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I never said I love you: Process 10

Ninja July 17th, 2009

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Apologies for the long absence! I’m sad to say that my laptop still hasn’t been fixed. T_____T Some of my more techy friends will take a look at it over the weekend, and hopefully I’ll be up and running soon (and posting more regularly). Much thanks for your continued patience and love!

As promised, here’s my latest step in my Kaki King guitar project process. I lost a lot of process photos when my hard drive died, but imagine if you will layers and layers of paint built up into an awful mess, uneven eyebrows, and off-center lips. The (gasp) puffy cheeks and washed out skin tone stage can be seen below.

I have the bad habit of overthinking/overworking a painting, hating it, sanding it all off, and starting fresh. It’s a crazy and nerve-wrecking part that has insidiously crept into my process.

After a bit of sanding and sighing, it became this (above). The guitar is so close to being finished. Just a few more sleepless nights of tweaks and installing hanging hardware, and it’ll be show-ready.

As always, thanks for stopping by and checking in!

Much love and happy painting,
Ninja

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I never said I love you: Process 9

Ninja July 8th, 2009

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Hallo again! Thanks for popping in. ^____^

First, let me start off with a small apology. I won’t be able to post as regularly on the interwebs because my Powerbook is ill once more. While trying to shut down, it made 3 piercing screams while the pinwheel of death spun wildly. And today, it just wasn’t having it at all. I turned it on and nothing. Penguin suspects that it may have suffered a head crash.

But my lack of technological comforts has made for some good painting progress. Oh dear, it took me 6 hours to get from here:

to there:

I added more warm tones (to make the shadows richer) and fly-away strands of hair (hair that is too perfect looks fake).

Her lips are looking a little too done up, so I will revert to a paler shade in the next round.

detail

Oh, happy painting,
Ninja

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I never said I love you: Process 8

Ninja July 6th, 2009

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Yawn & happy Monday! I hope everyone had a wonderful, restful weekend. And for those of you in the States, a lovely Independence Day.

I did a lot of painting of my weekend—yay! Here’s where I left off on my Kaki King guitar project.


Previously, her neck was too thick. There was more neck on the left than on the right, so I extended her hair to cover that part up.

I have the tendency to obsess and overwork when I paint—apply paint, hate it, sand off, repaint.


Later, I took a break and sketched this giraffe-icorn for Penguin, too.

Happy painting,
Ninja

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I never said I love you: Process 7

Ninja July 2nd, 2009

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Hallo, hallo you lovely folks! Thank you so much for all your encouragement and little love notes as I nervously go through prepping for this show. You have no idea how much it means to me.

For her hair, I layered burnt siena, raw siena, and raw umber acrylic paint around thin strips of ochre underpainting.

Here’s where I left off at 3 AM. Seemed like a good stopping point. Stay tuned for more obsessively detailed hair painting. ~__^

Much love back atcha,
Ninja

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The human printer

Ninja July 1st, 2009

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The human printer is a team of 11 humans who generate unique, CMYK halftone images by hand.

The original matchbook and a work in process.


Cyan


Magenta


Yellow


Black


Layers

The human printer accepts image submissions from readers for their prints (afterward, the prints are uploaded to their blog). If you fancy seeing your photo lovingly rendered in halftones, you can contact the human printer here.

Happy hump day,
Ninja

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I never said I love you: Process 6

Ninja July 1st, 2009

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Thanks for joining me as I go about my painting process and prepare for my first group show.


Fixed the crooked jawline and added some tone with light acrylic washes.


Evened out the eye levels. Then I built up and layered the shadows with thin acrylic glazes.

Next step: hair! I can’t wait. ^______^

Happy painting,
Ninja

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I never said I love you: Process 5

Ninja June 29th, 2009

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Good morning!

Long story short, I royally messed up the original painting. So I stripped off all the varnish and gave the guitar a through sanding and started over again. It’s the same concept, just a different, softer pose.


Happy painting,
Ninja

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Shepard Fairey’s process

Ninja June 26th, 2009

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I’m always fascinated by an artist’s process!

Check out this video (directed by Felipe Lima) of Shepard Fairey working on pieces for an upcoming show.

TGIF, ttfn,
Ninja

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I never said I loved you: Process 4

Ninja June 22nd, 2009

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I hope you had a great Father’s day over the weekend! I had fun hanging out with my Grandpa and dear Dad. ^______^ I did manage to squeeze some painting in too.

Payne’s Grey stain.

Sketch using HB and 6B pencils.

Blocking in the highlights with white gesso.

Bring on the Payne!

Happy painting,
Ninja

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I never said I loved you: Process 3

Ninja June 19th, 2009

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Good morning! Here’s where I left off at 3am. Oh, insomnia is fun when you’re painting. ~__^


I scored the sides of the guitar with an x-acto knife and snapped them off. Their drippy glued edges were messing with the silhouette.


Back panel: I’ve never painted on plastic before, so this surface was unfamiliar. The paint was beading up when applied, and it flicked off easily when it dried. Incredibly frustrating. So I lightly sanded the back, applied a coat of translucent matte medium, and applied white gesso over the figure. All of this was done in an effort to give the surface slight tooth so the paint will stick to it.


Now for some painting. I’m using Payne’s Grey (one of my favorite colors ever) and white gesso to block out the values.


Front panel: I’m letting the wood putty set overnight and then more sanding and staining. I wasn’t happy with the current walnut stain, so I had a custom stain mixed for the face of the guitar.

Happy painting,
Ninja

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