Officially setup the layout file and changed the volume and year numbers.... it begins!
But before I can get any work done placing art on the pages, I have to sort through 1,600+ images and weed out the 'not as much of a fan' ones and the random silly sketches and the stray other files that dont apply and whittle it down to a nice, quality number of the best drawings from the year that will fit into the book!
I'm already considering making this volume 300 pages total. Theres just so many good drawings from 2019!! And I want as many as possible to be full page or double spread huge so all the sauce is visible!!
We'll see how it ends up though! LOL. But I'm excited to be able to say the file processing and the preliminaries are almost complete and the book is officially in production!!! Slated for a 2nd Quarter release!!! Stay tuned to this website for updates along the way!!! Regardless of how well it sells, I'm determind to make this the best, and most sauciest drawing collection I've created yet!!!
As production begins on the collection from year 4 ( 2019 ) of my request stream, be sure to check out year 5, drawing right now live over at twitch.tv/eryckwebb weekdays!!!
First impressions of Inkscape 1.0 beta ... loving it.
Stopping point on some thorough play, experiment and trying some of the new toys. Too great.
I'm thrilled to get Inkscape 1.0 Beta and have been having a lot of fun trying all the new bells and whistles, enjoying the polished interface, and even toying around with the new aesthetic abilities of the icon and interface themes. I am still getting use to some of the changes.
My initial pros are, I love the canvas rotation, and I love the customizable interface. The standard interface looks polished and improved to look extra shiney in Windows 10. I dont know if things like the 3D object or the fill patterns are new but this new version has gotten me to stop what I'm doing, dive in to this new version to try and find and play with all the new features, and I think I'm discovering previously existing ones too. If you look closely, I made a hat symbol and turned it into the pattern. Some definite potential new features opening up for shading on future requests.
My immediate cons are, I miss the slider for the brush size instead of pressing the up and down arrows or typing in the size that i want. It was nice just to quickly slide it. So that will actualy slow me down a bit mid drawing. I also have a problem with this new verison where as I draw and throw down strokes I'll get a random circle drawn that I was able to recreate on the right side. This isnt a huge thing but I dont know how to NOT make it do that. A final con is I have the brush size and the mass almost to beyond minimum settings and the brush still feels laggy/ muddy like I have the mass turned up.
These could all be things I am doing wrong... I'm excited to figure it out! I truely had trouble with the extreme inverted high contrast theme, but I love the simpler icons and things like that.
Lots to love, tons more for me to figure out. Heres a video demo I put on YouTube of my first fiddling with some of the settings I'm most excited about ( UI themes and canvas rotating )
More as it develops! Watch me mess with this and figure it out all week on twitch over at http://www.twitch.tv/eryckwebb
1/12/2020 Update
I found the changes they made to the calligraphy pen, namely its mass and size controls, to be frustrating. The way the pressure sensitivity responds now feels laggy, heavy, and the mass changing doesnt have much effect. Not like it used to. Why would they even change this it worked fine before? Also after about two or three strokes of my drawing the program will drop a random circle shape. All these items made drawing in it effectively like I expect to do impossible, so for work purposes I removed the program and installed 0.92.4 back. In my opinion, and in my experience, drawing in and using Inkscape every day, this version is the most stable, responsive and functional version I've used since beginning to use Inkscape. I think 1.0 ruins a lot of what worked while offering new and exciting bells and whistles to enhance the experience. But I'm willing currently to sacrifice those new features in the interest of functionality. I cant wait for them to get it all right though! I definitely look forward to that!
My first new sketchbook of 2020, ive drawn it it a few pages already but decorated the cover today and sealing the sharpie art with midge podge. Then I can continue to draw over it or color it with markers or what not without smearing the Sharpe draws... Letting this dry whilst messing with Inkscape 1.0 and straightening up the mill today... Its fun personalizing my sketchbooks!
Later same day, I added more colors with alcohol markers and white paint pen to the previous modge podge coating once it dried clear. then sealed it again with another coat of modge podge. Once this dries and turns clear it will be all done and I will resume my drawing an journaling an full this sketchbook up!
1/14/2020 Update
Here's a look at the finished sketchbook! The modge podge dries to a nice clear protective coating and the colors show through vibrant and rich! Even thought its not the 'outdoor' modge podge, it still protects the cover, the art and repels most substances that might smudge or smear it or mess it up! Thanks for looking!
Thanks for a fast and furious week of draws, and for a great Friday stream to end on! I think I drew my hand off... going to ice it up and get some rest. See you after the weekend!! Thanks all! twitch.tv/eryckwebb / http://www.eryckwebbgraphics.com #drawing #inkscape #wacom #intuos
Took some time this morning, to start my day with a little traditional warmup action. I broke out a sheet of cardstock and ended up drawing this guy. I always enjoy spending time at my traditional desk with my paints, markers, pens, ink, clay, pencils, erasers, and whatever else I can get into.
I lightly sketched the main shapes in pencil, then i finished and added details as I inked it with my Pentel Fude Brush pen. Hatched in some details and textures and tones with a ballpoint pen as I like to do. Finally used some marker in places and some white paint marker in other places.
Pretty happy with this portrayal, I like his proportions in this. Not quite full size note quite chibi. And his big iconic gun mounted on his back.
This was just something I did for me to get the creative sauce flowing and warmup to start my day of creative work, but I thought I'd toss it up in the shop if anybody is interested in buying it. It would just sit in my folder of traditional art otherwise.
The last page drawing of my 5th sketchbook from 2019. The pages after were where I stuck stickers from stream friends and fans I've gotten over the last year. I went about a month over but my 5th sketchbook that i started in December 2019 is now filled front and back of each page is all filled up. i look forward to starting the first new one of 2020
This is a personal record for the number of sketchbooks I've completely filled in one year. Usually I only fill 1 or 2 a year. Top left was the first, started in 2018 a month or so before 2019. The 2nd sketchbook is on its right, the 3rd next, then the 4th on bottom left, and number 5 on the bottom right.
I plan on doing a sketchbook flip through video in the next week on the EWG YouTube channel in the next week! Till then thanks for looking, and keep drawing!
Thanks for a super fun Wednesday stream! I took a few to ink this personal piece for warm up, then we slayed a ton of requests. I'll be working hard for clients and supporters on commissions all day tomorrow, but I'll see the CRew back Friday for more! Goodnight!
This 'EWG HotRod' was sketched on samsung galaxy book 12 in sketchbook pro, and then inked today in Inkscape with my Wacom Intuos Pro over the course of about an hour or so. My goal and vision for this was a black and white image playing off of negative spaces and black areas so I do not believe I will add colors at anytime. I may go back in refine/ add to the inking more at some point, but for now this is the finished piece.
