October Great Showdown prints coming NEXT WEEK!

Hello, everyone!

It is the month of the changing of colors, spooks, and celebrations of all shapes and sizes!

It is also time for MORE GREAT SHOWDOWNS PRINTS! This month we welcome 5 new timed edition prints: “THE NARDS”, “THE REMEMBERED”, “THE HOOK AND THE BEES”, “THE PHONE”, and “THE NEPHEWS”. All will go live in the Scott C Shop next Tuesday, October 19th @ 1pm EST,

This will be the usual timed release which means the prints will be available for just 48 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 48 hour span of time. Ends Thursday at 1:00pm EST.

“THE NARDS” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE REMEMBERED” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE HOOK AND THE BEES” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE PHONE” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE NEPHEWS” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

Special Psychonauts Showdown Print AVAILABLE NOW!

The Psychonauts Great Showdown print is AVAILABLE NOW!

“Raz and the Brain” is now available as a timed edition print in the Scott C Shop!

This will be a 48 hour 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 span of time. Sale ends Thursday at 1:00pm EST.

SPECIAL NOTE: I will be doing tiny Raz sketches on 20 of these prints at random! So check yours print when it arrives to see if you've got oneon there.

And to all of our friends in the UK and AU, the shipping and tax situation is still a bit of a mess. Drop the shop a line to reserve your copy and hopefully everything will be back on track when these start shipping.

Alright, enjoy! And please enjoy PSYCHONAUTS 2 on whatever gaming platform you love!

THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!

Scott C.

Special Psychonauts Showdown Print Release October 5th!

Hello, everyone!

As you may know, 16 years after the first Psychonauts game hit the shelves, the long awaited sequel, PSYCHONAUTS 2 has finally been released to the world! It was made available on most platforms on August 25th. I am very proud of what the team at Double Fine Productions has done with this world and I cannot wait for you to play it. While I was not Art Directing this time around, I was given the opportunity to design most of the characters in the game. I have began posting many of the concepts on my instagram if you would like to follow along.

In celebration of the game’s release, we are making available this Psychonauts 2 Great Showdown print next week as a 48 hour timed edition starting on Tuesday, October 5th in the Scott C Shop! So MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

I will be doing tiny Raz sketches on 20 random prints! So keep your little eyes peeled when they arrive at your door to see if one made it’s way onto your print.

Yay! All hail Tim Schafer and the geniuses at Double Fine for PSYCHONAUTS 2! I hope you all enjoy the newest Psychonaut adventure.

Scott C.

September Great Showdowns print release TOMORROW!

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to September! Apple picking season! Time to go pick some apples off a tree and put them into your sack. If you can’t pick them off a tree, go ahead and pick them off a stack at the grocery store and put them right into your sack.

It is also time for MORE GREAT SHOWDOWNS PRINTS! This month we have 4 new Great Showdown timed edition prints coming to you: “THE BRAIN MELTER”, “THE DEFENSE ENGINEER”, “THE WHISKEY”, and “THE DOGS AND THE SACK”. All will go live in the Scott C Shop Tomorrow, August 14th @ 1pm EST,

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 BRAIN MELTER” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE DEFENSE ENGINEER” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE WHISKEY” - $20 (5 x 7 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE DOGS AND THE SACK” - $20 (5 x 7 inches, 48 hour timed release)

August Great Showdown print release TOMORROW!

HELLO, EVERYONE!

I hope you are having a real nice summer out and about. Tomorrow is our monthly Great Showdown timed print release for August!

Tomorrow, August 17th @ 1pm EST, we welcome 4 new Great Showdown timed edition prints to the Scott C Shop: “THE MACHINES”, “THE PROMISING ONE”, “THE GLOW”, and “THE PARENTS”.

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 MACHINES” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE PROMISING ONE” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE GLOW” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

“THE PARENTS” - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 48 hour timed release)

Have a wonderful day, gang.

Scott

The TINY CON 2021 New Releases!

Alright, everyone!

It is time to unveil the Tiny Con new releases!

All new releases will become available tomorrow, July 21st @ 10am PST in the Scott C Shop! This year we have new prints, pins, puzzles, toy sets, hug totes, and for the very first time ever CHILDREN’S CLOTHES! And to celebrate the new Koala Pool Party puzzle, we are making available just 30 very large versions of the original print. The Great Showdowns prints will be available as timed editions over the entire 5 days of Tiny Con from July 21st @ 10am PT to July 25th @ 8pm PT and the edition size will be determined by how many sell in that timeframe.

The NEW GREAT SHOWDOWNS figure set will go on sale at 12 noon PT on Friday, July 23rd over at DKE Toys for DKECON. They will be $175 with an edition of 100. Those will NOT be in the Scott C Shop, just at DKECON.

I will be posting giveaways on Instagram every morning at 9am PST. Comment on those for a chance to win any of that stuff. And check out the SCHEDULE OF EVENTS for all of the other wonderful online activities like drawing games and hanging with FRIENDS! All happening on IG LIVE, Twitch and Discord. As always, stay tuned to Twitter for updates and surprises.

And now for the NEW RELEASES…

PRINTS:

“Hedgehog Waterpark” print - $50 (13 x 19 inches edition of 250)

Great Showdown timed edition prints!

(These timed edition prints will only be on sale from July 21st @ 10am PST until July 25th @ 8pm PST. The edition size will be determined by how many prints have sold in that timeframe.)

"The Lizards Of Thunder" - $70 (16 x 20 inches, 5 day timed edition)

"The Cycles" - $20 (5 x 7 inches, 5 day timed edition)

"The Boy and the Hook" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 5 day timed edition)

"The Idol" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 5 day timed edition)

"The Old Friends" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, 5 day timed edition)

THE DINOSAUR PARKS!

"Dinosaur Park (The Slope)” - $30 (11 x 14 inches, edition of 250)
"Dinosaur Park (The Wavy)” - $30 (11 x 14 inches, edition of 250)

Little Dog prints!

"Rocket Dog Print" - $20 (5 x 7 inches, edition of 200)
"Blue Bone Dog Print" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, edition of 200)
"Umbrella Dog Print" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, edition of 200)
"Flute Dog Print" - $15 (5 x 5 inches, edition of 200)

“Koala Pool Party” EXTRA LARGE PRINT - $80 (18 x 24 inches edition of 30)

NEW PINS - $10 each

Hedgehog pin

Hug Book pin

Pool Koala Pin

Umbrella Dog pin

NEW GREAT SHOWDOWNS PIN SETS - $20 per set

Great Showdowns Pin Set #6: The Dark Rabbit

Great Showdowns Pin Set #6: The Island Roomates

Great Showdowns Pin Set #6: The Cycles

“The Bike REDO PIN” - $10

NEW PUZZLES!

“Koala Pool Party “500 piece puzzle - $25

“Body House” 1000 piece puzzle - $30

“Clock Tower Valley” 1000 piece puzzle - $30

CLOTHES FOR KIDS - $25 each

Bronto Toddler Tee

Bronto Infant One Piece

Tyro Toddler Tee

Tyro Infant One Piece

Unicorn Toddler Tee

Unicorn Infant One Piece

Hug Machine Book Hug Tote Bag - $15

AND OVER AT DKECON…

The new Great Showdowns toy will be released at 12noon on Friday, July 23rd in the DKECON SHOP!

Set of 2 hand painted figures for $175 a set. (Edition of 100)

They will have a LIVE event throughout the show as well, so tune into that if you like that toy collecting action.

And that is it! Please join us or any of the events and see you this week!

Scott C.

TINY CON - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS!

Alright, everyone! The time has come for me to share with you the schedule of events for this wonderful little event called TINY CON. There will be all kinds of other virtual things going on for San Diego Comic Con, so you will probably be able to just cruise around the show virtually and enjoy a variety of activities. Most of my activities will be on IG LIVE or Twitch (specified by the asterisks below). Discussions and posting of your drawings can happen in the Scott C Clubhouse on Discord! So go sign up!

Every morning there will be a new giveaway of new items. All you have to do to participate is comment on the posts!

There will be a bunch of new releases coming to the Scott C Shop on Wednesday July 21st at 10am PT. The few things will be specified as timed editions will be available until 8pm on Sunday July 25th. I will post about all these new items tomorrow!

For now, here is the SCHEDULE OF EVENTS! Join us!

(All times are Pacific Time)

WEDNESDAY,  JULY 21

9am: Giveaway #1 posted on Instagram @scottlava

10am:  NEW RELEASES GO LIVE! …… in theScottCShop.com

11am - 12pm: DRAWING TIME * - Word Stack Warm Ups 

2pm - 3:30pm: DRAWING TIME * - Famous Faces

THURSDAY, JULY 22

9am: Giveaway #2 posted Instagram @scottlava

10am - 11am: KID’S HOUR *  - Storytime/ Drawing Time

2pm - 3pm: DRAWING TIME *  w/ Nathan Stapley and Rhode Montijo 

6pm: Fantasmical Con LIVE (IG LIVE) - cardboard gameshow w/ Rhode Montijo 

FRIDAY, JULY 23

9am: Giveaway #3 posted Instagram @scottlava

9am - 12pm: Great Showdown LIVE Painting (”The Doctors” part 1) **

12pm: Great Showdowns toy release @ dketoys.com/dkecon

1pm - 4pm: Great Showdown LIVE Painting (”The Doctors” part 2) **

5pm - Gartic Phone Party *

w/ Tim Schafer, Nathan Stapley, Raymond Crook, Spaff, and MORE!

SATURDAY, JULY 24

9am: Giveaway #4 posted Instagram @scottlava

11am - 12pm: DRAWING TIME - Cosplay Design Day

SUNDAY, JULY 25

9am: Giveaway #5 posted Instagram @scottlava

11am - 12pm: DRAWING TIME   - Portrait Party!

5pm: Drawing TIME. w/ Graham Annable and Julián Nariño

8pm: timed releases in the shop end!

* events online on IG LIVE  ** events online at twitch.tv/scottlava 

and Scott C Clubhouse on Discord (link in my bio)

TINY CON NEXT WEEK!

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!

Painting Process for "Love Upon Grassy Hills"

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!

"Love Upon Grassy Hills" print AVAILABLE NOW!

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.