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artmunki — Memphis pinup by Kim Trinborg
Published: 2012-07-04 22:58:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 4652; Favourites: 120; Downloads: 0
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When I saw Kim posting this pinup, I thought it'd make for a nice wee experiment. I've been trying to figure out cuts & grads forever and could never quite master it, but I think I've finally had a bit of a breakthough. It's not quite there yet, and it'll certainly be quite a while before I'll be ready to use this technique on sequentials, but it's something of a relief that I've actually managed to make a wee bit of progress. Just gonna have to keep working at it to refine the technique now!lines [link]
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this is awesome- dig the subtle highlights and overall really simple and well done..
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Amazing! did you draw those squares(cuts) by hand or did you use an effect on a regular coloring u did for it?
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No, it was just good ol' Polygonal Lasso tool for that - I laid down my textures and some basic area gradients over the flats to get me started, then just layered up some loose, blocky shapes with the lasso for the highlights. The trick to it seems to be how you overlap the shapes, more than anything else.
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Wow it looks amazing. I think I'm gonna try and do that on my next piece. I might hit you up on it again! You got facebook or something like that?
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Well, I'll be glad to see how you get on, but I'm afraid dA is about as close as I like to get to social marketing networks. (I do technically have a G+ account, but I signed up by accident, only bother to check it every coupla months or so when I get a reminder mail about something, and have never posted anything on it)
Very best of luck on your efforts tho!
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Thanks man! See ya around
(FYI, if you're looking for work, you can find TONS of it on facebook, that's why I asked.)
GL in the future mate
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Thanks chief! I'm still kinda refining the technique, but it shows some promise. And I wish I could talk Kim into drawing some more pics - had a lot of fun with these lines!
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Looks Great ! I can see you working more with shapes on this one~
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It's my new mutant/mongrel cuts & grads thing I'm trying to figure out. Getting there ... ^_^
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I am sure you will Bro !
Btw, i got around on trying several traditional media's
Acrylic,markers,pencil,colored pencil,Charcoal Fineliner etc,Its so amazing !
Also mixed some, Marker on paper with chinese white and colored pencil sliced into it for effects...
It's a mess but a good looking one thast a lot of fun ! XD
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It's always good to try different things ... I just wish I had the bloody time!
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...or Money~
Hope you've been doing awesomely !
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Thanks man. Aye, as experiments go, this one was pretty successful. It's not gonna suit every style of lines I get my hands on, but it might actually work quite well with your stuff - I may have to have another wee hunt through your gallery when I get some spare time. ;D
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Thankyou! I've been working on Filler for ages, but this is the first time I've actually coloured any of Kim's lines - quite a fun wee change! ^_^
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Thanks chief! Kinda wish I'd figured this out ages ago! ^_^
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Did you learn cuts and grads from a book? I'd love to be able to color this well. Beautiful job on him.
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Actually, no. I *tried* to learn it from a book ages ago (Hi-Fi Colour for Comics), but although I completely understood the process, the way I normally work out my rendering made it really difficult to make the transition to cuts & grads, and in the end I just sorta gave up. I never particularly liked that style of colouring tho, so I wasn't that motivated to push it,
I've learned a lot since then tho, and I've recently seen a few people use some different kinds of C&G, so I kinda figured out my own way to do it in my head (I can think in fluent photoshop, and often do so even while out walking about - does that make me sad? 
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It seems hard to figure out but then again I haven't made a huge effort to try and get something done with it. I have nothing done with it.
Sounds complex, I can't learn much just by looking at other people's work.
It's good to be different.
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Well, if you can't figure it out at all, you'd probably benefit from having at look at the Hi-Fi book. I think the way you colour could quite easily be adapted to cuts & grads, so you might have an easier time of it than I did! ^_^
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I'll try and get a copy of the book or find something better depending on the book reviews. I hope it isn't too hard to learn.
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Oh, I'm sure you'll figure it out just fine. Best of luck! ^_^
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Thanks man! Just mailed you a reply, too. Hope it helps!
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Man, that looks great, Derek! Awesome style and the palette is beautiful. Love it!
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Actually, I just realised - there are no artist's signatures on this. Do you want to send me a copy of yours so I can drop them both in?
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Of course, I'll make sure to send it when I get home.
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Glad you like it, man. It just seemed like the right piece for an experiment I've been mulling over for ages. I'll stick to my regular style for pagework for the time being tho - I want the final TPB to be at least moderately consistent, and this technique would just take too long to be practical at the moment anyway.
Gotta give credit where it's due tho - working on Filler has done more to advance my colouring than almost everything else I've done combined. I can't thank you enough for that, man!
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It worked like a charm, man. And even though you won't primarily use this new style for Filler, it's always good to have a few tricks up your sleeve. There'll be more projects to come after all.
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Wow amazing color work! Nice choose of colors!
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Thannks man! Orange & blue seems to be my default setting, but it just seems to work! ^_^
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Gorgeous bit of work, sir! Love the warm colours and metallic FX!
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Thanks chief! Still gotta work on my shiny metal, but I'm getting there!
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Thanks man, appreciate it.
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Nice new style, really works with your colour palette!
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Being new, it's still too bloody slow to use for most stuff, but I'm definitely gonna keep working on it. Such a bloody relief to have finally figured out a c&g technique I can actually make work tho!
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Well it works, goes nicely with the lines. But you kept the familiar colour palette of yours... that goes really nicely on the bg area
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Thanks man. And I know this wasn't what you meant, but you're right anyway - I should work on broadening my palette a bit. There's only so much you can do with orange & blue! ^_^
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