07 October, 2010
- Gail Caduff-Nash
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hi, Denny, i stopped by your AW page to look at your work - been a fan for awhile now - and found this tutorial. i, too, learned some graphic arts - and this technique. i rarely use it for my own stuff. but for those who haven't tried it, and think it's easy - it can be just as mind-numbing as just drawing something from scratch - but the biggest point i'd like to make is that BECAUSE you can't use some reference photo for all your renditions, wanting different angles of the same subject, you end up having to draw it anyway most of the time. but doing this graphic technique actually helps your skills when it's time to sketch out your own picture. don't you think so, Denny? it's like your hand has a memory of doing the picture and it's easier to do a second one even from a different perspective. so there is a lot of validity to it.
03 November, 2005
- WESTERN ARTWORK By Denny Karchner
- 03 Nov 2005
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- 11 Comments
Original Post: PENCIL TECHNIQUES FOR FUR AND ETC.
As I start here to show you some of my techniques, I want to say that I am first and foremost a graphic artist and not a fine artist. Which translates to, that I do a lot of my work to earn a living. To a graphic artist, time is money and I will use short cuts. Not to say that my clients do not get a first class job, but they get more from me in a dollar to time ratio far beyond what I am being compensated. A lot of my pencil pieces are for The Pennsylvania Game Commission's hunting and outdoors magazine. All the assignments are predetermined on what the rate is for illustrating a story or doing a magazine cover. I try not to actually figure what I am being paid per hour, because I would probably not be inspired to do another great job for them. The art for the magazine is something that I enjoy immensely. For the work that I do in my "day time" job as a Harley-Davidson artist pays the bills. Pencil illustrating is more of a hobby than actual work to me so I can "work" for less. The bonus hours I spent comes in the form of pay when someone from Pennsylvania calls just to say how much he or she liked the artwork. It is so rewarding, especially when you are now residing in Florida and not where you lived and spent most of your life. Pennsylvania will always be "home". So with all this said, let's begin.
