Drawing Flies 52 – 09_Deceiver
Drawing Flies 52 Deceiver (pike/muskie/baby tarpon colors). Had to join the DF 52 digital revolution in my own way (see Jeff’s soft-hackle for more on his first DF 52 digital foray). Pen-and-ink sketch, scanned, set as paths in Adobe Photoshop, exported to Adobe Illustrator, paths adjusted, printed, partly colored, ate the whole 30 minutes like it was candy.
Available for purchase? No, sending it off to Jeff.
Tech info: 8″ x 12″ Pentalic paper, pen-and-ink (initial drawing), Claria inkjet ink, watercolor, and talking to my old G4 PowerBook (“C’mon…c’mon…C’MON!”). First DF 52 digital foray for me (Jeff lead the way last week).
Did the sketch in pen-and-ink first (went fast, worried less about detail), then scanned it into Photoshop (had all my computer miscellanea ready to go before-hand). Did some quick adjustments and turned the drawing into paths, which where then exported to Illustrator. Once in Illustrator, I did some more adjustments to get the look I was after, and hit print.
Once the image was off the inkjet, I went after it with watercolor and watercolor crayon (both brushed on). Clock was ticking fast, so I went a little sloppy in some areas—some worked, some ended up simply looking a little sloppy. Just started into the real detail work around the head area and saw that I had a whopping minute or so left. I went streaking fast with the blue to balance the hot colors and *beep*.
Jeff’s Deceiver is here. Jeff, it was my turn this week to panic…didn’t quite make it (thought I might do a bit better, but just didn’t have enough time/speed). Will make for a decent little blurb for the book, at least.
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Jason- This is my favorite!!!The perspective is awesome and the best part is the eye! Great job my friend. Nothing like bringing things down to the wire and hitting a home run!Remind me to send you my favorite brush set that I use for Photoshop. This image is killer! Think I will need a signed print of this one for the man cave. Hope you have a minute to check out the article I posted from my home town newspaper. Our project is mentioned in it. Just looked at the image again before I submitted my comments and I am just digging the orange an blue throat. The complimentary colors lead you right to the eye.
Jeff—Thanks! Wasn’t expecting that, but hey, if you like, you like…
Yes, please send me your brush set. I’m a fan of cool brushes.
The article is really nice press, indeed. And thanks for the mention—appreciated!
Now, we just to tie up a few Deceivers and hit some pike (or muskie, or…).