The Art Center

Jan Op de Beeck

2017-03-14T03:11:00.000-06:00

Caricature of master caricaturist Jan OpdeBeeck. This was my response to the caricature below he did of me.

It all started with a mouse

2017-02-15T13:57:00.002-07:00

Stephen Silver Art Talk

2017-02-02T10:03:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys, I would like to thank Randall Sly for inviting me to share with you my Channel. Every monday morning I share insight into what I experience with the studios, freelance and life. LINK HERE https://www.youtube.com/silvertoons

Florian Satzinger: Rough process break-down

2016-03-22T10:54:00.000-06:00

images via Paperwalker

Kirk Shinmoto: Figure drawing demo (Video!)

2015-04-14T05:33:00.003-06:00

Hi there, I made a little figure drawing demo video.

Still working on upping the quality for future videos but this one gives a glimpse into the general process.

Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpQVGzkPV9o

Florian Satzinger: Live Action Environment Test

2015-04-09T02:04:00.000-06:00

Florian Satzinger: Truism Or Not

2015-03-31T09:25:00.000-06:00

It seems that I'm the only one left here who's keeping up posting morale ;-) Anyways, here are some sketchy warm-ups, old and new. Warm-ups always help me getting in my design "zone". Whether a truism or not, it is still true.

Florian Satzinger: Clean-Up Process

2014-11-01T07:31:00.000-06:00

One, two, three...

Florian Satzinger: Drawing In Photohop

2014-10-01T03:35:00.002-06:00

Since I draw mostly digitally, I try to avoid the kind of sterile vibe to it by putting high-res photographs of real paper and pencils on a background layer in Photoshop, at least for the rough process. I even add image noise to the background...

Wouter Tulp: The Master Lecture

2014-09-15T12:07:00.000-06:00

Sharing tips and inspiration at The Master Lecture in Rotterdam on october 11th.
www.themasterlecture.com

Florian Satzinger: Speed Process Demo

2014-05-19T06:53:00.000-06:00

Quite recently, an animation student posted a photo of a quick red ballpen drawing I did for her during an animation festival festival in Florence. Today, I used this very photo for a quick process demo.

Wouter Tulp: Translating what you see into what you paint

2014-03-20T02:29:00.003-06:00

To me painting is not just copying reality. You can even ask yourself if there is a true reality, because maybe we all perceive the things we see hear and feel differently.
With that in mind, I try to think of painting as putting my personal impression on the canvas, rather than trying to copy reality.
This goes for painting from life, but also when I am constructing a composition for an illustration.
Studying perspective, color, light, anatomy, using different media all help to be able to translate your experience to marks on the canvas, that, hopefully, communicates my concept to the viewer.

I added some examples of some works of great artists and how they use their references. None of them just copies what's in front of them. They use it to absorb as much information about their subject as they can, in order to create their personal version of it.

Monet:

Norman Rockwell:

Gil Elvgren:

Steve Huston:

Tom Fluharty:

Marc Dalessio:

Gregory Manchess:

James Gurney:

Florian Satzinger: Process Sheet

2014-02-14T06:01:00.001-07:00

A little rough process snack.

Wouter Tulp Podcast interview

2014-01-01T12:45:00.001-07:00

I'm happy to share this interview. Chris Oatley (www.chrisoatley.com ) asked me some questions, and I was happy to answer them. I hope this is inspirational to you.
Click here to listen to the podcast

Florian Satzinger: Watch Redraw

2013-12-17T03:46:00.000-07:00

You can watch the redraw of this rough warm-up sketch right over at Stash: CLICK HERE

Florian Satzinger: Snack

2013-12-10T05:48:00.000-07:00

A little work-in-progress snack...

Florian Satzinger: Reference Paint Over

2013-11-05T09:08:00.001-07:00

I can't often enough point out how important references are. This very visdev speed sketch here illustrates perfectly the idea of using references as an essential component of the design. The reference here BTW is a French single-seat concept car from 1965, the Peugeot 404 Diesel Record.

Florian Satzinger: Bones For The Monster

2013-10-30T13:04:00.000-06:00

A couple of days ago I sketched a monster character for a piece I did in collaboration with Eric Goldberg. Eric did the lovely fox, btw. Today, I got out the monster drawing and - for warm-up - sketched in the bone structure. I love this kind of exercise, it keeps anatomy studies from being boring.

Florian Satzinger: Basic Construction Plus Clean-Up Process, Bird Character

2013-10-09T03:05:00.001-06:00

Process sheet

Florian Satzinger: Colour Reference

2013-08-27T04:59:00.000-06:00

For the design of these very snow bears I did a lot of research. Finally, I used for colour reference (like brown tones of the cabins, blue tones of the snow etc.) an old tourism poster from 1937 by Erich von Wunschheim. The colours work so well with these looney beasts.

Florian Satzinger: Drawing Tools

2013-08-23T04:19:00.000-06:00

I swear by sharpen my pencils with a knife, it makes the pencil lines so extra.

I also enjoy to start a sketch with a regular ballpoint pen and follow up in Photoshop. I like how this adds a kind of telephone doodle touch to it.

Florian Satzinger: Feed Your Artwork!

2013-08-07T03:27:00.001-06:00

An Indian parrot hatchling is fed by hand on this hilarious photograph. (via)

Which in turn fed my inspiration:

Florian Satzinger: Mixing Medium

2013-06-16T11:01:00.001-06:00

I really enjoy mixing medium. This warm-up piece here is blue pencil, colour crayons on post-it and regular drawing paper, followed by Photoshop/Wacom. Please find some pieces of the process right here below:

EmmanuelBriand: STEP BY STEP one of my painting process

2013-05-14T17:36:00.002-06:00

Wouter Tulp: Textures in Character design

2013-04-09T01:42:00.002-06:00