A new Loyal client came through to add to his collection..
IN THE BAG
Check out the "Limited Edition" bag I designed for the pulse art fair los angeles, if your an art fan and your in LA this weekend come through and check out the event. Thanks to Vans OTW for sponsoring and supporting and the pulse team. All weekend long the pulse art fair will be here in down town LA at LA live
THE COLLECTION
Our Good Friend and Loyal client Carlos Boozer of the Chicago Bulls came thru to add to his collection!!
SOUL SUNDAY
Whats up this is Cartoon's wife Mrs. Toon$....
Cartoon wants me to share with you my playlist in oldies. This is especially for us The Ladies, wifeys, baby mamas, hynas, old ladies, broads & sometimes that other woman on the side..
I will be choosing a variety of music in womens classic souldies made by
the "Ladies of Soul" every last Sunday of the Month.
Hope you enjoy the selection!!
A SONS LOVE
Mark Ballas came thru to add his Mothers name to his collection..Check him out on Dancing With The Stars ABC Monday Nights at 8pm.
GEARED UP
Just got the Limited Edition Gears of War 3 Xbox for the Family.. Thanks to SA Studios and Marco V. for making it happen.
EP in DK
I know this blog has more guest artist posts than resident artist posts these days... and it's gonna stay that way, at least for now!
Because we have more exciting guest news!
Or, "guest" is such a weird word to use about our bro, our BFF, our favorite human, our man in Asia...
Yes, Nick, or Electric Pick, as the world has come to know him as, is coming to work at the shop, and soon too!
He'll be working here from the 2nd till the 31st of January 2012.
Regular clients with unfinished pieces in progress will obviously get booked in first, but he'll be booking new clients in for one shots as well (think pieces that can be finished in 8 hours max).
As always, you can write to him at pick@electricpick.com and he'll get back to you in a timely fashion (totally just kidding about that last part, but he will get back to you eventually!)
Here's some example of recent work, to see older pieces click here or use the labels to your right.
Because we have more exciting guest news!
Or, "guest" is such a weird word to use about our bro, our BFF, our favorite human, our man in Asia...
Yes, Nick, or Electric Pick, as the world has come to know him as, is coming to work at the shop, and soon too!
He'll be working here from the 2nd till the 31st of January 2012.
Regular clients with unfinished pieces in progress will obviously get booked in first, but he'll be booking new clients in for one shots as well (think pieces that can be finished in 8 hours max).
As always, you can write to him at pick@electricpick.com and he'll get back to you in a timely fashion (totally just kidding about that last part, but he will get back to you eventually!)
Here's some example of recent work, to see older pieces click here or use the labels to your right.
HOLIDAY STILO
Don't forget to pick up your Holiday Issue of the latest OTW / Prichards at your nearest Vans Store!!
Europa of Naimes
Forsooth, the Branden Rose is a real soul, you can go see her activities get all Tumblr-ed over at Europa of Naimes, where she and other bright-souled Sundergirdians keep the energy of the Half-Continent roiling.
I go there to remind myself that the Half-Continent is not just me in a room on my own in front of a blank screen.
Thank you, Branden Rose, thank you.
I go there to remind myself that the Half-Continent is not just me in a room on my own in front of a blank screen.
Thank you, Branden Rose, thank you.
PEEP GAME
Wednesday 9/21/11
2 - 4pm
AT THE
Multicultural Center
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Loker Student Union, Suite 110
1000 East Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747
Speaking about the culture of Low Riding,
ATTENDANCE IS FREE!
Hello, fancy lady
A quick and slightly blurry update on Joseph's fancy backpiece.
Obviously he has a few more sessions to go, but it's definitely starting to look like something!
I can't wait till this is finished, and i'm sure Joseph can't either!
Obviously he has a few more sessions to go, but it's definitely starting to look like something!
I can't wait till this is finished, and i'm sure Joseph can't either!
A DAY OFF
We Took a boat trip down the river Chao Phraya, stopped off at a market and checked out the temples on the river side. Then we went back to Bangkok hit up the walls of the homies Pok’s hotel, thanks to DYLAN MADDUX for supplying some of the photos above.
Drawing with DMC
A couple of posts ago Elinor Blackwood (Ashira) was asking for me to divulge the process that goes into making my coloured images, so I shall now oblige.
So, I start with the line drawing on paper (yes, a real piece of paper!) done with a sepia pencil for no other reason than I like the feel of the media and the brown looks nice. Some folk have mistakenly thought these charcoal drawings, but they are not, just coloured pencil.
All images (c) D.M.Cornish, 2011
So, I start with the line drawing on paper (yes, a real piece of paper!) done with a sepia pencil for no other reason than I like the feel of the media and the brown looks nice. Some folk have mistakenly thought these charcoal drawings, but they are not, just coloured pencil.
Having scanned the image in at 600 dpi, in Photoshop I then make a layer on MULITIPLY setting, onto which with the PENCIL tool I draw/paint/whatever it is you do in the digital context, areas of flat colour corresponding with the lines of the original drawing.
Usually making a copy of this FLAT COLOUR layer – as I call it (turning off the original flat layer, thus preserving the original should anything go awry) I then mould the copied flat colour layer with the BURN tool, working in shadows and form as appropriate.
Finally over the line drawing and the moulded colour I make a HIGHLIGHTS or SHINE layer (sometimes both if I am really pushing things around) onto which with the BRUSH tool I work all the glimmers and glows and shines that pull the image out and finishes it off.
Not much to it really, just time and the right ordering of layers. I highly recommend some form of drawing tablet for this though, drawing fine details with what amounts to a bar of remote soap (by which I mean a mouse) is not so much fun and does not allow quite the same finish without some extra frustration and effort. (Believe me, I have tried for many years with mouse only, and when I finally got a tablet it was like a whole new world opened up… usual story.)
What I like about this combination is the immediacy of a real drawing yet the glamour and finish of fine digital colour. Oh, and I used the same process for the image of Europe you see as a background to this blog.
I hope that is what you were looking for, Elinor.
All images (c) D.M.Cornish, 2011
Ryan Mason guest spot, pretty much booked already
As readers who check every aspect of this blog often (including the tabs below the header) will have already noticed, we have another guest artist coming in September.
I know, it's crazy around here these days, it's almost like we're a real shop or something!
Anyway, Ryan Mason will be coming to visit after the London convention, and he finally got around to sending me some pictures for the blog (ahem).
He's already booked for the 27th, 29th and 30th of September (again with the attentive readers!), but if you wanna get tattooed on the 28th, there's still time.
Send an email to ryanscapegoat@gmail.com, and remember, fun custom stuff only!
Here's some recent work, click here to see more.
I know, it's crazy around here these days, it's almost like we're a real shop or something!
Anyway, Ryan Mason will be coming to visit after the London convention, and he finally got around to sending me some pictures for the blog (ahem).
He's already booked for the 27th, 29th and 30th of September (again with the attentive readers!), but if you wanna get tattooed on the 28th, there's still time.
Send an email to ryanscapegoat@gmail.com, and remember, fun custom stuff only!
Here's some recent work, click here to see more.
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