FinsUp1214 Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 While still working out some updates for my Pacers concept I posted not too long ago, I thought I'd share something else I'm working on on the side. So a quick introduction: I'm a 90's kid, and I absolutely love it when teams bust out throwbacks from the time period. Though I'm more traditionalist then not, 90's nostalgia wins out often for me! After getting my hands on a stylus and trying out digital sketching for the first time, I started working on a little series: illustrating a player from each team wearing their 90's throwback, with each illustration featuring team-specific elements. Basically what I'm doing as far as composition is concerned is tracing the outline and facial features of the player, but everything else - the uniform, logos, wordmarks/numbers, coloring, and background is strictly by hand. I like a little bit of "roughness" here and there as it gives it a bit more of a 90's look to me, so I decided against vectorizing the sketches to keep that look. I plan on making one for each team (even the ones that have already donned throwbacks lately), and hope to keep improving on the sketching part as I go. I'm definitely still learning! This is all strictly for fun and enjoying the trip in the 'ol uniform time machine. So...here's who I have so far: Heat - Dwayne Wade Grizzlies - Mike Conley Suns - Devin Booker Rockets - James Harden Enjoy! More to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uglybus Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Duuuuude... This is so gnarly! Keep it up! "Okay, Mr. OKC, you obviously have never been to Louisville." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Bear Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 These are really good. I especially like the Grizzlies one with the outline. Can't wait too see more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicagoOakland Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Patiently waiting for Steph Curry with the lightning bolt-era Warriors jerseys... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thazer Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 SKYBOX ACIDTRIP FLASHBACK SKYBOX ACIDTRIP FLASHBACK SKYBOX ACIDTRIP FLASHBACK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshhockey Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 This is a great idea and they look great. The Grizzlies one is perfect with that outline! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsaline Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 I'm impressed and can't wait to see what you have for all these teams! What are you using for these sketches, just pen and paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmackNCheese Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 7 minutes ago, rsaline said: I'm impressed and can't wait to see what you have for all these teams! What are you using for these sketches, just pen and paper? 11 hours ago, FinsUp1214 said: While still working out some updates for my Pacers concept I posted not too long ago, I thought I'd share something else I'm working on on the side. So a quick introduction: I'm a 90's kid, and I absolutely love it when teams bust out throwbacks from the time period. Though I'm more traditionalist then not, 90's nostalgia wins out often for me! After getting my hands on a stylus and trying out digital sketching for the first time, I started working on a little series: illustrating a player from each team wearing their 90's throwback, with each illustration featuring team-specific elements. Basically what I'm doing as far as composition is concerned is tracing the outline and facial features of the player, but everything else - the uniform, logos, wordmarks/numbers, coloring, and background is strictly by hand. I like a little bit of "roughness" here and there as it gives it a bit more of a 90's look to me, so I decided against vectorizing the sketches to keep that look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsaline Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 9 minutes ago, Power_Ranger_Rick said: Man, I'm just not having a good day with reading am I? I guess I should be asking what program you were using? Like, was this a Surface pro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted July 3, 2016 Author Share Posted July 3, 2016 Thank you all so much for your comments! I'm glad to hear y'all like them! I'm pretty much using just a simple stylus and paint.net on my laptop - it's an HP with a touch screen monitor. I hope to get my hands on a Surface or an iPad someday though! As as for what's next, lightning bolt Steph Curry was actually already next on the docket and I'm about 3/4 of the way finished, so you're in luck ChicagoOakland! I think Orlando will be right after, but am still settling on which player to use. I'm leaning towards going ahead with Ibaka. Stay tuned! Thanks again everyone! Any improvements I could make? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEWJ Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 These are amazing!! LeBron in the '90s black wave jerseys is a must! | BROWNS | BUCKEYES | CAVALIERS | INDIANS | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_grateful_ted Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 These are awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krz Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 All of these x10, I love it Excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 Okay...for some reason I'm having trouble uploading images. It keeps shrinking the images to a bit of a thumbnail and can't figure out what's going on. I want to make sure it works right first before I post so y'all can see the image more clearly, but in the meantime I do have the Warriors (Curry) and Magic (Ibaka) finished! Hopefully I can get it to work soon, and when I do, I think I'll do one a day. So Warriors tonight/tomorrow, and Magic after. Thanks again for for all of your comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsUp1214 Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Alright, so it appears it's only the Curry image that isn't working unfortunately, so I'll have to go back to it and figure out what's wrong. In the meantime, let's pull a switcheroo! Magic - Serge Ibaka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Bear Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Love it. Another great drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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