Friday, October 23, 2009

10.22.09 LMoyer

Sketching in Photoshop is so much more pleasant than sketching in pencil....
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3 comments:

  1. Lee White IllustrationOctober 23, 2009 at 6:45 AM

    These are cool! If "painterly" sketching is your thing, why not try to sketch using tone instead of line? Make the drawing feel like a painting. Maybe with charcoal or powdered graphite?

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  2. David HohnOctober 23, 2009 at 7:04 AM

    My thoughts are in line with Lee W's.
    Can you identify what the qualities of Photoshop are that make you prefer it to pencil?
    I know that in my case recently I want to explore tone, value and shape (which painterly sketching does so well) over edge and contour (which is what pencil sketching tends to encourage)

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  3. leemoyerOctober 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM

    I love working in tone, and always have, but for the moment at least, I'll keep trying the contour thing as a clear area of discomfiture. I've been paying attention to the brilliant Phil Hale, and it's clear that contour drawing is a major tool in his arsenal. And that he brings that to his painting. I just don't quite know how yet...

    But, embarrassing as it is, I actually hate mess (powdered graphite sounds nightmarish to me, but maybe you can give me a demo sometime...).

    I also >love< color.
    That combo means I'm always going to be happier in Photoshop than elsewhere. :)

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