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:: King of Souls by Brian Knight
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This was one of three ideas I presented to Brian and
Paul. This one really captures the rust and grittiness
of the setting of the story. It was the unanimous favorite.
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I started by sketching out the design on canvas with
pencil.
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I painted the appliances and light bulb with acrylics.
This step was just to get the shapes in place -- I'll
add the lighting and rust later. |
I scanned in the painting and did some rough lighting
effects in Photoshop. |
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The next step was to add rust. I drew this swatch of
rust and a rust spot using chalk pastel.
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This is the scanned painting with the rust added to each
appliance. |
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Next, I needed to add the author's name, which should
look spray-painted on.
The
first spray paint swatch I created was way too drippy.
I also realized that the words are supposed to be at
an angle, so the drips shouldn't be going straight down.
Time
to try again!
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This second try was much better. Just a few drips, and
they were going at an angle.
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I added the spray paint area to the picture. |
Then, I erased out the parts that would be stencils if
this were real grafitti. |
I needed to add one final lighting effect to make the
light bulb really look bright. I created this image with
chalk pastel on paper. |
I layered the lighting area I created on top of the painting
and brightened the light bulb itself. This created the
final image. |
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