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Book Cover Illustration Idea

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Messing around with Photoshop and some old snapshots of a mannequin I have haunting my drawing table.

Comments (15)

GarandFan:

That's amazing! A 'shadow box' that isn't!

Steve M:

Hey!

GarandFan:

Okay, how'd you get the 'shadows' just right on all the objects?

John Cox:

HEY G

Once I started with my photograph of a mannequin resting in a painted cigar box (shadows intact), it was just a matter of matching the graininess and light direction of the photo to the "wall" surface. The little Florida postcard was rendered in 'shop. Then I added the tiny little shadows and highlights to that.

An hour or so of detailing...Voila, cover illustration.

I know I'm making sound simple, but it's mostly taking the time to capture all the subtleties of light and texture, which, of course, comes with LOTS of practice.

Terwiliger:

Well said.

I've been racking my brain for days trying to remember where I'd seen this little guy before--it was a couple years ago in an image that looked like it could have been in a locker room--on a little shelf against a tiled wall. You did a few drawings/paintings with "him" as the subject around that time--right?

John Cox:

HEY T

You are correct, sir. He popped in one painting, sitting on a wooden ledge with a figure drawing taped to the background. Also, I did some largish close-ups where the mannequin filled out the surface with dramatic chiascuro lighting. You can see these at the PAINTING category archive, Oct.24,25,27 2007

i find the mannequin prop is handy for all kind of intriguing subtexts.

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