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This video was recorded in April of 2009.
The ‘News’ announcements are outdated. The quality of the art, the video and the audio aren’t as strong as my more recent but I believe that the content is still worthwhile.
In This Video ::
I recently had the tremendous honor of joining my friends Kevin Cross and Joshua Kemble as a guest on their awesome podcast Big Illustration Party Time.
It is an amazing resource for anyone interested in freelance illustration.
The topic that we discussed was character design so each of us did a ‘homework assignment’ before the episode where we had to design a “hero.”
I came up with an alien janitor in cut-offs.
I did a screen capture of the entire painting and I have split that video into two parts. The first part, this episode, will be accompanied by a series of audio clips from my guest appearance on Big Illustration Party Time.
In Part Two, I will go into further detail via voiceover about the process of creating and finishing this painting.
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oh man, I learned so much just from this one episode. Moving on to part 2 now. Thanks so much! Can’t wait to try this stuff out
This was great – moving on to part 2. But just wanted to let you know the link to Big Illustration Party Time seems to have changed – the link in the post isn’t working.
Thanks, Chris – great stuff!
Hey Chris,
Really awesome work! I’ve been sort of binge listening to your podcasts for the last couple days. You are very inspirational and more than helpful. I just started an new illustration and found myself pouring way more time into concept, studies, and taking reference shots. I usually just go with my idea and let it all come together as the digital painting progresses. I’ve found it extremely helpful to put in the time first and have most of my choices made before I start to render. Thank you for creating this site and I’ll definitely continue listening!
Wow, thanks for including part of the discussion you all had. So very enlightening! I love how you talked about the being purposeful about the element of surprise! xx