The Art of Greg Oakes: David "The Rock" Nelson

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

David "The Rock" Nelson

10 comments:

Michael Brito said...: looks dope.; Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:34:00 PM
greg oakes said...: thanks michael!! :) ironically i was dope free when i produced this peice! ;) lol; Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:35:00 PM
King Merinuk said...: Sweet! I love those bugs.; Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:10:00 AM
greg oakes said...: thanks darren!! :) the fact that you dig those bugs simply shows that i'm waaay too hard on myself! ;) to be honest, i'm not a huge fan of drawing bugs; it actually bugged me to draw them believe it or not! *groan* it was as painful sketching them as it was to read that intended pun i just wrote. :P; Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:29:00 AM
Dan said...: Excellent design....was there alot of tedious Photoshop involved? The detail is stupendous....; Wednesday, June 30, 2010 3:46:00 PM
greg oakes said...: thanks dan!! :) yeah, it gave me a wee bit of eyestrain you could say! ;) the first step was cleaning up most of what was left over from the original pencil work (hb tech pencil), smudges etc.. before the final scan, i noticed the illustration didn't have enough contrast so i added highlights (& touchups) with white acrylic paint, and simultaneously darkened the contour lines around all of the significant elements with black ink (0.3 copic mulit liner) marker. after i scanned it in i created one layer which was a solid chunk of green and did a reverse colouring job with the eraser tool, then fiddled with the levels etc., until i was happy. ;)

now that i'm staring at it i'm kicking myself for not noticing small details that i could have/should have fixed, or simply altered because they would have made more sense in a slightly different position (the snakes mouth/jaw area [left vs right side]), but alas, it is what it is (a freakin cartoon for crying out loud! lol) and most people wouldn't pick up on that shit anyhow. ;) lol... we are our worst critics are we not?! i could go on tearing it apart, but why bother at this point. :P *sigh* thanks for taking time to comment; i definitely pride myself on the detail, and i have my ocd to thank for that! ;) :) :D; Sunday, July 04, 2010 12:33:00 AM
Mug It Up!/Jim H said...: Crazy stuff-love it!!; Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:02:00 PM
greg oakes said...: thanks jim!! :); Saturday, July 17, 2010 2:50:00 PM
Dejan Kralj said...: Niceee; Sunday, August 01, 2010 6:27:00 AM
greg oakes said...: thank you dejan!! :); Monday, August 02, 2010 10:43:00 AM

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