Blog and gallery of Nathan Herman
I’m (kind of) featured on Deviantart for my fanart of Krevlornswath from Angel, played by recently deceased actor Andy Hallet. Anyway, Deviantart put up a tribute page, and my Lorn portrait can be found on the bottom row. Hint: it’s the one below.
R.I.P. Lorn/Andy
…A pressure sensitive touchpad. Pressure sensitive in the way that I could use it in Photoshop instead of a WACOM tablet. I know I’m probably one of the only ones that wishes for such a thing, but it doesn’t seem like that difficult of a concept… most have a setting to adjust how much pressure needs to be applied to actually move the cursor… so it can’t be that hard, right?
My wife said that my last blog was boring, so here’s a random image of a touchpad
The average artist probably shudders at the thought of doing anything in Photoshop with just the touchpad, but I’m sure it could have other practical uses… or maybe the average artist wouldn’t shudder quite as violently with such a device. Oh, to be able to change my brush size/opacity just by applying more or less pressure! This is the stuff of dreams!
If there’s any sort of inventors out there, go patent this immediately. I’m sure that I, and every other weirdo out there that uses the touchpad to create digital art will buy one… why, you could make maybe $50 or more!
I absolutely love coloring other artist’s lineart. I would totally do it for a living if I could. Usually when I tell people that, they mostly just kinda furrow their brow, or smile politely; probably thinking “Well, anyone over 3 can color”.
I heartily disagree, though explaining why can be difficult. I guess it all comes down to interpreting the lines. When coloring your own work, you know what colors go where, how shadows fall, and where your light source is located. When working on someone else’s stuff, these things usually need to be decided via line width, light/dark balance of the inks, or if the lineart is less detailed, much will need to be improvised.
There’s also the matter of flaws and mistakes in the lines. Is what you’re looking at even a mistake, or are you just misreading it? How far do you go to cover the weirdness, if at all? Afterall, editing the original art seems just a weeee bit shady.
Of course, much of the above can be avoided with some basic communication with your line artist.
Anyway, I actually have no idea what I’m talking about otherwise I would have a job as a colorist.
I would color inside the lines and everything.
So today’s my birthday, and while deciding to add a Twitter Widget, I realized it’s nearly been a year since I updated. A year. That’s not acceptable.
To combat this severe writing lethargy and monumental lack of productivity, I’ve decided to *gasp* actually start blogging. I figure maybe if I start talking about art related things, I’ll actually be able to, y’know… create some.
Oh, and I added the little Twitter thing over there. I’m so Web 2.0, my head asplode.
Gearing up for this years VSA Arts contest, which means I need to produce at least 3 new pieces by July 11th. Yech… lots of work, but the chance at $25,000 is kinda worth it.
Before I can really do that, I need to do another tattoo design, this time for a Warcraft guildie. It’s a back piece adapted from a Nightwish album cover, so should turn out nice and detailed.
Oh, and if anyone has Twitter, follow me and be astonished by my incredible lack of exciting and profound updates.
Follow. Be amazed. Etcetera.
No, I haven’t forgotten I have a website, I just haven’t had alot (anything) to update with. Actually, I still don’t… but I shall soon! Working on my largest, most “true” digital painting thus far. I’m probably not even 40% done and the learning experience has been absolutely priceless.
Here’s to hoping I can actually finish!
You know what sucks? Artist’ s block. Every time I get it, it feels like the end of my creative career. Seriously, these things last for months for me. If you’re an artist, and you’re happening to read this… what do you do when you hit a wall? Usually I just do nothing until inspiration strikes again randomly. Probably not the most proactive method, so I’m open to suggestions.
So yeah, just explaining the lack of updates. Here’s to hoping the new year will bring new creative juices.
Every comic book fan has certain series or issues that stick out in their mind. Be it because of amazing art, story, or just memories made while reading or purchasing the comic. Here are my top five… not all of them are OMGWTFBBQ amazing, just important to me in one way or another.
If anyone wants to see my art in real life, and you live in or around Salem, MA, head to the East India Mall! My stuff is up in the Patriot Cinema (Salem Flick). If you live no where near Salem… just go here, squint really hard, and use your IMAGINATION!
I just realized today that this is a blog, and perhaps I should actually put some bloggerish things in here. So today I’ll be discussing my next project. Afterall, if I tell everyone on the internet tubes about it, I’m probably alot more likely to actually do it.
Anyway, I’m going to be doing some fanart from Joss Whedon’s Angel, and whilst doing that, also making a tutorial to show how I do things. It’ll be my first tutorial, and will cover everything from how I “sketch” in Photoshop, to the final coloring process. Hopefully I can keep the suckage to a minimum.
