Naranjas / Oranges update

Here is the final image, real product, finished, ready to deliver.

It was very well received!

WIP

A little advance of an illustration I HAVE to finish today.

But you already know what this is, don't you?

Pict taken with my cellphone, so colors are not so "hot".

Merry Christmas!

For my IF visitors:

As last year, and those before, Christmas is coming. 

The feelings are similar, the card is not.

Merry Christmas!

I know is only 4 of december, but if I don't post this now, I might not have another good chance do it.

And next, for the ones interested, here is the process of doing this year card.

I started with a sketch so basic that is not even worth to post... What I wanted was to do a 3D card, sculpted and constructed, with some post editing, since we wanted my daughter to be part of it.

The image, as you can see on top, is in a room, so I started doing the floor.

I cut and glued balsa wood in a solid surface, and then painted with acrylics until I got the basic tone. Then I used color pencils and then more brush to give it the wood texture.

And, after that, I waxed it with and old candle, until it was shinny and perfect.

As usual, only a little part of all the floor can be seen in the final image, but I couldn't risk it been too small.

Then the window. That was fun, just cutting and gluing different sizes of balsa.

Later it was going to be primed and painted.

Here you can see the sculpted elements, my frog Ruperto, a little RC car, and my daughter's body. In the pic they are primed... I had a problem there, since I was painting with acrylics, and I couldn't find a new primer, I used white enamel painting... a disaster! The enamel never dried, and as expected, it was hard for the acrylics to cover it well. So some thinner... and the enamel was gone. I had to re-primer with white paint. It worked well at the end...

A general test view. The letters are and old set of 3D letters for movie credits that as a kid I stole from my grandfather!

Painting miniatures it's been a big hobby for me, so this was fun. The little RC car ended well.

Same with Ruperto.

Here a finished view of the window and the wall.

In a previous image, you can see a yellow masking tape... I was going to use it to mask parts of the wall and paint a different tone, but the tape was translucent... it looked good... and it stayed.

The floor looks nice, don't you think?

Here an almost complete group, testing lights, perspective and all that stuff.

For the final image, the one that ended in photoshop, I needed the group without the wall and window, ad I needed the wall without the group, so I could edit the image better.

This is the image that went to the final edition. That thing in my hand is a led light with some blue paper to try to create some blue reflections "from the window" in the elements. 

Some times I wish I had a real photographic studio.

And here the selected photo of Olivia.

All the rest is photoshop edition, adding sky and the star in the window, correcting colors, masks and all that stuff.
It was fun, and I think it was worth all the work.
I should start giving away the printed cards this week, but as usual, if you visit this blog, you might get to see things first.

I really hope you like it, and all this info is of some use or amusement to you!

Have a good time this year end, and be happy!

Naranjas / Oranges

My wife is planning to give as a gift to some people homemade orange marmalade, and is my job to do the label.

So, to reintroduce myself to the world of tempera, I'm doing it with that technique.

Here some process pics of the project.

All the label, is simple.

Background texture detail.

After some time, more color.

Part of the background are the little oranges and slices.

This is going to print very small, just 3cm /1.4inches high, so not a lot of detail there, just the basics.

All on all, I'm loving working again with tempera.

More wip and comments in the near future, I'm just too sleepy now to keep writing.

Oranges in process

A label sketch for a limited edition handmade christmas marmalade.

Christmas card WIP 5 (layers!)

A quick peek at the almost final card.

I think I'll left this here for now. Christmas is coming, quickly, so you will have to wait for final image... 

...after that, or maybe at the same time, I'll also post more process images.

Hoping that they are of some interest to you, of course.

Christmas card text update

No picture this time.

Just a couple of lines to tell you, my lonely reader, that the card is going well. I'm finishing the mini RC car that is part of the group, I guess it will be ready tomorrow.

Actually, I'm advancing more than expected because I changed my work hours... I'm getting up at 6am to work for at least 45 minutes each morning before starting the day. Is not much, but working at night after coming from work is almost impossible this days.

And I kind of like working at this hour, is quiet, and the little girl is still sleeping.

Of course now I'm falling asleep at the office.

Christmas card WIP 4

A partial group shot.

Is looking good!

Yes, is a little out of focus. 

It was taken this morning on the run. 

Sorry.

Christmas card WIP 3

If you come often to this little blog, you will know Ruperto, my frog.

Well, he will be included in this year Christmas card, as a plush toy in the image I'm doing.

But actually not done on plush (I'll love to do him some day in plush!). He is sculpted in sculpey, and I just finished painting it.

I think he will have a matte coat... that's for later.

The light is too harsh here, he is darker than the picture looks.

One piece ready, more to come.

Christmas card WIP 2

Christmas card WIP

Xmas!

This is, likely, the last post of the year in this little blog.
If there is a new one, I'm pretty sure it will not include any kind of illustration.

So, this have to have one illo, don't it?
Well, here it is, the official Christmas card for this year.
Done kind of quickly and in parts using my lunch time.



I wish a good and fun time for everybody, with your family and friends.
Give good gifts!

And be happy.

See you around.

merry merry

Not my oficial card, just a previous try.
The final one is nicer, believe me!

Merry Christmas!

to all!

This is the finished illustration/photo editing.
The printed version have a different format, but the image is the same.
Hope you like it.

And now linked to this week IF theme: Peace.

Have a great time!

Xmas card advance

As I wrote, I'm in the process of doing this year Christmas card.
I'm doing a mix of a live photo and watercolor.

Here are the parts until now!
I hope all ends well...

-Olivia, one day shopping for flowers-

-The watercolor, until now-

card illustration

Well, not yet ready to show, but I'm in the last steps of part one of the illustration of this years Christmas card.
Working with watercolors, is going to be scanned and a photo of Olivia will be photoshoped in it.
Is going well, I think I'll post the watercolor here before the editing.

door Angel

One Christmas project finished!

Following my last post, this is the welcome Angel for my apartment door, finished.
No big secrets here, what you see is what is.




Hope you like it.
Next, the tree decorations.

Meanwhile...

... Christmas is coming!

Run for your lives!
But, if you can't, just prepare yourselves.

As we are starting to do.
We have some plans, working with papier mache.
The tree ornaments, the star, and the angel for the door... beginning with the last one.
Here a picture of the work in progress.



Is just the base, sculpted in that white packing stuff that I never remember the name of. What a brain.
Next step, the papier mache...

Diciembre...

Well, December already.
No more Domo and concepts recently due to the fact that I don't have my scanner at the office.
New year, new posts.
However, for now, enjoy this year christmas card.
Have a good time, everybody!