Introduction to Digital Painting

I've just started Digital Painting at Mass Art with Scott Bakal this semester... and I love it. It's probably the most suitable class for what I want to do when I graduate, and that is: Character Design & Concept Design! It's fantastic. However, this is virtually my first time trying to "paint" with photoshop, so I have a lot of work ahead of me. Here's two studies that I did in my free time. The illustration with the computer was done a few weeks ago. The unfinished girl with a dress was done a few days ago (hence it is not finished). I'm absolutely in love with Digital Painting, and I will post all of my progress up here! Enjoy.

Digital Sketch Work

Hello! Well, it's the third day of my sketch blog and I figured I would upload some digital sketches that range from about August up until now. When I sketch digitally, I tend to work from a very loose gesture. I start with something like the top left two sketches below and then begin to work details in after every every area is roughly and loosely formed in the gesture. I highly recommend this method to everyone. Although it's fun to place in the details, you'd be amazed at how much better and how much more anatomically accurate your drawings will become when you start focusing on quick, loose gestures. I'll upload a blog with some sketches to give you a firmer grasp on what a gesture truly is.

I've been working with the company, "61 Solutions" testing their software for drawing digitally. The two sketches on the left, below, are done in this program. This company has a contract with Disney, Pixar and Marvel to build this software for the artists there, however they intend on selling this product (called "Sketch") nationwide. I highly recommend it, as it is an extremely pressure sensitive and accurately responsive program. This project is still in the air, but when everything has been worked out you will certainly hear word from me when it is available to buy online (and it will be a lot cheaper than having to purchase Adobe Suite).

A Few More Sketches...

Here's a sketch I did in my moleskin of 150 Mass Ave (a Berklee building), a scene that I'm all too familiar with from the windows of the closest Starbucks.

Also, two pages from my Cachet sketchbook of observational portraits/gestures. Enjoy!

Details

Here are some details from my previously posted sketches and a sneak peek from my digital work, coming to you soon! Make sure to follow my blog so you don't miss out!

Welcome to my Blog!

My name is Carly Sanker. I've been drawing for as long as I've been able to hold a pencil. I got serious about drawing and began focusing on drawing from observation about six years ago when I entered middle school. Now I am a sophomore at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, majoring in Illustration. I'm beginning to shift my focus from strictly observational drawing to letting myself work on my own individualized style, and this blog will be a record of that.

The title of this blog, "Is She Drawing Me?" is based on my daily dedication to drawing people from observation; in a café, on the T, or in class. I'll get quick glances from people, and there's always the awkward eye contact. I know what you're thinking, and:

Yes, I'm drawing you.

I'll start off by showing some of my sketch work. Here's a sketch that I did last night in my moleskin (in gouache and pencil) along with two pages of sketches in my sketchbook from the past couple of weeks. Enjoy!