Angel Intheuk - Caricatures and studies + UPDATED April 2013 +

[B-zilla]

Hey Ang! I've not been on CA in a while so I've not been keeping track of your awesome improvements. Your Cate caricature is fantastic, particularly the values and colours!

I'm gonna start up a sketch book tomorrow. I think it's about time!

Keep up the good work hun and I hope all's well!

[Angel Intheuk]

Thanks Dizon - I know I have to keep up the standard now <gulp!> Thank you for your invaluable insight (throughout I mean )

I'm looking forward to finishing Kylie...Audrey just reminded me of a bird when I exaggerated her eyes (and because she's so thin) was just a doodle really, I'm going to do her as Holly Golightly for a finished piece.

Hellooo Belinda!! Thanks very much for the compliment, I'm well thanks, into my 2nd month of a new job (just switchboard work but it pays the bills) where are you now? x Can't wait to see your SB! x

[Angel Intheuk]

Update

1. Sophia Loren etched onto silver (got really into it, liked the result. Did it last year on a one day course, just in the middle of a 6 week course now so I'll see what I can get done )
2+3. The7Artist7 - from the 'Draw from what does everyone look like' thread
4. Kb-Kaho from the same thread
5. Commission for an ad, got to practice vectors (still baffle me)
6. Latest commission WIP from a workmate, her hubby is the one on the right (Jimmy's P.A)

[~KJK~]

hey some new awesome stuff here! sorry for my absence lately! loving the caricatyres!

[Angel Intheuk]

Cheers Parsakoira

Updates:
1. Doodle of a cyber-bikecop
2. Tree I drew in a park, would like to carry this on in PS
3. Grandmassa Mr Spect portrait
4. Update on Jimmy White caricature WIP

[Donna]

Wooo Neverwhere! Love your caricatures!

The last (coloured) one could use some stronger shadows on faces, to help really bring them out.

[Angel Intheuk]

Thanks Donna Neil Gaiman...what a dude! -

Cheers for the crit, I'm going to fix that in 'post production'

[GoGoJojo]

If you ever get a chance, you should try etching copper plates to make prints!!! It's really fun!!! And I read that book in middle school, it is really wonderful.
PS- Guess who's next on my list of people to draw, mwahahaha...

[Angel Intheuk]

Eh up Gogojojo

You must be psychic that's what I'm doing! 4 copper plates and then I'm going to silver plate them. Doing 'Silver screen sirens' caricatures. If they turn out well I'll hopefully get them exhibited in the local art house cinema

I'll make sure I post the progress

Ooh you drawing me??! excellent! cheers! You're on my list too..mwaha!

[zou]

Hi Angel

great line quality in your caricatures, as always !

i'm very pleased to read you're engraving plates, i'm waiting to see results.

takes care mate

[Angel Intheuk]

Thanks Zou

This is the latest WIP for Jimmy...

[Angel Intheuk]

Some more peeps from the DFWDELL thread

[Angel Intheuk]

Parsakoira

PS sketch - 1.5 hours (my fastest yet, things are sinking in! )

[Angel Intheuk]

Update

Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable skteches for the etching project...I'll hopefully get them done tomorrow

[poetry man]

I really love that painting. great atmosphere. good take on it! keep up the good work!

[MyOrangeHat]

Wow lots of great new stuff in here. As always I love your charictures. Though the piece that really sticks out to me right now as being your best is post #224 the realistic portrait. The lighting and color in that is positively glowing. I dig it. On top of that I can't believe you did it so fast!

[SMILEFACE]

Haha thanks for the portrait an your soooo awesome way cool updates your werk just inspires happiness

[Angel Intheuk]

Poetry Man - thanks muchly I really enjoyed that one!
MyOrangeHat - Hello, thanks for stopping by and the lovely comment, I'm going to do more!
Granny!!! - Aww shucks! Thanks very much I'm happy to hear that!


Image dump...

Been busy recently.

Some Loomis exercises (am rusty on perspective, need to relearn).
Progress on my 'Silver Screen' etchings (the inked up sketch and transfered onto the copper plates, before I dunk them in Acid mwahahaha , I changed Betty Grable a bit).
Gogo and Grandmassa from the drawing peeps thread.
aaaand the start of some gestures, hopefully get some more done for the spartan camp

[SMILEFACE]

HAHA the ETCHINGS ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRE HOT!!! AN SO ARE ME AN GOGO HAHA SSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO COOL

[GoGoJojo]

Thank you!
I wanna ask, what kind of printing process do you use? Cause the etched parts look pretty smooth. Also what do you use to cover the parts that you don't want to etch? I use asphaltum (I can't spell).

[Angel Intheuk]

Cheers Granny! Glad you like it!! you're new hair-do and the serene expression just screamed MONK! but you had to kick ass too Am in the process of doing more but just finishing off a commission at the mo...(not as much fun though)

Hiya Gogo I'm doing Photo-Etching, the metal is covered with light sensitive film (not sure what it's called, I'm using someone elses studio) and you apply that in a dark room, expose it to UV rays (a modified light box) and then stick it in a solution of 10ml of Bicarbonate of Soda to 1L of warm water and it washes away the unexposed bits Is that similar to using asphaltum? (I don't know how to spell it either!)

[GoGoJojo]

Ah, I thought it would be a photo-sensitive thing, just call it a hunch. With my process, we cover the copper plate in asphaltum, and scrape away the areas that we want to etch with a stylus. Then we etch the plates with ferric acid. There's also lots of techniques for shades, have you heard of soft ground or aqua-tint? Are the prints relief prints or intaglio prints?

Sorry I ask so many questions, it's just cool to find another print maker! Sometime I'll post a photo of the printing press I made with a bottlejack!!!

[Angel Intheuk]

Hiya Gogo - I'm just starting out etching so I've got alot to learn, the asphaltum sounds interesting! I don't know about any shading techniques, I'd be interested in hearing more though Not sure what relief and intaglio means sorry, what's that? I don't mind questions at all, just sorry I'm answering with more questions!


Update - Finished Jimmy and Co caricature

[Angel Intheuk]

Forgot about this, was going to be the background to the Jimmy piece but decided against it.

Enviro speed paint of the Crucible Theatre...

[Angel Intheuk]

Another quick photoshop sketch, inspired by Jean Paul Gautier runway model and Vivienne Westwood, I just put a load of images onto a page, mixed them up a bit and painted over the shapes..was an interesting exercise...

[Turbosnail]

Hey Angel, nice updates!! Love the painting of 'The Firm' and the portrait in post#224 looks awesome. Keep up the good work my friend!!

[zerdron]

Just keep it up.

[GoGoJojo]

Wow, sorry this took so long. The main difference between relief and intaglio printing is that the inked surface is raised on relief prints, while the whole surface is inked in intaglio prints, and then the ink is removed except for in depressions in the surface of the plate(see diagram A)

DIAGRAM A!!!!


Here's a pretty good website I found for explaining the different processes: http://www.hollymorrison.com/index.htm
Sorry I posted this in your sketchbook, didn't know where else to put the picture And sorry I'm no good at explaining, that's why I gave you that link! And sorry I say sorry a lot!

[MoKhi]

Haaaa~ I love your characatures (Spellllliiiinnnngggg D :?) And that's such a cute portrait of Jojo. Keep it up!

[SMILEFACE]

haha the FIRM RRRRRRRRRROOOOCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSS AN SO DO YOU COOL PERSPECTIVE AN MADD STYLE ON THE PERDY LADY HAHA CAN I HAVE SUM MORE PLEASE