The Black Frog's not dead - TUSK movie artbook - DYNAMO mag

[the black frog]

Hey guys, here are some new stuff.
I'll eventually get around to slowly post the 5 years worth of pictures my mac account deleted if I muster the courage. I'll do it bit by bit I guess. Hhhhh....
Anyway. I'm back

[the black frog]

[the black frog]

I posted that a while back but it disappeared with the rest. F*****G hosts taking their server down, I'm doomed. Hope image shack will hold up, never tried that way beffore. Easy enough to upload the pictures, that's always nice.

[the black frog]

Silly bird.
Different versions.

[Star Eater]

Nice to see you Black Frog!

Thanks for sharing this update.

[the black frog]

Hey Start Eater, glad to be back

Here some other stuff I did the past 2 days.

[the black frog]

... And just for you, a WIP of a picture I did yesterday.

Hope you'll like it



















End of my first round before going back into it to fix the perspective and take it to the next detailled level:


First detail pass: (over did it on the blown up lights... a bit too garish)






Here's the final. I went back to a more elegant, more subdued version.

[Farvus]

Thanks for posting. Great artwork. I really like the image inspired by Moebius.

I hope you don't mind two small questions

In the last image with overpass (steps between 7 and 8) you moved from more less contrasty and desaturated palette to more intense one. Do you achieve this more by painting new colors on top or just using levels/curves. I ask this beacause I tend to sometimes start with first colors in similar way. They may seem to look harmonious but very gray and it's sometimes hard push them into something more vibrant without loosing the initial mood.

Also in some of your images the light looks overexposed while the darks are pushed a bit less. Is it done on purpose to make it look good in print or is it just your stylistic choice?

Cheers.

[the black frog]

Farvus> it's usually a pass with levels, curves, color and saturation adjustments. I tend to always end up trying plenty of things to fine tune the mood at the end.
As for the darks and the lights, it's just a matter of personal taste, but I usually mix it up.

[Velocity Kendall]

the colours on the moebius piece are just amazing!

[henri]

yo, this new stuff of yours is just so inspiring! the bird knight is too cool. may i ask, is this all in photoshop?

[the black frog]

Velocity Kendall >Thank. I tried to be as faithful as I could to his work.

henri> Yup, it's all Photoshop. I used to use painter quite a lot but now I finally ditched it completely.

[conte]

I appreciate your work.

[the black frog]

Conte> I appre iate yours too , your work in the "finished stuff" section shows a subtle sensibility for design, post some more.

I'm testing new photoshop techniques lately, new for me anyway, trying to learn as much as I can from the application, tricks and effects, been overlooking that for years, feeling like I could do without it, and finally thought it wouldn't hurt to get some more skills under my belt.

Here are a couple more techniques test. nothing fancy, just playing around.

[kemar]

You are fancy, that's all. Or you may just have magic golden hands.

Anyway, I'm always both surprised and in awe seeing each new work of yours.

[the black frog]

Kemar>

[MichalIvan]

Each of your images is full of wonders. Genial work. I also love the colors on Moebius piece.

[the black frog]

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[LORD M]

I can't find my jaw, it is somewhere on the floor. Absolutely amazing, Black Frog! The WIP in post 823 I feel I can learn so much from.

[Robert.B]

true inspiration..

[the black frog]

Hey guys,

The news:


For those who are interested I've just released my second tutorial DVD withTokkun academy "Character design techniques with The Black Frog" it's available now on DVD, Streaming and download subtitled in 5 different languages.

You can find it here:
http://www.tokkunacademy.com/index.php?view=download



ANNNNNNND I'm also working on that:



As a teaser here's few of the rough thumbnails which will be the bases for the 200 illustration of the Artbook
Hope you like it
:

[Brun]

Seems like one hell of an art-book man! Definitely looking forward to that. (ps: as always, amazing work)

-Brun