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In the end I painted a full color oil image using just ArtRage for the cover. My blog for the book has a lot of these tests and explorations on it.Įditors Note: Check out the history of the book’s illustrations, and a lot more ArtRage paintings, at It really helped me nail down the exact style I was going to use.
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I figured out how to get both a nice oil look and a nice watercolor look from ArtRage. I explored lots of ideas of how to color and texture the work. I did a lot of sketching and brainstorming before starting the illustrations that made it into the final book. You used ArtRage quite a lot while developing the illustrations. She’s lost and has to find her way home using her wits and fragments of nano technology she finds washed ashore. It’s an adventure about a ten year old Seelie girl (Seelies are the name of the tiny, tiny people) and her friend, a crab. I shot a lot of reference photos using a macro lens, many hours were spent crawling across the sandstone trying to focus on tiny things. That’s what was going through my head as I started to sketch and write.
It would come in and out twice a day and cover the beach, a constant countdown until you had to find shelter to hide from it. Crabs would be enormous, a constant threat. I tried to imagine how amazing, and terrifying, it would be to be tiny, as tall as a grain of rice, and live your life on that beach. The stone is this beautiful organic landscape of swirls and craters worn down by millions of years of ocean waves. I was inspired by watching my girls on the sandstone beaches of an island here in the Pacific Northwest. Something a little like a Miyazaki story with a strong female protagonist. I have daughters and wanted to write an adventure book that they would enjoy. Can you tell us a bit about your new book?Ībsolutely. I immediately took to it as it really does a great job of letting you explore visual ideas with digital medium. One of the owners of the visual effects company I work for has a copy. Especially if there is going to be a sequel to my book. I’m excited to start using the latest version and I’m sure I’ll be using ArtRage for years to come.
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I’m waiting for Microsoft to announce the next Surface Pro and then I’m going to jump to it, and use 4.5. It wasn’t until I got serious about my book that I picked up a copy for myself and moved up to version 4. I always tried to find ways to work it into my job as it’s so easy to use. I dabbled using a copy of version 2.5 that we had at work for a long time. How long have you been using ArtRage?Ībout four years. When I sit down to do 2D work it’s pure ArtRage. It’s a workhorse of a 3D program and the backbone of all the film visual effects work I deal with. Side Effects Houdini is my main art tool.
Do you use other programs or traditional media? ArtRage has been a lifesaver when working in digital paint and I never would have finished my book without it. I find I’m faster at roughing in ideas with pencil and paper but that I find undos invaluable once I get to color and trying to finish work. Since then I’ve been doing a lot of 3d work and some digital painting on the side. I equipped myself with pencils and markers in highschool and did a decent amount of life drawing and sketching in film school. Do you come from a digital or traditional art background?Ī little of both. As far as subjects go I find myself drawing characters more often than intricate backgrounds or environments, they tend to come more naturally. Japanese manga and anime in general has influenced me. I mimed the art from that cartoon so much that I think it got into my blood.
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As a kid I loved the anime TV show Robotech (better known worldwide as Macross). My art tends to lean towards some of my more important inspirations. What kind of artist are you? (how would you describe your style and niche?) It’s an amazing place that definitely isn’t lacking when you want to be inspired to create. I’m from the west coast and my spent years growing up on the gulf islands off the coast of Vancouver. I’ve recently decided to try my hand as an author and have self-published an illustrated middle-grade adventure book called Cindercast: A Tale of Tides.Ĭanada. If you pay close attention you can catch my name in among thousands of others in the credits of such classics as Iron Man, District 9, and Mockingjay. I got into 3D visual effects to tell stories on the big screen and am now the CG supervisor at The Embassy VFX. After highschool, and six year stint in the Army as a paratrooper I decided I wanted to make a career using my artistic talents. I always marked up my notebooks in school with sketches of robots in epic battles across the lined pages. Website: Book: Cindercast: A Tale of Tides Who are you? What do you want the internet to know about you? ArtRage Editions: ArtRage 2, ArtRage 4, ArtRage for iPad