New Drawings and a tip for scanning oil pastel work

Monday · 12 May 08 · 03:11 AM IST | Posted by Karthik | Category: Art

Not one, but three new drawings of mine have been added to the Gallery!

Rhona Mitra in Doomsday, Banlieue 13, Pusher Trilogy — Art by Karthik Abhiram

  • Doomsday — Done with oil pastels, featuring Rhona Mitra from the movie Doomsday, which I am waiting to watch.
  • Banlieue 13 — Done with pencils, ballpoint pen and oil pastels, this one is based on the French action movie.
  • Pusher Trilogy — Done with pencil and ballpoint pen, this one is based on the Danish Pusher crime movies, written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

Recently, I've done quite a few pieces with oil pastels.  The first of these was this drawing based on Aliens vs Predator: Requiem.  Now after I finished that, I was unsure of how to scan it, because I didn't want the pastel stuff sticking to the bed of the scanner.  So I asked Varun to photograph it.  That worked out fine, but the problem is that you won't be able to get a high-resolution image.  The solution is to use a transparent plastic sheet.  I dug out these transparent sheets which were bought several years ago, for use with OHPs (Overhead Projectors)!  I placed that on the bed of the scanner, the drawing on top of that, and was able to scan at 400dpi, like my other drawings.

Haute Tension — Drawing by Karthik Abhiram

I will leave you with another image I did a couple of weeks back.  This is the killer (Le Tueur) from the French horror movie Haute Tension (High Tension).

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karthik ayyagari
14 May 08 · 05:24 PM
good work boss...i think you are multifaceted....
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