Gord & Jay Talk Art Episode 3: Getting stuff did!

Can you believe that we're back with another podcast for your listening pleasure so soon after the previous one? Sure, it may have something to do with us trying to sync up the time between when we record the episodes and when they are released, but we're also trying to get some momentum going and have plenty of content right off the bat. And with this episode, we're a little bit closer. Still not quite there, but we should be into a proper system with episode 4.

Anyways, here's episode 3's show notes-

• Jay went on about The Circle again. Some people may want him to stop doing that, but he isn't going to. He isn't particularly sorry about that either.
• This is the life-drawing class Jay goes to in Galway, Ireland.
• And this is Gord's one in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Jay mentioned his 100 Heads in 100 Days self-challenge. Here's the video, here are the blog posts.
• Gord mentioned Akira's Tetsuo Shima, Jay talked about the great and rather attractive artist, Rebecca Guay.
• Jay talked about the little comic that Gord wrote and he drew a bunch of years ago, called The Void.
• Jay pretty clearly talks too much and is fond of name dropping. He IS sorry about that.

As usual, you can right-click to download the episode here.

Or you can go to our iTunes channel (be kind and subscribe, rate and comment!).

The music we used for the background in the intro is provided by Group_1

And don't forget to visit our Facebook page! We'll be having the poll we mention in the podcast in the coming couple of days, so go check it out and get voting on what you want us to draw.

We'll be back soon with episode 4 very soon. It's Jay's turn to pick a topic, and he's leaning toward talking MATERIALS. See you then (or, you know, sooner, if you come chat with us on FB....)

Dark Souls by Gord

I talked a little in the last couple of podcasts about this picture.  It is of the characters Ornstein and Smough, two notoriously difficult level bosses from the game Dark Souls.  Here is the final piece as well as a couple of work in progress pictures, please excuse the quality they were taken on my camera phone.

Rough Pencils, I have tried to be more conscious of the initial construction of the figures, using simple forms, Jay talks about this in the 2nd podcast.

Starting to add a little more detail and shading.  I didn't leave enough space to include the hammer so had to cut the original picture and put more paper behind it.

Finished inks

Tidied up in Photoshop and the composition adjusted.

It didn't really end up how I had hoped but nevertheless much was learnt (I hope).

Gord & Jay Talk Art Episode 2: Foundations

We're back with Episode 2 of The Gord & Jay Talk Art Podcast.
This time, we discuss the importance of FOUNDATIONS.

Firstly, though, we talk about the things we've been doing (Jay not so much to show, but Gord's
Dark Souls piece will get its own post here very, very soon).

And then we get right into the topic.
Jay talks about the importance of basic structure when drawing forms in space, and the magic of the three basic shapes- the sphere, the cylinder and the cuboid.

Gord then discusses the basics of tone and value, how they are kinda the same thing and why exactly it is important to take them into consideration while working.

We finish with a quick chat about what we have on the drawing board for the next little while. Jay has/had the 24-hour Comic Day and a long life drawing session, and Gord has that pesky Faust piece to finish, along with some pixel art stuff on the go.

Apologies about the fuzzy audio, we're still finding our way with the technical stuff. As usual, the music we used for the background in the intro is provided by Group_1

We'll be back in about a week with Episode 3. Look how we spoil you! In the meantime, come chat with us on our Facebook page, we'll be having challenges, polls, discussions and all sorts of fun stuff. Come be part of the new cool gang in town.

You can download Episode 2 by right clicking here.

Gord & Jay Talk Art Episode 1: Beginnings

The entire universe can breathe a huge sigh of relief now, because The Gord & Jay Talk Art Podcast is finally here!

We would like to welcome all of you that make your way to our little slice of internet-land and hope that you enjoy your stay.

The Gord & Jay Talk Art Podcast is exactly that. It is a simple podcast where two artists discuss their artistic journey with each other. We talk about the things we are working on, what we are learning, how we improve, how we have failed... Every aspect of our artistic pursuits is covered.
But before we start to get too waffley, let's introduce ourselves briefly-

My name is Gordon Mackay, I am an illustrator from Edinburgh in Scotland.  I draw pretty much anything that takes my fancy.  My goal is to carry on improving as an artist and have fun along the way.  You can find some of my work at Gordon Mackay Illustration and I will be selling the odd thing on redbubble.com.

And my name is Jay Penn. I'm a freelance illustrator dealing mostly with fantasy, faerie and comic art. You can find my work over at Realms of Faerie. I also have an Etsy store, so go buy all of my stuff right away!

So anyway, here is the inaugural podcast episode- Right click here to download it.

We're on iTunes, too! There's a few kinks to iron out still, but if you have an iTunes account, you can go download the first podcast here. Don't forget to rate the podcast and subscribe to it too!

And we have a Facebook page too! You'll not forget to 'like' us, will you?

Finally, here are the show notes (links to stuff we talk about on the episode):

• The Will Kemp 'How to Paint a Portrait in Oil' online lesson that Jay mentioned is right here.
• The artists that Jay mentions are: Brian Froud, Rien Poortvliet, Dale Keown, Erik Larsen, Bart Sears, Frank Frazetta, Larry MacDougall, Alan Lee, Justin Gerard and Andrew Loomis.
• Gord mentions Frank Miller and Geof Darrow, Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.
• Jay mentioned his old 8-page illustrated story called The Circle.
• The Tortoro picture Gord spoke of can be seen over at his own blog here.

Oh, and the music we used for the background in the intro is provided by Group_1

We'll be back soon with the next episode very soon. Feel free to leave any comments, suggestions or marriage proposals below.