Tron: Legacy (2010) - Gem - Digital Quick Paint

Tron: Legacy (2010)
Gem

It's yet another "Tron: Legacy" (2010) Quick Paint, this time for Gem (who may or may not be a hard-light hologram... [Insert "Jem and the Holograms" pun here].  She was another character that compelled my attention when she was on screen--something striking about her appearance... or, maybe it was just the contrast of the white costume with the dark backgrounds of The Arena.  Again, nothing to do with a skin-tight catsuit with glow sticks on it.

I am hesitant to call this one a "Quick Paint", as this one took a bit more time, but here we are (alas, whenever I start with something like this, the first one is a couple-a-few hours, and then the amount of time begins to increment up and almost doubles and doubles again, etc.).  Also, it didn't help that I had to do a lot of back-and-forth to get everything in the correct proportions.  I was guilty of rushing the layout so I could get on with the fun of the painting the character, Gem, but then spent a lot of time just fixing the proportions I should have corrected before I started getting serious on the actual Digital Painting.  Ah, well.

And, yes, I broke out the Light Pen just to use the Light Pen for the sake of it being a "Tron" pic.

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STEP ONE:  Here is the quick layout, done in Procreate on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi, done in Procreate with a Conte Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here it is a little further along.

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STEP THREE:  And the finished pic, for better or worse.  I did some Adjustment Layers in Procreate, and then a slight color correction in Photoshop to warm up the colors a little bit more.  The color looked good in Procreate, but were nearly absolutely blue on my other screen (it's not color calibrated or anything fancy like that).

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Done digitally in Procreate on an iPad (with a slight assist from Photoshop for some minor color correction).

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Tron: Legacy (2010) - Quorra - Digital Quick Paint

Tron: Legacy (2010)
Quorra

I'm still just goofing around with Procreate and having fun with the Tron series, so it's another Digital Quick Paint with Tron: Legacy (2010).  Olivia Wilde as Quorra was a sleek, cool character that I've always been meaning to draw/paint.  She was absolutely magnetic on screen, IMHO, and I'm reasonably sure the skin-tight leather light suit had very little to do with it.

That said, I will probably just do one or two more "Tron" themed ones and move on to whatever else catches my eye,  next.

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STEP ONE:  Here is the quick layout, done in Procreate on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi, done in Procreate with a Conte Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And, since I wasn't paying attention and forgot to save one of the mid-steps, here's the finished pic.

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Done digitally in Procreate on an iPad.

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Tron: Legacy (2010) - Flynn - Digital Quick Paint

Tron: Legacy (2010)
Flynn

I'm having fun with the Tron series, so it's another Digital Quick Paint, this time for the sequel, Tron: Legacy (2010).  It's in like Flynn, with Jeff Bridges doing the Bio-Digital Dude, man.

"Tron: Legacy" was far more visually striking, showing how far digital effects have come; it's the move up from the Atari 2600 of my youth and to the latest X-Stations and Play-Boxes of the kids today.  I always had a soft spot for the Tron franchise, and I thought "Tron: Legacy" was pretty good and had great special effects.

Alas, I didn't get to use the Light Pen in Procreate.  Aw, well, maybe next time...

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STEP ONE:  Here is the quick layout, done in Procreate on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi, done in Procreate with a Conte Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here it is a little further along.

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STEP THREE:  And the finished pic, for better or worse.

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Done digitally in Procreate on an iPad.

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Tron (1982) - Sark - Digital Quick Paint

Tron (1982)
Sark

It's another Digital Quick Paint from the original "Tron" (1982).  This time it is Sark (SARK-ES-1117821), the Second in Command to the bad guys, but he was more visually interesting to me than the Master Controller Program, IMHO.  Again, just goofing off in Procreate and figured I'd post it.

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STEP ONE:  Here is the quick layout, done in Procreate on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi, done in Procreate with a Conte Brush.

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STEP TWO:  And here it is a little further along.

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STEP THREE:  And the finished pic.  I used the Light Pen in Procreate to do the Light Effects on the costume.  Once again, I went a little overboard, but didn't completely over do it like the last one.

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Done digitally in Procreate on an iPad.

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Tron (1982) - Flynn / Clu - Digital Quick Paint

Tron (1982)
Flynn / Clu

Hey, hey, the other day they dropped a teaser trailer for "Tron: Ares" and I figured what better time to do a series of digital quick paints for "Tron" and "Tron: Legacy", why not?

The original "Tron" (1982), while revolutionary for its time for visual effects, is rather slow-moving and mostly on the dull side through today's eyes, however, there is something within that I find compelling about it.  There are bits (and bytes!) that are more clever than they should be, and the late, great Syd Mead's digital designs are amazing.  I do have a warm fondness for the series, nonetheless.

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STEP ONE:  Here is the quick layout, done in Procreate on a 2,000px x 3,000px canvas @ 300dpi.  Some marginal noodling around with some oil-style brushes I got to play around with and see how well they worked.  They are OK, but not quite what I was looking for (alas, the curse of most brushes--when will I learn it is not the tools, per se, but the practice that is more important?  And why is the answer to that question NEVER?).

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STEP TWO:  And here it is a little further along.   Shortly after this point, I decided to use a Conte Chalk Brush, instead.

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STEP THREE:  And the finished pic.  I used the Light Pen in Procreate to do the Light Effects on the costume.  I will admit, that pen works pretty slick when it comes to making it look like illuminated, neon lighting on the costuming.  And, yeah, I admit that I went a little overboard with the lighting on the helmet for no apparent reason.

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Done digitally in Procreate on an iPad.

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