juicefoozle

it might sound self-praising but I do love my own app. still...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:02:59 +0200

it might sound self-praising but I do love my own app. still working on the pixelation issue.

“Friendbot” wants your friendship, or death.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:41:43 +0100

“Friendbot” wants your friendship, or death.

Foozle the viking in “my home is my castle” #zbrush...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:47:34 +0100

Foozle the viking in “my home is my castle” #zbrush #sculpting

the long promised video tutorials are on their way, and will be...

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:04:05 +0100

the long promised video tutorials are on their way, and will be online this week.

KID (wip)

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:38:51 +0100

KID (wip)

Bear on a sneaky hunting mission. still wip, next will be his...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:49:11 +0100

Bear on a sneaky hunting mission. still wip, next will be his little sidekick. he still needs a name btw, any suggestions?

Bear

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:28:16 +0100

Bear

Watch out, it might be a trap!! have a nice weekend!

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:21:29 +0100

Watch out, it might be a trap!! have a nice weekend!

Thumbnailing sneaky bears.

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:30:08 +0100

Thumbnailing sneaky bears.

BomberBunny #colerase #sketch

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:44:52 +0100

BomberBunny #colerase #sketch

ZBrush toon revolver. my first 100% pure zbrush hard-surface...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:14:51 +0100

ZBrush toon revolver. my first 100% pure zbrush hard-surface model.

Are you on vine & twitter?

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:32:15 +0100

twitter yes, not yet on vine but love it. when i find the time i’ll join.
https://twitter.com/Juicefoozle

Leave my Sneakers

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:48:49 +0100

Leave my Sneakers

Ronja Räubertochter

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:34:35 +0100

Ronja Räubertochter

Riot!!

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:03:52 +0100

Riot!!

ZBrush Meshcap

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:50:32 +0100

ZBrush Meshcap

result of today’s zbrush class.

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:29:24 +0100

result of today’s zbrush class.

animated GIF of the “Skull” illustration progress. seems not to loop on tumblr, so if you want to...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:25:02 +0100

animated GIF of the “Skull” illustration progress.

seems not to loop on tumblr, so if you want to watch it looped, visit:
http://dribbble.com/shots/934535-animated-Skull-progress

for a bigger version (of the final result) visit:
http://on.fb.me/WVCJeG

for wip steps side by side and tutorial like descriptions visit:
http://on.fb.me/UKa9BE

Hello and welcome to “How to draw a cartoon skull” (the foozle way). My name is...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:31:00 +0100

Hello and welcome to “How to draw a cartoon skull” (the foozle way).

My name is Foozle, and i will guide you through the following steps of creating a cartoon skull. i never read Gray’s Anatomy, so excuse my floppy anatomical descriptions. have fun.

DRAWING:

1. Draw an eggshaped ball. the egg should point downwards. put in some ecliptical guides to get a feeling for it’s third dimension. those will help you place the eyes and all the other cool stuff we will add.

2. place the eyesockets. try to imagine that you would project them on the surface of that egg we built in step 1.

3. add a tapered cylinder to form the baseshape of the maxilla (upper jaw)

4. oh wow, complex stuff to describe, but it’s essentially a bended cuboid that is placed behind the jaw, to form the exaggerated cheekbones. also don’t miss the eyesockets.

5. place a little cube on the jaw zylinder, it’s floor should lie on the jaw and the backsite should connect to the angle of the forehead.

6. the cube we just made is our guid for the complex shape of the nasal bone, and the inner nasal parts. best is you make an imagesearch for skull anatomy and check it out. I essentially project a triangle on the front of the cube, which i split in the middle.

Actually the perspective of the head is a bit unlucky to show the plasticity of this part, so check out these other sketches to get a better look at it http://juicefoozle.tumblr.com/post/42532361204/skull-sketching-part-2-further-refinement-and and http://juicefoozle.tumblr.com/post/42528004602/skull-sketching )

Hey, time for a break. you finished laying out all guides.

7. draw over your guides, try to get some loose lines and nice curves to break the mechanical feel of the layout. this is the part where you can go into many many directions and put your own stamp and style all over it.

8. add some sexy line weighting. if you’re into that kind of stuff.

9. adding details.

You finished the drawing part.

i know, some steps have been a bit like “how to draw an owl” ( http://yannesposito.com/Scratch/img/blog/Yesod-tutorial-for-newbies/owl_draw.png ) but after all you shouldnt just copy, because discovering your own way will enrich you way more.

COLORING AND GRADING (PHOTOSHOP)

first of all, i’m not a scientist nor a hyperrealist, so leave me some artistic freedom in placing the shadows, they might not be 100% accurate ;)

A. get a nice color set and block in the colors. dont use any soft airbrush shit yet.

when you followed the first steps you got an excellent feel for the plasticity of the shapes. that is a huge help now to figure out where to place the shadows. i decided to shade with a quite boring but easy to do light from the upper left.

dont forget to paint the shadows on a seperate layer.

B. masking the shadows. put a mask on your shadow layer. now it’s time to use a soft brush, and brush into the mask to fade (soften) the shadows out where you want to.

what i also did in this step was adding small white lights in the downfacing shadow areas (a kind of “backlight” from below). you can see it pretty good on the cheekbones. it’s a tiny change with a big effect when it comes to plasticity of your shapes.

C. GRADING TIME! (oh, and i put the eyeballs in before grading).

i only grade with adjustment layers. why that? 2 big reasons, first it’s a non-destructive workflow (means the adjustments dont get baked into my pixels), second i can add masks to the adjustments and get some nice fading effects.

let’s get to the main changes:

first adjustment layer “hue and saturation”, i tweaked it to get a red shiny look, afterwards i used a very soft brush at it’s mask to get that red shine from below.

second adjustment layer “hue and saturation”, set to brighten and desaturate everything. masked it so that only the back parts of the head are affected, that will give them a tiny bit more depth.

third adjustment layer “levels”, is used levels to get some crispier contrasts.

last but not least i added some noise and some textures to the whole thing by using a mix of different layer effects (multiply, linear burn and whatnot) which you can see better at a bigger resolution.

http://juicefoozle.tumblr.com/post/42575025364/finished-skull-concept-for-my-workshop-want-to

that’s all folks.

hope you enjoyed this little workshop.

catch y’all later,

Foozle.

http://www.juicefoozle.com

http://www.facebook.com/juicefoozle

Finished skull concept for my workshop. want to see the single...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:29:16 +0100

Finished skull concept for my workshop. want to see the single steps of illustrating it?