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Goldilocks “Just Right” Timelapse Video

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Here’s another acrylic painting time-lapse video with voice over – I hope you like it.

YouTube video URL: https://youtu.be/HacZATcShG4

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Sketch-A-Day #225

Sketch-A-Day #225

Sketch-A-Day #225

Leaving in just a bit for London (to stomp around Great Britain and paint a mural at Facebook’s London office). I’ll be posting work-in-progress pics and a few other shots as well during the next 10 days.

Here’s a sketch of a new character that shows up briefly in “The Imp Lands” Issue #2 that I am currently trying to work on in my nearly non-existent free time. Sketch-A-Day #225. ©2014 Justin Hillgrove.

 

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“We’re All Mad Here”

Were All Mad Here

“We’re All Mad Here” (Steam Punk Alice in Wonderland). 18″ x 36″ Acrylics on canvas.
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About once a year I like to do a new Alice in Wonderland painting and I decided awhile back that this year I’d like to tackle a steam punk version of the story. “We’re All Mad Here” started out as a REALLY rough sketch on part of an old mailing label during a frenzied moment of inspiration. I spent a couple hours doodling different layouts and then spent the entire next day fleshing out a good, tight sketch (pictured below):
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I almost always struggle with what colors to use so I decided to do a rough color study in PhotoShop so I could at least get an idea of what values and colors to use in the painting. (pictured below). I tried a variety of different color schemes like desaturated siennas and browns and then a black, white and red scheme. They all looked okay, but not great. Finally I tried the variation below and felt really good about but I had been staring at it so long that I showed it to a few people first to make sure I hadn’t gone mad.
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From there the actual painting on canvas progressed smoothly. Here are some work in progress shots (click on them to make them bigger) and the finished image is at the beginning of this post. I mostly kept to the sketch just deviating on the details. My favorite detail are the tea bags sticking out of the Hatter’s suit pocket. Anyways, hope you like it and thanks for reading…

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Sketch-A-Day #204

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Sketch-A-Day #204. I felt like sketching a steam punk Alice in Wonderland scene. I say “sketch” but this took me all day 😛

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Sketch-A-Day #175

sketch #175

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Sketch-A-Day #172

Sketch-A-Day #172

Sketch-A-Day #172

 

Sketch-A-Day #172 © Justin Hillgrove

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Sketch-A-Day #170

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Sketch-A-Day #170. ©2013 Justin Hillgrove. Tribute to Joss Whedon’s Firefly.

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Sketch-A-Day #163

Sketch-A-Day #163

Sketch-A-Day #163

 

Sketch-A-Day #163 © Justin Hillgrove

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Sketch-A-Day #159

Sketch-A-Day #159

Sketch-A-Day #159

Sketch-A-Day #159 ©Justin Hillgrove

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Sketch-A-Day #155

Sketch-A-Day #155

Sketch-A-Day #155

Sketch-A-Day #155 © Justin Hillgrove