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Fred Gambino
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2011
Breel and the Dismantler
Another video showing a digital and traditional workflow. The scene is based on my debut novel Dark Shepherd, available from Amazon.
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and the art book, also available from Amazon
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and the art book, also available from Amazon
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Dark Shepherd Launch
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Today is the day I can call myself a published author. It’s the official launch day of Dark Shepherd, available as a paperback and e book from Amazon and paperback and hardback from Newcon press. If you enjoy it book two, Dark Shepherd Reality Rift, to be published by NewCon press in 2025. "A fine piece of fast-paced, slam-bang space opera." The Financial Times. “Kinetic, sassy, character drive...
Way station 42 - process
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Have you ever woken wondering how to add stars to your oil painting, and lets face it, who hasn't, then this video is for you. Another video exploring ways to combine digital and traditional workflows. Link to The Art of Fred Gambino - Dark Shepherd amzn.eu/d/55nmYuw and the novel Dark Shepherd if you are so inclined. amzn.eu/d/7tMoFMd
Dark Shepherd, book synopsis.
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“Kinetic, sassy, character driven, hard science fiction, galaxy spanning, space adventure - what’s not to like?” - Ricardo Pinto, Author of the Stone Dance of the Chameleon series. Amazon amzn.eu/d/avCowx0 Kindle amzn.eu/d/bkL7gHM Newcon press www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=237&referer=Catalogue
Dark Shepherd promo3
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Another promo video for my debut novel Dark Shepherd, available now for preorder from Amazon and Newcon press www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=237&referer=Catalogue amzn.eu/d/4JCbkuG
Glare process
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Short video showing a technique for transferring your design to a surface to oil paint on.
Dark Shepherd teaser
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Very excited to announce that Dark Shepherd, my debut novel, is now available for preorder. It will be available as an e book, paperback, hardback and special edition hardback. Details available at the Newcon site here www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.asp?id=237&referer=Catalogue
Dark Shepherd - Transcendent Light
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I'm excited to be able to announce a publishing date for my Dark Shepherd novel. May/June 2024 to be published by Newcon Press. More information nearer the time. #DarkShepherd #book #writing #concept #SciFi #illustration #art #digitalart #spaceships #visdev
Vision X movie
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The full Vision X movie recorded last year for the Vision X conference. A fun exploration using digital 2D and 3D to produce an oil painting, showing useful tips for all three techniques.
Photoshop Vision X demo
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Sample of the first part of my Vision X demo, originating the design in Photoshop.
modo VX demo
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Sample of the second part of my demo for Vision X. Using 3D as a perspective guide, based on the design originated in Photoshop.
Oil demo for Vision X July 31
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Sample of my Demo for Vision X July 31. The demo will cover the painting process along with my use of Photoshop and 3D as a design and perspective tool. Be great to see you there.
Ornithopter part 1 block in
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Part one of this oil painting based on my digital image of an ornithopter. Rough block in, took about a day as the painting is pretty big for me at 30 x 16" Part two in a few weeks time.
Did you do the drawing on the canvas in graphite or charcoal? I'm just curious which one you prefer and any special considerations on that part of the process.
I watched another of your videos where you went into more detail on the overall process. Thanks!
@@jamescowgill4039 I use a charcoal pencil James. I just like the black lines and high contrast but you have to be careful not to smudge it. I tend to fix it as I go. I never know how much to repeat from earlier videos. Thanks for watching.
@@jamescowgill4039 Yes, this one is on canvas. If you watch some of the other videos I’ve been experimenting with different surfaces. I like the canvas for its tooth and it’s tough, so I can abuse the surface.
Love your work and I'm fascinated by the process. Was wondering if there was a specific reason why you didn't fix the drawing again after adding the shading or wait to fix it until the shading was complete? Whatever the reason, it certainly works for you.
Thanks Wayne. I fixed it twice. Once after the outline was drawn and then again after it was shaded. I don't show it, but I do mention it in the dialogue. Glad you enjoyed it and got something out of it. :)
Thanks Fred. Very nice 👌
Cheers Alex
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and process
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing ❤
Thank you for watching:)
awesome!!! really love your art
Thank you. Much appreciated:)
Expecting my copy to arrive on Monday Fred, really looking forward to reading it. Happy publication day!
Cheers Rob and thanks for your support mate. Let me know what you think.
Hey Fred, amazing work. Have you tried Alkyd Oil Paints? I use Winsor and Newton Griffin Alkyd. They are beautiful and have the perfect open time for me. You can blend for hours but are dry to the touch the next day. Great for working in layers and have a dry painting in a short amount of time.
Hi, yes, I’ve used Alkyd in the past. I’ve settled on water mixable oil as my medium of choice. All the benefits of oil but none of the mess:)
@@fred-gambino interesting. Need to try that
I have your book and I always wondered about your process, had no clue you have a YT channel, and then this was recommended to me. Awesome work, thank you for showing us.
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for your support buying book.
Beautiful work Fred, and lovely to see the process.
Thanks Rob!
Very cool
Thanks Todd.
this is nice
Thanks Jake
Wow
Fred is stupend design ispirato fantastic mind
Thank you.
How great tis that to use every kind of technology to end up with a wonderful oil painting.
Thanks. It was an interesting experiment that has proven useful:)
nice, i like it. interesting composition and good color
Thanks!
amazing! This piece is beautiful. What brand of paper did you print on? I love how you did this!!!
Thanks Toppy. The paper is Daler Rowney A2. The printer is an Epson Photo HD A3+. The downside is that I'm limited to a size of 19 x 13" but the way around that is to print onto two sheets of inkjet and then trace the design on a light box. I might cover that in the next video.
Thank you so much! @@fred-gambino
Great process and superb piece.
Thank you.
Great - love the design and the colour palette.
Cheers Alex!
This is great to see! Thank you for sharing your process!
Thanks Jim!
Awesome Fred !- love seeing your process - nicely done video!
Thanks Tony. Glad you enjoyed it.
Absolutely fantastic Fred. Beautiful painting. Love those colours. Fab to see some of your process.
Thanks Rob. Glad you enjoyed it:)
👌🏻👍🏻 Looking forward, will it be on audio book to? And where to buy the book?
Hi Thomas, you will be able to buy the book directly from Newcon Press newconpress.co.uk/ or Amazon as either paperback, hardback or e-book. There may be something like a piece of artwork or print with a limited number of the physical books. We haven't figured it out yet. I would certainly like an audio version, but I think not initially, although if that changes I'll let you know here. I'll post more info as I get it. Thank you for your support and I hope you enjoy it:)
@@fred-gambino thank you, Some art or print would be very nice 🤞🏻 I'll be looking forward to the release . Have a great day Kind regards Thomas
Bit off topic for which I apologise! Could you tell me if any digital techniques were used in your painting for the Fall of the White Ship Avatar book cover? Or is it an old style, entirely analogue, painting?
Hi, that was way before I had a computer or even knew what Photoshop was :) Entirely painted in acrylic.
@@fred-gambino Thanks for your reply. You probably noticed it was for sale on eBay. I was hoping to purchase it but I think I infuriated the seller with a couple of cheeky offers! Now, unfortunately, he’s taken it off eBay and has informed me it’s no longer for sale. I’ll keep looking!
@@rt492 I didn't know that. Interesting. I suppose there isn't a link anymore?
I did a scratch built spaceship. Was in a charity shop and found a cigar shaped model. Turns out it was a Lego container and reminded me of the Zeppelin. I added bits and pieces including parts from an old printer, painted it and was able to drop it into photoshop with a space background. Looked great
So the drawing us directly linked to the model and as such can be dynamically updated?
I have an analog space type sketch which I coloured with markers. Would the approach be to copy it into procreate then trace over it and use the procedure you demonstrated to sample the ref? I know in Bentley software you can remove objects by intersection. Many software packages have similar tools but a different naming convention. The model looks fantastic
Can I ask you to expand a little on adding the “canyon” ref? How did you “sample” the colours? Are you using that black/white box on the left to bring the colour through? Sorry for the basic questions
Hi Charlie. Thanks for the comments and I'm glad you got something out of the video. For the colour ref I chose a photo with the kind of colours I was looking for. Blue sky, sandy orange etc. It could have been anything but the canyon pic made sense. Open the image in PS, copy and paste it into a new layer above the others in your drawing document, then change its mode to colour from the drop-down menu at the top of the layers pallet. Select the brush tool, then hold down the option key which will change the cursor to the eyedropper tool. Click on the image and PS will sample the colour you clicked on. You will see the foreground colour update in the pallet on the left. Release the option key and the cursor will change back to a brush. Then you simply paint on the colour layer. Keep doing this until you have the colours where you want them. Blue for the sky, oranges for the ship in this case. When I have the colours roughly where I want them I create a new layer above the colour one, leaving it in normal mode. Selecting colours in the same way I now paint on this new layer, which will be opaque so that I can remove some of the lines of the drawing beneath. Hope that helps Fred
Hi. So glad I found this. I have struggled with software, my copy of PS crashes constantly and have moved to Procreate. I have never had a clear concept of how the layers etc works but this has certainly cleared the fog. Thanks so much for sharing this and shedding light on the subject. The ship looks terrific Charlie 👍🖊📐
Cheers for posting this, so good! I used to be obsessed with drawing spaceships back in the early 90's, but I never managed to transition to digital art. That simple idea of having a perspective grid behind the drawing is such a great idea. Before the internet, I tried in vain to use perspective, but always found it beyond my ability to realise correctly. You're making me want to start drawing again! I'm trying to get my head around the fact you only have 53 subscribers?! Looking forward to watching this all later.
Thank you, glad you got something out of it.
Great work as always, the work that goes in to this, is incredible 👌🏻🙂
Thanks Thomas!
Awesome stuff! I would love to see this progress further.
Thanks John. Book one is written and edited, still looking for a publisher:)
Great work, nice to see how you work 👍🏻
素晴らしい
Thank you.
amazing watching your artwork unfold
Thank you
Looking good as always 👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Cheers Thomas
It is my dream to can paint like that 😊 I've found that video after reading Isaac Asimov's book. Try to add background music. Thanks to that your videos will be better 👍
Thanks man, much appreciated.
Absolutely fantastic.
Cheers Rob!
Just really great art and looking real good 😍👍🏻
Thanks Thomas
Lovely stuff Fred, refreshing to see someone use traditional methods over digital for a change. Looks like oils you're using right?
Thanks Paul, yes, water soluble oils.
Only 265 displays in 5 years... Whats wrong with youtube..........
Sorry, I missed this comment, but thank you belatedly.
Hi! Superb! Really! Discovered via twitter/ @pascalblanche. Paintings amazing as well as all subjects, atmosphere, all! kind of scenario thru the video too, can follow one story. Music is great. Travellings OK, may be too much zoom in/out or bit fast.... slow travelling?.... But that's personal really.... Your entire work is stunning! Thank you so much for sharing! Beautiful work! Thx ;-)
Thank you so much. Much appreciated.
At first I thought this was a digital painting, now I respect you ten times more!
Thanks Ika, much appreciated.
👍🏻 How long did this take to paint? Great picture 👌🏻
Thanks Thomas. Two sittings of about 5 hours each.
Looks amazing, I really like it 👍🏻keep up the good work 👍🏻 well done
Thanks Thomas