Crooked Crow - Inking

17 Responses

1. Pro Derrick Castle

   Thanks for all that tuned in for the live broadcast. This is the progress on the project thus far.

   5 months ago

2. Pro Jason Carter

   SON OF A....forgot all about it! looks great as usual, but I did notice that the "ric" in American gets cut off by the barrel ellipse. Top Notch!

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   5 months ago

3. Martin Schmetzer

   So good! Congrats!

   5 months ago

4. Felix Gabor Racz

   its wicked mate!

   5 months ago

5. Pro Nemanja Jovanovic aka Frac...

   watched live one till half but couldnt stay anymore eyes burnt ,but glad to see it turned out sweet so far,also do you always work from zoomed out view? because seeing this live i didnt notice u zooming in,and i like that almost every stroke u pull is from one pen move,which adds up to the personal feel of the piece more.. and dont kill me but i think that "rye whiskey" kinda doesnt fully fits with the rest of the type style wise,i see u intended it to be diffrnt but maybe it needs slightly more connection to the rest..just suggestion

   4 months ago

6. Pro Mathias Temmen

   Sheesh, love!

   4 months ago

7. Pro Keith Tatum

   This really progressed to something beautiful. Thanks for showing a process and starting points. Always fascinating to go behind the scenes.

   4 months ago

8. Dermot Reddan

   Awesome work!

   4 months ago

9. Pro Derrick Castle

   Thanks guys! Thanks for all those who tuned in for the broadcast!

   @Jason Carter doh! Haha sorry man, yeah... looks like I have my layers a little out of order. I've still got a ways to go on this design. Thanks man!

   @Nemo Jovanovic aka Fracturize as for the "zoom" someone else asked me that and I went into a long explanation, the short of it is yes I do, I didn't some much on this piece particularly because the final print of the crow itself will be so small, like 3x4 inches or something like that. I was afraid if I got a lot of detail in there, at that small of a size, the illustration would get muddy and the details lost.

   For the "Rye Whiskey" type, and thanks for the critique by the way.... I research a lot of old Whiskey labels and the real challenge was to create a label that looked authentic and has been around for 100+ years. I personally think it achieves that. If I was going for something a little more modern and hip, I may have made a lot of different choices. But anyway, thanks for tuning in man!

   Thanks @Keith Tatum for checking it out! Appreciate it all!

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   4 months ago

10. Pro Nemanja Jovanovic aka Frac...

    nps man,as far zoom out thing goes,i recommend u working with two windows in ps
    for instance on one itz zoomed in on other itz zoomed out that way u have both windows updated in same time,thats what i do atleast and helps me focus on silhouettes compostion more since i see both views instant.
    Just go to Photoshop-Window-Arrange-at the bottom u have option new window for ..your psd file name and done :)
    and thanks for explaining thinking behind that rye whiskey type that sorts it out :)

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    4 months ago

11. Jason Thornton

    Hey man thanks for sharing that video. This design is looking really good.

    4 months ago

12. Pro Anton Peck

    This is really awesome work. Well done!

    4 months ago

13. Pro Adam Trageser

    Yeah buddy! Nice one, I don't know how you refrained from dropping a "R" and "W" in those circles (or something similar).. I never can.

    4 months ago

14. Pro Derrick Castle

    @Adam Trageser haha, thnaks man! Those circles are sorta place holders.. will be dropping "50% ALC/VOL" and "100 Proof" in those bad boys!

    4 months ago

15. Tom Philibeck

    Dang, dude. You are a force to be reckoned with. Just constantly killing it!

    4 months ago

16. Crooked Crow Rye Whiskey Still plugging away on the Crooked Crow Project. Working on the side panels.

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    Crooked Crow Rye Whiskey

    by Derrick Castle

    Still plugging away on the Crooked Crow Project. Working on the side panels.

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    4 months ago

17. Jon Ketchum

    Damn man, love this.

    3 months ago