martedì 18 giugno 2013
"Nina" pinup close ups
Click here to see a tutorial showing how vector techniques
can help to better render a vintage bra like this one.
If interested, check it out. Hope you dig it.
Click here to see close ups of the aircraft.
"Nina" aircraft close ups
Some close ups on the aircraft. Given the nature of the project,
the planes are as important as the pinups and I tried to put the most care
that I could doing them, in so far as timing allowed, also I did not exactly
copy the photo however, on many details as rivets, lines and such,
I followed references not exactly but only as general impression.
I followed references not exactly but only as general impression.
Click here to see close ups of the pinup.
mercoledì 22 maggio 2013
lunedì 29 aprile 2013
"Black Cat" close ups
Third and last painting, at least for now, on a Superheroine of comics.
Follow my blog if you like it.
Follow my blog if you like it.
Artwork for self-promotional purpose only.
lunedì 15 aprile 2013
lunedì 1 aprile 2013
"Supergirl Is Back" close up
Supergirl is back, more beautiful and stronger than before,
what a seductive Superheroine!
Artwork for self-promotional purpose only.
martedì 12 marzo 2013
giovedì 14 febbraio 2013
"Toonyette 13" close up
This new set of Toonyette artworks I have called 2.0, in comparison to the first one which is all done using vector tools, includes also a bit of digital painting. More Toonyettes here
lunedì 10 dicembre 2012
lunedì 12 novembre 2012
lunedì 29 ottobre 2012
"Autostop" close ups
The car of the teacher has broken, if no one will help her soon,
she's likely to be late for school and students are eager to see her...
she's likely to be late for school and students are eager to see her...
I do understand them at all!!
giovedì 11 ottobre 2012
"The Sky Above Metropolis" details
Having been asked by a DeviantArt friend, here is the story:
Supergirl lost consciousness, sure she was wounded fighting a super villain, Superman is going to bring her safe, as was his guardian angel. Fighting with villains around the the world is extremely tiring... what a brave Superheroine!
Artwork for self-promotional purpose only.
Actual size details.
martedì 4 settembre 2012
"Greetings From Cortina" details
Third and final piece - at least for now - of the vintage skiing pinups set.
This one is on Cortina, the previous two were on Cervinia and Canazei,
three of my favorite ski resorts in the Italian Alps.
giovedì 16 agosto 2012
sabato 21 luglio 2012
sabato 7 luglio 2012
sabato 2 giugno 2012
giovedì 17 maggio 2012
mercoledì 2 maggio 2012
mercoledì 11 aprile 2012
domenica 19 febbraio 2012
Can vectors help to better draw a vintage bra?
Here's a little tutorial about how much is useful considering the use of vector techniques even while you're painting. My latest painting had to have a retro feel, also the lingerie of the model was typically vintage, with large bra cups decorated by concentric stitching. To better design the structure of the bra, I thought of using vectors. Here are steps of the process:
Crop the area you are interested in pencil drawing.
Import it in your vectorial application. I use Freehand but I think that anything can be done in Illustrator as well.
Place it in the background layer, to view it as through a veil.
Draw with the circle tool the two wider ellipse of the bra cups.
Then trace the upper smallest ones.
Select the two ellipses of the same cup, the largest and the smallest.
Do a fusion between them.
Select the two ellipses of the other cup.
Second fusion.
Select the first fusion and adjust the proper number of steps.
The same for the second one.
Please notice that this feature allows you to adjust the initial arrangement, by selecting the upper smallest ellipse within each fusion and moving it as you like.
Once you're satisfied, remove the pencil draw.
Then exports the two fusions as an EPS file. The size is already exact, just open the EPS file with Photoshop at the same resolution of your painting and you will get lines on a transparent background, ready to be applied to a new layer of your painting.
In this case, there is need to delete lines in the orange area, and adjust them manually with a fine brush in the yellow area.
And this is the result. What I like about these synergies between applications is that the process is also useful even if you're painting with traditional techniques. For many years I have worked with traditional media and, when the computer appeared, doing commercial work, I often had many benefits from this mix of techniques to get the results I was looking for.
If you liked this tutorial, hope you would consider to follow this blog.
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