daniel danger

this progress represents approximately 2 movies (i seriously have to wonder how many dates Celeste & Jesse Forever crashed and burned for being way depressing instead of the casual funtimes romp you’d expect out of an Andy Sandberg movie, but whatever, im a sadist for sad bastard movies), and 9 episodes of various sitcoms. meanwhile, my hands feel like a truck ran them over. 

alot of work on the field today, really filling it out and adding shadows and sort of a flow to it all. and the buildings as a whole. im not 100% stoked on the consistency of some of the walls, but ill have to deal. the brutality of clayboard is that theyre arent alot of second chances. alot of tonal work will be added later once this is all scanned in, and that will help cover some of that inconsistency up. had a debate with myself if i wanted to leave the figures as pure black silhouettes or give them some dimensionality. i winged it, but i think itll add something nice in the end.

tomorrow i scan all this. im sure i will do some trial and error stuff digitally to see if i want to go back and do it on the original. but well get there when we get there.

its now 3:35am. tonights progress represents two movies, neither of which were good, catching up on the last few episodes of Parks & Rec, six or seven assorted other sitcoms, a take-out container of chicken fingers, three diet cokes, one joke song i wrote in a dogs voice, and a 30 minute break where i recounted to a houseguest the time my friend growing up told me his uncle was “a ninja for the army”.

im pretty deep into hatching now. theres a certain process order to all this that i constantly have to remind myself of my place in, due to the moderately complex depth-of-field situation going on here. the stalks are still quite rough, but once the whole thing is 80% ill go back in and really tighten all that up. the halo around the figures is still just a guide, its important to keep the figures silhouette really sharp in the end, so im going to do that last once all the crazy lines and stalks and leaves are 100% in place.

this is four episodes worth of Restaurant Impossible of inking. still, this is incredibly preliminary stuff here. im blocking out areas with ink that eventually ill be scratching into. i made a quick division of foreground and background, and loosely inked the foreground tonight. however, to create the proper illusion of depth, i have to start with the farthest distance when it comes to final lines. because ill be stacking linework and additional inking as i move towards the viewer dimensionally. basically, im drawing a cornfield by drawing the farthest stalks first, then drawing the next group on top of that, and repeating that for at least 10 episodes of Gordon Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares. it may seem weird to draw over yourself, but really thats the way to make it look the best. patience + ink + angry men yelling about food.

some of the people behind the show Supernatural have been long time supporters of my work, and occasionally have put pieces of mine in the sets of various episodes. its always fun for me because usually its a surprise; im already watching the show as a fan, and something of mine just pops up. however, last night they went above and beyond anything i expected. …apparently, in the universe of Supernatural, there is a Daniel Danger themed bar, called Danger Bar. i really dont even know how to process this. intense thank you’s go out to phil, suzi, and jerry.

sorry my tumblr has been slow lately. almost everything ive been working on i cant actually show anyone for one reason or another. too many secret projects and secretive clients that i cant reveal until some mystery future time. plenty of pictures for when i can, though. however, this one i can share as i work on it. whats down now is basically my inking and layout guide, not lines that will directly appear in the final image. ill start taking it section at a time and working in and around the guide with brushed ink and hatching, and start working from far to near to create the proper layering. probably going to take me though next week to finish this one.

::cracks neck::

sirmitchell:

Interesting! 

hahah…never say tumblr isnt a great source of inspiration for young designers. best part are the “Sir Skulls” that are his mascot.