Hey guys!
Well, it's been a good six years, but I think it's time for me to finally say goodbye to blogger.
I'll be moving this blog and most of its content over to tumblr in the next few days. I'm still figuring out the layout, and it's coming along nicely already, but let me know what you think!
Thanks for all your support over the years, and I'll see you guys over on Tumblr.
http://bifanoland.tumblr.com/
Cheers,
-Laura
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Applied Arts
Rad! I have mertit!
Those Shipwreck images I did last summer were accepted into Applied Art Magazine's illustration awards annual.
Thanks again to Dan Pach and the wonderful folks over at PC.
Those Shipwreck images I did last summer were accepted into Applied Art Magazine's illustration awards annual.
Thanks again to Dan Pach and the wonderful folks over at PC.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
A quickie
Something quick for briarpatch magazine about how Afghani and Indigenous women are perceived in the media.
Thanks to Shayna Stock for this one!
Thanks to Shayna Stock for this one!
Monday, April 11, 2011
More old timey folks
Here is some more work I did for the Parks Canada project.
There was a lot of back and forth on these, so I thought it might be interesting to post some process sketches.
For the project as a whole, the art directors wanted the images to stick pretty tightly to the reference images provided. As someone who primarily does more conceptual illustration, it was a constant temptation to stray away from the material provided and add my own spin on things.
It took several rounds of revisions for each set of images, but in the end we did find something that made us all happy.
For some projects you get hired to do your thing, for others more so to provide a service.
This project was a bit more of the latter, but that made it all the more challenging and rewarding in the end.
Thanks to all the fine folks over at Parks Canada for this one!
There was a lot of back and forth on these, so I thought it might be interesting to post some process sketches.
For the project as a whole, the art directors wanted the images to stick pretty tightly to the reference images provided. As someone who primarily does more conceptual illustration, it was a constant temptation to stray away from the material provided and add my own spin on things.
It took several rounds of revisions for each set of images, but in the end we did find something that made us all happy.
For some projects you get hired to do your thing, for others more so to provide a service.
This project was a bit more of the latter, but that made it all the more challenging and rewarding in the end.
Thanks to all the fine folks over at Parks Canada for this one!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Old timey Folks
Here are some more images from the same project.
I had about a day to do each one, so it was a fun chance to experiment with graphite and its many applications.
I had about a day to do each one, so it was a fun chance to experiment with graphite and its many applications.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Parks Canada Mural Process
Process post!, here we go!
The art directors basically wanted a scene depicting the fort, river, Village and loading dock, showing the inhabitants going about their daily business,
so I presented thumbs showing the scene from three angles.
They chose #3, which I refined...
And refined some more...
After the color comp was approved, it was pointed out that the front man would probably roll the barrel instead of carrying it.
Back to the drawing board..
After a few more tweaks I was given the go ahead to go into production.
Since I neither had the studio nor hard drive space to execute a drawing this size, I had to break it up into 30x 22 inch sections and ink them separately.
Whew!
2 bottles of ink, 15 sheets of paper, and 200 scans later...
I had the final drawing!
I spent about a day and a half flatting the entire thing, painstakingly selecting each and every shrubbery with the marquis tool.
It is probably the most tedious part of coloring digitally, but I find flatting to be one of the most valuable tricks I've learned over the years.
Not only does it cut your file size down by almost half, but it can save hours, nay, DAYS of work.
Some quick color blocking, trying to figure out how to frame the scene.
Hilights:
Some additional textures:
Some detail shots:
And the final image:
I hope you all enjoyed that!
I'll be posting some more work from the same project in the next few days.
Cheers,
-Laura
The art directors basically wanted a scene depicting the fort, river, Village and loading dock, showing the inhabitants going about their daily business,
so I presented thumbs showing the scene from three angles.
They chose #3, which I refined...
And refined some more...
After the color comp was approved, it was pointed out that the front man would probably roll the barrel instead of carrying it.
Back to the drawing board..
After a few more tweaks I was given the go ahead to go into production.
Since I neither had the studio nor hard drive space to execute a drawing this size, I had to break it up into 30x 22 inch sections and ink them separately.
Whew!
2 bottles of ink, 15 sheets of paper, and 200 scans later...
I had the final drawing!
I spent about a day and a half flatting the entire thing, painstakingly selecting each and every shrubbery with the marquis tool.
It is probably the most tedious part of coloring digitally, but I find flatting to be one of the most valuable tricks I've learned over the years.
Not only does it cut your file size down by almost half, but it can save hours, nay, DAYS of work.
Some quick color blocking, trying to figure out how to frame the scene.
Hilights:
Some additional textures:
Some detail shots:
And the final image:
I hope you all enjoyed that!
I'll be posting some more work from the same project in the next few days.
Cheers,
-Laura
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Parks Canada Mural
Hey everyone!
Sorry for the long absence, these last few months have been some of the most insanely busy, yet ultimately rewarding months of my life.
Shortly before the end of last year I was approached to redo the illustrations at the Fort Langley National Historic Site.
In addition 14 other images, I was commissioned to do a 7x 16 foot mural as a centerpiece to the fort entrance.
I normally work fairly small, so it was a technical challenge executing something this size!
All in all, it took about two months to complete.
I'll be posting a lengthy process breakdown for this image as well as some other images from the project soon!
Sorry for the long absence, these last few months have been some of the most insanely busy, yet ultimately rewarding months of my life.
Shortly before the end of last year I was approached to redo the illustrations at the Fort Langley National Historic Site.
In addition 14 other images, I was commissioned to do a 7x 16 foot mural as a centerpiece to the fort entrance.
I normally work fairly small, so it was a technical challenge executing something this size!
All in all, it took about two months to complete.
I'll be posting a lengthy process breakdown for this image as well as some other images from the project soon!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Apologies for the prolonged absence.
I'm currently wrapping up a rather large project, which has consumed most of my time for the last five months.
It's always a challenge balancing client work and personal projects! A challenge that I unfortunately suck at.
The busier work gets, the more of a challenge it becomes to sneak in those little personal projects that are so important for creative growth.
I'm currently wrapping up a rather large project, which has consumed most of my time for the last five months.
It's always a challenge balancing client work and personal projects! A challenge that I unfortunately suck at.
The busier work gets, the more of a challenge it becomes to sneak in those little personal projects that are so important for creative growth.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Doggy
Another one for Modern Dog magazine.
The AD wanted a dog doing equations on a window for an article about preventing your Dog's Brain from ageing.
This was painted in acrylic ink on printmaking paper. It was fun experimenting with masking fluid and transparency layers to get that foggy window effect.
Thanks again to the wonderful Jennifer Nosek.
The AD wanted a dog doing equations on a window for an article about preventing your Dog's Brain from ageing.
This was painted in acrylic ink on printmaking paper. It was fun experimenting with masking fluid and transparency layers to get that foggy window effect.
Thanks again to the wonderful Jennifer Nosek.
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