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Project Project

Matt Kohr’s perspective tutorial at CtrlPaint.com (available for $10 in his store) came along at the right time. As I continue to ponder a re-imagined comic strip, I know I want to make my environments less flat and more cinematic, and that’s all about drawing in perspective.

What makes this tutorial stand out is that it focuses on sketching, rather than careful measuring and 100% accuracy. Kohr demonstrates how to quickly create a perspective grid (and even includes some simple but ingenious Photoshop templates), and then use that grid to draw simple shapes and objects in perspective. Following that, he shows you how to add additional elements in perspective using projection. For instance, the crude figures in my scene here are the same height. I drew the guy on the right first, then drew lines in perspective to the outer edge of the sidewalk, then followed the grid to the foreground of the drawing.

Featured image of post I Baloo It

I Baloo It

iPad drawing of the inimitable Phil Harris. I started out using my usual painting technique, but was having trouble with the likeness, so I said “screw it” and started having fun with virtual charcoal and virtual ink.

Featured image of post Live Long? Check. Prosper? Check.

Live Long? Check. Prosper? Check.

It was definitely cool to meet Kelsey Grammer yesterday, but I much rather would have liked to be with this youthful fella as he visited another of his boyhood homes, this time in Shively, CA.

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Zen and the Art of Me

I sketched my latest barely recognizable caricature while catching up on some late night TV.

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