What’s A Monkey to do in Tampa?
Behind all the painting of
the picture there were several steps that were taken in order to get to that
process. The first were getting some
references and sketching out several thumbnails that eventually I picked the
most appealing. After that I elaborated
on two that I picked and decided which of the two I picked. From there I went to the wacom tablet and
started off with the drawing where I moved even more ideas around and added new
ones. I then went into illustrator and
traced out my image and brought it into photoshop to be colored. I started with a basic fill in with colors
and after that the painting process. Most of my tools were used to isolate certain
areas to make painting easier such as the rectangular selection tool. Decision making came from experimenting
especially with different colors and textured brushes.
The
idea behind it all was I wanted a sort of funny cover for the article. The title being “What’s a Monkey to do in
Tampa?” I took the scene to a relaxed monkey sitting on a large sun sofa and
eating an orange. The comical part of
the image is the hunter hiding in the bush and shooting several tranquilizers
and only hitting the couch because it related to the hunter being unable to
catch the monkey by making him a little dumb. I think my idea was conveyed rather well,
from the monkey relaxing to the bolts in the back of the couch. The only thing I would like to change is the
style of work as it’s not much of a title cover page but more of a painting, it
doesn’t have a comic/illustrative work.
I love the painted look.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing, the detail is just fantastic!
ReplyDeletevery cool paint-like look to it. great color choices and all in all just VERY well done.
ReplyDeleteThe brush work is so awesome! I like the loose feel of the whole image but still strong!
ReplyDeleteVery good. I the posing for the monkey is very realistic.
ReplyDeleteGreat stylization, combining several photos was a good idea
ReplyDeleteNice detail, the paint effect works great! and this is also a funny concept.
ReplyDeleteGreat paint technique!
ReplyDeleteNow you guys are trying to make me look bad! Haha nice job!
ReplyDeleteI like the brush strokes and the colors.
ReplyDeleteI love the composition. Excellent illustrator and drawing skills. I like the concept behind the art as well. The idea of the monkey lounging.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the art and very funny, i like the fast hurried style of it,very well done, and it totally fits for the article. great job. I will however point out, that is the wrong kind of monkey.
ReplyDeleteVery well done, I like how it looks like a painting.
ReplyDeleteWow very cool illustration, I totally love the way this image looks very appealing setting and imagery. Love the title and it fits so well…Great Work!
ReplyDeleteCool stuff Jared. I see that Gingher's class helps with making figures even though the monkey isn't human. I like the position he's in. I bet you used a ton of brushes because I see crazy amounts of texture. Great Job!
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