really appreciate seeing the rough work / self corrected pieces. I've not developed the type of eye you've displayed in the self corrections, but it's encouraging to see it in action. The sketch of the warrior with the lantern is great. That is the type of sketch is what I'd love to be able to do myself. It very much communicates the idea, and seems to be doing it with fairly minimal time involved (other then the thousands of hours of practice to be able to do it out of course). Oddly the first day that I saw it I had strained the arch in my left foot, and her pose seemed a bit unnatural. A few weeks later, with an uncomplaining foot, it seems natural.

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Kary. Yeah, the Pooh stuff was for funky little icons and when we do that type of work, we sometimes do weird perspectives...take liberties with things...these weren't pushed very far, but they liked the style.

As far as self-correction...that is something that is constantly done at Disney...whether we do it on our own work to perfect it...or on other's work to help get a point across on composition or anatomy or whatever. No one was sacred, so you got used to it and, if you remained open, could learn a lot.

These are sketches as they're being created for the demos and tutorials for my Painter Class...the first on making papers within Painter; the second is their class assignment and my demo of what they will be doing.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/CharacterStudy_girl.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/anatomythread/WeekOne_Apples.jpg

Cris

[Frejasphere]

Hi Chris :)

you have some lovely work here :) good to see, and like Mark says... a few scars just add character :) It would be interesting to hear a bit more about the work you do (did?) at Disney... and my apologies if you've already talked about that elsewhere. I'm always curious and fascinated by artists' backgrounds and working environments - the variety and versatility of professions that takes us in so many directions :)

I really like your quick studies and the head and eye study :thumbsup:

take care and cheers
a. :)

[Womball]

I'm really impressed with your work! Always loved the Disney style! Although your characters kind of look like Miyazaki's. :-)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Annette and Nathan.

Annette, I am now a freelancer, though I still count Disney among my clients. I worked there for 13 years as a character artist for the better part.

I started working with a small group who started republishing long-standing Disney comics titles, such as their longest published title, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. We also premiered new titles. We often wore many hats, but I was in charge of Production on the books, though I began to hand color and code the comics for publication. We worked very closely with a company in Copenhagan called GPS, Topolino Magazine in Italy and Gladstone in the US.

I moved into the Licensing Division and was on the original team that developed the new global release of Winnie the Pooh in the early 90s. My specialty was Pooh and all the Milne characters in both the Disney Featurette and the illustrative style of E. B. Shepard from the Milne books. I also drew many of the Classic characters plus the Princesses and some of the newer characters. My work, along with the other artists in our division, was put into portfolios that went to our licensees to develop product lines.

I worked very closely with licensees, often developing drawings in 3-dimensional views of many, many products that were then manufactured in a variety of materials. There were also a number of textiles, toys, apparel....too many to number. It was a great training ground...I worked with so many incredible artists.

It's also very fun to walk into stores across the country, from department to grocery to pharmacy chains and much more and be able to see things I had a hand in....it's truly a kick. I often have friends and acquaintances who show me pictures of their children with some item bearing a drawing which became a design that became a product the child was wearing or using. Very fun.

Thanks for your interest.
Cris

[Mu]

Hi Cris,

just came back from your portfolio and really like how you can give everything that authentic traditional media look. Not to mention the anatomical bliss in here...:bowdown:

btw, I totally love winnie... I actually have more fun reading it to my daughter than her when I take her to bed...:scream:

What I also liked on the first pages is how you mentioned the variants you used to create an image. That was really interesting to follow.

*subscribes*

[Frejasphere]

:) Wow Chris!

Thank you for sharing all that, so interesting to hear about, and can imagine how you would relate to these characters like your "babies" out and about in the big world :)

Exciting :thumbsup:

cheers a. :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Hello, Mu, Annette.

Thanks.

Glad you like my little offerings and stories.

Mu, I'll try to relate more about any brushes I use as put things up.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Idea for a painting.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TheGoodListener_600.jpg

[Elsie]

Cris - I think that would make a great painting :)! One suggestion (not really a crit) is that maybe the fae's wings could be open a little more, which could let you show off some really cool design. Although that might distract a little from the relationship between her and the bird? Hmm. Hope you go for it anyway, look forward to seeing it ^___^

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Cris....:)

Just stopping by to say...Hi......and that I enjoyed reading about your Disney adventure...:)
REALLY like that drawing you just posted...nicely composed...very pleasant to look at..:thumbsup:
Was wondering if that is going to be a KING FISHER next to her....BEAUTIFUL bird... I have a nesting pair in the marsh behind my house...always see them sitting on a branch overhanging the water,...then they fly up, flap their wings in a hover motion,...then dive like a bullet into the water, and usually emerge with a fish...a great little action and drama to watch..:)
Hope you find time to paint that drawing you just posted....would make a beautiful painting...:thumbsup:
Hope your painting class is going great so far...:)
PS...THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Elsie...thanks for stopping by and commenting. I'll play with the idea of opening the wings. As you say, it will all depend on how that moves the story forward or not.

Glenn. That is indeed a Kingfisher. They really are wonderful birds. I have not, regretably, seen any in person. How jealous I am that you have such a wonderful site near you. You should try to photograph or video them.

The class has started up and I am really enjoying it. Hopefully, my students are, too. ;)

Let me know when you get the ZBrush video and if you like it.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Am going to use this to demo oils in Painter. This uses a variation of the oil brush that makes it kind of bushy.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TheGoodListener02_600.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Starting the Kingfisher.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/StartingKingfisher.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

A little more...

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/StartingKingfisher02.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Time for a bit of a break...even though I'd like to keep going.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/StartingKingfisher03.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Will start working on fae and other aspects for a bit.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TheGoodListener03_CU.jpg

[Rebeccak]

Heya Cris, :)

I have to thank you for pointing me to those beautiful photos you did earlier on pbase and it was great to hear about your interest in painting animals ~ I think you're great at giving animals real personality and it's really nice to see this piece as it develops. I definitely look forward to seeing your demos in the weeks ahead. :)

Cheers,

~Rebecca

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Becks! I know you've been really busy so thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Got a bit further on my piece.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TheGoodListener02_006.jpg

[Frejasphere]

Hi Chris :)

Beautiful bird and fairy (or fae) :) :thumbsup: I love the way you have the bird smiling. It's a great to watch the details and colours evolve. It's great to see your work, and it will be exciting to see the pair finished :bounce:

Take care
a. :)

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris ....:)

GREAT job on that King Fisher and Fairy so far...:thumbsup:
I found a great way to do feary wings awhile back, using painters...liquid lens and metal...might come in handy to you, if not now...maybe down the road...I make the viens and line of wings using the liquid metal, with tranparency slider all the way to the left...easier to contol the line.
Then I ajust it to tranparent,using the sliders, so it looks like glass...press OK ,...then go to lighting effects in the surface control menu...in the effects section...those colored spotlights used to put whatever color I want for the wings...they will only put color on the parts that you have done with the metal and lens brush...You end up with that magical tranparent luminious..dragonfly wing look.
You can also ajust the contrast ect. while you are there...will only affect the wings.
There is an example of this technique, on the fairy portrait on my portfollio page...one of those little paintings about half way down,green colors, and in the middle,.. I think,... in case you might be interested....A little technique, that might be a nice addition to the tools in your arsenal ...:shrug: :)
GREAT to hear that you are enjoying teaching your painting class...your students are too i'm sure..:)
I just got that...Z BRUSH DVD in the mail....will have to wait tell Jessica gets back from visiting her sister tommarrow, so she can show me how to play it...LOL..NEW MACHINES ANYWAY...make me feel like a CAVEMAN sometimes...:scream:
HAVE A GODD ONE ...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks for the tips, Glenn...hadn't thought to try that...interesting.

This is a calla lily I painted for a demo in my Painter class. They are among my favorite flowers.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/FranzCallaLily_500.jpg

Slightly larger version in my gallery.

Cris

[Gunilla]

Some really nice work you got here - I especially like the birds, wonderful colorwork!
Looking forward to see where you take the bird/fairy pic, you seem to be able to do wonders with Painter.

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Gunilla. :)

I have been asked to be the feature guest artist at a site, Artzone (http://artzone.daz3d.com/index.php). *blush*

I've done a four part video on how to paint hair...this is a render of DAZ's Aiko model over which I painted the hair. The video doesn't take it to completion (it was already almost 19 minutes), but close to it.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/AikoSetup_hair600.jpg

Cris

[paperclip]

Heya Cris. :)

I love your b&w drawings from the first page- they're great! I'd love to see more like that...do you have any that we're not seeing?

I really liked the second watercolor, it's perfect for a children's book...

Give us more! :beer:

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, dear Paperclip.

I'll find some of my pencils and put them up just for you.

I just finished a four-part video painting demo for my Painter class on Predator eyes and feathers using the wet acrylic brush variants. I'm having so much fun.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/OwlEye_Feathers_001.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Been doing so many class videos and have to start the next batch...took a little time to start painting the fae.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/FaeFace01.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/FaeFace02.jpg

Time for bed.
Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris..:)

It's a real pleasure watching your painting develope...coming out BEAUTIFUL..:thumbsup:
Like that eye...has the wild stare of a great horned owl...had one when I was younger, gave it to the L.A. zoo when I moved to Boston...beautiful bird when you got up close enough to see all the different kinds of feathers it had on it's face and body..:)
Sounds like your class is going well....really enjoying the works you are posting in your thread.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE...:thumbsup:

TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cyanid]

nice work, good tones on the last one. Maybe the proportions of the face are a bit off. Make sure the face is symmetrical...the eyes look a bit weird according to each other. can't really put my finger on it.
looking forward to the result!

-Cya

[Womball]

(edit the ear is fine, had to see it with less colors on it, seems to line up perfectly!) Its really coming along nicely can't wait how to see how you go about painting in the hair. Seems like that would be really hard to do.

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks for all the comments, everyone. I really love the ability to see all the different ways that we all work...and very much appreciate the time people take to not only look, but comment.

Ya know, Cya, I had thought the eye was too small...and when I saw your comment...I figured, that must be confrimation. Here is a modified version.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/faebiggereye.jpg

Thanks,
Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Starting to lay in the hair.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/faehair.jpg

[Frejasphere]

Hi Chris :)

This painting is coming along beautifully! My little girl saw it and had only wows and beautifuls to say :) :thumbsup: The hair looks great! and fairy's expression is sort of sweet and at the same time it's like she's thinking about something... maybe a tiny tiny bit of mischief in there? :)

take care
a. :)

[Myku]

Hi Chris :)

and fairy's expression is sort of sweet and at the same time it's like she's thinking about something... maybe a tiny tiny bit of mischief in there? :)


Totally agree. Great expression on the fairy. In fact, not just the expression, but the face itself- it's real, not an idealized and generic version of beauty, but a natural face with familiar human warmth and character. :thumbsup:

[Gunilla]

Hiya Cris, I agree with the rest here - very nice work with the fairy. She looks a little bit cross eyed to me, but that only adds to the expression. Hair work on this and the previous is awesome :thumbsup:

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Annette...thanks and I think your daughter's comments are the highest compliments I could ever receive from anyone! Please thank her.

Thank you, Mychael. Yeah, I wanted her to have a naturalness about her.

Hey, Gunie...thanks...and yeah, I'm constantly adjusting things as I paint... but I do kinda like the way her expression and eyes are coming out.

Here's a bit of an update.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/FaeContd02.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

To try something different, I participated in and posted to the Dark Lord themed Sketch thread (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=403613&goto=newpost).

This was timed for 25 min. and very fun to do.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/DarkLord.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Final update tonight...hopefully more tomorrow or weekend.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/FaeContd06.jpg

[Frejasphere]

Hi Chris :)

I really like your thread :) you have a lovely attitude and a great way of sharing your work with everyone :) :thumbsup: It's been exciting to follow your fairy and bird, and Amanda (my little girl) was most pleased that her comments went down well :) :D We are excitedly looking forward to more...

Your dark lord :) great! I like the way you've simply captured a persona with few lines and effective shading, the red eyes are so cool! :)

Take care Chris
and cheers
a. :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Anette...:blush::blush::blush:...thanks.

Decided to try a sketch for the Stupid Girls sketch thread.

This is my 25 minute mark:

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/StupidGirl.jpg

I've got about two hours into this one...heh...some just go faster than others:

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/StupidGirl_003.jpg

...but I'm having fun...I may develop this into a fuller illutration down the line.

Cris

[Myku]

Hey, Cris,

Nice update on the fairy....... she's turning into a real 'cutie-pie.' I like your sketches as well. I know how hard the Daily Sketch Forum can be, but you've done a great job. I look forward to more wonderful updates!

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Mychael! I am enjoying participating in the sketchathons...the 25 minutes is a killer...you don't know how fast it can go by till you have to stop at 25. Heh!

And there are some very good, fast artists.

Here's an update on the fae.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/FaeWings02.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Update.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TheGoodListener08sm.jpg

Larger version: http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TheGoodListener08.jpg

[trainee]

Hey Cris!
I really like the dynamic pose of the cartoon girl.
The portraits on page 1 also look very solid! :applause:

Keep it up!
Julian

[Frejasphere]

:thumbsup: Gorgeous!

take care
a. :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Julian and Anette.

I just completed the majority of my training videos for this week's Painter class. This week we're exploring making papers and using the textures to create a piece. This was my example piece in my video.

I made textures from two different barks and one from a field of stones one of my students took while on vacation in Croatia. The rocks were used primarily for the foliage, some of the tree and a bit of the grass. The tree barks on the tree and a rough felt for the grass. The square chalk was used for all at lowered opacity.

The rock texture.
http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/Erich_stoneyground_IS_256.jpg

The example.
http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/TextureTree.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

I've started a thread on The Golden Age of Illustration (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=3873829#post3873829) in WIP/2D. Will post my sketches here as well, but do my progress past the sketch phase over in that thread.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/TheSongbirdhttp://www.elektralusion.com/illo/TheSongbirdWIP01.jpg

Cris

[Womball]

Was this done in a computer? or natural media? I love the latest drawing, reminds me of the opening of Disney's Cinderella. I forget the song now though, :-(

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Nathan. I like sketching in Painter and that's where this was done.

Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi....Cris...:thumbsup:

Thanks for starting that new thread....GOLDEN AGE OF ILLUSTRATION...GREAT IDEA...:applause: :thumbsup:
REALLY ENJOYING...your latest CREATION....:) ... great composition....:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[mynti]

You're doing what I'd love to do, illustration! It was great to read about your background. I love how beautifully you draw, especially the portraits. Your latest piece is turning out great (the latest sketch of the woman holding a bird).. it does remind me of cinderella too, I loved that movie when I was a kid and still love it! I can't wait to see the finished fae and kingfisher, it's a gorgeous idea and so far it's coming along really well. I love the wings especially, they're subtle and beautiful, and don't distract from the silent dialogue going on between the fae and the bird.

I can't really offer critiques, your work is really exceptional and far past anything I can do- I still need references most of the time when I draw, it's difficult for me to do people without looking at a photograph.

I'll be keeping an eye out for your thread, it's really a pleasure to look at your work.

Cheers,
Gracie

[Elliepower]

Hi Cris,

I enjoy watching your thread also a lot. Great to see the "golden Age"-thread and the wip of this last piece.

Ciao,
Ellie :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Glenn. Thanks, Glenn. Glad you're enjoying the other thread.

Gracie. What sweet, kind words. I am learning many things still and still make a great many mistakes...feel free to point anything you see out to me. I also use lots of reference if I have any doubt how something would/should look.

Ellie. Thanks, Ellie. It always pleases me when people enjoy what I have to offer.

This is from a Painter watercolor demonstration. It is not completed...an Iris.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/IrisWC_500.gif

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Final for the demo.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/IrisFinal500.jpg

Cris

[FateBringer]

hi Chris

great iris demo, may have to use it some day only planted a hundred or so along my portch,black ones though...errr dark purple.

thanks for that article the other day interesting, have read some about it before and tried it to. comes out good but really feels like cheating. but i guess sometimes there is a need to use everything possible to get a job done. alsoa good way to figure out where i'm make the mistakes with foreshortening. started one on a graff should be done later tonight. it also forces me to take my time and really look at the ref.

Mark

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Mark.

I must, unfortunately, depend on photos of flowers as I seem to have missed the "plant nurturing gene". I have killed cactus (poor cactus). Anything growing at my home, grows despite me. ;)

Using guides can be as simple as holding a pencil against what you see to check angles, distances. They're merely guides to help you see with something to guide your accuracy. I have a tendency to slant things when I draw; I try to hold them up to a mirror or reverse the image on the computer.

Glad you liked the article. Thanks for coming in to see my work and leaving such nice words.
Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris...:thumbsup:
LOVE what you are doing on your thread.....FIVE STARS FROM ME....:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[daWinky]

Hey Cris,

I just had a walk through your thread and the other links and now I'm pretty much impressed by the great variety you're showing here, very interesting:thumbsup: !
I especially like your characters and how you give them personality and expression with just a few lines...
Keep posting your inpiring stuff here, I'll enjoy to follow:) !


-sabrina

[Myku]

That iris is great! You really have a way with Painter :blush:. Also, I just checked in on your Golden Age of Illustration thread....... wow. You've been busy! Your illustrations are really fabulous, and it's great to see some of the works that have inspired you. Great progress on the bird-lady too. Keep thrilling us, please............

[mynti]

beautiful demo, and beautiful painting! Always a pleasure to see how other artists work!

[Cris-Palomino]

:eek: I've been so remiss! All these nice people say nice things and I don't say a thing! What kind of a hostess am I??? :eek:

Glenn, Sabrina, Mychael, Gracie...thanks...:bounce:

I'm getting some samples together for a children's magazine. I had done some animals in Illustrator and am painting them. This is my little piggie.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/Piggie.jpg

This was also painted for the demo on Impasto which is this week's topic in my Painter class. I used the Artist's Oils.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Fishie!

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/fishie.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Duckie!

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/duckie.jpg

[Ego]

Hello Cris, was roaming around and stumbled upon your thread. Am glad I did. Nice work here. I'll stop by later for some more.

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks for stopping by, Queensoul. *curtsies*

Froggie!
http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/froggie.jpg

[CgIcecube]

:)Ah i m gonna get tht children's magazine with such cute chars. duckie froggie and all!..
Really vry cute!..
Keep postin Cris!..

[Iridyse]

Aww they're so cute! *huggles them*
I love the painterliness too. Have really seen that style combined with the paint effects like this, but I really really like the combination. It sees to add so much more mass to the characters, almost like stuffed toys. Wonderful!

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you for the nice comments, Richa (so nice to see you again) and Shreya.

This was done in response to one of my Painter students who was trying to work with watercolors.

http://www.elektralusion.com/painter/Grosbeak.gif

Cris

[Myku]

Cool! I'm really digging your little cartoon animals- the textured brushstrokes really give them a quaint kind of vibrance, not to mention you've really done a great job at giving each one its own cute little personality. Great job :applause:. BTW, thanks for posting the little bird animation too! I love stuff like that because I love to see how others (especially those with real ability) work.
Can't wait to see more!!!

[jancko]

......por fin un poco de español :) , me tardo gran parte del tiempo tratando de escribir bien mi pesimo ingles!!! ( no que escriba muy bien en español )
Hola Cris, gracias por pasar por mi Thread; estube viendo tu trabajo, es muy bueno :thumbsup:....entre todos, me parece que las cabezas estan demasiado bien hechas y tienes muy buen uso de los programas, el coloreado en todos tus proyectos es excelente, yo apenas empiezo a meterme a este mundo digital, me sigue constando dibujar con medios tradicional imaginate el digital, pero a la larga no es tan complicado tampoco.
Me encanta tambien el otro thread que creastes, The Golden Age of Illustration Project, hay trabajos de gente muy buena hay, a mi personalmente me encantan los pin-ups, trabajos muy buenos en realidad......de esa epoca tengo un libro recopilatorio de las aventuras de Little Nemo de Winsor Mcay, ilustra perfectamente toda clase de animales y lugares, si necesitas cualquier cosa de ese libro solo avisame. El trabajo Songbird esta quedando perfecto, ojala aya avances pronto :)

Saludos

Anatomy thread of Jancko (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=409214)

[Cris-Palomino]

Jancko,

Muy amable por visitar mis hilos. Mi pobre español...tratare de escribir lo mejor que pueda. Jeje.

Fui a tu hilo de anatomia...comente sobre el trabajo de Milo Manara por la aparecida a su trabajo en tu ultima obra.

Me encanta el trabajo de Winsor McKay y tambien tengo un libro sobre todas las historias de Little Nemo in Slumberland. Muy graciosos. Si quieres poner unos scans de esas obras en mi ilo sobre la epoca dorada...me daria mucho gusto verlos.

Muchas gracias por tus sentimientos sobre mi trabajo. Estoy tratando de poner unos ejemplos de mi trabajo para entregar a unos editores de libros para niños.

Cristina

It's very nice of you to visit my threads. My poor Spanish...I will try to write it as well as I can. Hehe.

I went to your anatomy thread...commented on the work of Milo Manara because your last piece looked like his work.

I love the work of Winsor McKay and I also have a book of all the Little Nemo in Slumberland stories. Very charming. If you would like to put some scans in my Golden Age thread...I would be very pleased to see them.

Thank you for you sentiments on my work. I am presently trying to put together some examples to send to children's books publishers.


http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/cowboygeckoWIP.jpg
http://www.elektralusion.com/cowboygeckoWIP.jpg

[daWinky]

Good Morning, Cris!

Ah, your little animal characters are so adorable, just perfect for a children's book:thumbsup: and they also put a smile on my face!
Keep them coming!:)

Nice day for you!

-sabrina

[jancko]

Your characters are great Cris, I think It could help you to put a little background on it, spots ( manchas) , textures, anything...so that they are not seen clean white.....maybe paper texture.
I'll post at request :) two Winsor McKay's images in your The Golden Age of Illustration Project (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=407824) thread.

And I wanted to show you this Milo Manara Video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=GspZhXUo2ic).......It's awesome the way he work, I've tried it sometimes and as soon as I'm drawing to well I panic and damage all the image :shrug:

saludos
Jancko

Anatomy Thread of jancko (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=409214)

[NR43]

You know Cris, it is with shame I have to admit that I've only just now taken the time to go through your sketchbook thread. I should have done this a lot sooner, because it is a great source of inspiration.

What I like most about your work is the great variety you offer, and no matter what you draw or paint, you seem to have enough milage to produce work of very high standard.

I also want to thank you for your ever so useful input to everyone's personal threads.
I had a wonderful time here and I'm looking forward to see a lot more :)


Take care,
Johan

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Sabrina...thanks for your words on my work...I'm having fun creating these and will be putting some more examples soon.

Hi, Jancko...gracias por la visita...todavia no acabo el dibujo...tendra color y textura cuando acabo. Muchas gracias por el video sobre Milo...el dibuja como dos de mis amistades. Uno es Sergio Aragones, quien dibuja cartunes bien rapido con mucho chiste. El otro usa el nombre Moebius. Su nombre es Jean Giraud. Un artiste bastante refinado. Del mismo modo que Manara, Jean tomaba una pluma y una pagina blanca...empezaba en medio y dibujaba como si todo estaba lla en el papel. Maravilloso!

Thank you for your visit...I haven't finished the drawing...it will have color and texture when I'm done. Many thanks for the video on Milo...he draws like two of my friends. One is Sergio Aragones who draws cartoons very quickly and are very funny. The other goes by the name of Moebius. His name is Jean Giraud. A very refined artist. In the same manner as Manara, Jean would take a pen to a white piece of paper...start in the middle and draw was if everything was already on the paper. Marvelous!

Johan, your words really touch me. I am very grateful if any of my humble work (among the immensity of great artists on this forum) is looked upon as helpful or entertaining. Thank you. I also know we are all here (for the better part ;)) to learn and grow. Any of us can get blinders on when working on a piece. It's always good to have other eyes to look from a different perspective.

This is a quick study from one of Hong Ly's beautiful photos. I hope to get a chance to flesh (no pun) this out more.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/HongLyStudy01.jpg

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to visit.
Cris

[Myku]

Hey Cris,

I like this last one. Would be cool even if you didn't 'flesh' it out :blush:..... I'm a real sucker for stuff like this, though......

Been meaning to ask you, BTW. Your signature looks very similar to the chinese character "nu" (female/woman)- it's slightly different, though. I lived in China for a number of years, and often use chinese characters when I sign my works. I really like the way you sign your work, and was just curious if there's a story behind the design of your very unique signature........

Always looking forward to more from you! :D

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Mychael.

So much I want to do, so little time.

Started one of the torsos...I've seen such lovely work by so many.

Still lots to do. Deepening values. I turned off my initial sketch layer.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Torso109WIP01.jpg

Cris

[Womball]

It looks finished to me! Fantastic torso study too. I'm still not sure if the original is a woman or not though. I find it adrogenius.

[razz]

Hey, Cris. Really love the last two updates. Awesome lines in the first one and great start on the second one. The face and the hair on the torso study turned out really nice. Looking at the Hong Ly's study, I can't stop myself from imagining how it would look in color. And with your skills, it should look amazing.

Great thread you have here, a pleasure to watch.

[Frejasphere]

Hi Cris :)

Been a while since I popped in (had photobucket, dead-lines and life steam-roll me for a while..) and you've posted lots of lovely work :thumbsup: The torsos are looking lovely - I like the quick sketch too, and like Mychael said, you could leave it, or keep going but it does work as a lovely line-drawing!

Oh and well... what to say :) froggie, duckie, piggie! they get only ohhhs and ahhhs this end :) My kids get so involved in everything to do with painting and drawing - I guess it's because they're living in the middle of it all the time ;) (oh, and I do ohhh and ahhh too!!)

great to pop by as always :)
take care and cheers
a. :)

[slickgreekgeo]

You've got some really impressive works, makes me want to use Painter. Even though I hate that program. I hate it I tell you!

Keep these coming.

[Cris-Palomino]

Heh...what's that they say? You always hate what don't understand. Or was that fear? ;)

Really, though, there is no program, that I know of, that gives you some of the things you can do with this program in the way of creating work that looks like it used real world media. BTW, which was the last version you tried out? Often, people who tell me that hadn't used Painter in a few versions. Also, what is it that you didn't like?

Thanks for stopping by.
Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Been meaning to ask you, BTW. Your signature looks very similar to the chinese character "nu" (female/woman)- it's slightly different, though. I lived in China for a number of years, and often use chinese characters when I sign my works. I really like the way you sign your work, and was just curious if there's a story behind the design of your very unique signature........

Mychael, meant to respond. I know the kanji as nonna. My very good friend and artist, Sadao Miyamoto, known to us as Miyasan, pointed out to me that when I signed my CP, it looked very similar to nonna...woman. I incorporated to lines to make a CP and merged with the kanji. We both thought it was appropriate due to my gender. I also love Japanese...since Miyasan retired, I rarely get to use it...but hope to study it again, someday.

Cris

[Myku]

Ah hah! I knew it! *Laughs an evil laugh* Well, that explains a lot. The Japanese Kanji uses the same character for 'female' as the Chinese Hanzi. I was certain that this was something you'd purposefully devised and not some bizarre coincidence. Anyway, it's very nice, and has a bit more depth than just a mere signature (Personally, I think if you sign a work of art, then the signature becomes part of the work..... whether you want it too or not ;)).

Thanks for entertaining my question, and keep coming up with great work to sign! :)


BTW, I've been playing around with Painter more and more recently- I think it's the result of hanging out in YOUR thread!

[Cris-Palomino]

I decided to make a McClelland Barclay type painting from that line study I had done of the Hong Ly photo. It's progress is being shown in my Golden Age of Illustration Project WIP thread.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/SunnySideUpWPencil.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/SunnySideUp_CU01.jpg

Thanks for stopping by,
Cris

[slickgreekgeo]

I tried Corel X, and the reason I probably dislike it is that the interface is too different from Photoshop, to put it bluntly. Yeah I know, that's a stupid reason, but I prefer mastering one program instead of juggling two at the same time; There's so much to learn in Photoshop that it's mind-boggling, learning Painter at the same time would be too much for me at this point (have a very hefty schedule).

Having said that, what I do like is the fact that it emulates real media very well, like you stated. It also 'feels' a lot better and more real than Photoshop (hard to explain why, it just does).

[Cris-Palomino]

George, I am imagining that you tried Corel Painter IX unless you have a time machine. ;)

I can understand what you mean by difference in interfaces. Hopefully, someday you'll try it again. It definitely is a different way of working.

I finished that one piece which I called Sunny Side Up and put it in my portfolio.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/SunnySideUp_500.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Caravaggio David study and I'm off to bed.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Caravaggio_David.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

A bit more work on the Caravaggio.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Caravaggio_David02.jpg

[NR43]

Hey Cris,

wonderful job on your David study!
it's not finished yet so I'll just watch and drool :)

[Intervain]

OOH I love the Sunny Side Up piece :bounce: - the colous are lovely and I love the art deco feel to it!

[Cris-Palomino]

*hands drool cup to Johan* Thank you for your sweet, if salivatory words...I hope to get back to the Caravaggio soon...I may jump around...I have a hankering to do some pencils.

Thank you, sweet Magdalena. I'm so glad you like it.

I just completed my videos for this week's Painter class on Liquid Ink. Prior to the class, I had not really worked with them a lot...now I love them.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/GothicFolk.jpg

Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris...:)
Just popping in to tell you that your sunny side up, came out FANTASTIC...:applause: :thumbsup:
Looking forward to see where you go with the facial expression in that Caravaggio..subtle emotions...:eek:
Also like that last group ....Woman at right, reminds me of Betty Boop.. boop boop de do..:scream:
She doesn't have the same curves, but the gesture is there...:)
Always a pleasure seeing your work..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Glenn. I love that Caravaggio piece...and yes, talk about subtle...that expression is something that has taken me some time. I keep jumping from thing to thing...I have so many things where deadlines force me to finish, that in the torsos, I jump from one to another...I want to keep working on a few of them to finish. There is just too little time to do everything...or so it always feels. I loved this study by Michelangelo, so wanted to start on it, using Painter's contes.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Michelangelo_Libyan.jpg

Cris

[Intervain]

oMG what awesome sketching :eek: Love it! MORE!!!

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Magdalena. I wish I had enough time to focus on my work and also be able to produce some of these drawings for the torsos. Here's the start of another study, Michelangelo's Adam.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/michelangelo_adam_001.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Starting on Charon ferrying the shades

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/charon01.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Bit more work on Charon.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/charon01_001.jpg

Cris

[Frejasphere]

Hi Cris :)

You are being busy too ;) Nice to see, and your variety is wonderful! :thumbsup:
I really like your Michelangelo Torsos, and Charon and his Shadows (and cute bum).. is coming along really nicely :) it will be exciting to see him finished!

Sorry for a "doh" question... : the liquid ink... is that digital liquid, or actual liguid? :scream: Just curious :)

Take care and cheers
a. :)

[Cris-Palomino]

For the "Mad Hatter" daily sketch.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/MadHatter.jpg

Thank you, Annette. Liquid Ink is a category of brushes in Painter IX that have a special layer. They have a very graphic look to them when you use them.

Yeah, that Charon has the cutest butt...heh.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/CharonWIP03.jpg

Cris

[razz]

Agreed on the Charon's butt! Lots of nice lighting going on there :D But maybe I shouldn't say that, I'm a guy after all, haha. Nice one for the dailye sketch. Interesting expression (the eyes) and damn he looks evil!

[NR43]

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Caravaggio_David02.jpg

I saw a docu on BBC2 on Caravaggio last night... omg... did you know that this is sort of a self portrait and the Goliath head is actualy the head of Caravaggio himself?
twisted man he was... commited a murder... torn to pieces from feeling guilty... he was planning to ask to be pardonned in Naples with this painting, but he didn't make it... died a miserably way on his trip... didn't know all this about this painting... makes it look completely different now that I know more background

anywayz,
did you have a chance to update your study?

nice sketch btw, the blue one

[Cris-Palomino]

That's interesting on Caravaggio, Johan.

Heh, I hope you can tell this is an update...I'm getting into some subtleties.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Caravaggio_David03.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Last update...I stayed up way too late...yikes!

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Caravaggio_David04.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

I am going to jump on some other studies. This is one I would like to completely finish.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Caravaggio_David05.jpg

Cris

[Intervain]

Darn I admire the patience and ability to say 'enough for today' and 'I'll come back to it later'... How do you do that?! :) Great updates Cris! :thumbsup: [oh and the Mad Hatter is freaking me out :eek:]

[Devil-inside]

Hey, Cris!
Your sketchbook is amazing and it's an honour to receive your visit. I love Caravaggio's paintings and I'm really looking foward to see how your rendition will look like in the end.

[Cris-Palomino]

Hey, Cris!
Your sketchbook is amazing and it's an honour to receive your visit. I love Caravaggio's paintings and I'm really looking foward to see how your rendition will look like in the end.

Ditto on the visit, Kim. It's always a wonderful feeling when someone not only visits your thread and looks, but takes the time to comment as well...I thank you for that.

Did a quick pencil study of Botticelli's Dante...looks so deceivingly simple...amazing how much Botticelli captured.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Botticelli_DanteWIP01.jpg

Cris

[JoshT]

You seem to keep your thread really fresh all the time :D. I really like your style in your drawings. Anyways, since I don't know enough yet to give any advice, just keep up what you're doing. :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Josh. And thanks for visiting my thread. If you see anything that looks out of whack...don't think you don't know enough to say something. As a lot of artists do, I can get tunnel vision when working, so it's nice to get other eyes on the work.

There is a Daily Sketch for a Modern Day Vampire (no timelimit). I saw some beautiful Japanese illustrations and after looking at them, I got this idea to do this piece called, "Just One Little Bite". In modern times, I see vampires who are careful to coexist...and some who may never kill, but just take the little they may need to minimize leaving too large a detectable footprint and, thus, possibly found.

The dark background is more what will be in the final, but put a lighter background just to show a little more of the sketch.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/JustOneLittleBiteWIP01.jpg


http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/JustOneLittleBiteWIP01b.jpg

Thanks for viewing.
Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Update.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/JustOneLittleBite02.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris..:thumbsup:
Just dropped by to see your latest....have to say I LOVE the color combo in that last one.
BEAUTIFUL HARMONY...really great choise for that theme...or any theme for that matter.:thumbsup:
Are you going for a very pale skin color, with a little reflected color from the background on it,
or will you be using a flat styleized approach in the Japanese manner...just curious, ..ether way would be great I think....I can almost see her as having a pearly white Giesha type of girl look. Can't remember what color there lip makeup was...maybe red..?
Anyway whatever you decide, will be great i'm sure...just want to tell you that your off to a great start with it...can't wait to see where you take it..:)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Glenn. I am still looking at all my options...thus the need to do everything on separate layers. I do know I want her to remain very white.

Patternings are mostly there for me to consider what I'm planning...see if I like it.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/JustOneLittleBite05.jpg

Thanks for visiting my thread.
Cris

[Frejasphere]

Hi Cris :)

Have to say Opps! :D scrolling down the WIPs of your modern vampire... the classical beauty of your geisha-like vampire... the almost innocent look (apart from that little tooth...) and then WHOAHHH! a poor cute little bunny!!! I laughed, it's great!! do feel sorry for bunny though... he seems to have a feeling that not all is as it should be... hmmm :D

Great work on the Caravaggio too :thumbsup: and interesting to hear Johan's comments from the documentary - things like that really do bring life to paintings :)

Lovely to pop back and see what you're up to... go easy on that bunny ;) and take care

cheers
a. :)

[anandpg]

Wow! thats a sweet little vampire girl! eager to see the finished picture!:bounce: Whatever happened to the Caravaggio piece?

[ha-dou-ken]

Hey Cris, I LOVE your mad hatter piece heh. So sinister he is. You have so much variety in your work...wow!:bounce: I wish I could critique, but I'll leave it to the professionals ha. I love your work though, jsut want to say that and thank you for the kind look at my work. such an honor.:love:

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Annette, Anand and Isaias. I appreciate the visit. Anand, don't worry...the Caravaggio David is one I want to reproduce completely. Others will just be for studies. Annette, fear not, the little rabbit is really in no danger...she takes the very little she needs so she can peacefully coexist and remain unnoticed.

Here is an update...I think I only have a day or two to complete for the Modern Vampire thread before they start voting.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/JustOneLittleBite06.jpg

Cris

[jpedro]

hey Cris, some really cool work in here, i particularly like your small animal illustrations, they are awesome. your figure studies are great too.

i hope you can finish the vampire, it's looking great!

you seem to be really comfortable in Painter, which is something i am still trying to achieve. i know Painter has so much potential, but somehow i find myself reverting to Photoshop so often, because it has been my workhorse application for so long, and i really love it, i feel totally at home in that program. still, i haven't given up hope that one day i'll know exactly what is best done in the respective apps.

greetings!

respectfully,

Jan

[Mu]

Hey Cris,

in the first sketch the little bunny's (rabbit's?) lower lid was seemingly under pressure and being pushed up to the center of the eyeball a little bit which was wonderfully supporting the tight grip and indicated a good twist in the vampire's personality (outwardly etheral and feminine, but truly demonlike, that kind of stuff)

Now, the eyelid looks totally relaxed revealing all of the eyeball.

I liked the sketch version of that part better.

Otherwise, just keep going woman. We may not all be commenting, but we're eagerly watching...:thumbsup:

[Cris-Palomino]

Hey, Jan and Mu, thanks so much. Jan, Painter is, indeed, a program I love to work in. I use Photoshop as well. Due to my work, I need to be very well-versed in both, but I am very glad for that. Normally, I jump back and forth between the two programs, but lately, I've found myself staying in Painter because I've been developing a much more painterly feel (at least I hope that's the case) look to my work. There are so many aspects of Painter that many people do not try or know of because many come to Painter after cutting their digital teeth on Photoshop. It does require a slightly different approach, but the results are well worth it.

You should go to the Wiki and look up all the articles by John Derry (one of Painter's founders) as they will go a long way in helping you understand aspects of Painter.

Mu, I always toy with different things on layers and was a bit bothered by the eye as well...but for the starkness, I wanted it open, but have done a different version in this WIP.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/JustOneLittleBite07.jpg

Cris

[Intervain]

OMG :eek: I've been wondering what it was she was holding but that's just cruel Cris - the poor bunny!!! LOL
I'm a big fan of vampires but a bunny?! well it's a brown one - heh! a white one would have attacked back Monty Python style!

[Cris-Palomino]

Why do you think it's not white, Magdalena? Vampires watch Monty Python, too. :buttrock:

Cris

[slickgreekgeo]

Great work on the 'vampire' peace!

[deltajana]

Hi Cris

I love the Vampire and bunny. It's gorgeous! This kind of work is so new to me. I am fascinated with it.

jana

[NR43]

Hey Cris,

nice work on the vampire and bunny.
A tiny bit of variation in the background sky would make this even better I think (some stars or a cloud in front of the moon or something, but something not too interruptive)
Always looking forward to see more work here :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, George, Jana and Johan. Johan...hopefully you saw I did actually work some more on the Caravaggio. I will be coming back to it as i'd like to finish it as a Master Works study.

Need to finish the Vampire and bunny for the Daily Sketch thread. Was a bit tired tonight...had some work to do. Finishing off the night with a quick figure sketch and trying out a new brush.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/FigureStudy102806.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

In the process of trying out some new brushes while I wait for some renders. Busy weekend. Hope it's going well for everyone.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/FigureStudy102806_2http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/FigureStudy102806_2.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/FigureStudy102806_2a.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/FigureStudy102806_2a

Cris

[NR43]

Yep I did notice.
I like how your David looks even more sad than the original, Caravaggio being torn apart by guilt for what he has done in real life. The drama in the scene is also increased due to the head of Goliath facing the viewer more directly. :thumbsup:

I do think David's crotch could be placed a bit more forward, which would cause the angle of the clothing to change, the latissimus dorsi too, and his right hand would have to be moved a tad more to our left. If he has his right foot on some object, he's leaning backward a bit. (sorry I didn't mention this earlier, I just noticed it. hope it didn't spoil anything)

I will be coming back to it as i'd like to finish it as a Master Works study.

I really hope you will :)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks for the observations, Johan. I'll keep them in mind when I come back to this.

I finished an posted my Vampire for the Modern Vampire Daily Sketch (http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?p=3966043#post3966043) thread.

Another study with Painter...finally getting to one of Ben's beautiful poses.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Ben_TrianglesStudy01.jpg

Thanks,
Cris

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris...:)

Really like the edge that, that brush you are experimenting with, on the female figure above...frame # 157.. creates...sparklely almost transparent edges....NICEEE...:thumbsup: :)
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Talaria]

You're an amazing artist! I love your studies. The japanese vamire is so cute by the way.
You're very good at painting skin tones, that's very hard...well at least to me :/

[justmeina]

I got your e-mail, but noticing that you had included your "Ben study" here, I thought I would comment here. It looks like a pose from my deviantart gallery (which is cool). I like how you (left) the background blue, consistent with the original, and how the bench is missing giving a feeling (to me) of a more art-like figurative rendition. I always figure I cannot really be very objective with these, under the circumstances, but I like your study.

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Glenn, Talaria, Ben. Thanks for the kind words. Talaria, a good way to learn what colors are used in skin is to find a photo with skin tones you like and eyedrop from it. If it's a jpg and you are using Photoshop, try using the 3x3 sample for the eyedropper. You'll begin to see there are quite a variety of colors in skin depending on the lighting and surroundings.

Ben, I'm glad you like the sketch. And, yes, this is from your Deviant Art collection. I loved this pose the first time I saw it.

I have been trying for a good pencil variant in Painter and finally found one using a chalk variant.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/PainterPencilVariation.jpg

I have included the brush variant as well as the paper, if you would care to download (http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/PainterPencilSetup.zip) it.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Trying out the new pencil. Found this great image of an old woman.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/OldWoman_Pencils.jpg

Cris

[NR43]

Awesome pencil brushes and the paper is really nice Cris!
Thanks a million!

One small thing which will be helpful for other people trying your paper... I only got the paper to work after I renamed the file from Cris_papers (no extension!) to Cris_papers.pap
I didn't have to close painter for it, just had a windows explorer window open, renamed the file and then opened the library from Painters paper dialog.

Thanks again Cris I'll use it for sure. love it!
:wavey:

edit: you should sign your work btw ;) Really like that old lady drawing

[anandpg]

Great sketches, Cris... very cool brushes too..I should try painter sometime... only, I am not very good at colors... are you gonna finish that male nude?

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Johan and Anand. Anand, the Ben Miller piece? I am thinking of coming back to it...I really love that image of Ben...beautiful colors...and his body is so beautiful.

Johan, thanks for noticing I left off the append on the paper file. It has been corrected and the download now has the corrected file.

I look forward to seeing what you do with the pencil/paper...that would be great. Glad you like it.

The old woman portrait will be going into my portfolio...and will bear my sig...thanks.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

For the sketch of the week challenge on Rejected Areas of Hell

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/HellFreezes.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

I tried a 35 min. speedpaint for the Hellboy Daily Sketch challenge.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/hellboy.jpg

Cris

[Frejasphere]

Hi Cris :)

I Like your pencil studies :thumbsup: esp the old woman - lovely face!
The Halloween theme seems to have found a good and humorous home ;)

keep enjoying and take care

a. :)

[Devil-inside]

Hey, Cris! <3
Your Hellboy sketch is lovely. He looks so sad.
I didn't know this character before, but now I'm more interested on him. I think I'll borrow some Hellboy's stuff from a friend of mine and take a time to read his adventures. I also loved the Vampire geisha that you did. I can't use painter very well, so I really admire your skills in that program.
I'm waiting for more sketches!

[Jho]

I just understood I haven't yet visited your sketchbook, and I'm glad I did now. There is some really great work here (my personal favorite is the fairy with the bird. It just has a really nice feeling in it).
I got the immpression you also make comics. Please post some, it would be great to see some :)
Keep up the good work :thumbsup:

[Cris-Palomino]

Heyas, Annette, Kim and Jho! Thanks for checking the thread.

If you haven't had a chance, check out the Daily Sketch Halloween threads (unless that's what you're referring to, of course ;)). There have been some great and some very funny entries in the last several weeks.

Thanks, Kim. Mike Mignolia, the creator of Hellboy, is an old, old friend, though I haven't seen him in many years. He was just a young kid when I first met him, but so freakin' talented. I love so many of the things he's done; I especially love his Hellboy.

Hi, Jho. My involvement with comics was lettering, coloring, production and editing. When I was at Disney, I got to work on and then the longest running title, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. Much of my color work was printed by a company called GPS in Copenhagen for the European market; we did our own back here in the states. I also helped color some of the work in Le Garage Hermétique (The Airtight Garage) series for Moebius (Jean Giraud). Although I did corrections to some of the Disney characters (which were then implemented by the artists doing the stories), I didn't draw the comics. My actual drawing work was for products made through the Consumer Products division of Disney.

This was my entry for the Werewolf vs. Vampire Daily Sketch forum.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/werewolf_vampire.jpg

Thanks, everyone, that visits.
Cris

[Mu]

My involvement with comics was lettering, coloring, production and editing. When I was at Disney, I got to work on and then the longest running title, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

gasp! THis makes you a contributor of one of my favourite comics from youth til adulthood, then?

*rubs face in dirt*

I am not worthy!

:bowdown:

[anandpg]

Disney was the most prominent among my childhood dreams.... and you have been there...!! I dont know what to say, Cris!!:bowdown:

[batte812]

Hi Cris. Very interesting to see you experimenting with brushes in Painter. You made some very good drawings. The Sunny side up painting a few pages back is my favorite. Keep on going.

[Cris-Palomino]

Awwww, Mu and Anand...you make me :blush:

I got the opportunity to recolor (it was my forté) some reprints of very classic strips including a beautiful version of Pinnochio. I even got nominated for my coloring at the San Diego Con's prestigious Will Eisner awards...first time ever for someone involved in children's comic books. That was a pretty darned proud moment, in particular because it included a limited series on story extensions of Beauty and the Beast which I helped design, develop and color. Walt Disney's Comics and Stories was a blast to work on and edit because we got to go through the archives and handpick stories to print. Man, those were fun days. Also, being able to work with fabulous duck artists like Don Rosa and William Van Horn was a hoot and we were able to meet the great Carl Barks. A while before I started at Disney, I had the honor to meet and get to know Clarence "Ducky" Nash, the original voice of Donald Duck...talk about a character!

Ok, I'll stop now cause it sounds like I'm bragging...but really, I hadn't thought about some of these things in a while and they remind me what a privilege it was to have been a part of all of that. Thanks for stirring the memories.

Glad you liked my Sunny Side Up, batte. I kinda like her, too.

I had fun creating a self-portrait of myself as a South Park character for the Daily Sketch forum.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/MeAsSouthPark.jpg

Thanks for stopping by.
Cris

[NR43]

2 things:

1. lol very nice this south park self portrait
2. omg this town is full of saints :bowdown:

[Mu]

we were able to meet the great Carl Barks

I gotta remember to take my heart pills next time I dare to take a peek in here...:eek:

wonderfully authentic southpark SP, there, Cris. lmao...:scream:

[jpedro]

the southpark piece came out great...and wow, the people you met, amazing! enjoyed reading that, thanks for sharing some of those memories, cool.

respectfully,

Jan

[Gisaiagami]

Hi chris friend
first, i love the tones of the painting
And, love the werewolf too
remember my times, playng rpg werewolf - apocalypse
Expressive
Congrats a lot

[jramauri]

Pretty pretty great sketches. And what i like most to see is your dedication. Altough you are already a reconized and respected artist, you still always practicing to mantain your work always as high as the clouds. Really inspiring. Thanks for share your daily sketches with us. ;)

[CyborgJA]

I had fun creating a self-portrait of myself as a South Park character for the Daily Sketch forum.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/MeAsSouthPark.jpg

Thanks for stopping by.
Cris


ma.....LOL ! hahahahahaha
Subscribed ! AHHAHAHAHAHHA ^_________^

[slickgreekgeo]

Great sketches from you, I particularly like the Hellboy one.

[FateBringer]

hi

that south park character is great :thumbsup: when can we expect to see it in the show, LOL.

Mark

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, George and Mark, for your kind words. Heehee, Serena. I'm glad people seem to like my self-portrait. It really is me...would head and all. ;)

This is my entry in Monster in the Daily Sketch forum.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Monster.jpg

Cris

[CyborgJA]

Beautiful ! You've got a great hand, you are able to render a complex scene in few lines.

[AztcFireFlower]

I LOVE the geisha piece. Such a lovely graphic aspect to this image. Something I make an effort to keep in mind when composing a picture is the negative and positive space, and I like how you've used the space. The face is just lovely, with it's minimal color. The eyes are so sweet, as are the soft wisps of hair.
I expect to learn quite a bit about digital painting in your thread.

[Cris-Palomino]

Oh, thank you, Serena and AztecFireFlower. It's people like you who push me to better my own skills. You both have such rich work. It's an honor to have you say such things...thanks.

I decided to add some tone...I wanted a little bit of an old illustration.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Monster_tone.jpg

Cris

[Gisaiagami]

I simply loved the look It is a trace that I look for, thus realistic. I have not only had success.
Congratulations
love love love the image...

[CyborgJA]

Too gentle :blush:

I used @Painter these settings 3 weeks ago to obtain an "ancient" effect and they worked fine
1.paper : italian watercolor paper
50% scale / 260% contrast / 63% light
2.charcoal : charcoal
opacity 40% / grain 37% / resat 34% / bleed 65%


Hope it will help :thumbsup:

[rasmusW]

hey cris!

just dropping by. think you got some really great work here.
can't wait to see further progress on that last one.
i'll be back for more good stuff.

-r

[aggie93]

FUNNY! I really love the self-portrait as a South Park character.

[Cris-Palomino]

Oops, I missed a few people to greet and thank.

Johan, Mu, Jan, thanks.
I'm glad you liked the werewolf, Gislaine. I've heard of that game.
Amauri, very kind...thank you.

And, thanks again, Gislaine. Serena, yeah, it is only in quick sketch format, but your formula sounds cool...which charcoal variant did you use? Thank you, Abyss, I do plan to finish the Claudia image, but haven't decided in what media.

Thanks, Aggie...I'm surprised and pleased so many like the South Park SP...it was definitely fun to do...but my cat thinks I look more like the character I made than he does. :scream:

Thanks again, everyone, for stopping by.
Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

An opportunity has presented itself for me to try and do Claudia in color, so I've started it.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP01.jpg

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP01a.jpg

Cris

[slickgreekgeo]

Looking great so far; The expressions really make this piece. Painting is looking great so far, too early too critique. Just keep it going, I'm sure you'll end up with another great piece by the end.

[Gisaiagami]

nice color chris
magnific
i am very crazy for it

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, George and Gislaine (have I told you I LOVE your name?). I think this is going to be a lot of fun to paint...definitely has some challenges.

Here's a bit of progress.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP03.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

A bit more.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP04.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Well, I'm having fun with this...I'm gonna be sorry I didn't nap...heh.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP05.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Next.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP07.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

I'm feeling like the energizer bunny right now.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP09.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

Working on second figure.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP10.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

A bit more.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP11.jpg

[jramauri]

Girl, you're a painting machine! Very good. I don't know if it's intentional, but her mouth and nose are slightly out of place, in comparison with her eyes. Those elementes should be placed and tilted a little to the left. Colors and strokes are perfect.

[CyborgJA]

I used pure charcoal, the basic one cause in my opinion it enhances better the paper roughness.

Wow, she is very very very beautiful! I love her eyes.

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks for the critical eye, Amauri. I think I have corrected things.

Thanks, Serena...yeah, I love square chalk for the same reason. And glad you like her.

Slight update with the changes to Claudia and some to the "victim".

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP12.jpg

Cris

[aggie93]

The little girls hair is looking great. I bet that is painstaking.

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Aggie. I actually love doing hair...her curls were very fun.

I wasn't happy with how the victim's eyes were looking so I redid them.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP13.jpg

Cris

[Gisaiagami]

wow wow
lights very perfect
and colors :bounce: amazing
chris, love love love it

[Cris-Palomino]

Bit more work on victim and bedding.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP14.jpg

[CyborgJA]

In my opinion you should enlarge his pupils cause in the death we loose any muscolar control. Now he seems to be looking at something.

Violets of the dress against golden of hair; greens of blanket against reds of skin. Oh yes, you are a colors' master :thumbsup:

[FateBringer]

i must be morbid this painting just puts a smile on my face, thanks :)
an Ann Rice fan ?

Mark

[CgIcecube]

Hi Cris!..:)
Oh wow the lace details of the pillow and girl's hair...:bounce:
Waiting for the finished painting:love:

[anandpg]

Great going, Cris!:thumbsup: Are you going to put on shadows later on?

[Shadowbrooke]

Hi Cris,

I finally found more of your works! :bounce: (subscribed) The little girl's face looks great!
Great works!

[Womball]

Hahaha! What a great expression on the guy!

[Cris-Palomino]

Had a ton of stuff to do, including trying to get my email up and running.

Serena...thanks for the info...I kept looking at it going...dilated....not dilated...heh.

Glad you like it, Mark....yep, have read most of her books.

Thenks, Richa. I should have an update tonight...I'd like to finish over the weekend.

Oh, yes, Anand...so much to do to this.

Thanks, Brooke...I see you found zhuzhu's sketchbook, too....isn't his stuff amazing?

Thanks, Nathan...but I'm going to have to make some changes cause in this case the Lady looks like a Dude...heh.

They're having a sketching scavenger hunt in Daily Sketch. Don't know how much I'll be able to do...too busy to go out much, but do have some things in my home...started with:

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/OddsNEnds.jpg

and for the Bully theme.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/BullyDS.jpg

Thanks for looking in.
Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Saw the character workshop thread and the start of an idea came into my head.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Headhunter.jpg

[Cris-Palomino]

As I said in the Daily Sketch thread on High School Reunions...this girl has confidence...completely unlike me who won't go to any of her reunions.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/HighSchoolReunion.jpg

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Entry for Daily Sketch, Green.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Green.jpg

Cris

[CyborgJA]

You are a pencil-dragon O_O
How many works !!!

[NR43]

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/BullyDS.jpg

lol splendid!
it must be really nice to be able to draw what you have in your mind without having to struggle...

Big thanks Cris for your input (eg the drawover on pooh) on my own humble thread btw. Haven't been at home and I try to avoid posting without adding images :)

[SpiritDreamer]

LOL..:scream: ....Cris

Didn't get many trick or treaters this year. so was forced to eat all the leftover candy myself. :) You expressed the feeling I had when I was finished, .. in your green painting perfectly..Glad and lucky FOR ME, that, that holiday only comes once a year..:scream:
Your vampire one creeped me out...Quess that's the point though...LOL.:)
Love the bully, and the cheerleader one is PRICELESS...LOL..:scream:
Always a great pleasure seeing your imagination in action...:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Serena, Johan, and dear Glenn.

Bit more work.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP16.jpg

Thank you, all, for visiting.

Cris

[Frejasphere]

Hi Cris :)

I really like your latest work, both the vampire painting and the sketches :thumbsup: Humour and awesome talent blended so well! thanks for sharing and inspiring and putting smiles on our faces!

take care and cheers
a. :)

[sturmkim]

I always love cutie vamp:love:
I have 4 in my home...:)

[Cris-Palomino]

Thanks, Annette and Sturnkim...appreciate the words and visit.

Another bit of an update.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP18.jpg

[Gisaiagami]

wonderfull chris
really, the colors amazing

[anandpg]

Hi Cris! Nice sketches! Great progress on the vampire girl...:thumbsup: Like her hair a lot! Finger nails look to me a bit too long for her age, though. Waiting to see the shadow layer on!:bounce:

[Cris-Palomino]

Thank you, Gislaine and Anand. Actually, Anand, the nails are on purpose...Claudia is a vampire child. At one point, she gets so angered, she shears off all her curls and is dismayed when they immediately grow back just as lovely as before. So I felt her nails would be perfect as well. Also remember, she is a child only in body...which is what makes her such a horrific, mad creature.

Now I need to start working on building in the shadows and other details.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP19.jpg

I'm open to suggestions, Anand, if you have any input. Any of you want to do a paintover, would be great.

Thanks,
Cris

[Womball]

Very nice improvement! She looks like a woman now! The neck is still a bit thick and the trapezius seems a bit prounounced too. Rather than making a drastic change to it, I think you could put some thick rounded neck wrinkles there, the skin would wrinkle a bit there. Some other nitpicking/crits are the top blood glob on the girl suggests that her fangs are piercing her lips (I think it should be thinner at the top). The way she is holding the teddybear is very awkard, I would think at least a few of her fingers would be gripped into a fist to hold the bear better. She also is too close in color to the victim. If she just drank a lot of blood wouldn't she have more of a reddish glow. Flushed cheeks I would think at least.

[Cris-Palomino]

Yeah, I've been struggling with the hand. I had been toying (no pun) with moving the teddy around, or showing more of her thumb. Also looking at making her more flushed, but thinking of doing it with airbrush, so needed to paint what I was going to before I did that...same with the woman's neck.

Thanks for the observations....appreciate it, Nathan.

Cris

[NR43]

Hey Cris,

about the hand of the girl... I think it may be the back of the hand being a tad too stretched, compared to the length of the fingers. Also if it's holding the teddy, the hand could be a bit less lined up with the fingers (not sure if I'm telling this in an understandable way lol)

I agree with Womball about the blood on her lips, could be fixed I think by letting it drip out of the corner of her mouth.

I loooove the look of the sheet. How the ... did you do that? :scream:

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Johan. The sheet was done by drawing a design in vector through Illustrator. I drew one half, then duped and joined the points. I filled areas with black so that I would have selectable areas of color: black and white.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/BedspreadDesign.jpg

I pulled the layer over to PS CS2 to create a smart object. This is one of the cool things in the Creative Suite. I could have made the pattern in Illustrator, but this one I felt would be probably just as easy in Photoshop.

After creating the pattern, I filled a large sheet and positioned it on the correct layer. Since there was no excessive displacement, I made a displacement grayscale and applied it through the displacement filter on the pattern. I then selected the black, filled it with a greeny gold; the white with a different greeny gold - each on their own layer. I applied a gold style to each layer that had a texture assigned to the texture channel in the bevel and emboss. I applied the displacement grayscale in multiply.

Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Trying a color scheme suggested by a friend.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/ClaudiaColorWIP21.jpg

[FateBringer]

How many times do i have to tell you ...

Great work :thumbsup: Thanks for that tut. on how to get that pattern in there. seems like it would save a lot of time, have to give it a go. Thinking ahead and seeing as i'm working on wrinkles at the moment how might you also go about bending that pattern? (if you have time)Well I'll look into it, just wanting a point in the right direction. warp tool maybe?

Mark

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris....WOW..:bounce: :thumbsup:

That realism of the cloth, and use of shadows and color has really taken this to a higher level of FRIGHTENING...:eek: :scream: ....LOVE IT....:) :thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[CyborgJA]

Wow how many great updates since my last visit !

I really love your works on shape, composition and colors. Really. And I agree with your friend's suggestion : this kind of light works absolutely better.

I only see a difference of light between the blanket and the bodies description. I've desaturated your work to better show it :

http://aureamediocritas.com/images/itchings/4Cris0.jpg See how the blanket pops up if compared to bodies. It has got a strong directional light while bodies seem to have a quite diffused one (look at Claudia's arm). Of course, this is only my opinion!


Good work (^_^)/
Serena.

[Cris-Palomino]

Hi, Mark, Glenn and Serena. Thank you for the kind and detailed comments.

Mark, for really displaced movement on the cloth, my friend, Robin has a great tutorial. I will find and post it here.

Serena, my sweet friend, you are absolutely correct and thanks for pointing it out. I should have remembered to do this on my own, but then that is why we come here. It is really great to have a group of friends who will take the time to critique with care and point out and push you. We end up with much stronger works because of it.

I thank you all, but at the moment, in particular, Serena.

Thanks,
Cris

[Cris-Palomino]

Taking a bit of a break to step away and study my Claudia piece. After seeing such great palette pieces in a few threads lately, decided to try the palette knives out in Painter...they are really fun and gives me an appreciation of what I have seen achieved by artists like Mark Malone.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/PaletteStudy.jpg

[CyborgJA]

Weeee, this sketch is very beautiful!
I love palette knives in first stages of sketching. They are useful to 'cut' color's areas.


Produce, produce :drool:

[Gisaiagami]

nice colors
painter seems to give a life that photoshop does not give. This is notable. Congratulations for the beautiful study

[jpedro]

that last piece is great Cris, lovely strokes and great expression!

[Cris-Palomino]

Am watching Eight Below...Disney movie about eight sled dogs...I'm a sucker for animal movies...sketching while I watch.

http://www.elektralusion.com/illo/Creature.jpg

[SpiritDreamer]

Hi...Cris...:thumbsup:

POWERFUL palette knive EXPRESSION...Trying that technique out myself, a lot harder than it would seem..but can't get that kind of ENERGY and POWER any other way I THINK...:)
I am using the IMPASTO pallette knive...going for the GUSTO..:scream: Just a glutton for punishment
I guess..:scream: :)
On that last one, Are you sure you weren't watching that Tom Cruize movie LEGEND...:scream:
One of my favorite movies...wonder what your demon would look like with those snake eyed puples..and flared nostrals..:)
Keep up the GREAT WORK...Criss....ALWAYS a pleasure to see it..:thumbsup:
TAKE CARE
Glenn

[slickgreekgeo]

I'm digging your current pieces, the vampire one is great, especially on the second color scheme; Very moody, nicely excecuted.

[Mal-1]

Just spent a great time looking through this thread, and don't know why I haven't visited before....thanks for the name check by the way.:thumbsup:

My favorites from this thread is your head and neck study from page one and of course the palette knife painting (but I bet you would have guessed that).

By the way you are getting stars my friend.:bounce:

[Gisaiagami]

wow incrible color
i liked the light regions too

[ha-dou-ken]

Hey Cris! Great last ones. I really dig the sinister last one. I struggle with sketching, I learn a lot from watching other peoples strokes. :) I'd love to see more of these types. Take care.