I have been meaning to take Gimp 2.10 out for a spin for a while now and finally got around to it by doing a few rabbit sketches.
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Getting The Smudge Tool Working In Gimp 2.10
Project JKF-1: The Bull In The Basement Book Cover
This book cover piece is for a John Fulton short story called “The Bull In The Basement”.
For this one I experimented with a major change in my workflow, namely, I skipped the line drawing phase and went straight into painting shapes.
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Project JKF-1: The Whisperer Cover
This book cover is for a short story called The Whisperer by John Fulton.
I tweaked my illustration workflow again here by putting more energy into doing more studies. Each study focussing on one particular component of the illustration.
Project JKF-1: Star Warrior II Book Cover
Here’s another book cover for my author friend John K. Fulton. The title of this story is “Star Warrior II”.
For this piece, I wanted to make sure that I had a much stronger value contrast than in the last piece.
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Project JKF-1: The View From The Window Cover
This is another book cover for my project with John Fulton. John’s short story is called “The View From The Window”.
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Project JKF-1: Cold Black Heart Internal Illustration
Here’s the internal greyscale illustration for John Fulton‘s short story “Cold Black Heart”:
This painting along with John’s evocative short story can be found in our book: Under the Mountain and Other Stories.
Here are some in process shots:
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Project JKF-1: Cold Black Heart Cover
I’ve just submitted the second piece for my collaboration with John Fulton. The front cover for his story “Cold Black Heart”.
Project JKF-1: Time For Tea Cover Submitted For Approval
I’ve completed the Time For Tea cover for John Fulton and emailed it to him for approval. Hopefully the formatting etc … is correct.
This piece took me a lot longer than anticipated but has allowed me to cobble together the beginnings of a workflow.
Next will be a greyscale painting for the interior of the story.
Project JKF-1: Time For Tea Cover WIP 2
Not being convinced about the composition, I’ve reworked this piece a bit by flipping it horizontally and also removing the teaspoon.
Also, the lighting is now darker and more yellow instead of orange.
Muscular Male Figure Study In Clip Studio Paint
Felt compelled to do a figure study the other night as I’d been focused on other art for a while:
Here’s the reference photo of John Cena:
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