hatton_slayden

bunbarian color sketch

adding some base colors to logans commission 

study of Mar

when i got home i wanted to keep painting like i did at class so i grabbed the template i made for the Mar oil study (failed study ) and limited myself to a pallet similar to a rembrandt portrait .  it needs more work but i like how it is going 

donut fox

well this is the first "finished" painting for my oil class.  next one is going to be a portrait but we get to choose who we draw.  like a dumbass i decided on trying  a rembrandt copy, i already transfered the pencil sketch to my canvas and tomorrow i start painting 

firey update

i promptly forgot i worked on these today.  after my oil work i was tempted to try to apply that kind of brush work to these images but i stopped myself because that would mean redoing a bunch and that is counter productive (and i would get fussed at) ;)

oh how painterly

aside from the oil study today was a commission day. 

the oil painting has helped me loosen up with my brush work and laying down color quite a bit

just hit my face into the wall

oops this one did NOT turn out that well at all...guess i got a little too ambitious.  time to pull back and do smaller scale studies  

oil test

i will need to get some of my photography friends to help me on setting up the lighting so the image has the proper colors as this photo does not have quite the richness in the original but i really do like the way oil feels to paint with 

kitty update

it's hard not to get swept up in the oil painting bug so here is some updates to tigress pounce 

oily tools

i went a got some fume-less paint thinner a couple pallet knives and an Ottlight lamp as well as a few other nick-knacks i did not already have.  most of my practicing will be on simple shapes until i get use to the medium

kitty update

more line work polish 

logan comish

Logan storm, a long time top tier patreon member popped back into existence and asked for a commission.  i asked if it was ok to show its progress here on patreon and he said yes.  so here we go

kitty update

almost got a full day working tomorrow i have to myself so i should be able to get away with a full work day
i kept looking at the first panel of page 2 and thought "what is wrong here?"  turns out ....gorilla arms.  also the anatomy looked "flat" so i just re did them as that would be faster in the long run.  
still researching scanners so i can eventually scan in traditional media but i really need to practice basic techniques.  i have some japanese w...

bald update

just putting some final polish on the characters 

kitty update

finally got to update some page stuff

kitty update

not that much to update today.  monday i will have a free day to work (unless something happens) 

also i  have had a bunch of commissions land my way so i need to balance that work load too

and i am really enjoying working on this comic 

philo update

and i am "dead" today.  the painting class i attended went great.  so good that i am looking up really good scanners so i can add traditional mediums back into my work flow.  but after that i was asked to go pick up some new Iphones for my family....and the rest of the day was rather stressful trouble shooting and long waits for data transferring 

now everyone has a working phone again but i barely got anytime to work

sorry about all that 

fungi studies

as i need to draw a lot of foliage in this comic i am doing some studies.  i take a reference image (bottom right) and try to copy it (bottom left) then i re draw it in as many different positions as possible 

kitty update

the first page is done aside from colors ....woohoo!

tomorrow i start a class on oil painting.  which will be interesting because i have never worked with oils 

kitty update

woohoo now its time to refine the line work

pouncing update

aaah such fun.  many of the pages i really did not have to change much.  just alter the pose slightly to make it more dramatic and natural looking, and of course those more involved backgrounds 

if you pardon my rambling for a moment.  i feel like i can finally draw the stories i want to without having to plan out every character and environmental model 

taking a bald break for kitties sake

now that i have all the base colors and ink work done for Bald Space monkeys, i took a break and went back to Tigress Pounce and finish it.   mostly its just adding more detail to the backgrounds and fixing up the gestures 

i already like it a LOT more then how it looked when i abandoned it last time.  now i WONT go redoing comics i already finished but i will go back to some i abandoned now that it is a lot easier to do so 

bald update

ok all base colors down.  its rough and it took a few near sleepless nights but now i can get to the final stretch

bald update

so i started the day with a "yeah i am going to get a lot done!" can do attitude.  8pm comes around....only...2 ....pages

ok what the heck happened?  as far as i remember i was mostly just in front of my computer working 

(head desk)

bald updates

only 2 pages right now.  i usually stop after i post but i have been so slow today and unable to sleep that i am just going to keep working until i finally get tired enugh to actually get some sleep.

tomorrow is a day i don't have any other plans (at this time) aside from work so my goal is to have all the base colors down by tomorrow posting time so i can start on the censorshieks and final polish for the colors 

flame foxy update

all the line work cleaned up and all the basic colors down (mostly flats) now i can polish it all up 

a clockwork melodrama

alrighty then.  just a little more touch up on the background line work then i can add in the flat colors 

just the bear shadows

i was going to try and paint this realistically but i think the simple shadows with maybe a small highlight will work best 

the flat bear

i added back the color but just the flats 

bald update

more monkey love 

bald update

more color work