Art Lozzi BG Study Process

Here are the pics from the BG study I did, in case you're interested. Please refer to the post below for more accurate colors.

1. Taped down the bg paper (in this case, 2 ply bristol).

2. I brushed on the flat salmon color. In the future I'd use a roller to get it nice and even. You can also see the first mask I cut out of the animation cel (I pre-cut all of them from the printed out image). The cels came in handy with their registration holes. I did a trial run, so that's the sponging you see.

3. Sponging applied and cel removed. You can see how the paper is buckling (this leveled out later).

4. Sponging detail.

5. Two more layers of sponging applied. The light green has been masked off with another cel.

6. Dark brown sponging over the red brown.

7. While sponging on the bushes, the sponge and paint were too wet, which caused a little sloppiness. After this point, I made sure not to make the same mistake.

8. Here's a shot of the cel with shapes cut out and paint sponged on. The crazy reflection is from a funky shaped pendant lamp.

9. Cel removed to show the result.

10. Close-up of green detail lines being added (with a #3 round sable).

11. Tree details sponged in.

12. Bush details added and tree trunk painted in.

13. First layer of dark sponging and details are added to the trunk.

14. Light blue details and sponging added.

15. Dark details added again to complete the stump.

16. Tape removed! Added the last couple details before scanning (see post below).


Hope showing these steps has helped someone learn... something! I know I did. A lot more work goes into these "simple" style paintings than it may seem at first glance.

Art Lozzi BG Study

I've been wanting to do some background studies from cartoon screencaps, so here's a study of a partial pan background from Yogi Bear by the amazing Art Lozzi. I tried to do this accurately to the original and in doing so, learn more about how the HB background painters used color and texture. I approached the painting by using the methods that Art described in some posts on John K's blog, using cartoon cels to mask out the shapes and so forth.

Here's Art's original

My attempt. It could use some improvement in a few areas.
8" x 10.5" on 12 field size bristol paper (vellum finish).

I was distressed a little after the 2 ply bristol buckled pretty bad after the initial paint layer (the paint seemed sufficiently thick), but after a couple days it flattened out. In the future I'd prefer to use slightly thicker bristol, I think.

I'll post up shots of the process soon.

Zappo Change-O!

What do you get when you combine Genndy Tartakovsky and Scott Wills on a Dexter's Laboratory Golden Book? You get one helluva Golden Book, that's what.

Below are some choice scans from Dexter's Laboratory: Zappo Change-O! I found it online, and what a find it is! This book is full of really fun drawings and gorgeous paintings... just another excuse to love Genndy and Scott Wills (if you need one). Track a copy of it down, you won't be sorry!

Copyright CN, Genndy Tartakovsky, Scott Wills, and Golden Books.











Any other Scott Wills Golden Books out there? Please let me know!

Process

Got a request for some photos of my process, so here are some lousy ones. Also to note, I'm going to redo the final piece to make it better. Please enjoy!