tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4458775806954796512023-10-26T02:25:55.387-07:00DANTE's INFERNO by KAYANANRafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-68596071375686319732011-01-14T13:20:00.000-08:002011-01-14T13:23:27.626-08:00DANTE PAGE 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6108/dantesamppage03col02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 513px; height: 770px;" src="http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6108/dantesamppage03col02.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-78263934908528622862010-07-23T19:35:00.000-07:002010-07-23T19:37:48.576-07:00Dante Bench Study<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a.imageshack.us/img291/1378/dantestudybench.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 864px; height: 864px;" src="http://a.imageshack.us/img291/1378/dantestudybench.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Digitral painting using custom brush.<br />Click image to view in its entirety.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-24481473835293663852009-09-22T05:20:00.000-07:002009-09-22T05:21:25.153-07:00STYLE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8742/dantepanelcloseupballoo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 864px; height: 864px;" src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8742/dantepanelcloseupballoo.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-26158873464409766692009-09-21T16:12:00.000-07:002009-09-21T16:13:36.748-07:00APP TEST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9618/danteappsample.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 432px; height: 432px;" src="http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/9618/danteappsample.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-42134181696155070072009-09-02T10:39:00.000-07:002009-09-02T10:40:20.199-07:00STYLE TEST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1929/dantetest.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 576px; height: 864px;" src="http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1929/dantetest.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-50357297230159144172009-03-17T19:47:00.001-07:002009-03-17T19:47:43.561-07:00STYLE TEST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7158/danteartraf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 384px; height: 576px;" src="http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7158/danteartraf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-66988070075701762802009-02-21T07:47:00.000-08:002009-02-21T07:52:43.057-08:00PANEL TEST<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3876/dantepaneltest09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 668px; height: 576px;" src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/3876/dantepaneltest09.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Cintiq - looser style but will add more contrast.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-17786989536288449542008-10-22T08:51:00.001-07:002008-10-22T08:51:50.130-07:00Dante Panel Study<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4131/dantesomber01bh2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/4131/dantesomber01bh2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Digital painting.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-61048170804224588952008-07-29T05:06:00.000-07:002008-07-29T05:08:54.094-07:00CASA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6933/casadanteyy1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/6933/casadanteyy1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Taken by Barbara two weeks ago.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-84873123624327498632008-04-26T14:13:00.000-07:002008-04-26T14:15:53.511-07:00ILLUSTRATOR<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1632/danteillustratormc5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1632/danteillustratormc5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I've been seeking a new way to interpret the INFERNO by Dante and this is another sampling of a woodcut style using the Illustrator program and the Cintiq monitor. This took about a half hour to do.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-60760918620522290242008-04-14T04:59:00.000-07:002008-04-14T05:14:50.025-07:00ROUGH STUFF ART MAGAZINE ISSUE 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7647/danterough02xv1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7647/danterough02xv1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Just a reminder that artist/editor Bob Mcleod's eighth issue of <a href="http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67&products_id=646">ROUGH STUFF</a> is on sale this Wednesday, April 16. <br />There's an article about my comics and film related art process inside.<br /><br />From the <a href="http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67&products_id=646">ROUGH STUFF</a> website:<br /><br />"<a href="http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=67&products_id=646">ROUGH STUFF</a> presents more amazing looks into the creative process of comic art with interviews, articles, never-before-seen penciled pages, sketches, layouts, roughs, and unused inked pages from throughout comics history—plus critiques of newcomers’ work, and more! This issue features an in-depth interview and cover painting by the extraordinary MIKE MAYHEW! Also in #8, we present preliminary and unpublished art by ALEX HORLEY, TONY DeZUNIGA, NICK CARDY, and RAFAEL KAYANAN, as each artist offers commentary explaining how their work evolves into its finished form. Plus: Dominique Leonard spotlights the great Belgian comic book artists, MIKE MURDOCK goes under the knife for a ROUGH CRITIQUE of his work, and more! Edited by pro artist BOB McLEOD."Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-40080622175549309292008-04-10T17:12:00.000-07:002008-04-10T17:13:53.608-07:00PENCIL ROUGHS<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3729/danterough04tn3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3729/danterough04tn3.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-81488008503473577292007-12-26T11:27:00.001-08:002008-10-22T09:15:44.125-07:00DANTE CLASSICS COVER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9578/dantecover89oldyi2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/9578/dantecover89oldyi2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Back in 1989 First Comics wanted to do an adaptation of Dante's Inferno for their Classic's Illustrated line of comics.<br />I did this Joseph Cornell inspired composition for the cover. Based on the proportions of this image, the art director could not fit the Classics logo into the company's uniform cover design and asked me to use bleach and adjust the painted image to fit the cropping they desired. I refused to do so and as luck would have it, First Comics went under soon after. <br />I never got to finish the adaptation and I'm quite sure it was a blessing in disguise. I've gotten to know more about the source material, and today's computer technology can easily adjust any image to the desired size without harming the original art.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/9262/dantecover89ov1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/9262/dantecover89ov1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />UPDATE: Here is the cover today with some slight modifications done with the computer.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-58048770575271650512007-12-11T17:52:00.001-08:002007-12-22T02:17:36.933-08:00PHOTOSHOP DANTE<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4708/dantekayananfinalns6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4708/dantekayananfinalns6.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Photoshop collage.Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-445877580695479651.post-69902485880239071232007-12-09T10:37:00.000-08:002007-12-09T11:03:16.079-08:00Dante Study One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7264/dantetest02coloruf8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/7264/dantetest02coloruf8.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I started this blog so that I can funnel all the Dante related studies and notes of a graphic adaptation of Dante's Inferno with written text adapted by Lovern Kindzierski into a single site.<br /><br />Above is a color study created in Photoshop. It is slightly different in approach to this facial study below which I found less energetic:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4061/dantetestrobevz5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4061/dantetestrobevz5.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Rafael Kayananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15664189284597919007noreply@blogger.com2