Some years ago I drew these shapes in black and white. I started with a pencil and carved out the shapes by erasing and re-drawing lines. I’ve always thought about coloring these shapes in but never got around to it. Well, now that’s changed.
The drawing is a bit rough and it’s still possible to see the pencil and eraser markings.
1a random John on Feb 23, 2006 at 10:28 am:
I’m no artist but I have done a bunch of custom clip art for presentations for work. One technique that I have used is scanning in the B&W drawing, using photoshop (or gimp) to erase the pencil lines, and then coloring in photoshop. You can get rid of the pencil lines by just fiddling with the constrast curves.
2Daniel B. on Feb 24, 2006 at 11:40 am:
John, I appreciate the tip. Maybe I’ll have to learn how to fiddle with contrast curves like you said.
I’ve tried to work with artistic computer programs to clean up drawings a bit and usually been dissatisfied with the results, which often look unreal or artificial to me. I’m probably just not handy enough with these kinds of tools.
Sometimes too I enjoy seeing rough lines, paint drips or that sort of thing in a piece of artwork.
3a random John on Feb 25, 2006 at 6:24 pm:
I’m not suggesting that you should get rid of the marks, just how you could if you wanted to. If you scan at a high enough resolution and are careful about what you eliminate you can get good results. I’ll send you a sample.
4Alex on Mar 22, 2006 at 3:49 pm:
I love this. All your stuff. I may have said it before. I’ll say it again.
5Stephen M (Ethesis) on Mar 30, 2006 at 7:46 pm:
I’d wondered what and where you would go after wump blog kind of disappeared.
Glad to find you again.
6Daniel B. on Mar 31, 2006 at 1:57 pm:
Stephen, glad you found my blog too!