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I started by designing the bar in my sketchbook. Next, I drew the bar in a larger format with a non-photo blue pencil. Then, I inked the drawing and photocopied it, causing the blue lines to disappear. We were required to render our frames with some Prismacolor Cool Gray markers. I've never worked with this medium, so I decided to do a value study of the keyframe on a smaller scale both to get used to the medium and to try to work out where my light would be coming from.





For the keyframes, I used the same process, but on a smaller scale. Overall, besides a few proportion, perspective, and contrast issues, I think it turned out well.]]> Artwork http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=16 Sat, 12 May 2007 12:14:28 -0400 http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=15
"The Eleventh Hour"
When we started covering Photoshop, we began with some basic compositing techniques. Here, I've posted a file showing the four original pictures and the original composite.





"Memory"
The second project I'm posting is our "final project" for the photoshop section of the class. We were not given very much instruction. We were simply told to develop an 11" x 17" poster based on a theme we chose at the beginning of class. I had chosen "Time" as my theme (the composite project was also supposed to be based on this theme). I took the opportunity to do something I had never really attempted. I wanted to try to develop a still life by fabricating as much as possible in Photoshop. The only photographs used to develop this scene were the pictures seen as photographs in the still-life and the flame of the candlestick. Everything else (the table, book, base of the candle, picture frames, etc.) were created completely in Photoshop. I've seen this type of thing done by many artists such as Bert Monroy, but I was definitely intimidated. However, overall, I think it worked.


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]]> Artwork http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=14 Tue, 1 May 2007 02:43:01 -0400 http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=13
I suppose I'll show one of the projects I've worked on so far. This one was a fairly small project done for my computer-art class. We simply had to open a photograph in Photoshop, desaturate it, and recolor it by hand. I chose to use on of the pictures I took at Coffee Underground in Greenville, SC after the Addy Awards. The first image is the original image. The second on is the finished, recolored product.




]]> Artwork http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=13 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:21:03 -0400 http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=12
... and... here's a random sketch of Mr. Vai and Mr. McAlpine:

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Click on the image for a full view.


While working on this design, we realized that OGMC lacked something else that every up-and-coming band needs: a press-kit. We began meeting after a couple of the band's practices to take pictures for the kit. Here are two images I thought worked rather well. Again, click on the images for the full views.








And here are some outtakes from a few of the photo shoots... some are decent pictures that just couldn't be used for a press-kit... others just show that we had fun...

















For the cover, there were many ideas being thrown around in the beginning ranging from a "freak show" theme to the bands silhouetted against the moon. I drew thumbnails of all these to see how they’d work. We eventually decided on a design that would have all the band members playing in front of a circus tent. I created the tent from scratch in Adobe Illustrator. I took pictures of each band member, individually, and traced them, creating a silhouette of each. Originally, I thought the cover should remain a full-color, vector image:








However, I still thought the image looked a little too happy. I decided to use Photoshop to completely recolor the image and add a great deal of texture. The result is the final cd cover seen in the package. The inside of the cd booklet came from a single photo taken from my first photo shoot with the band:





At first, I hated it. However, I thought it might have some potential with a little work. I cropped the image and proceeded to “photoshop the hell out of it.” I completely replaced the wall (taking out the overhead lamp and the egg carton), took out the Styrofoam cup at the bottom, and placed a super-duper-cool poster on the blank wall. The result is now in the final package.


I could go on for days talking about a project like this but I think this entry is long enough. Overall, I really enjoyed the entire process. This was my first time working with a band directing photo shoots like this. There is still a bit of work to be done before everything will be over with.]]> Artwork http://www.doriengunnels.com/blog/index.php?itemid=11 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:21:18 -0400