sketches

3 page comic about birds I did for PUMMEL.

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:00:25 -0400

3 page comic about birds I did for PUMMEL.

A Flash Gordon piece for pummel. While doing research, I...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:38:09 -0400

A Flash Gordon piece for pummel. While doing research, I discovered that the Lizard-men from the comic look like rejected henchmen from Venture Brothers.

I’ve been watching Penny-arcade’s Strip Search, and...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:29:09 -0400

I’ve been watching Penny-arcade’s Strip Search, and thought I’d pause it and give the first elimination challenge a shot. Scripting and drawing a comic in 90 min is DAMN hard, and they did it while getting filmed and interviewed. I barely made it under the gun and it’s way messier than I would have liked. Can’t wait to see where the show goes from here.

My Feb P.U.M.M.E.L. piece. FF #1 cover homage.

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:42:32 -0500

My Feb P.U.M.M.E.L. piece. FF #1 cover homage.

A 4 page post-apocalypse comic I did for PUMMEL.

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:51:09 -0500

A 4 page post-apocalypse comic I did for PUMMEL.

A Miyazaki/Dark Phoenix mash-up

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:36:00 -0500

A Miyazaki/Dark Phoenix mash-up

drawnblog: Today I give thanks that there is proof that a human...

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:08:19 -0500

drawnblog:

Today I give thanks that there is proof that a human being can draw this amazingly.

Gobble gobble!

Kim Jung gi Drawing show in China (by superani00)

You know how in Amadeus, Antonio Salieri meets Mozart, and is at once filled with the joy of seeing a true genius, but is simultaneously crushed by the realization that he will never be as good, no matter how hard he works at it? Yeah, this is like that.

Legend of Korra Finished

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

New site

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:48:00 -0500

Clayyount.com is live! I’ll be using this blog to post some of my illustration processes, as well as info I think might help people out with illustration, web development or whatever, I’ll also keep you up to date on any new projects I might be working on. For the time being, I am taking commission requests, so get them now if you are interested. Bookmark here if you want to get the rss feed.

Legend of Korra Process - Fire and Water

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:48:00 -0500

I’m working on a new piece for my November P.U.M.M.E.L. match. I picked the theme this time, and I decided on Legend of Korra. I was watching this season, and thought the fire and water effects would be a good way to jump into a more painterly technique. Usually, I sketch, ink, and color with either flats, like in Rob and Elliot, or 1-2 levels of shading/highlights with gradients like in my Storm/Black Panther illustration. I wanted to try out Photoshop CS6’s new realistic paintbrushes, and this seemed like as good a chance as any.

I started off with a pencil tool sketch.

After that I blocked off the flat colors. I changed her legs to a running stride, and started working on the water distortion. The water effect is on a separate layer with the mode set to overlay. For water distortion, you can create a refraction effect by shifting the image behind the water by an even amount. I moved it a little bit down and to the left. I then added undulations in the outline with displaced spots. I left the fire as a block color for now. I started painting her face to get an idea on how I wanted the water to reflect back up onto the underside of Korra’s face. Since light bounces off and passes through the water, it casts more reflected light than an opaque object, so the dominating reflective colors are going to be from the fire and the water on either side of her body.

Here I added most of the shading with the Flat Curve Think Stiff Bristles brush in PS with the opacity set to pressure sensitive. I picked a main light source (top-left) and visualized the objects in 3D space while adding volume with shadows and reflective lightsources. I added the water and fire reflective light with an overlay layer. The fire effect is created by building up layers of flame-like shapes progressing from orange to yellow to white. Remember that the white part is the hottest, so it should be prominent only where the flame is thickest.

Here I added Naga, and made some corrections to Korra. You’ll notice how Naga has the reflected light sources on him as well (overlay layer with a radial gradient). I also moved the fire to intersect with the water stream and added distortion effects and a glow (overlay gradient again). I made sure to use a large size brush with more visible bristle strokes on Naga to get a fur effect.

I’m still in progress, but here’s a zoomed in view of the fire and water effects to give you a better idea of how I achieved them. I still need to add the distortion to naga, but since I’m not 100% sure about the placement, I haven’t implemented it yet.

October P.U.M.M.E.L. Happy Halloween!

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:17:00 -0400

October P.U.M.M.E.L.

Happy Halloween!

Conan vs. Conan

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:52:00 -0400

Conan vs. Conan

Tank girl comic I made for PUMMEL.

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:39:00 -0400

Tank girl comic I made for PUMMEL.

This would be the hardest NES game of all time. P.U.M.M.E.L....

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:28:00 -0400

This would be the hardest NES game of all time. P.U.M.M.E.L. piece for August.

Futurama/Addams Family mashup!

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:14:00 -0400

Futurama/Addams Family mashup!

Yet another P.U.M.M.E.L. fight. Tried to do a better job with...

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:32:00 -0400

Yet another P.U.M.M.E.L. fight. Tried to do a better job with the looking-down warped perspective. I think I need to study some fisheye lens photos to get a better read on it.

EDIT: Updated with final piece.

Yet another P.U.M.M.E.L. entry on Penciljack. Delirium from...

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:00:00 -0400

Yet another P.U.M.M.E.L. entry on Penciljack. Delirium from Sandman.

A drawing for my first P.U.M.M.E.L. Challenge.

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:01:00 -0400

A drawing for my first P.U.M.M.E.L. Challenge.

Added some color and a title treatment to the New Mutants...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:54:00 -0400

Added some color and a title treatment to the New Mutants drawing.

Some drawings I did for a weekly sketch group. Eastwood, Rango,...

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:41:34 -0400

Some drawings I did for a weekly sketch group. Eastwood, Rango, Stargirl, and an 80’s New Mutants.