Cedric Nocon

Third part of the inking stage for this World of Warcraft illustration depicting a female Blood Elf Paladin. I was able to work on it a bit more while juggling other pending creative…

This is the second part of the work-in-progress in the inking stage of this World of Warcraft female Blood Elf Paladin illustration.

• Read the previous blog post here.

Photoshop 5.0 using dissolve brush, airbrush, and hard brush.

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Portrait speedpainting using Photoshop 5.0.

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Detail Shot:

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Publisher: Beta 3 Comics
Pencils & Inks: Cedric Nocon
Digital Colors: Frank M. Cuonzo

Frank did a great job with the color work. Love the whole grit texture and realistic skin tone…

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Tools:
- Pentel 0.3mm Mechanical Pencil
- HB Lead
- Kneaded Eraser
- Pentel Clic Eraser

I’m not a fan of using many tools on an artwork. So I used just one…

A page from my old sketchbook — a head sketch of someone. I drew it while having a dessert and a strawberry-banana smoothie at the local shopping mall.

LENSBABY COMPOSER

I was fortunate enough to find a Lensbaby Composer at Calumet Photographic in Santa Ana, California. I spent two days hunting for a Composer at various photography supply…

Youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCNR3lz4jLI

I bought my Lensbaby Composer a few days ago. I was able to acquire a 0.6x Wide Angle Macro Conversion lens…

Youtube Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz90POTquUA

Last batch of images taken by my Canon EOS Rebel XTi (400D). The camera was just recently replaced with a newer gear. The XTi has taken a lot of wonderful images − breathtaking photos that make the…

The retro-looking photographs below were taken using a Holga-Canon EOS Lens mounted on a 10 megapixel Canon EOS Rebel XTi / 400D (Kiss X) digital camera.

How to Create a Holga-Canon EOS Lens
By: Cedric Nocon

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I recently sold my Canon EOS D60 to a local camera shop. It was my first digital SLR and the very camera that has made me fall in love with the Canon EOS digital line. Prior to this, I used an old