tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-335862932024-03-07T20:58:09.304+01:00Janina Görrissen IllustrationIllustrations and Comic Art by Janina Görrissen.Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-61332908736642426182013-06-10T13:26:00.003+02:002013-07-20T08:34:57.359+02:00Away...It's been quite a while since the last update. I'm sorry about that, guys!<br />
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The reason for this neglect is that I have to keep up to date our <a href="http://www.artilstudio.de/">Artil Studio</a> website, and quite frankly, I don't have the time or energy to update both that one and this blog... So if you'de like to see new stuff from me, I recommend you to head over there!<br />
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You'll notice a distinct style shift, though. Well, you've been seeing it here already for quite a while. I apologize to all those who liked my old, more manga-esque or cartoony style. It's not that I don't like it any more, or that I will never do anything like that again. But I'm trying to seriously make a living with this illustration business, and those images just don't... sell well. It's a shame, but I don't mind adapting a little to the market - I certainly still enjoy what I do!<br />
And I hope you do, too. :)<br />
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So, anyway. Just wanted to let you know that I won't be around here as much as I used to. As I said, you can still get updates over at our <a href="http://www.artilstudio.de/" target="_blank">Artil Studio</a> page. ;)Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-59669586547923411362012-12-11T11:09:00.000+01:002012-12-11T11:09:12.757+01:00Go, dog!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here's something to get you in the spirit for Christmas time, and maybe even wish you all wonderful holidays in advance. :)<br />
<br />This was painted for our promo Christmas cards over at <a href="http://www.artilstudio.de/">Artil Studio</a> - I hope everyone who received one liked his or her postcard!<br />
I went for a children's book style with this one, trying to avoid lines and using a watercolor base with colored pencils for the shading. I had so much fun painting this! The initial sketch was quite a challenge though, and underwent quite a few changes in composition and style until both I and Marc were satisfied with it.<br />
I'd say the result turned out very cute, in the end!<br />
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And here's what I drew for the back of the postcard:<br />
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Over at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=370665893025309&set=a.342745032484062.81160.275571455868087&type=1&relevant_count=1" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> you can see what the final postcards looked like all niecely printed.<br />
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So anyway, enjoy! ^^Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-84663740608457790762012-10-29T11:00:00.000+01:002012-10-30T16:25:37.736+01:00Grow, little tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I know this would be more fitting for spring than for autumn, but I just received my very first fruit tree for my garden!<br />
You might know I'm a big fan of gardening, or maybe you don't. But I am. I enjoy designing my garden (permaculture ftw!), I enjoy working in it, and so I'm very excited about this first tree. I'm also excited because it's a very special tree: a PawPaw tree (Asimina triloba), to be precise.<br />
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I have never tasted a pawpaw fruit yet, but it's described to have a very tropical flavor, a mix of banana and mango and maybe some hint of vanilla and/or pineapple. The tree is native to North America and very resistant to frost, so needless to say, I just had to have one of those.<br />
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And now it's hereee, and what's even better, instead of the 50 cm baby tree I ordered I got one that's almost a meter tall, which means I'll get to harvest fruit much earlier. Whee!<br />
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So, yeah. This image came to my mind, so I drew it. Tried something a little different in terms of color and style, too. Hope you like it!Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-34410577245996567452012-10-22T11:00:00.000+02:002012-10-22T13:15:47.532+02:00Halloween!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's still over a week to go, but I felt like drawing something Halloween-related, so here it is. =D I decided to keep it simple and not get into more layers and highlights and all that stuff. It's always very tempting to get more complicated, but sometimes simple just works better.<br />
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Who knew vampire noses were so hard to draw? In my original sketch it looked a little different, until my husband pointed out "that looks like a pig's snout". So I spent about an hour or so just trying to fix that nose! At least I'm happy with the final version.<br />
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Happy Halloween in advance!Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-64840379333048237552012-10-19T11:00:00.000+02:002012-10-19T18:54:01.932+02:00Happy ferret<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another little children's book portfolio piece I did this week. It's rather simple, mostly because it's been a long time since I last painted with gouache. It was fun, I'll surely do it again!<br />
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And I like ferrets. Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-15704519133609187092012-10-16T11:00:00.000+02:002012-10-16T11:14:37.210+02:00I don't want to be a princess!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the Book Fair in Frankfurt Marc and I realized that our usual comic style is not very well received with children's book publishers (at least not in Germany), so we decided to make some pieces for our portfolio more suited for that market. After seeing all those pink and cheesy princess picture books for small girls (which I do not approve of), I doodled this little girl who would rather be a knight instead. I had so much fun with this, I'll have to paint more like it. I also like the chance to experiment with different techniques and styles.<br />
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This one might actually be still a little too comic-y for the publisher's taste, although the technique helps to make it more picture book-like. It was painted with a watercolor base, colored pencils for the shading and gouache for highlights.Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-5858088523671746942012-10-15T11:00:00.000+02:002012-10-15T12:02:12.950+02:00Qilin process (2)Right, so last time I showd you the steps I take to prepare a watercolor painting. Here's the actual watercolor process.<br />
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These are my beloved liquid watercolors. I have a couple of tones more (yellow, red and ocre), but for this illustration, these are all I'll use.<br />
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The first step is painting a light base layer which will give a tone to the whole piece. In this case, I picked a light blue and light green where the light sources will be.<br />
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I let it dry completely, and then I apply masking fluid. That's the darker blue-ish stuff you see on this photo. This is so I can paint the background without much trouble, so I mask off the edges where I don't want the paint to go in if I paint fast and sloppily.<br />
Masking fluid is amazing, even though if I'm not careful to rinse the brush often with soapy water, it will destroy the brush because it sticks to it and is impossible to get off afterwards. So never use a good brush for applying masking fluid!<br />
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Here I start painting the background. I paint wet-in-wet at this stage, so I moisten everything I want to paint with water first and then apply the color.<br />
I started with the firefly lights and went from light to dark. I'm leaving the ground out yet, because the color dries to fast to do it all at once.<br />
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Now the ground. Still, wet-in-wet technique, though I'm careful to not let any water touch the areas I had already painted. That would cause blotches.<br />
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I decided the background needed to be darker, so everything got a second layer. No wet-in-wet technique anymore.<br />
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After I'm satisfied with the background, it's time to rub off the masking fluid. I love doing that!<br />
But before, I made the firefly-lights a bit greener.<br />
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Now, base layer for the foreground and the plants at the Qilin's feet.<br />
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And now for the Qilin itself.<br />
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First shading layer on the foreground. Here's when I start to flesh out the volume.<br />
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Annd first shading layer for the creature.<br />
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The second shading layer already adds SO much more depth.<br />
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More shading on the Qilin. This is starting to get somewhere.<br />
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Even more shading on the Qilin. Now it stars to look good.<br />
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Foreground also needs more shading. This is much better. Actually, I'm almost done!<br />
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Time to pull out my gouache colors to add some highlights. I mixed a yellowish light green which I used for everything except the eye (which needs pure white).<br />
This is one of my favourite steps, it's like "bam!" and then it looks so much better. Especially adding a little highlight to the creature's eye gives so much life to it immediately.<br />
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Annnd it's done! =D<br />
It turned out a lot more blue than planned, but who cares after 20 hours? XD<br />
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As a little extra, here's what the final finished painting looks like with the frame I had custom-made for it (please forgive the camera's flash) - I think it turned out lovely!<br />
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<a href="http://jgoerrissen.blogspot.de/2012/10/qilin-process-1.html"><b>Process part 1</b></a> <br />
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First things first, here's the rough sketch for the illustration. There are a few things I tweaked digitally after scanning the piece, like the Qilin's legs, which were a little too long.<br />
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After the sketch looks good enough, I print it with very high contrast so I can trace it onto watercolor paper. I trace very lightly first, and rather roughly, and after that go over the whole thing again, defining and detailing everything.<br />
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Finished pencil artwork.<br />
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Before doing anything with the watercolors yet, I do a very rough color test digitally. That way when I'm actually mixing the watercolors, I can just pick the color on the digital color key and mix accordingly - otherwise it happens that my eyes deceive me, because colors are perceived differently depending on the other colors surrounding it. It usually looks quite differentl in the end anyway (you might notice the final painting is a lot more blue-ish), but at least it gives me a starting point.<br />
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Just like the base colors, a quick digital shading test, so I know more or less where the lighting will be and all that.<br />
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Okay, these are the steps I do before any actual watercoloring - next post will cover that, it's too much for a single post! =D<br />
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<a href="http://jgoerrissen.blogspot.de/2012/10/qilin-process-2.html"><b>Process part 2</b></a><br />
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Pheeeew... finally done! Though I won't be able to put this online until in 2 weeks. It's a wedding gift for my aunt, after all, who'll get married on october 6th - even though I'll have to give it to her one week before that.<br />
I won't be able to attend (a very good friend's wedding happens to be the same day, and we promised to go to that one before we knew my aunt would be marrying the same day), so I hope this kind of makes up for it.<br />
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Congratulations in advance, anyway! =D<br />
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So, yeah. This pic took me over 20 hours of work. Twenty. Hours. I'm so glad I finally finished it - and quite proudly so, I must say. I do hope my aunt and her future husband cherish it!<br />
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As for the motif, I wanted to paint a qilin. It's a chinese mythical creature supposed to be a sign of good luck and protection and longevity (and the arrival of a wise leader, but that's irrelevant now XD ), and since my aunt moved to China a few months ago, I though it was fitting. Hydrangea flowers are also a symbol, according to <a href="http://www.whats-your-sign.com/Chinese-flowers.html">this site</a>, for "expressing love, gratitude, and enlightenment." Plus, they're native to China and seem to grow close to bamboo forests. And they're pretty.<br />
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Starting next week, I'll be posting a step-by-step guide of the process to paint this illustration, so check back! :) <br />
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Extra thingie: This little Qilin was drawn on their congratulations-postcard. :)<br />
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<a href="http://jgoerrissen.blogspot.de/2012/10/qilin-process-1.html"><b>Process part 1</b> </a><br />
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Just... because. I felt like drawing him. ♥Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-15633602269537480212012-08-21T21:11:00.002+02:002012-08-21T21:13:13.559+02:00Teddy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is completely un-art-related, but I just wanted to post a photo of the dog we adopted 3 weeks ago. <span class="hasCaption">♥</span>Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-73213341859694259672012-07-14T11:39:00.000+02:002012-07-15T12:07:29.753+02:00Turtle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I felt like drawing a turtle. What can I say.Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-39074694664920987012012-07-13T11:00:00.000+02:002012-07-13T12:41:16.521+02:00Commission: Class<div style="text-align: center;">
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Here's a commission I did for a client who wanted me to portray herself (the teacher) and her class as a goodbye gift to the school and the kids she taught, because she'll be leaving for a new job soon.<br />
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It was fun to draw so many different characters and to try to get their unique features down on paper - I hope I succeeded, more or less. And I sure hope the kids like it, it's such a sweet gesture after all! <3Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-50051604703784779552012-06-13T21:30:00.002+02:002012-06-13T21:30:25.265+02:00Working...Heya everyone!<br />
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So, I though I might let you know that I've started working on a long-term project again, which is why you won't be hearing from me much again. :)<br />
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Cheers!<br />
JaninaJanina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-63552950367922891672012-05-16T11:00:00.000+02:002012-05-16T13:44:31.680+02:00"I Date Dead People" Review: Booklist (May 15th)<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: verdana;">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> The following review appeared in the May 15 issue of <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/" target="_blank"><i>Booklist</i></a>:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Apr 2012. 128 p. Lerner/Graphic Universe, library edition, $29.27. (9780761360070). Lerner/Graphic Universe, paperback, $9.95. (9780761385493). Lerner/Graphic Universe, e-book, $21.95.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Nora loves old-fashioned things, including her family’s Victorian home, but she never expected to fall in love with a ghost! However, Nora and Tom’s love is threatened by angry spirits who will stop at nothing to get rid of the family living in “their” house. Kerns’ addition to the My Boyfriend Is a Monster paranormal-romance series is a little dry and slightly rushed, making it hard to truly know the characters, but fans will welcome the return of Görrissen’s appealingly rounded and cheerful art. This series is not deep, but the fun, romantic, middle-school-appropriate stories are sure to circulate well." <i>— Snow Wildsmith</i></span></div>
</blockquote>Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-37464230090464500432012-05-14T12:15:00.000+02:002012-05-14T12:15:23.991+02:00Rubyn design and expressions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So, after a little break from this project I'm back working on it, and I'm finally done with all the character designs I needed to present to a potential publisher. <br />
You might still know Rubyn, formely called Ryuki, but I wanted to go away from Japanese names.<br />
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Anyway, he's the second main character apart from <a href="http://jgoerrissen.blogspot.de/2012/01/lani-design-and-expressions.html">Lani</a>. I won't show you the other characters (yet), because I don't want to give away too much. :)<br />
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Now I need to do some sample pages and a few background designs.<br />
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Related pieces:<br />
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I didn't win, but I still like the designs, and since I didn't have time to finish them for the contest, I decided to finish them as a nice portfolio addition.<br />
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I still need to ink and paint Agent Cookie and Hugh Jigo, but I won't really have time for it during the next couple of weeks, so I figured I might as well upload what I have so far and add the other two later. :)<br />
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The color designs are painted with Copic markers. <br />
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<br />Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-70066940256425623842012-04-30T14:33:00.000+02:002012-04-30T14:33:19.451+02:00Weekly (whatever) study: Horse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Horse study I did yesterday, made with Copic markers and based on <a href="http://deirdre-t.deviantart.com/art/Enamorado-In-Repose-298848649" target="_blank">this photo</a>.<br />
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had never done something like this before, so I'm quite proud of the
result. Done directly with markers, no pencil sketch whatsoever. I do
enjoy painting so much more with traditional medium than digitally. ^^"<br />
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Btw, today's my birthday! Yaaay! =DJanina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-38031908588372991272012-04-26T17:16:00.002+02:002012-04-26T17:17:09.848+02:00New project: Artil studioI don't know if "project" is the right word for this, but anyway: <a href="http://marcrueda.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Marc Rueda</a> and I are starting a new website / studio together! =D<br />
It's still in the making, but you can already check it out, if you want: <br />
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We'll see how it goes, but we've already made some new contacts with whom we hope work will arise at one time or another. :)Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-56896915147276961672012-04-15T19:50:00.000+02:002012-04-15T19:50:07.742+02:00Northern HunterNo weekly study this time. ;)<br />
Instead I participated at the weekly character design challenge over at ConceptArt.org, which got me inspired to do something out of my comfort zone, and now I have a very different drawing to add to my portfolio.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<b>Northern Hunter</b></span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: small;">Design a hunter character from the frozen North of a fantasy world.</span></i><br />
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<li>Can be any gender</li>
<li>Must be fantasy</li>
<li>Must be dressed appropriately for their job and to survive the conditions.</li>
<li>Will use weapons they can easily fix/create ammo for (Guns are allowed, but think about how they might make more bullets)</li>
<li>They have to fight off other predators as well as taking down their prey so it is likely that they will carry scars and battle wounds."</li>
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So here's my character sheet and the final illustration, as well as a couple of WIPs. With the final painting I tried to go for something a bit rougher than my usual watercolors, I think it fits the piece better. Hope you like it!<br />
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<br />Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-45131615172958799992012-04-09T11:00:00.000+02:002012-04-09T11:00:02.220+02:00Weekly Study: Backgrounds (3) and turtlesMore studies. The first one is from a view overlooking the town we live now, not very accurate, but anyway.<br />
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And then there are some turtle sketches, because my turtles, Lilo and Stitch, have been living with me for a couple of weeks now, and they're fun to draw. And yes, one of them (that would be Stitch) has a dented shell, she's been like that since she was a baby. <br />
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<br />Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-64470443539924853042012-04-02T11:00:00.000+02:002012-04-02T12:13:58.794+02:00Weekly Study: Speedpainting (1)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yeah right, "speed" painting. This took probably about 3 hours. But I have very little practice in painting with Photoshop, so I guess that's an excuse. I hope I'll get faster over time.<br />
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But this was also a very challenging piece. Lots of different things and complex lighting (which is why I found the reference photo interesting in the first place) with reflected light and whatnot. I love how it turned out, considering I'm so unexperienced with this kind of painting.<br />
The reference photo was my own, taken a couple of weeks ago in our living room. :) <br />
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<a href="http://tanathe.deviantart.com/art/Speedpainting-tutorial-292867500?q=favby%3ASonPan&qo=0" target="_blank">This tutorial</a> on DeviantArt was a big help, especially the tip about not zooming in onto the picture while you paint. Okay, I did zoom in at the end of the process for a couple of things, but all in all I painted on a very small thumbnail.<br />
Oh, and I finally discovered a PS brush I really like. It looks kinda like pastel chalk, or something like that. Really sweet. <br />
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PD: Yup, I know I didn't upload my "weekly study" last week. I did make some sketches, which I'll upload next time, but I've been too lazy to scan them. :PJanina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-28169245605235115542012-03-30T11:00:00.000+02:002012-03-30T12:30:50.713+02:00Kim<br />
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This is a character I might use as the main character of a story some
day. I've named her Kim for the time being. There's still a lot of
things about this story that I have to work out, but I liked the sketch
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<span style="color: white;">. </span>Janina Görrissenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05406946089648553918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33586293.post-66530666627973517862012-03-26T11:00:00.001+02:002012-03-26T11:00:05.173+02:00"I Date Dead People" coming out next week!Heya there!<br />
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My latest graphic novel <b>"<a href="http://jgoerrissen.blogspot.de/search/label/Comic%3A%20I%20Date%20Dead%20People">I Date Dead People</a>"</b> will be coming out next week on <b>april 1st</b> (no, that is not a joke). You can already purchase it on <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Date-Dead-People-Boyfriend-Monster/dp/0761385495/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332439422&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></b>, where they seem to have it in stock already!<br />
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For that reason, I took a few photos of my sample books to show you here. I've been wanting to do that for a while now as I received them months ago, but with all the moving and chaos, I didn't get around to do it.<br />
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So, have a look:<br />
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As with the last book <b>"<a href="http://jgoerrissen.blogspot.de/search/label/Comic%3A%20I%20Love%20Him%20to%20Pieces">I Love Him to Pieces</a>"</b>, there are two editions - the more expensive <b>library edition </b>with hardcover and the regular <b>softcover edition</b>. Both of them are manifactured in really amazing quality, so whichever you choose will look great.<br />
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Here's a commission I just finished for a couple who wanted me to paint
something for their wedding invitations. They'll also be getting the
original illustration to hang on their wall, which is really sweet and
it kind of honors me. ^^<br />
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I wish both of them very, very good luck for everything and lots of happiness as a married couple! <br />
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<b>Os deseo muchísima suerte en todo y mucha felicidad como matrimonio! :D</b><br />
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