Painting No.012811

Coming up with an idea is always a challenge and this was no exception. I knew that I wanted to use the technique of painting a series of acrylic paintings in black, scanning them with backlight, and then coloring them…
Coming up with an idea is always a challenge and this was no exception. I knew that I wanted to use the technique of painting a series of acrylic paintings in black, scanning them with backlight, and then coloring them…
Painting No.012711 by Scott E Franson | size: 5×7 | media: digital In my quest to discover new options and possibilities in digital art creation, I am always exploring the question of, “What if?” The exploration today has led me…
I made some textures using block printing ink and a roller. I prepared the ink as I would for block printing and just rolled it onto paper instead of the block and then scanned the paper. I am excited to…
When I first looked at the word for the week the very first thing that I noticed was that it could be flipped over and still be read correctly. I wish that I had a great story to go with…
Tutorial: Digital Cut Paper from Scott E Franson on Vimeo. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. This is a basic tutorial to create a cut paper effect using Adobe Photoshop…
It doesn’t quite look like oil lift out, but I think it is interesting.
This is the beginning of a new Digital Illustration class. I hope to see great work and progress this semester. Please feel free to make comments on the students work over the semester. They want to be better illustrators at…
The students have posted to their blogs an image based on the word crash (from Illustration Friday). The students want to improve and would be grateful for any critique. Have fun looking at their images.Alex, Ashley, Audrey, Becca, Brittany L,…
The students have posted to there blogs an image based on the word Sprout (from Illustration Friday). The students want to improve and would be grateful for any critique. Have fun looking at their images.Alex, Ashley, Audrey, Becca, Brittany L,…
The students have posted to there blogs an image based on the word Red (from Illustration Friday). The students want to improve and would be grateful for any critique. Have fun looking at their images.Alex, Becca, Brittany L, Brittany W,…
The students have posted to there blogs an image based on the word Super Hero (from Illustration Friday). The students want to improve and would be grateful for any critique. Have fun looking at their images.Alex, Ashley, Audrey, Becca, Brittany…
The Digital Illustration class is up and running now. The students have posted to there blogs and image based on the word 80s (from Illustration Friday). The students want to improve and would be grateful for any critique. I would…
This will be the first week that the digital illustration class will be participating in Illustration Friday. Since we are just getting started and some of the students are just beginning to learn the computer, they can choose how they…
Using Adobe Illustrator draw 2 cubes in correct two-point perspective in a room, with cast shadows. Learning to use the pen tool in Illustrator opens many doors in Photoshop and so that is where we will start the digital illustration…
This semester I am teaching a digital illustration class that I have taught many times before. What will be different about this class is that the students will be posting their work along the way. I am really excited to…