Thursday, August 28, 2008

Coloring the Masters

Isang napakalaking karanasan para sa akin na sa edad kong ito ay inabot ko pa rin ang mga mahuhusay nating dibuhista sa Komiks ng nakaraang tatlong dekada. Sa message board ng GuhitPinoy (Drawing Board), ay mapalad ko silang nakakadaupang palad, o sabihin nating nakakahuntahan sa pamamagitan ng Internet. Maliban sa nakapagpapalitan kami ng kuru-kuro at komento ay nagagawa din naming magpakitaan ng mga dibuho, drawing, painting atbp. At isa nga sa kahanga-hangang feature nito ay nakakapag-kolaborasyon kami ng mga gawa.


Simula ng ako ay bumili ng Pen Tablet ay nahumaling ako sa pagkukulay digitally sa Photoshop, at dito nga sa blog kong ito ay nai-post ko na ang ilan sa mga katas ng kakaibang teknolohiyang ito. Masasabi kong nabawi ko na ang pinambili ko ng art gadget na ito at higit pa.


Subalit, higit sa financial blessings na naibalik sa akin nito, ay iba pa rin talaga ang sayang naidudulot ng acknowledgment at papuring ipinararating ng kapwa mo artist, lalo na kung ang mga ito ay yaong mga taong hinahangaan mo pa. Ilan sa mga nagkaroon ako ng pagkakataong magalaw at makulayan ang mga obra ay ang mga beteranong sina Sonny Delos Santos at Val Pabulos na mga kasama rin namin sa grupong GuhitPinoy. Sa kanilang pahintulot ay binigyan ko ng kulay at buhay ang tig-isa nilang gawa na parehong may makaluma at classic na tema.


I tried hard to preserve the richness of strokes that these two veteran illustrators executed in their artworks. After all it is their illustration that is central to this piece. The colors I applied are just to set and add the mood. I am an advocate of the principle that coloring an art piece, especially comics illustration is to compliment and not to steal the limelight from it. I have seen several DC and Marvel comics that fell into this trap of digital coloring. Maybe they were so engrossed by the power of this technology that they forgot who's really behind the artwork. 


I hope I did justice to the awesome works of these two respected komiks illustrators.


"I went, shared, gave my all, then left with nothing but fun."


"THE SINNERS"

Line art-Sonny Delos Santos

Colors-Myke Turda. Photoshop CS2_Pen Tablet



"THE BARBARIAN"

Line Art-Val Pabulos

Colors-Myke Turda. Photoshop CS2_Pen Tablet



Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Great Art for a Great Rock n' Roll Band!

So much has been talked about the inclusion of our fellow-Filipino Arnel Pineda with the 2008 Journey line-up and with so much member changes particularly in the vocalist spot it seems like they are just a sports team going through an annual draft. This time however, it looks like they got the better end of the deal and got the number one pick after a long wait. Finally, they were able to form their Dream Team now with the arrival of our kababayan Arnel. And Journey had never been formidable than before, well at least during the post-Perry era.

I've been surfing the Net like man-possessed everyday just to read significant news about the band. From their concert in Chile, to their European gigs and now their 2008 US Concert Tour. Last i've heard they're having a concert in hometown Manila, February of next year, that would surely put my annual leave in chaos. Bon Jovi had a concert here in Abu Dhabi a few months back and I didn't watch it. I guess I found the reason why and another to visit home earlier than I already planned.

Meanwhile, I saw this nice piece of artwork from the Journey website (which I already added a link here in my blog). Produced by ZVue, a Journey preloaded MP3 player containing all the songs from their new Revelation album. I first saw the "scarab" art in the jacket and thought it was all the same as the old Journey covers but here when applied to a cute player was totally freakin' awesome.

So here it is, a nice piece of art for a great rockin' band!


Zakat Fund Storyboard

I got a chance to do a quick storyboard for Zakat Fund which are usually given to us and should be finished all in the same day. The shoot was done last month and will be aired in local TV this August. I got a nice compliment from the French Director who did the commercial and he made sure I heard it from one of our executives. Woooa, Thanks!
Done with Photoshop CS3 using Wacom Tablet.