Thursday, February 24, 2011

Steampunk Marketplace



My apologies for all the emails I haven't replied to for the past weeks. I was assigned to new feature project just right before Christmas and been extremely busy since then. Please bear with me as I give my best to get through my email backlog :) The two images above were part of my "The Power of Thumbnails" presentation at CTN last November. Though these were unused concept artworks, I have to blur out the main character for copyright purposes. Below is the step by step process from lines to color. Half way, I decided to push the piece and expand the artwork to show more establishing of the location.


I'll be doing a one-day talk with demo titled "The Power of Values - The Essential Bridge to Lines and Color" at the Los Angeles Academy Of Figurative Art this spring. I'll discuss how tonal value carries the weight of the composition and also how to keep the values when doing color in Photoshop. More info on this blog as soon as the date is set.



All images ©Sony Pictures Animation.

30 comments:

Jeremy Elder said...

Thanks for posting this - it is very educational to see your process. Best of luck on the new project.

Michael Mercer said...

Love the sketch, Armand. Sweet.

Tina Price said...

If you would like to see the presentation by Armand at CTNx check it out here: http://www.vimeo.com/20157077

Awesome!!

Ben Greene said...

Really good move pulling out on the scene like that. It was good before and then became great! Digs!

Tim Robinson said...

Wow! Very nice

Lady Garland said...

It was great seeing your presentation at CTNx. I cannot wait for your next lecture!

Alfred Llupia said...

Very nice Armand!Cheers.

Szymon Biernacki said...

I love your blog! Very inspirational and informative.
Please don't stop posting those great step-by-steps :)Your posts always make me think about improoving my own process...

Thanks a lot and cheers!

C.Deboda said...

Helpful post, thanks for the sharing! Also, looking forward to that demo too. I'm sure it will be valuable.

vitalik shu said...

amazing!

NICOLAS P. VILLARREAL said...

I remember this one! Amazing.

SIM-R said...

New stuff! Very cool Armand .
I just missed you last year at the
convention . We should catch up soon .It's been too long my friend .

Alina Chau said...

AWESOME!!

Marco Bucci said...

aweesommme! The spaces you create seem so real.

Julio Kansas said...

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Carlos Leon said...

Beautiful work.

Sherman Unkefer said...

Very informative post! Thanks a lot! I love your work, great sketches!
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Abi said...

wow these are awesome! :)

Christopher Denise said...

Fantastic!!! I was just starting to feel lazy and I saw your post. Back to painting with renewed inspiration!

Many thanks my friend,

Chris

H A R R Y G O A Z said...

FASCINATING blog!!! +Following

Ryan said...

I just watched your video CTN video. Really liked it.

What manufacturer of vellum did you like before going digitally?

Jordan Lamarre-Wan said...

These are awesome! thanks for sharing!

qstom said...

Thx very much for sharing your work that way! I'm learning loads thx to you!

andr-X said...

Wow! Great!!!

Carolyn said...

What the fluff! i hadn't seen these. awesome :0

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Yizard said...

your works its amazing, the sketches and colour ilustrations its soo great

nice work!!!


see ya!!!

CĂĄrcamO said...

belo trabalho !!

Cory Lewis said...

I labor with value. Just wanted to say how inspired I am right now looking threw your work.

alex vaida said...

I loved every minute of it ! Thank you for sharing !

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