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May 29, 2006

Memorial Day in Prospect Park

Today was a perfect steamy summer day to take a stroll in Prospect Park. The pooch and I went for a nice long walk, with a few stops for some sketching. You first walk out onto the open lawn, and the wave of moist grassy air laced with sweet barbecue washes over you. EVERYONE is out enjoying the best spot in Brooklyn. I am still finding cool little paths to walk through. You can actually get lost in there. Since I am still obsessed with Google Earth ( Click here to download ), here are the placemarks of exactly where these sketches were drawn:

Top Sketch: ProsParkSketch1.kmz - Google Earth Placemark
Bottom Sketch: ProsParkSketch2.kmz - Google Earth Placemark

Posted by keegan at 03:08 PM

May 19, 2006

Select Faces

Here's a few faces from my latest sketchbook...been slacking on the posts.

Posted by keegan at 07:52 PM

Texture Library

One of the items on my to-do list recently has been to expand my 'texture library'. Since I have moved over to doing all of my color on the computer, texture is more important than ever. If there is a large area of flat color, and it is just 'paint-bucketed' in Photoshop, the flatness screams "Computer!". The look I am trying to achieve is one that is more hand-made. I try to use custom brushes with my Wacom tablet as much as possible, but sometimes an area needs a bit of real-world texture to break the flatness...

The swatches above are from a few of the textures I worked up this week. They will be much more subtle when included in my work, sometimes only a tiny corner of one, but having a variety on hand is a valuable part of the illustrator's tool-belt.

Posted by keegan at 03:49 AM