Walt Disney

This is my personal tribute to Walt Disney. When I was a kid I admired Walt Disney more than anyone. I had a big Mickey Mouse poster on my wall and I thought how great it would be to get a chance to meet Mr. Disney. Surprisingly it was harder painting Mickey than it was painting Mr. Disney.

Coach Woody Hayes finished

I made some major changes to the Woody image from below. The photo reference I had was an older picture of Woody. My dad said I needed to give a thick neck to make him more "Woody" like.

Woody (Beat Michigan!)

Go Bucks! Beat Michigan.
Just a quick Woody Hayes painting I started this week. Not done with it yet, but wanted to post it before the game tomorrow at noon.

Art Tip Tuesday ! Setting up your Wacom

This is an easy and short tip this Tuesday. For those of you using a wacom tablet make sure to set your tablet up to make it easy on you.

1. Set button on the stylus pen to the (alt) key. This way you can pick colors easily off of your canvass as you work.

2. Set one of your buttons on the wacom to the following keys (control) (alt) and (z) in photoshop this will give you a number of undos every time you hit the button.

3. Set another button to the (spacebar) key. This way you can move the image around with the hand tool easily as you work.

Till next Tuesday!
-Steve

Coach Jim Tressel

Just a caricature of Ohio State's head football coach Jim Tressel. The Bucks have a big game this weekend against Iowa for the Big Ten title. I will be there in the stands with my peanut M&M's. Every game I go to I have to have Peanut M&M's in the third quarter. It's not a good luck thing, I just like peanut M&M's.

Go Bucks!

Final Doggie art

Here's the finished piece for the Doggie illustration for my portfolio. I'm pretty happy with it. I really like the dogs expression.

Art Tip Tuesday

So when I work in Photoshop this is how I like to set up my screen. I have several windows open of the same image but at different zooms. What ever I do in one window will appear in all the other windows. Instead of zooming in and out all of the time. It's also important to work over the entire picture and not in just one little area. Keep moving around the image working over the entire piece. Always remember work general to specific.

Teaser

Not going to have anything to post this week. So here is a teaser for a piece that I am working on right now. As I mentioned in my Tuesday art tips I like to work on a couple of pieces at a time. Hope to have some new stuff next week.

Art Tip Tuesday

Have you been working on an illustration that just isn't looking right? The best thing you can do to instantly see the problem is hold your drawing up to a mirror. If you are working on the computer just flip it in Photoshop. We tend to draw things more slanted than we mean to and often have more weight on one side of our drawing than the other.

Still not happy with your illustration? Take a break from it. Work on another drawing or take a walk. When you com back to that troubling illustration with fresh eyes you'll see your errors in a whole new light. I often work on three illustration at a time. If I get too involved in one illustration or start to fear making too many big changes I'll force myself to switch to another illustration.