Friday, December 01, 2006

Benjamin Jarvis...Now in color!


















Tataaah!....My first "real" PhotoShop painting. I've been admiring the works of the Utah guys for a while now and thought I'd give it a try myself. Unfortunately I didn't have anyone to teach and correct me, so it took a little extra exploring on my own to get this thing done. It can sometimes be a good way to learn stuff, since you figure out a bunch of other stuff along the way. It's no Utah piece, but being my first, I'm happy with the outcome. It was definitely a lot of fun to do:)

P.S. Who ever is left, thanks for hanging in there:) I know I've been a little slow with the updates lately.

Have a great weekend

37 Comments:

Blogger Marcos Mateu said...

My god! I hope you didn't use life reference for this one!!!
It looks like you got away fine with photoshop for the first time you used it on a painting. I'm sure we are going to see many more now and I bet you'll feel real comfortable with it as it's a great tool!
All the best for the weekend to you too.

10:13 AM  
Blogger Joe said...

Looks nice and creepy. Always happy to wait for your updates.

10:20 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

tjek lige hans!
http://politiken.dk/udland/article206901.ece

10:22 AM  
Blogger David Colman said...

keep it up my man....great start!

12:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think it looks awesome! Especially for a "first" piece?? And just think that it'll only get better from here on out....if you continue with it. :)

1:41 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

you are truly multifaceted! Is there any area you wont tackle? Great stuff Hans!

2:12 PM  
Blogger SILVER KNIGHT said...

great start Hans! have a great weekend too! ;)

2:52 PM  
Blogger craig said...

Nice stuff Hans! those are some crazy eyes

3:26 PM  
Blogger Carlos Ruano said...

Have a nice photoshopcolormania, this is a good one. You'll see that after that, you'll prefear this kind of painting... or not.
Have a nice weekend too

3:37 PM  
Blogger Dave Dick said...

Oh man, this is sweet! Awesome job, Hans!

3:56 PM  
Blogger Larry Rains said...

Dude,that is AWESOME! LOL
-Great stuff man. :)

6:13 PM  
Blogger Ryan Wood said...

Great piece, I really like the formal attire and attempt to make himself presentable. Thanks for updatin', man.

6:50 PM  
Blogger Patrick said...

Looks good Hans! The guys from Utah cheat- they use Painter instead of Photoshop. But they definitely do a fantastic job regardless!!

7:13 PM  
Blogger Jeroen said...

Nice work. I admire people who teach themselves. I'm a spoilt brat, need someone 24/7 to explain me everything at least trice.
I didn't work on 'Christmas Carroll' by the way, I was still studying at that time (LAS at Central Saints Martins: great course for all aspiring animators out there by the way)
I remember 'Christmas Carroll' being part of our clean-up lesson plan. The woman who thought us (Elaine, Lorraine?)worked on that film and took some stuff in.

9:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello Vicking!!!!!!:-)

Isn't Photoshop a great tool?I'm still learning also.All by myself also.Internet has some good tutorials.I made a stop and changed to Corel because I needed to do some vectorial stufff...but I do love Photoshop!Congrats!

9:41 AM  
Blogger Martin Wittig said...

Hans, This turned out great! Nice colors, and cool design:)

4:16 PM  
Blogger Urban Barbarian said...

First one? I hate you!!! Really damn good!!!

6:20 PM  
Blogger Seth Hippen said...

Hans! Great job, and welcome back to the world-o-blog. I have been out of it for awhile too. This is a great character. I love the smile, and how it just keeps going. For some reason I think he looks like a junior high school teacher. Nicely done!

9:08 PM  
Blogger Armand Serrano said...

Congratulations! Keep painting in PS...I feel you're on the right track. Great job, Hans.

2:00 AM  
Blogger Justin Rodrigues said...

way cool Hans...love that smile.

Justin.

10:02 PM  
Blogger Marco Bucci said...

This definitely looks much better than a first try with photoshop! Nice one.

1:10 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

AWESOME!! HE! HEE!! Love the smile and the TEEETH!

2:25 PM  
Blogger Laura Braga said...

Hi!!!
Your first photoshop piece is very good!!!
I learned by myself to use photoshop too and it's very funny to explore new way to paint a picture!!

my best complimets!!

Laura:))

3:56 PM  
Blogger Ken Chandler said...

Great experession-- those eyes! Those teeth! Really great job Hans! Nice to see you exploring other media. You've got real skill my friend.

Thanks too for your comments on my blog! I'd love to see them made into toys some day, but HOW? They're stickmen! Perhaps someday technology will catch up with my vision. :)

11:32 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

haha...that is sweeet. Love the expression on his face:)

4:16 PM  
Blogger Jarrett said...

Haha, sorry I haven't been by in a while, Hans! Great stuff man. His expression rocks. Very funny and well done! cya round

6:36 PM  
Blogger justinpatrickparpan said...

This is really great, Hans. You say this was your first photoshop painting? That's incredible!

1:41 PM  
Blogger Ryan Smith said...

Very cool. I always like to see when someone breaks away from what is comfortable, and dares to learn something new. Great job!

12:46 AM  
Blogger Andrew Glazebrook said...

He's great but really spooky looking !!! :)

4:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Awesome expression. I think you somehow painted my biology professor.

6:41 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've been busy lately and didn't have the time to blog around ... its great to be back..

This portrait looks scary but fun at the same time I can see it won't take you long before you will turn some great stuff out.

Fab as always :)

11:39 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

WOW!
Best teeth ever.

10:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

funny character. Great job Hans!

10:09 AM  
Blogger SHANE PRIGMORE said...

Rad man. Really fun. Happy Holidays!

2:49 PM  
Blogger ohmyalikins said...

Creepy cool!! ;)

8:00 PM  
Blogger Perry Linton Joseph Osuna said...

Hey Hans sorry for the super long wait bro life has been crazy 4 me would love to share but it's a books and then some I would like to make it up to you so if you would be kind enough to send me a address where I could send you finally version of the Kane sketch that would be great it's just a attempt to make for the lack of support and forfilling the task when I said I would well Hope all has been good for you love all the new work and thanks for all the support and love hope christmas and the new year is Dope for you in all you do bro peace

Linton

8:13 PM  
Blogger Ryan Bullard said...

These are really great! Hope you had a good holiday!

12:54 AM  

Post a Comment

<< Home

Counters
hit Counter