Posted at April 5, 2003, 3:46 pm:
o.k. i have wanted to do this for some time now. mainly it is to help me get work done, but i hope a long the way that you will find something of interest.
i will be updating this thread at least once a day as this project moves along. for better or worse in terms of my ego i will try and show all of my mistakes along the way. why not, someone has to learn from them.
dave dorman helped me out of a slump by giving me a starting point with a rough comp. i love his rough comps, they have just enough description to light my fire but are also rough enough to let me make my own interpretations. dave by the way is an excellent draftsman, the roughness of the drawing is exactly what you should be doing when doing your own thumbnails, working out your ideas and compositions.
next i went ahead and shot digital photos of myself in the poses. i had to fill in for all of them as my wife is away. i should have started drawing my own versions of the characters in this composition before i took the photos but i jumped ahead and feel i may have paid a little in trying to make it my own.
after that i sat down and drew the characters out individually as i new i was going to move them around on different layers to tweak the composition. drawing them separately is not good in that it does not give the piece a since of cohesion. so when i get them set up in the position i like and the correct scale i will make another drawing from that. i will post that next. along with this new version i will try to put in some setting and make sense of the lighting.
jon
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pig pile 01.
*digs a deep deep hole and curls up in it*
Mr.
Fantastic!
Thanks again for doing these things.
here is another hour and half of work (i think).
Man! Gotta love it!
It's great how, even though you only see these ...
Foster you are way to generous! Thanks for putting all the time to sho...
here is a few more hours work.
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thank you Jon .
foster how long does each step take you?
I think it's really cool of you to take time out and post these.
All your secrets are belong to us!
Great stuff jon.
Wow! I can't wait to see the rest of the process!
Feeb: Your post just cracked me up:rofl:
So you decided to put it up, eh? I'm a little behind, just caught sigh...
very nice jon.
i just did not think that the woman on the big guys shoulder was worki...
Much better dynamics.
Looks sweet.
just more.
still more work, and a detail of a section i like.
arm detail
good lord, that arm detail makes me creamy
Holy Smokes!
That detail is great! and I really like the new pose f...
Just to beat a dead horse.
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face detail
Wow! I am amazed by those skin tones.
This is really coming together well jon.
HI! awesome work, Foster!
Thanks to show us your creative process! i'...
thank you for doing this!
bad ass
this is almost done.
did not do much of anyting to the hand.
i think i include this detail to show how color and value make the for...
Looks totally awesome jon.
Jon,
How much work would you say you do in Photoshop and Painter? I...
well most of the "painting" is photoshop.
My breath caught when I saw this latest update, Jon.
If you could Jon could you post details of all their faces? All of the...
this is great jon, i love the updates, i love the painting but one thi...
hey boehmke, i reread my post in answer to your question.
LOL.
yeah-huhuh .
sorry jon for taking this thread to the abbyss.
I apologize if i missed it in the thread already, but how did you crea...
Alright, usually, I'm Mr.
Jon,
I've noticed that your work has become more gritty the last few ...
i looooooooooooooooooooooove it.
Thanks for sharing Jon.
to see your details and process is really cool, and the working from a...
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Amazing and highly inspirational.
absolutly beautiful work, more more more
Great learnin aid Mr foster
Like the rest of you, I found this thread very cool so I made a clean ...
Holy smoly! Great stuff! What really does it for me, is that (please d...
Just wanted to say thanks to jon first for starting this thread and to...
Very incredible work, foster.
Wow,thanx a lot,Jon!
Awesome stuff!
i met foster at the SD comic con this yr.
Jon.
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