No?
Crap. I never win nothin'
So, I decided to stick with flat colors because shading it, even cel-style would have muddied it. The background is a cheat, but it needed... something. Whenever I use any kind of gradient/airbrush when shading in photoshop, I feel like I'm cheating. I'm not sure why, but it does.
I was originally planning on having this character surrounded by wolves. Maybe at a wolf cocktail party. But Sweet Enemy pointed out the Far Side-ness of that and a stuck with portrait. There is certainly nothing wrong with The Far Side, but it wouldn't have been a good enough joke for an homage.
I also want to share that I got a new toy. I've gone backwards in time and bought a Twin-Lens Reflex camera. Does anyone else use one of the marvelous things? Oh, feel the mechanical goodness!
6 comments:
Cool illo!
great idea, very nicely realized.
PS---thanks for the cockroach anecdote!
very cute! love his face!
My opinion - there's never any shame in using a PhotoShop effect to shortcut an otherwise mundane task. The background highlights the character just fine. Great foreshortening, nice lines.
I think your wolf cocktail party is a great one and not all that Gary Larson. Might be funny too if one of the wolves recognized the skin and struck up a conversation. Heh...
Nice work - I enjoyed it very much.
excellent character, beautifully colored.
i was taught there's no such thing as cheating in commercial art. anything that makes the work easier and faster is good.
nice camera too. i have a minolta SLR, i always had a problem with the inverted image in the TLRs.
I love the facial expression... Looks like he's scared to death but has no choice to try and pass himself off as a wolf! Brilliant!
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