text: Making the Shift From Stay-at-Home Mom to Working Outside of the Home Jacquie Goetz Bluethmann • September 30, 2013 Add Comment Tweet If Natalie Gasiorowski of Lake Orion could have foreseen how difficult it would be to find a nursing job just two years after taking time off to be a stay-at-home mom, she would have considered her decision more carefully. Now actively looking for part-time nursing work, Gasiorowski has found that despite eight years of previous on-the-job experience, she may have to accept an entry level position – and all that comes with it. "For the positions I'm finding, I'd have to work nights and every other weekend and every other holiday," says the mom of three. "It's hard. It's like my slate has been wiped clean." Still, Gasiorowski is intent on finding a job – and one that will work for her and her family. Transitioning from working woman to working mom has its challenges, too. Read part one of the Work-Life Balance series. "I'm ready to fulfill the other half of who I am," she says. Gasiorowski's experience is far from isolated. A study titled Off-Ramps and On-Ramps Revisited, in 2009, revealed that 73 percent of women trying to return to the workforce after a voluntary timeout for child care or other reasons have trouble finding a job. And only 40 percent of the 3,420 professional women surveyed who wanted to go back to work were able to find full-time, mainstream jobs. Tara Gonsalves, a research associate at the Center for Work-Life Policy, says that the women surveyed also had to take a pay cut when they on-ramped back into the paid workforce. "On average, women took a 14 percent pay gap if they took one or two years off – and 46 percent less pay if they took three or more years off," she notes. "Many were also demoted. Twenty-two percent had a lower job title upon return. Twenty-four percent had a decrease in overall job responsibilities, and 26 percent had a decrease in management responsibilities." Add to this the demanding hours required of many jobs – coupled with the lion's share of household and child care responsibilities falling to women – and the prospect of a return to work outside of the home can be a daunting one. Looking for the right fit Sarah Edwards of Bloomfield Hills worked as a manager for a large consulting firm before starting a family in late 2007. Her experience in the business world was that work always came first. "If you had plans to attend a friend's wedding on the weekend but something came up and your program had to go live on that weekend, you were expected to drop your plans and make the program happen," she says. "I can't operate that way now as a mom of four. If I were to return to that type of work, I could never give them what I gave them before." Still, Edwards, who has been a stay-at-home mom for the past six years, isn't ready to turn in her employee ID badge forever. When it comes to returning to work outside of the home, she says she's in the "thinking about it" category. "Ideally, I want a job that is flexible," Edwards says. "I still want to be able to volunteer at my kids' school and be the person who drops them off and picks them up." When it comes to pay and status, Edwards says she has been there, done that. "The driver for my return to work wouldn't be money; it'd be to get out and do something fulfilling," she says. Edwards' career desires are echoed in the survey findings of the Center for Work-Life Policy, which revealed that women tend to be motivated by non-monetary rewards, including flexible work arrangements, working on collaborative teams and the ability to give back to society. Gonsalves of the center indicates that many women who held high power jobs before starting a family aren't looking to return to that same type of situation. "We found that only 9 percent of highly qualified 'on-ramping' women wanted to return to the company they used to work for," she says. "Along the same lines, 69 percent of women would not have left their companies if they had had work-life balance options that were specifically tailored to them." For her part, Gasiorowski is standing her ground on what she wants from a job. "For us, thankfully we are not in a position where I have to go back right now," she says. "I am firm in what I want to do, and I have experience in areas others do not. To leave my kids with someone else, it has to be a really good opportunity that works for us." Gasiorowski is holding out for a flexible position where she can work during the day and be home at night with her young children. "Hospital schedules are always a challenge," she says. "I'd like to find a doctor's office where I can work a few days a week." Keeping relevant To remain marketable after taking time away from the workforce, Mary Quigley, author of Going Back to Work: A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms, recommends that women who take time off to raise young children keep a hand in the game. "The best way to address a gap on your resume is some work history," says Quigley, who is also a journalism professor at New York University and the blogger behind Mothering21.com. "Do some kind of work, voluntary or otherwise, that shows measurable results." Quigley uses the example of a department store buyer consulting for a local retailer. She also suggests volunteering for activities like fundraising at your child's school. "I hate to be a mercenary, but don't volunteer for the teacher-recognition lunch," she says. "Take on fundraising so you can show on your resume how you helped your child's sports team raise money to travel. Or volunteer for the curriculum committee investing in a new reading program. "It sounds hard-nosed, but what would a man do? Would he head up the teacher recognition luncheon? Probably not. He would organize 40 people to build a playground." Quigley also recommends women maintain contact with professional colleagues and work their social network. "It's 6 degrees of separation," she explains. "So often, you'll hear someone say their friend's husband's cousin is looking for someone. That's why it's important to have a wide group of social contacts. People like to hire people they know." Cathi Doebler, author of Ditch the Joneses, Discover Your Family, interviewed a number of women looking to return to work after time off as stay-at-home moms as research for her book. One of the women she spoke with hadn't even been looking for work when she was approached by a recruiter, a connection from her past, and landed a full-time job at the same level she had left years earlier. "She had stayed connected with her industry," Doebler explains. "She read, enrolled in professional organizations and networked. She didn't drop off the face of the earth." Doebler encourages women contemplating a career off-ramp to think about their on-ramping strategy before they even leave. "Update your resume before you leave," she suggests. "Five years later when you go to update it, you won't remember dates, details and who you'd use as a reference. And absolutely plan to stay in touch with your work contacts. Drop them an occasional email or meet them for lunch." As for addressing the time off when questioned in a job interview, Quigley advises women to keep their response short and sweet. "Say that you chose to stay home for eight years, but that during that time you did volunteer work," Quigley suggests. "Now, stress that you're back and you have child care and backup child care. That's all you need to say. No one wants to hear a long song and dance." Tara Gonsalves from the Center for Work-Life Policy recommends women polish their skills through various on-ramping programs designed to help women navigate their way back into the workforce. One company program she cites is Goldman Sachs' Returnship Program. It aims to develop individuals who have taken an extended absence from the workforce and are seeking to restart their careers. The 10-week preparatory program provides on-rampers an opportunity to sharpen their skills in a work environment that may have changed significantly since their last work experience. Starting anew Sarah Edwards knows her past career is not one she wants to resume. And as she contemplates her return to the work world, she knows one thing for certain: her work must speak to her passions. "Design and architecture really interest me," she says. To that end, Edwards is open to working for a design firm or even growing her Etsy shop, sedwards515, where she sells her handmade pinafores, dresses, skirts, blankets, bibs and burp cloths. "My next endeavor needs to be fulfilling or in an area I want to learn more about," she says. Mary Quigley says women contemplating a return to the work world should seize this career juncture to determine what it is they really want to do – even if it's a complete departure from previous work experience. "If you're going back to work at age 40 or 45, you'll have at least 20 years more to work," she says. "Few people retire at 60 anymore. So ask yourself what you really want to do. This is a golden opportunity to make changes." In her research, Quigley interviewed a woman who, before having kids, held a high-power banking job. "She knew she didn't want to return to banking," Quigley says. "She decided instead to become a physician's assistant. Over the six years she was home with her kids, she took the necessary classes. Now she works as a physician's assistant in a school." Making it work Stephanie Scobie of Southfield left her teaching career 10 years ago after the birth of her first son, Elijah, who has special needs. "Elijah has been deaf since birth," she says. "I decided to take time off to learn a new language, so I could communicate with him. It has since been determined that he is also autistic and cognitively impaired. He definitely needed one of us at home to advocate for him." Now a mom to four boys, Scobie is just weeks into her new job teaching adult education three days a week in the Novi school system. Once she decided to return to teaching to help supplement the family income, she knew she had to get her certification up to date, which she spent a year doing. Then she faced the daunting task of landing a teaching job in what she calls a highly saturated market. "I applied for an opening as a high school English teacher at a large public high school in the area," she recalls. "I learned I was one of 4,000 people applying for this one spot." Scobie says she "networked a ton," which played a role in helping her to land several interviews at other area high schools. Within a few months, she was offered her current job, which she started just after Labor Day. The hardest part for her so far has been leaving her two youngest children in the care of someone else while her eldest boys are at school. "I call it mama guilt," she says. "Sometimes I feel like my 2-year-old is getting shortchanged, as his older brothers had me at home full time for much longer." But when it comes to the work part of the juggling act that has become her new reality, Scobie says she isn't worried in the least. "I was born to be a teacher," she says. "That's my calling, and I'm good at it. It's figuring out the family stuff that has me worried." Reassurance that her decision to return to work was the right one came via two instances during her first week on the job, when students thanked her for a great class on their way out of school. "That was exactly what I needed to hear," she recalls. "I love teaching, and those few words of thanks were validation for me." Scobie prays for the rest to fall into place and credits her husband, Eric, with making her new role as working mom possible. "It's a group project," she laughs. "I couldn't do it by myself. He's amazing."


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I think you can't create one perfect ad for the whole Internet, but you can create a perfect ad for each website you are advertising on. Instead of just targeting ads by topics (placing an iPod ad on a blog about all things Apple) I would go one step further by creating an ad targeted towards the audience of a website.
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"Today I wanna kiss you"
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Here is "Girl of The day!" With the Retro Robot: "Great Mazinger". I remember when I was four or five I watch the rerun of this Japanese anime serie. I was blow away, he can shoot out his fists and fighting evil dinosaurs.
Lately I have been looking at old stuff to get inspire, 1970s was probably the best era to look at all the cool brilliant ideas, like Gatcha Man, Getter Robo, Karmen Raider and more. These were probably made before my days, but I have watch the rerun when I was growing up and those image probably inspire me as who I am. I remember trying to draw those robot and make up story as I go when I was a kid. Those are the good old days.
Here is a Mecha sketch final image:
How to draw Mecha Robot video tutorial:
More Mech: Tutorials:
-Evangelion Mecha Robot Tutorial #2
-Neon Genesis Eva Mecha Robot Tutorial # 1
Basic Mech Drawing:
-Basic Mecha Drawing #2
-Basic Mecha Drawing #1
It seems difficult to find something fresh and new these days as if everything has been done. I am always out to look for things that will inspire me and motivate me to do more art...better art or at least try.
Guild Wars: Eyes of the North launch at midnight last night, I was there working it, partying and waiting for the launching moment. Good time guys...until Guild Wars II. Thanks for all the people that support us and you!
What's NEW to the site today? if you notice on the right side of the blog, below the table of contents, I have added "LIVE FEED" from "SketchWich". They always update and they are a bunch of friendly artist friends from ArenaNet. So you won't miss any good art and stuff! They are funny or try, and great artists. Enjoy!
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Anime Concept painting: Great Mazinger.
Here is "Girl of The day!" With the Retro Robot: "Great Mazinger". I remember when I was four or five I watch the rerun of this Japanese anime serie. I was blow away, he can shoot out his fists and fighting evil dinosaurs.
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How to draw girl figure with dragon: Quick Video painting tutorial using Photoshop
Quick Video painting tutorial: How to draw girl figure using Photoshop.
I also include partially creature in there for the hell of it.
I am trying something new this time kind of, but first off, apologize for the choppiness of this tutorial. Soon I will try to make a full length tutorial when I can finally get the proper equipment. But it's better than nothing right.
On this tutorial, *notice that it is NOT in a real time working, I fast forward it a lot.* I start off the image using the existing gray scale thumbnail that I have. I play around with color so I could find the color scheme that I want using overlay layer on top in Photoshop. After I get the color arrangement, I then try to bring out the form and fix the proportion of the figure along the way. Then I will clean up the color and almost flatten the color out to simplify and find the big shape. Next I start to paint more detail from the focal point thru the rest of the painting. Defining form, correct the lighting, and finding balance between warm and cool.
Somewhere somehow, Along the way, I think I did the figure too dark and too green so I repainted it with higher value and warm it up with red a bit. The I work on the skin texture of the monster to match its detail and value with the figure. Again, I clean up and tighten up the image, what I mean by that is assigning soft edge and hard edge and finding overall edge balance. Finally, I add more color which I thought it might bring more flavor to the image, but not well. Honestly, I think this one is some what a good exercise even though it didn't turn out like how I really wanted, but time's up so I have to put the brush down and move on.
Because if I keep messing around with it then it will take forever, so I might just take a break and give my eyes some rest so that when I come back and look at it again with fresh eyes, I will have a better idea of what did I miss.
Anyway, here I have the link to one of my most recent favorite artist at the time. His painting offer more than just a mere relistic/impressionist painting. Very inspiring, exciting and stunning.
-Alex Kanevesky (check it out, he's brilliant!)
It's all for the good fun, we all learn something. Well, hope this tutorial help you in some way. Thanks for stopping by,
Now you can go buy "Guild Wars: Eye of the North."
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
What is NEW today @ idrawgirls.com
Just update the BLOG layout to make it more efficient and more attractive to reader and myself. It's almost complete. It took me a while to learn all the code and figure our how to make a third column. And it COOL!
Also I just acquire and domain "www.idrawgirls.com". I didn't think it was available, but my friend check it out and it was empty. So right at that second, I jump on the internet and get it! That makes my day. Who would think the easy domain is still around.
I also add the RSS feed and e-mail subscription so that you don't have to always come back here if there is nothing new. So go ahead and subscribe, and no...I won't give your e-mail to anyone. Lots of stuff to learn to make my BLOG effective and fun.
Girl of the day!
I decided to finish up the"Savage" though it didn't turn out like how I'd like...until next time!
Doutzen Kroes
-Andriana Lima
-Natalia Vodianova
-Jessica Stam
-Gemma Ward
-Sasha Pivovarova
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How to draw super heroes
How to draw Superman video tutorial.
Also step by step images how to draw Superman.
1) I usually start off a figure with a spine line or a shoulder line.
2) Then I will go to the hip section, thighs, to figure out how they will be standing (is the more weight on the right or on the left) It also help me figure out the arm length.
3) The arm come out, I am making this as simple as possible so I will go neutral. Yeah, I know,...fancy pose come later you.
4) As for male head, I usually go for a square/ angular. I usually draw the line for the Z axis of the skull on top of the skull so that you know where he will be facing. Tons and tons of gesture drawing will force you to figure out your way of draw the quickest and most efficient.
5) Then I constructed the facial using just simple line (remember, it's just a thumbnail, don't get caught up in detail early on, GET everything right, in place and good proportion, then you can play with it.)
6) Now I am trying to find out where the chest, collar bone and all the big shapes of the anatomy are.
7) After I figure out a rough figure then I dress him up.
8) Adding hair style, make him a little unique, and assigning value for the composition purpose.
9) There it is, a quick thumb. Then I can go on and do a bunch of them and pick out a good one out of five and possibly finish it.
How to draw Batman video tutorial
Also step by step images how to draw Batman
And one last superhero tutorial.
How to draw Spiderman video tutorial.
Also step by step images how to draw Spiderman
So LONG!
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Soul reaper monster tutorial concept art
I has this idea a couple days ago..but just sketch it out last night. This evil monster from Hell is feeding on living girls' soul.
I am playing around with how I want to paint...I love realism painterly like image but I also love comics and Manga. There are some particular element I am looking forward to achieve, I think this speedpainting I somehow found, just a little progress of how I want my work to look like.
I am getting there.
Also I made a on How to draw face below this post, it's very simple and quick. If you have any particular question or comment, feel free to leave in on the blog. They are all welcome.
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I will have to find sometimes soon to do a quick painting video demo tutorial. I find that doing a quick two to five minutes sketch tutorial would be easier at the moment. A digital painting demo would take hours so I am going to need to find the right tool for it. At the moment, I am just using a free software to screen record my sketching process, nothing fancy. It's a pain to use sometimes because it's conflict with my Photoshop Hotkeys, and I can customize it (because it's free). Anyway...hopefully, I should find some more efficient program to record my digital painting demo soon. Until then...
So long
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Quick concept composition sketch
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How to draw face of a young woman
The principle are the same, only different is the tool you choose to execute. It does not make much different once you know the principle, only to get use to the tool.
All you have to do is to know how to draw correctly then you could use, literary anything, to demonstrate your skill.
Here is a finish sketch: (Click to enlarge)
Here is a video tutorial how to:
Here is another quick two minute easy face sketch tutorial.
1) I make an egg shape with a bit of angular edge on where it suppose to be jawline.
2) I then drew a horizontal line in the middle of it to fine the eyes' position.
3) Half a distance between the line and her chin is where her nose will be.
4) Again half in between her chin line and her nose is where you draw her mouth.
5) Then I start drawing her eyes, (They should be further apart than the width of her nose)
6) Top of her ear should line up on the same horizontal line as her eyes.
7) The rest of them should be self explanatory. My advice to you if you want to be able to pull off a really quick accurate face or stylize but still maintain realism. Go find life drawing session near you. Drawing from life is the best way to learn how to draw a figure, and you should do it at least once a week, or every chance you get. But do look for material and practice from photos once in a while.
So long!
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Saturday, August 25, 2007
How to draw figure gesture drawing
How to draw Basic Tutorial on body and figure, quick gesture drawing and sketches.
The principle are the same, only different is the tool you choose to execute. It does not make much different once you know the principle, only to get use to the tool
Below is my first video tutorial on a quick thumbnail comp sketch of an Amazonian woman. Thumbnail comp is quick and easy and shouldn't take longer than five minutes of the artist time.
The purpose is to capture what is it that you want to visually represent in a big picture before you eventually start on a big picture. Lots of thumbnails will help you carve out your imagination stream in the quickest way.
Before I start concepting any character or environment, I (and many great artists who tough me) usually start out with small thumbnail to get as many idea as possible. It could also help you find the best position and composition in the rectangular area you are working with. Most of the assignment I receive I will usually have to do ton of sketch comps pick the best one out of three or five, then represent it to my client before I can actually start illustrating and finalize it. Once in a while I will just crank out ten to twenty thumbnail then save it for later use.
In this particular one I will show you how to do a quick thumb comp + quick sketch of a female figure.
1) On the figure I usually start with spine line (but in this case, I randomly draw the head first.) then I will define the shoulder and hip. For female figure I believe it's necessary to accentuate the "C" or "S" curve on her pose. In this case it a reverse "C" on her torso.
2) I go the refine her facial position a little bit, then both arms I am trying to find something simple to illustrate but interesting at the same time so I thought I'll have her hold a spear.
3) Now I add her right leg and with the relation to her torso, it make the "S" shape (if you look from her shoulder to her right thigh.
4) After I got her pose figure out, I just go in for quick minor correction and detail.
5) Then I will find something interesting to add onto the figure, like skirt, guantlets, etc. Something that will make it a little more interesting than just a plane figure (think in term of value and silhouette, not the actual object itself.)
6)Then I will begin to add value and find the light source to the overall picture and play around to see with would make it look best in that rectangle.
7) Aha! The key is quick, readbility and try to find interesting comp/value. And if it looks good small, then it will looks great BIG!
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Hope that is useful for you guys out there!
Have a great day!
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Hey! No art today, really but there are still TWO Tutorials I posted last week, check it out if you haven't check them. I am having some fun with another "Mei and Pupie" cartoon. It's quick and fun to do. It seems that the more I do, the more idea keep flowing. It was really hard to come up with the first few ideas but as it goes on it got a little easier.
I was going to scan some stuff in today, but unfortunately I couldn't find the scanner USB cable. I am pissed, I have no idea where did I put them. We just move about a month and a half ago. I think I got most of the stuff I need if not all. Hopefully I left it somewhere at work or I will have to buy a new cable which I don't want to. I rather buy beer! I meant...Ah-Hem...art supply.
Just in case if you are curious here is the original "MEI and PUPIE" design a few years back
It's very OLD! really.
Anyway, have a great Sunday Boys and Girls!
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Friday, August 24, 2007
1st "MEI and PUPIE"
Hello guys, I am back with the Comic Strips "Mei and Pupie". It's something new, for me, to do three or four panels comics. It's quite a challenge since I am not really good at being funny, my personal humor is usually dry and sarcastic, in other words, smart a$$. So yeah, if you have any comments or idea...what would be funny, shoot it my way.
Though this short comics is pretty new to me, I've been doing comics since I was a little kid. I grew up in the Far East so I read tons of Mangas. I am better at making a long epic storyline (I love history and stuff), except I've never really finished one. Now I am thinking I should learn how to pull off a good content short story so that I can get a few of them published or something. I am thinking perhaps this short strips will take me there. From a three to four panels, then a short three or four pages story, then eventually 15- 25 would be good for me.
About the characters "Mei" and "Pupie: The Angry Panda", they were my creation a few years ago. They were supposed to be in the Epic story in Shanghai China setting in 1930. I still have the script, it is somewhat my version of "Journey to the West" except with Mei, Panda, and some friends. Anyway, I used to post those two characters in various forums. And sadly but true, they were more popular than my art itself. There is something about them, who knows what. Lots of people have been asking me to do the panda and the girl constantly so I think now it's time. But instead of making long episodic version right away, I can present them with just comics strip to convey their true personality, in addition to that, it quick to do for me since I have tons of work to do for GuildWars II at ArenaNet. Keep up the Blog and do more personal stuff is also my goal, but I can't really pull off something BIG and time consuming yet. Perhaps someday, I might get to do it if I get lots of time, motivation and your support.
More paintings, comics and tutorials coming up soon.
Like my friend Scott always say, "So long!"
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How to Draw Monster Creature Concept
This is a creature design aiming at horror Sci-fi theme for games or movie visual concept. I will show you a quick step by step painting tutorial on how I accomplished this quick painting.
What is the essential element when you design a creature? If you want to design a good, convincing and life like then you will have to come up with good idea and some research. Good idea will often produce a good result. First you have to think what kind of environment this creature dwell. Then is it a predatory type or something else. If it hunts what would be its strategy. What kind of presence does it has? Is it creepy, intimidating, or adorable? Can it fly or is it bipedal, or else?
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Thursday night, I am sick like a dog, but can't sleep so I thought I would do something useful. I can't just sit around since I can go out...I might as well. Here is another tutorial if you are interested in doing quick Color Concept for Creature: I called it, "SharpFace" This one took me about three to four hours messing around.
1) I start off with looking around in my sketch book for the thumbnails/comp I did. I usually do a bunch of thumbnails and scan them in so when I got bored I have something to do. Thumbnails are quick useful and you can have variety of stuff because your hand is trying to catch up with your brain flow full of ideas. Then I found something I like so I bring it in to Photoshop and enlarge it to about 700 to 900 pix. A very good size to do quick comp.
2) From the first image, now...I decide I would go with dark warm background as color scheme. Usually I just scribble something with texture custom brush for a quick background. Then I select the creature image put it on top of the BG layer. Then I either use Overlay or Multiply. In this cast I use multiply because I want it to be dark and scary. If it is too dark you can goto Menu Bar> Image> Level then adjust the clearity of your image over the BG. Then I layout the rough basic lighting. I put shadow under its torso, neck, and legs. Then lighten up the back and top of its head. Think FORM, not flat.
3) After I get the basic form/structure then I go into tighten up the figure. In this case I want its head/neck/shoulder to be the focus so I am bringing it out by adding more light on it. On creatures, I usually use a lot of texture brush to make it looks more gritty. As for its bottom part I will leave it as fade or soft edge so the torso and neck will be more pronounce.
4) At this stage, I will enlarge the image to about 2500pix to 300 pix. So that I can get more detail painting. Now I am lighten up part of the back ground so that the figure IS separated from the BG. I also add cool light along its outline to make it stood out even more from the overall warm scheme. I also adding more detail to its shoulder to make it pop out.
4.1) *Do not forget to flip and check your image if it looks correct. You will usually find mistake when you flip your image. I suggest you flip then work on it on the flip side for a while, then flip back.
4.2) *Always check your gradient map. Don't get too caught up with all fancy color. Check your value in Black and White. If it looks good Black and White, it will looks even better in color. On this piece, it almost a monocromatic image.
5) After I get the overall form, I am going in for the darkest dark then highlight very sparingly. At this stage I also define muscle groups and try to make it mimicking life like. I also try to make its skin differ from its nail, if you notice you will see that its dark shinny nail and spikes are more reflective than the skin itself. It has to be distinctive so that it will fool your eyes. Lighting is pretty much everything in painting. *For purpose of exercise try painting satin/velvet/steel right next to one another, you will see how lighting is really a big deal in making our eyes see different textures.
6) Finally, I tighten up the figure even more. I bring out part that needs to be on focal point, then soften the further away part. I fixed its toenails because it looks out of balance with toenails that short from the previous one. Then since I give it cool light, I add warm under lighting from below. Cool light = Warm Shadow likewise Warm light = Cool shadow. It's the golden rule if you are doing under lighting. Then I clean up the figure, lighten up the background so that the creature will be separated and stand out more.
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I think I am kinda sleepy now,...so I am going to bed and hopefully. I will be way better tomorrow. I hate being sick...it sucks!
So long,
As always any comment always welcome, let me know if the tutorial is any useful or did I even get my point across.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Girl in Polish Costume Concept Art Speedpainting: MIRA.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
How to draw musketeer
This one is more like a concept art or concept drawing (should I say painting) tutorial, rather than a basic how to draw stuff. Anyway, let's begin.
My first advice is you have to be able to draw girl or figure or people in general using traditional medium first. Girls are delicate creatures, you must not put too many line (detail) on her face, even her figure itself (nude). Keep it simple and clean then you will successfully make it look like a girl.
This "How to draw girl" tutorial is not for beginner, it is a little intermediate to advance. It require knowledge of basic drawing, figure, value, color, and Photoshop. If you want to know the basic, then go to my other tutorial on the menu bar.
This piece of quick concept took me about a few hours. First I have some rough idea in mind of what kind of character it is and it's background. Like this one, she's part of my own on going personal project (which I don't know if it's going to be finish :P) Anyway, I have an idea of she is a Slavic girl, Czech assassin during 13th century. Supposedly she is sexy but deadly. So I did research for costume to get some kind of inspiration then add my own flavor into it.
1) I usually do five to ten thumbs to get inspire and get my hand in the flow. (somewhat try to stay within the subject but not necessary, as you can see my thumbs are all over the place. Whatever comes to mind at time.) Then I will pick on that suit my needs at the moment.
You can either do it on paper then scanned them in which I prefer, but this time I did in photoshop because I felt lazy.
2) Then I pick one of the thumbnail that I want. In this cast, it is a concept so I want to be able to show off overall character as much as possible so that I can use it for ref later on if I want to redraw her in scene of make a model sheet to build it in 3D. The pose and composition of over all picture is important because it can convey what she's all about and it should be interesting to look at. Standard 3/4 standing pose or somewhere in between is a good choice in concepting a character because you can still see the whole package. Then enlarge your thumbnail in Photoshop, at this stage I work really small around 500 pix x 700 pix. *Notice that my drawing is really loose, at this stage if you are not sure about your drawing, it is a good idea to tighten it up more. As for me at this moment, I just go with the flow and correct the drawing as I paint.
3) Then I will decided what color scheme should I go for. Mostly I would just pick warm or cool, really there is not much to think about. Since she is hot and she is in somewhat action post, I will go for majority of warm color. I usually select any of my old PS file and paint over to get the quick background then put the thumbnail on top layer and select either Multiply or Overlay depending on how I want it to look. At this stage, I prefer to still work really small (700 x 500 or so) so that I can get any quick adjustment and not get caught into any detail, but just the overall look.
4) After I can get the look and scheme I want (pic above) then I will start doing the underpainting and see if the color and lighting will fit. I look at the costume ref and decided to pick red/white/ black for her outfit. Then I will layout the skin tone on her. Everything in this stage is still really rough and suggestive. Now I am looking for composition, lighting (grayscale check is also very valuable to see if your image read well in greyscale. If it doesn't there is something wrong with it.), and overall color balance (cool & warm).
4.1) Check if your image is readable in gray scale, it's good to check constantly to see if you have the correct value. Lots of great artists work from gray scale first then apply color later on. I also do that sometimes. OK, as far as I know this gray scale is readable so I move on to the next step.
5) At this stage I will again enlarge the image (my preference is around 2500 x 3000), then I will start working on correcting proportion, lighting then going in for getting more detail onto the image. I decided that the BG behind her head is too dark and I want her face to pop out more than it is. So I lighten the BG behind her head to make her silhouette stand out.
6) From the previous one the head proportion is big so I correct it, then I go in to construct the facial, then refine her body/ costume and look for anything that might be out of proportion.
6.1) One good method for checking if there is something wrong with the image is to flip it. And if it is a real drawing, you can check it in the mirror. So there it is, I flip it and work on that side for a while until it looks at good as it can be at time allow. Then flip back.7) Now it's very close to final stage of concepting. I work really loose but it is readable and good enough to convey what I want to convey. Now I am working on the detail of her face, adding detail of her costume/ changing things here and there if you see fits. Like I add another sleeve and cover up her chest and neck because I think it's more suitable for the era. Even though I would like to show as much skin as I can. But it work out, she still convey sexual message. Always and always look for correct lighting, squint your eyes and look or zoom out, or use the Navigator thumb in Photoshop. If it still read at thumb's size then your image will be presentable.
8) Now come the critical part. I remember many great artist guild me on how not to over do things. The final part is to pick where you want to add highlight, touch up subtle detail. I add a little more highlight on the tip of her nose, sword, and hair. Minor touch up, clean up the figure, and try to find soft edge and hard edge. I am still not that happy about her left hand, but it is suggestive enough. So I called it done for now. Remember, this is not a full launch finished illustration, most element are there to convey to the audience what it is. I like them really loose, yet in control. But from here on, if I want to do a finished illustration, it will be a really good start like refine underpainting.
If you have any question, comment on this tutorial. Let me know, this is actually the first time I am trying to write up a tutorial along with the picture. Hopefully it will help some people in some way.
So long!
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Concept Art, Speedpainting: Sorcerrer and Knight Concept painting.
This concept art or concept drawing (should I say painting) just came out of nowhere in my head, I might have a tutorial coming up soon, but I still can find where I put the step by step.
March 2011, I came back and take a look at my old quick digital painting character concept work this post, hopefully I will have time to remake this design in 2011 and repost it. ;-)
The one above was done in 2007 and it is very outdated. I will redo the sorceress again.
But here is a 2011 version of a Dark Mage. It is more up to date and well... better execution.
To see step by step process tutorial go to: Digital painting tutorial character
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-Drawing Anime Step by Step demon girl
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Monday, August 20, 2007
How to draw spy woman character design step by step
First step, I start off with a circle shape and two lines from circle to meet up to create a chin for her face and head. Then a short line to indicate the back of her neck.
Step two, I sketch out an oval shape for her upper body or torso, two lines for her arm, and a long curve line below for her thigh or leg. Oh and two more lines to connect her head with the body.
Step three, I draw a round shape next to her leg and below her upper body. Then I draw forearm to connect with the previous drawn lines for her arm. Also hand, then I finish this part with her other arm holding pistol.
Step four, I draw in her face, hair and her bang. I also have more tutorial in detail about drawing face. I recommended how to draw female face and a more simpler cartoon drawing Anime girl face step by step. Or you can look at the idrawgirls directory draw face and draw Anime Manga It is also useful to add some simple shading on to the character sketch to give it more present.
How to draw female spy character design step by step.
A quick spy woman character design. I also have a final version that I work on further in Oct 2011 here. Painting spy woman step by step.
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The first one came out alright. The second is still "Work in Progress" (WIP)
More to come, tomorrow!
So long!
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Some Random Graphic Design, no girl...yet
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Some Random T-Design!!!
I am exploring an unusual artistic way...never done a T-design. But it's a lot more fun than I thought it would be.
Feedback are welcome.
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Drawing and sketch of girls collection from May/June 07
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Single-molecule force spectroscopy, which measures how a molecule responds to mechanical forces pulling it apart, is an important tool in the study of biomolecules and other polymers.
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Whilst grounds for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court have been submitted to this court , the anticipated refusal means our case will be taken to Europe, but this time against the UK Government, where legal-aid negates the need for any further fundraising.
We are keen to see whether the ECJ agrees that:-
1) The requirement that an actual experiment must support any "Experimental Traffic Order" can be ignored - when it comes to parking
2) Accurate data upon which Councillors base crucial decisions when adopting new traffic schemes need not be adhered to, since such data is "only a projection"
3) A traffic benefit of demand management need not be supported by any scientific evidence of claimed "increase in demand"
4) Legislation allows for a local authority to declare the termination of discriminatory treatment between different vehicle types, based upon its own ideas of 'fairness'
5) The requirement to consult in a fair, conscientious & considered manner can be deemed fulfilled even when all the consultees are deliberately misled as to the actual justification.
We have always maintained that this scheme was intended to raise revenue. The notion that the residents were to be beneficiaries could have lent a modicum of justification to this charge. But this was simply not the case as WCC admitted the scheme was sold as being 'revenue-neutral'
The actual beneficiaries were to be the two private companies contracted to collect & enforce the scheme - both with unacceptably close links to certain councillors & officers; both of whose contract awards were mired in allegations of collusion & corruption; and both with separate complaints either previously investigated or under investigation by the EU Commission.
Only last month, WCC squandered £600k on an out-of-court settlement rather than have the parking enforcement contract award examined under the public glare of a court case.
However, it was a secondary revenue stream resulting from the new technology of Pay-By-Phone parking - identified by the scheme's architect Alistair Gilchrist - that we say was the real motivation behind this scheme. As proved by other agencies like DVLA, the trading in the personal data of motorists has a ready and lucrative marketplace. Income was to be derived by selling it through a private limited company, Westco Trading Ltd, and could then be distributed as 'bonuses'. This found great favour amongst a less than reputable WCC inner-sanctum.
This campaign has long asked why any council should ever need its own private limited company. Could the requirement on all councils to lay open all items of account for a 20-day period lead to the conclusion that WCC have something to hide?
At Point 29 of this judgement, it is stated: 'The important point is that, in my judgement, the ultimate decision-maker, the Cabinet Member, was not materially misled by the information with which he was provided'. At Point 32 (in reiterating the original judgement): 'It was ultimately for the Cabinet Member to make a judgement.'
Our view is that this particular Cabinet Member, being Mr Gilchrist's flatmate and Co-Director of Westco Trading, Cllr. Danny Chalkley, was also due to benefit financially, and therefore no amount of mis-information would have had any impact on his decision.
Had this information been permissible in this case, we feel sure that neither Judge would have seen Cllr. Chalkley as being the best arbiter of any objections to the scheme.
At point 12 the judge seems to write off blatant duplicity by WCC by stating that 'the Council has not always been entirely consistent about the objective sought to be achieved by charging'.
An interesting analysis is offered here (http://www.crossroadsrider.com/
This would explain the stance taken by the MCIA Chief Exec in an email dated 23 June 2009 to the campaign:
"Although MCI does not endorse Westminster'
We were later encouraged to hear that, following the meeting facilitated by Dr Mannings, the MCIA resolved that, should it ever come to light that this scheme was based on "demand management", it would reconsider its position - since we were of the opinion that the only serious opposition WCC truly feared was the equally powerful industrialists of the MCIA.
Very early in this campaign, the Tax Payers Alliance calculated that the scheme's roll-out nationwide could result in the motorcycling community forking out £93m to simply park where it has always been free. It has always been our view that such a massive reduction in the buying power of the UK motorcycling public could not be sustained by a specialised retail sector suffering equally with all other sectors in these austere times.
The judgement handed down today bares testament to the way in which both the MCIA and the industry as a whole were misled by WCC. Perhaps a silver lining of this adverse judgement will be the MCIA and the wider industry undertaking a review of their policy toward the tax now that the 'official reasons' are clear to us all, and voicing their opposition to it.
Regrettably, Dr Mannings fails to acknowledge the enormous effort & personal sacrifice of a small group of plucky volunteers that make up this NTBPT Campaign who were not drawn in by councillors'
In the meantime, we hope that many of our more ardent supporters can put this particular disappointment behind them and continue to support us as we take the fight to the ECJ, safe in the knowledge that our numbers will inevitably swell as those untouched by the WCC scheme fall victim to similar ones adopted by their own councils.
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