22 March, 2006
“Armour: A.R.V. 6” (May 1989). Watercolour pencils & Ink on paper.
I think this was inspired by a Star Wars Tie Fighter pilot action figure that belonged to my brother. Or to be specific, I built upon the helmet and the chest plate design.
In the sketch, I added a weapon in the left hand, a truncheon in his right, body armour-plating, and armoured cables (the idea was that the weapons and other equipment were hooked to his armoured suit’s control systems).
Coloured with watercolour pencils (i.e. water-soluble colour pencils) and inked over with black and a little of red (I remembered I only had these two ink colours available).
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22 March, 2006
An illustration for the Romance fiction genre guide, for NLB’s Fiction Advisory Service.
A sketch was made on plain A4 paper, in pencil. Then it was outlined with a marker point (with a heavier point) and then scanned (as JPEG file).
Using Photoshop Elements, the outlines were picked up using the Marquee tool as a separate layer. Colour fills were made over several layers (with colour gradients), then finishing it off with a photo-filter (“Render->Lens Flare” effect).
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22 March, 2006
This picture was used for the Fantasy Fiction Genre Guide for the NLB’s Fiction Advisory Service.
This version was enhanced using Photoshop Elements to brighten the colour tones. I realised the original colours looked rather faded so for the re-prints of the guides, I cropped the image from the original Hi-Res scan, then adjusted the Brightness and Contrast.
The original scan looks like this:
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