An occupation: Cobbler
A room in your house: Attic
A child's toy: Plastic lawn mower
(Click the image to pop the top.)
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Meditater-Totter
A state of being: Zen
A state in the USA: North Dakota
A state of matter: Plasma
(Click the image to light your fire.)
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Tailor Maned
Animal: Maned Wolf
Article of Clothing: Vest
Scientific Principle: Archimedes'
(Click the image to float your boat.)
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Super Bowling
For fun, I offered a chance to win a postcard related to the Superbowl. But as a consolation prize for everyone who entered, I created another digital postcard of sorts. Each person was provided a link to a hi-res version for their 'records.' It includes the first-ever fully realized seabronco, a rare creature only spotted in the depths of the deepest, darkest, most magical ocean.
(Click the image to tame the beast.)
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Method, Man
I don't do this often, but I thought it would be fun to show some of my work (like 5th grade long division). So here's the process for the latest Happy Holi-Dakes album cover. Summarized and simplified of course. You can download the album for free here: http://jamesdake.bandcamp.com/album/happy-holi-dakes-2013.
Note: All work done with Wacom Bamboo Capture in Manga Studio 5. GIF made with GIMP.
(1) Rough sketch in black.
(2) Copy sketch layer and change it to blue; increase opacity.
(3) Draw final black line drawing.
(4) Flat color on new layer beneath line drawing, with movement lines on another layer. (6 layers total at this point, with white background layer.)
(5) Background created in two layers: the first with two brushes to create texture, followed by a diagonal gradient from left to right. I changed the colors around until I settled on the pink salmon color.
(6) Time to add glow! The star glows on its own layer with a trail of flashes creating more movement.
(7) Based on the light source of the star, I added highlights and shadows on a new layer, using mostly yellow and purple respectively. This adds much needed depth to the image as you can see in the animated GIF. I repeated this step in the animation to better show the difference.
(8) Added text. (In total, there were 11 layers counting white background.)
Happy Holi-Dakes!
(Click the image to feel the jingle.)
(1) Rough sketch in black.
(2) Copy sketch layer and change it to blue; increase opacity.
(3) Draw final black line drawing.
(4) Flat color on new layer beneath line drawing, with movement lines on another layer. (6 layers total at this point, with white background layer.)
(5) Background created in two layers: the first with two brushes to create texture, followed by a diagonal gradient from left to right. I changed the colors around until I settled on the pink salmon color.
(6) Time to add glow! The star glows on its own layer with a trail of flashes creating more movement.
(7) Based on the light source of the star, I added highlights and shadows on a new layer, using mostly yellow and purple respectively. This adds much needed depth to the image as you can see in the animated GIF. I repeated this step in the animation to better show the difference.
(8) Added text. (In total, there were 11 layers counting white background.)
Happy Holi-Dakes!
Sunday, December 22, 2013
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