New 2015 Orc Sketch

Ah well, it's been a while, but I finally made it back with this lovely orc dude. One of the first images I've made while learning how to use Manga Studio 5. More work will be posted at the end of this week.

View the short process here:

Friday's Orc

"Don't call me 'jolly'..."

Here's a full-size piece that I just concentrated on the face area for practice. The drawing was done in SP6 and colors in PS3 as usual. Perhaps some day when my pace is a little faster than a snail, I'll paint up the whole dude.

For this piece, I experimented with a stripped down pack of brushes from fantastic-artist-man Mister Dan LuVisi. I thank him for sharing his brushes and techniques with the rest of us.

Thursday's Orc

Handsome Devil

Pencils done in SP6 yesterday, finished with PS3.

Tuesday's Orc

Wants to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters...

Sketched the pencil in SP6, colors done in PS3. Made a bit of progress with the color blending and the hair.

Edit: Fixed for Star Wars nerds like myself.

Figger Drawrins

I drew these during recess after I got hurt playing kickball.

Monday's Orc

Hungry

I just picked up Sketchbook Pro 6 for dirt cheap on Amazon, so I've been fiddlin' around with it a bit. All the pencils and "ink" were done in SP6 and then imported to Photoshop where I vomited some really fast color onto it.

The drawing tools are much better suited to doing inked comic style work, and the program itself is much lighter on its feet than Photoshop. From what I've seen, it's possible to do very sophisticated finished work with it, but I haven't delved into the color tools much.

Tuesday Sketches

I finally broke out my trial version of SketchBook Pro to see how it worked. Here are a few quick sketches I did with it.

For a $60 program, it does a much better job of approximating pencil, ink, and real brushes than Photoshop. It also has some neat features like a steady-line tool, a symmetry tool, and the ability to rotate the canvas on the fly.

Here's a horrible free sketch I did on a single layer with one of the default chalk brushes in Photoshop. I worked it for a while but couldn't bring any values out of it: