Tapwater Mountain

Halftone Tutorial

2012-02-09T13:59:00.010-06:00

Here is a quick and easy way to use photoshop to get those fancy dot patterns in your art. Halftones allow you to have complete control over how your printed artwork will look. They are also necessary for certain processes like silkscreening, if you want to do any shading or continuous tones.

1. Start out by scanning your line-art at 600 dpi (or higher) grayscale.

2. Make adjustments to the levels so that the paper looks absolutely white and the ink looks black. Make any corrections you need to. Around this time, make sure the art is at the size you want it to print.

3. Now convert your file from Grayscale mode to Bitmap, with the 50% threshold setting.
This will ensure that your line art is absolutely crisp.

4. Convert the Image back to Grayscale.

5. Now add the tones of grey to the areas you want. You can do this all on the same layer with the paint bucket tool or whatever brush set you prefer.

6. Convert the Image to Bitmap, this time change 50% Threshold to Halftone Screen. You can use these settings, or play around with larger dots or other shapes.

Then you are done. Have fun!

Watchtower

2012-02-01T11:19:00.003-06:00

Locals Only

2012-02-01T11:17:00.003-06:00

Symposium

2011-12-30T14:47:00.005-06:00

This was a collaboration with Kong Wee for a show at Marshall Arts called Memphis Connections.

Village gif

2011-09-26T12:34:00.003-05:00

Village t shirt design for Taropop

2011-09-10T16:18:00.000-05:00

2011-09-10T15:52:00.000-05:00

2011-09-09T09:21:00.000-05:00

Second nature

2011-09-01T00:17:00.000-05:00

Spain pt1

2011-09-01T00:10:00.000-05:00

fledge

2011-08-31T23:10:00.000-05:00

Leaves

2011-08-31T22:59:00.000-05:00

SPAM

2011-08-26T10:44:00.001-05:00

Smart Phone Art Medium

Panopticon

2011-06-16T17:11:00.000-05:00

SN print

2011-05-10T03:31:00.001-05:00

second nature

2011-04-28T15:07:00.000-05:00

This is the biggest drawing on paper I've ever done so far. 9ft wide... It's still in the works, so I'll post better photos of it when it's done.

Dinner Party animatic

2011-04-12T13:31:00.000-05:00

no eyes

2011-03-29T11:10:00.000-05:00

Sam's treehouse

2011-03-24T14:52:00.000-05:00

carnival'11

2011-03-17T16:46:00.001-05:00

Moments by Vending Machine

2011-03-17T16:26:00.000-05:00

The talented people at Live From Memphis created this animated adventure for Vending Machine
using some of my artwork. It premiered at the LFM music video showcase last weekend at Studio on The Spquare. Directed by Sarah Fleming, Animation by Christopher Reyes.

character sketches

2011-02-02T13:50:00.001-06:00

Harlan T. Bobo

2011-01-31T11:14:00.000-06:00

Kong Wee and I worked on this album design together.

Los Gatos

2011-01-27T14:36:00.001-06:00

Free advice

2011-01-26T15:41:00.001-06:00

googleyes

2011-01-13T22:32:00.000-06:00

Sometimes when I'm bored on a computer, I'll take virtual tours of random places in the world using the street view. I really like this treehouse in Tokyo!

Lincoln Beach

2011-01-05T13:23:00.000-06:00

We visited lincoln beach the other day in New Orleans East. I have not been there in about ten years since they tore down the structures. There used to be empty pools and a few buildings in different stages of decay, completely covered in graffiti. The site is the historic segregated amusement park. There were plans to reopen the beach in 2002, but so far nothing done yet. There's a lot of construction happening on the levee all the way up the coast, though. We had to walk through the construction site to get there. Near the water there were these green lady bugs I've never seen before. They were crawling all over some lures that looked similar in color to them.

New year

2011-01-02T12:08:00.001-06:00

A lighthouse

2010-12-11T20:56:00.000-06:00

The song was created by my friend Adam Cheramie from New Orleans.

mariginals

2010-11-30T14:33:00.001-06:00

Leaves(compost)

2010-11-11T14:46:00.001-06:00

scroll

2010-10-14T13:44:00.001-05:00

Name our own stars

2010-10-11T13:49:00.001-05:00

good evenews

2010-10-10T15:12:00.000-05:00

backyard handshake

2010-09-26T20:22:00.001-05:00

new prints for Taro Pop

2010-09-20T10:47:00.001-05:00

Dudleys

2010-07-31T21:58:00.001-05:00

Thwack sketch

2010-07-31T21:40:00.001-05:00

Woodcut painting

2010-06-22T08:14:00.001-05:00

A strange dream

2010-05-23T20:57:00.000-05:00

To wake up from

shards

2010-05-01T11:51:00.001-05:00

Bank lady says

2010-04-23T19:50:00.000-05:00

Memphis Legs

2010-04-23T13:39:00.000-05:00

This is my submission to "Memphis Scene" for the Memphis Brooks Museum. The theme is "Music in the City of Memphis". The museum is posting all the entries on a flickr page and letting people vote to see which will be in the show.

Smith junior

2010-04-16T14:27:00.000-05:00

I know, I know

Not bad for a forty-year-old.

SIGN STICKERS makes your life vivid

2010-04-12T17:25:00.000-05:00

Max Dixon Collaboration

2010-04-07T16:12:00.000-05:00

Family picture (Max Beckman 1920)

2010-04-02T16:33:00.000-05:00

Spring skating at Chickasaw Swamp

2010-03-31T18:09:00.000-05:00

Yakitori Lucky Charms

2010-03-26T01:15:00.000-05:00

composites

2010-03-12T17:01:00.001-06:00

February

2010-03-12T16:58:00.001-06:00

my best friend

2010-03-08T17:18:00.001-06:00

Rex's Bar

2010-03-04T23:46:00.000-06:00

I did an experiment with comics again after a long time. Trying a free, artless approach to it, using crappy pens in a composition notebook with no real plan. I really enjoyed making the little background characters. For a better resolution look here.

the ghost ship

2010-03-03T13:38:00.000-06:00

I did this after effects animation in 2007 for the Dada Ball at Powerhouse Memphis.

Float II

2010-02-27T19:07:00.000-06:00

THis is an old one from December 12, 2007

night time

2010-02-26T13:51:00.000-06:00

January

2010-02-26T12:34:00.001-06:00

Facebook Who Dat!

2010-02-05T10:00:00.000-06:00

deck

2010-01-28T22:06:00.001-06:00

1992 drawing

2010-01-27T11:48:00.000-06:00

secret document

2010-01-20T15:52:00.000-06:00

cascade

2010-01-08T17:10:00.000-06:00

My Lucky Day 2007

2010-01-07T14:57:00.001-06:00

Saucer

2010-01-06T17:17:00.000-06:00

vendor

2010-01-06T17:00:00.001-06:00

kampung lumpur

2010-01-03T18:25:00.001-06:00

New Journal (December)

2009-12-31T15:08:00.001-06:00

2009 unpublished sketches

2009-12-31T14:03:00.000-06:00

Labis Lizards

2009-11-27T03:22:00.000-06:00

wild things

2009-10-23T16:01:00.000-05:00

De Ja Vu

2009-10-23T09:56:00.001-05:00

lunch-time doodle

2009-09-30T14:01:00.000-05:00

tall house plate

2009-09-26T20:27:00.000-05:00

French Houses II print

2009-09-24T10:11:00.000-05:00

Breezy print

2009-09-24T10:10:00.001-05:00

bomb town print

2009-09-17T08:38:00.000-05:00

babies

2009-09-15T15:41:00.000-05:00

fish house tee

2009-09-14T11:09:00.000-05:00

sea cloud

2009-09-12T16:38:00.000-05:00

summer its gone

2009-09-06T01:04:00.000-05:00

taro pop

2009-09-01T16:02:00.000-05:00

testing 2

2009-08-27T16:36:00.000-05:00

testing

2009-08-25T16:07:00.000-05:00

flights

2009-08-24T12:57:00.000-05:00

helliheli

2009-08-24T12:29:00.001-05:00

fun box

2009-08-20T14:48:00.000-05:00

blind pilot

2009-08-20T12:56:00.001-05:00

Surf Zombies

2009-07-31T13:50:00.000-05:00

Memphis Best Soul Food

2009-07-24T09:17:00.000-05:00

It's a highlighter-green building on S. Third. This is my favorite lunch spot.

hollow

2009-07-11T11:16:00.001-05:00

trading post

2009-06-30T23:59:00.001-05:00

mardi gras 2009 v1

2009-06-24T22:05:00.001-05:00

Moneycat CMY

2009-05-27T09:17:00.001-05:00

Monsters vs. Robots

2009-05-18T09:51:00.000-05:00

Derek Stiles and I collaborated on this three color silkscreen (22" X 30") using plastisol inks. It was auctioned off last Friday at the Baker's Dozen benefit for UrbanArt in Memphis. Each artist also designed a limited edition t shirt to go with their artwork.

passenger seat

2009-05-15T23:35:00.001-05:00

12 things

2009-04-10T17:43:00.001-05:00

Tea time

2009-04-08T15:22:00.000-05:00

painter

2009-04-03T14:51:00.001-05:00

Breezy

2009-03-26T15:49:00.000-05:00

Maze Ten

2009-03-12T09:14:00.001-05:00