Pulp Project 2

no, no, no, no.... please.....

Ill be bringing both pulp projects to crit next month when the Hartford group meets at the Society of Illustrators.  I had some great feedback on the sketch from Vin Di Fate and Murray Tinkelman and their comments helped put it more where it needed to be.  I'm really looking forward to seeing every ones illustrations.  I hear the others are turning out fantastic.

Pulp Project 2

The second pulp project for Hartford will go something like this.  I'm going to rely much more on the drawing rather than the painting.  Ill redraw all the elements with greater value range and hit it with some rich darks.  I got some great feedback from Mr. Di Fate who suggested a tilt to make it more dynamic; those trees will get a substantial tilt. Its just what it needed.  I should knock it out this week now that the ball is rolling.

C/O

This is the style that the next Pulp project will be in.  Its different in that I'm using charcoal in the shadows on the paper, where most of the other sketches Iv done lately have been line drawings only (except for the Losman portrait) and colored and textured in Photoshop.  This one is pretty small from my Moleskine but the Pulp will be much much bigger.  Ill shoot that instead of scan it.

I went with charcoal because the last few IF illustrations Iv done are lacking value and I wanted it to pop.  After some push and pull, it should find its balance.

This guy is my friend Jeff K. who is a C/O.  Iv known him since the 4th grade and he has been my model for various projects since college.  Thanks, Jeff. 

The Plot Thickens

Little by little.  I did the wallpaper tonight for the assassin piece.  Now I must take a break from this project to do some other projects.  Still lots of time but if I want to do a second Ill have to stay on track.  Before I do that one, Ill have to edit my two papers which are 90 percent done, waiting patiently for their turn in the schedule.

Pulp Progress

My first pulp project is finishing up which will leave me enough time to do the other one.  Iv just got to finish up the walls, add the phone cord and the smoke, and of course tweak.  The rest is done.  Here is the main figure in stages.  Im working in a style that I can settle on for a while.  We will see.  I did it in Painter with my favorite brush.

Painting Study - Ink line art painted in Photoshop

I shot my model for the PULP project today.  She did her hair perfect for what I am looking to do and brought some dresses that were right on.  I'm sketching up two directions and would love to do both.  Still playing with the style I want to do it in so I messed around a little with color blocking and line with a little vector... mid tones and highlights only.  I wanted a softer feel for the study but will have to put in some hard shadows in the PULP.