ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF:
“the Scott C. Tiny Con”
July 21 - 25
Coinciding with another online San Diego Comic Con experience … New releases, giveaways, activities, and virtual hangouts with friends. All happening at The Scott C Shop, Instagram, Scott C Clubhouse, and Twitch!
Mark it on your summertime calendars!
I will be posting the schedule and all of the new releases early next week!
Good morning, everyone!
It is time to journey into the world of romance and medieval foliage! I would like to share with you what went into the painting of "Love Upon Grassy Hills". Here is a little breakdown of that journey through the lands of romance and medieval plants.
Let us begin.
SKETCHING STAGE
We begin as we always do…. with sketches. I like to sketch with 6B pencils on smooth printer paper because it feels like drawing with butter. I love it. And the sheets of paper take the pressure off these drawings really needing to be any good. These are just studies so let us add no pressure! Using reference, I sketch each character a few times in the attempts to capture their likenesses in the simplest of lines and shapes. Sometimes we get lucky and the likeness comes quickly while other times I struggle through many drawings and ultimately allow myself to move on to try again at a later stage. These sketches are quite loose and enjoyable for me to create. It feels like a game or a puzzle to solve. I sketch the environmental elements like buildings and plants and try to simplify those shapes in a similar fashion. For the overall composition of the piece, I sketch many little thumbnails to see how these elements might fit together.
COMPUTER COMPOSITION STAGE
Once I have amassed enough sketches, I gather them all together and scan them into my computer to bring into Photoshop in order to compose the piece. I isolate the linework and cut every little sketch out and piece them together like a puzzle over the rough thumbnail sketch I decide to go with as the overall composition. I use this opportunity to compare the little sketches to choose the best likenesses and redraw where I need to. I use a Cintiq, so I can just draw right onto the screen. Everything is quite rough at this stage. I like to keep it loose and tighten things in the painting stage. I add rough values to help me differentiate the areas.
PRINTOUT AND TRACE STAGE
Once the composition is complete, I print the drawing out and tape the pieces together. I use a light board and trace the drawing lightly onto Arches rough watercolor paper with a 4H pencil.
INITIAL COLOR STAGE: The Characters!
I set up my painting tools: Winsor Newton watercolors on an old plate as a palette, a mug of water, a stack of paper towels, a few scratch pieces of watercolor paper, one larger flathead paintbrush, one medium flathead brush, and one #4 Cat’s Tongue brush. I always start by painting the colors of the characters because I find it easier to paint the background around them. Masking fluid might make this job easier, but I am too lazy to use it. The characters look chunky and messy at this stage while their silhouettes are fairly clear.
BACKGROUND COLOR STAGE
Now it is time to paint the background colors. I paint swatches of colors on a piece of scratch paper to settle on the color scheme I would like to go with. I start from the back and paint my way to the foreground. I paint the sky first then the tree line and hilltops in the back. There is a blueish atmosphere to these background elements closest to the sky. The Grass and bushes get darker and more saturated as we make our way to the bottom and foreground of the painting. Again, masking the leaves and small bushes would probably be a good idea, but I decide to just paint them first and then paint the darker bushes and leaves around them. Later I will add lighter plants and leaves with colored pencils. The plants and trees are inspired by the foliage in medieval tapestries. The entire feel of this piece is a medieval experience told upon a tapestry.
COLOR PUNCH UP STAGE
Once all of the basic colors are in, I attempt to go back and punch up the values as best i can, adding contrast and saturation to everything where I can before the linework stage.
LINEWORK STAGE
We have arrived at the most stressful stage, but ultimately the most satisfying. This is when I discover how strong or weak the likenesses of the characters will become. It is quite satisfying when they look like who they are supposed to be and slightly rotten when they lose their intended likenesses. Some win and some lose, but in the end I am pleased and relieved. I use watercolor for these lines with my Cat’s Tongue brush. I find that Cat’s Tongue brushes have the best thick and thin control for linework. You can get quite thin with a Cat’s Tongue!
CALLING IT DONE!
I go back and punch up the values as much as I can and add any details with colored pencils. At some point i must call it done, but I could potentially noodle until the end of time itself.
SO LET US CALL IT DONE!
Here are the various stages of the piece from rough composition stage to finished painting. As you can see I modified the dimensions of the piece to be wider before printing it out. I wanted to add space to the sides to give the characters room to breath.
AND THAT’S IT!
Thank you for joining me on this trip through these grassy lands. Let us end this post with a timelapse of the entire piece being painted from beginning to end.
Have a wonderful rest of your day!
TODAY IS THE DAY!
“Love Upon Grassy Hills”
$70 (16 x 20 inches 72 hour timed release print)
NOW AVAILABLE in theScott C Shop.
This is a timed edition print available for just 72 hours. So do not delay!
In addition to this print, we have some “Love Upon Grassy Hills” pins available for this limited time as singles or 5 packs!
Have a wonderful day!
...Scott C.
IT IS COMING!
“Love Upon Grassy Hills” will become available as a timed edition print for just 72 hours starting next Tuesday, June 22nd @ 1pm ET in theScottCShop.com.
Mark all of your calendars!
Hello, everyone! The third Tuesday is upon us! Time for some new Great Showdown prints!
Tomorrow, June 15th @ 1pm EST, we welcome 4 new Great Showdown timed edition prints to the Scott C Shop: “THE LITTLE SOULS”, “THE CANS”, “DINOSAUR AND THE TOILET”, and “THE FOOTBALL AND THE WATER BOTTLE”.
This will be the usual timed release which means the prints will be on sale for just 48 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 48 hour span of time. Sale ends Thursday at 1:00pm EST.
“THE LITTLE SOULS” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE CANS” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“DINOSAUR AND THE TOILET” - $20 (5 x 57 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE FOOTBALL AND THE WATER BOTTLE” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
We are already well into Spring here in California, but we can still celebrate plant life with some NEW SPRINGTIME PRINTS!
We have 5 new limited edition prints up in the Scott C Shop RIGHT NOW! There 4 new prints in the Desert Floats collection: “PINKLY”, “SWIRLY”, “YELLOWLY”, and “SANS FLOWERLY”. And one new print called “POLLENS AT PLAY”.
Go celebrate some SPRINGTIME before SUMMERTIME arrives!
“POLLENS AT PLAY” - $30 (11 x 14 inches, edition of 75)
“PINKLY” - $25 (8 x 10 inches, edition of 100)
“SWIRLY” - $25 (8 x 10 inches, edition of 100)
“YELLOWLY” - $25 (8 x 10 inches, edition of 100)
“SANS FLOWERLY” - $25 (8 x 10 inches, edition of 200)
Here we are, everyone! Right in the middle of May and ready for another Great Showdown print release.
Tomorrow, May 18th @ 1pm EST, the Scott C Shop shall welcome 4 new Great Showdown prints: “THE HEDGE”, “THE BEST DIRT”, “THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR”, and “THE DUCK IN THE JACKET”.
This will be the usual timed release which means the prints will be on sale for just 48 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 48 hour span of time. Sale ends Thursday at 1:00pm EST.
“THE HEDGE” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE BEST DIRT” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE DUCK IN THE JACKET” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
Keep enjoying your springtime, everyone! See you soon!
Scott C.
Tomorrow is May the 4th! That special day in which we wish that the 4th be with everyone throughout the world. The 4th is strong with all of you! I can feel it from here.
We are celebrating the strength of the 4th with these 5 new Great Showdown prints! “THOSE IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION”, “THE WARM PLACE”, “THE BONE”, “THE SNOWFALL UPON SABERS”, and a surprise Showdown that has never before been gazed upon by human eyes… “THE LITTLE BALL”.
These prints will go on sale tomorrow, May the 4th @ 10am EDT in The Scott C Shop and will be on sale for just 48 hours. This will be the usual timed release which means the edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 48 hour span of time. The sale ends Thursday at 10am EDT.
And don’t worry if you are not an enormous fan of May the 4th. We will still be doing the usual monthly Great Showdown print release on May the 19th.
And don’t forget that there are NEW Greeting Cards and Sticker Packs up in the shop for you!
“THE LITTLE BALL” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THOSE IN NEED OF IDENTIFICATION” - $20 (5 x 7 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE WARM PLACE” - $20 (5 x 7 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE BONE” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
“THE SNOWFALL UPON SABERS” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
HAPPY MAY THE 4TH, EVERYONE!
Your friend, Scott C.
Happy SPRING, everyone!
April has arrived and with it comes the blooms , pleasant smells, and BRAND NEW GREAT SHOWDOWN PRINTS! But do not sit down yet! Spring has more surprises for you! Spring also brings you NEW CARDS and STICKER PACKS!
Tomorrow, April 20th @ 1pm EST, the Scott C Shop shall welcome 4 new springtime Great Showdown prints: "THE DOE-A-DEERS", "THE ROCK-OFF", "THE SKUX LIFE", and "THE MESSAGES”.
This will be the usual timed release which means the prints will be on sale for just 48 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 48 hour span of time. The sale ends Thursday at 1:00pm EST.
In addition to these new prints, the Scott C Shop will also welcome 5 new greeting cards: “A STEALTH WISH”, “THE FOUR”, “THE DUEL”, “FOLLOWED ME HOME”, and “FRIENDS OF LOG”. AND 2 new sticker packs: “SPACESUITS” and “THE FIVE POINTS EXPERIENCE”.
"THE DOE-A-DEERS" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
"THE ROCK-OFF" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
"THE SKUX LIFE" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
"THE MESSAGES” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)
5 new greeting cards: “A STEALTH WISH”, “THE FOUR”, “THE DUEL”, “FOLLOWED ME HOME”, and “FRIENDS OF LOG”.
2 new sticker packs: “SPACESUITS” and “THE FIVE POINTS EXPERIENCE”
So lay out your picnic blanket and enjoy some new prints, cards, and stickers this week!
SPECIAL SHOP NEWS: We are moving the shop this week, so last month's showdowns will start shipping on 5/1.
HAPPY SPRING!
Your Friend, Scott C.
We’ve got another Great Showdown figure set coming this Friday from DKE Toys! This time it is a computer programmer and his dinosaur friend! It will debut with the rest of the toys at DKE CON March 19 - 21!
The Great Showdowns by Scott C.
Hand cast and painted 3.75" scale carded resin figure set
Signed and numbered edition of 100
$125
DKE's bestselling and longest running line The Great Showdowns continues.
You get two hand cast and hand painted resin figures on each card featuring Scott C's signature. He also numbered them out of 100.
The Great Showdowns are a series of paintings, art shows, and books depicting classic pop culture good guys and bad guys. This figure was sculpted by Dave Bondi.
The online store will go live with all of the new #DKECON editions at 12pm PT Friday March 19th and will remain open for the duration of the show. All exclusive products will be limited to one per person per item on Friday. Starting Saturday at 10am customers will be able to purchase two or more based on availability. All attempts will be made to combine multiple purchases and refund excess shipping.
Behind the scenes and “making of” images are always at our Flickr with additional folders for all previous shows and releases. https://www.flickr.com/photos/dketoys/albums/72157718572044301
AND DON’T FORGET: This month’s Great Showdown prints are on sale NOW in the Scott C Shop until Thursday @ 1pm EST.
