For my I-got-tagged-on-Facebook-Art-Challenge I had to post 3 pics a day for 5 days. Here they are all together:
Day 1: Digital Painting/Photomanipulation Mix
Day 2: Critter Collage (FishWolfCrab)
Day 3: Lil’ Scallywags
Day 4: #tbt
Day 4: Neature
Not much going on here yet – just setting the stage for some squirrel action. I missed my 4th of July squirrel opportunity so now I have ditch the gunpowder and explosions motif for the stunning death of leaves.
Sometimes “Happy Accidents” do not evolve successfully.
Some original sketch showing through the preliminary digital coloring…
Elapsed time…
aaannndd… it’s like I don’t understand how to be subtle when it comes to shading. All the atmosphere that previously existed before I started getting focused on the lines/contours/crevasses disappeared. At some point everyone finds the perfect balance between traditional drawing/painting and digital drawing, right? I find myself wanting a digital brush that drips like water/turpentine soaked paint? Is that a thing?
And on that note:
To my credit – at least I got rid of the undersized skeletal body with the gold armor and loin cloth that did not make sense. You are welcome, me.
Maybe still missing a little bit of low-lying smoke, but mostly where I would like it to be for your basic… entity wandering a lava-like field. Fall is seeping into my psyche.
A couple unfinished paintings and a sketch to show for myself this weekend because finishing projects is for over-achievers and the motivated.
Drawin’ pictures of things around me, like my face.
Detail of the lacy blue thing in the background.
Closeup eyeball. Still could use a bit more polish, but it exists.
It’s no Sam Spratt, but every little bit of practice helps.