Edge

A quick image for the launch of one of Hentaikid's experimental sites. Started from somewhat of a gesture drawing-- the locked-elbow arm, the curve of the spine, & the slight kick outward of the near leg...

Line art version here:

Initializing...

Let's see what this thing can do...

Warbird

From an early "This Week" art jam; topic, "Warbird." To view my modest contribution in context, see Page 2.

Renewable

Tickle

For the September 2003 Theme Jam in the EAW – the theme being a marvellously open-ended choice of: "Green."

To start off, a (somewhat predictable) quickie pic featuring two of my existing characters, from gn_rgb01.jpg (April of 2000) and gn0206_jade.jpg (June of 2002.)

Drift

A juxtaposition of textures. Sort of "Pastel meets Semi-Translucent Modern Sculpture meets Aquarium Backdrop."

Float

Break out the Melamine, set it on the Formica countertop, and fire up the retros!

Jade

For the June 2002 issue of the DMAA eZine, an exercise in color and translucency.

Prone

My pic for the March 2002 issue of the DMAA eZine.

An image which begs the question, "Can Gnabbist draw a straight line?"

Which in turn begs the question, "Why would I want to?"

Copper

My first contribution to the DMAA's eZine.

gn001214.jpg

For an informal mini-jam that uglyart started.

gn001116.jpg

A little expressionistic/experimental piece.

Towel Boy

Poolside

Just having some fun with glossy surfaces-- and saturated colour, of course. I haven't quite zeroed in on her appearance yet, but this is supposed to be the blue dancer again (Kiara) from my Café Alien pic of this spring.

Facial Foreshortening from an Odd Angle

As usual, there's never a reference photo around when I need one, so here's an old constructionist trick. The basic idea is to draw an "easier" view, in order to transfer dimensions to a more difficult foreshortened view.

I've sketched out a semi-plausible, full front-view face, with a few extra "bizarro world" and "transparent woman" lines. I'm using those to help keep track of what the eyes and their bony orbits are doing.

Then I run a few horizontal lines over to a rough profile, and start molding it to fit the dimensions transferred. Hmm. Looks like I've probably got the eyebrow ridge a tad "robust" in this quick example-- but I still think a good deal of the orbit/socket should be showing behind and around the bulge of the closed eyelid.

Anyway, I hope this little exercise has some utility for folks.

Summer's End

My humble tribute to Juicyfruit's clean, linear style.

Keycap Removal

Juicyfruit wrote:
>
> . . . it looks like I can't get the key out
> without breaking something. Do you think I should try it anyway?

Here's a rough sketch of my method for pulling a keycap from the lower tier. The spacebar serves as a fulcrum. The "trick" is to pull the key fairly straight up; that's why I use both hands, my left hand serving to counter the torque being applied by the screwdriver in my right hand. Helps to have strong fingernails.

Every keyboard I've attempted to disassemble has been designed to come apart like this, without breaking. Work slowly, gently, but firmly. Heck, you can't make it much worse-- and the keyboard has to be either fixed or replaced. Good luck; take your time.

Avatar for Grace

Dancers at the Café Alien

Emerald: Aliza: Kiara:

Oooh [giggle]-- Me, Doctor? Now there's a shock... Yah, who'da thunk it?

A humble tribute pic, for one of our number who often employs kicky color schemes. I do appreciate getting to view those "women of intense color." (Hmm, no wonder this project dragged on.) So once more (and not often enough)-- thanks neutron!

Now to hope that the extrapolated rear view of the avatar's head is recognizable. Oh, and to another of our rainbow warriors: the 8-ball's there, honest-- it's just hidden behind the blue dancer from this angle. I'll show you the layers sometime. 8^b*

Gnabbist

Two Dancers

Looks like I'm about to get interrupted again-- so here's a little work-in-progress sample to let folks know I'm still alive. 8^b*

These are a couple of supporting characters from an upcoming color pic. I'm finding that working up a fairly finished grayscale "underpainting" is a big help to me in the coloring stage. I have much more experience working in monochrome-- so it makes it easier for me to work out the values, composition, etc. What the heck, an "underpainting plus glazes" approach worked well for classically-trained oil painters for centuries, right?

The initial stage is fairly pencilish, as in the Aliza figure here; I gradually develop it into a monochrome "value painting," as in the more fully-rendered Kiara figure. Color layers for tone are applied "below" the value painting (which I'll occasionally tint to sepia for skintones), and highlights are applied above it.

Gnabbist