Portfolio of Illustrator Eddy Crosby » girls

Girls on paper

Eddy Crosby — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:48:47 +0000

A couple of sketchbook pages.

Party girls

Eddy Crosby — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:25:38 +0000

The sketch on the left hand side is my initial drawing. (pencil/marker on photocopy paper). I then used detail paper to refine and tighten the drawing. (right)

Sketches on coloured paper

Eddy Crosby — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:17:20 +0000

These sketches were done on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper with PITT oil based black pencil and ink. Highlights were added with a white conte pencil.

Abigail

Eddy Crosby — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:39:13 +0000

Here’s a colour sketch of 1970’s Aussie soap siren, Abigail. This is based on the photo below. As you can see I began quite realistically but then progressed to a more stylised caricature.

Modesty Blaise

Eddy Crosby — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:29:16 +0000

A rough brush and ink sketch of Modesty Blaise. This wonderful Japanese poster for the film served as reference.

Tiki Girl

Eddy Crosby — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:15:53 +0000

Here’s my final acrylic painting of Tiki Girl. I am quite happy how it turned out because I wanted to combine a stylised figure with some realism. The major changes I made were to the background and the wooden Tiki carving.

The yellow-orange sun burst (see my final colour rough below) overpowered the whole image so it was toned down to a more subtle sunset. I added some cool blues to further recede the background.

I also redesigned the Tiki carving to be less angular. That area was first painted with a dark tone (mix Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue) and then the form was highlighted with Burnt Sienna using a scrubbing technique with a dry brush.

Once the painting was complete it was sealed with acrylic binder medium and two coats of gloss varnish.

Tiki Girl: Acrylic on canvas. 30cm x 40cm (12″ x 16″).

My final colour rough. Here’s a more polished version of the same Tiki Girl sketch with the black line work cleaned up. Coloured and painted in Photoshop. (Above)

I am submitting a painting to a local art show next month. Have played around with various subjects but finally settled on this Tiki inspired pin-up girl. Here are some preliminary sketches and a colour rough. The final painting will be acrylics on canvas, 30cm x 40cm.

Glamazon

Eddy Crosby — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:25:25 +0000

Final pencil drawing – PITT oil based pencil on Bristol paper. Size: 28cm x 36cm.

Rough sketch on detail paper Size: A4.

Col-Erase blue pencil on detail paper.

Brush and ink sketches.

Girls

Eddy Crosby — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:53:25 +0000

Girls from my sketchbook (Above).

Lady Mink

Eddy Crosby — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:32:21 +0000

I did this digital painting in an effort to loosen up my style and go for a sketchy more interesting look. I avoided the use of black “ink” lines and tried to create form with values.
Medium: Photoshop CS4, Wacom tablet, 800 x 600, 300ppi.

Vikki Dougan

Eddy Crosby — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:16:48 +0000

Vikki Dougan was a model and actress in the 1950’s famous for wearing backless dresses. She later became the inspiration for Jessica Rabbit. Find out more here. The photo above inspired these rough sketches.