{"id":650,"date":"2009-11-03T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T14:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=650"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:06:20","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:06:20","slug":"vinnie-valentine-feels-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/11\/03\/vinnie-valentine-feels-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinny Valentine Feels the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Way back when I was first fiddling around with the rudimentary art programs on the Commodore 64 and early Apple computers, I thought the machines had real possibilities as a sketch tool. You could grab a paint bucket and switch colors. Poof, instant sketch variation! We were living in and age of technological miracles. All you needed was thousands of dollars, an equally expensive printer, and a client who could see past the Lego Block appearance of those early, low resolution graphics.<\/p>\n

I never dreamed I’d be producing finished work on an infinitely more powerful and a lot more affordable desktop machine.<\/p>\n

\"vv-f\"<\/p>\n

I’ll use this Valentine Card featuring my Cupid substitute, Vinny Valentine. This won’t be a tutorial, but may give you an idea of how these cartoons are constructed.<\/p>\n

\"vv-1\"<\/p>\n

First I start with a sketch which was done with brush markers on bristol and scan it into Photoshop.<\/p>\n

\"vv-flats\"I’ll lay in my flat colors and keep my lineart in a separate channel.<\/p>\n

\"vv-2\"<\/p>\n

Then I’ll start to get fancy with shading. This is the dangerous step where you can really beat things to death. Ever overwork a painting? You can do the same thing here only you can go back to an earlier state quickly and easily.<\/p>\n

\"vv-3\"<\/p>\n

Finally, the lineart is applied, and Vinny is warming himself by a flaming barrel on a frosty night in the Italian Market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Way back when I was first fiddling around with the rudimentary art programs on the Commodore 64 and early Apple computers, I thought the machines had real possibilities as a sketch tool. You could grab a paint bucket and switch … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[8,27,3664,5],"class_list":["post-650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawer-cards","tag-cartoons","tag-digital-illustration","tag-drawer-cards","tag-joe-williams"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-au","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/07\/29\/vinny-valentine-sketch\/","url_meta":{"origin":650,"position":0},"title":"Vinny Valentine Sketch","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"July 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Sketch of Cupid's replacement - Vinny Valentine.","rel":"","context":"In "Sketch"","block_context":{"text":"Sketch","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/sketch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Vinny Valentine Sketch","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/Vinny-Valentine-Sketch.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":668,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/11\/06\/vinny-sketches-and-some-doodles\/","url_meta":{"origin":650,"position":1},"title":"Vinny Sketches and Some Doodles","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"November 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The other day I posted Vinny Valentine Feels the Heat, and Tina asked me why I didn't post a sketch or sketches. 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