I’m actually pretty proud of this page. Even if I drew the wife completely the wrong scale to her husband, the likenesses are all there! SO NIENER.
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Pixel sits on his tail
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This is a thing my cat actually does. I didn’t believe a cat would actually sit (OK, recline) on their own tail until I saw him do it. He doesn’t do it every time, but enough times where it’s A Thing.
The Ward “Kumu Hula”
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This lady’s got a great history, I’d love to sit and chat with her longer.
Brown Marker MomCat.
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Thinking about making him into a RedBubble sticker.
Doctors’ Office Scenery Studies
ArtI had to wait for a doctor’s appointment last month. I drew the stuff I saw in the room. Stuff that will go in backgrounds.
Maybe my backgrounds will get better.
Great Art Tutorial Vids
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I just discovered Marco Bucci on Youtube. This artist probably makes the best educational art videos I’ve ever watched, I urge every artist to check out his “10 Minutes To Better Painting”.
https://www.youtube.com/user/marcobucci/vi
His video on edges was REALLY REALLY enlightening for me!!
4 Background Studies in Watercolor
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References from Unsplash.
NINJA PIXELCAT…
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…is certainly not skulking around corners!
Book Cover Makeover! Before and Afters, yay!
Art, Indie Publishing FriendsA friend of mine wrote a postmodern hypertext (like, CYOA) eBook called LOVE OCTOPUS TRANSFORMATION. My sketch has been on its cover for years now, but since I’ve learned more about eyecatching book cover design, I wanted to update it and make it purdy for her.
Here’s the before:
The test of a good eBook cover: does it catch audience interest? Does it signal the genre?
My old errors: I stretched the text, and you can’t figure out what the illio is in the thumbnail. Genre, what’s that?
Here comes the AFTER!
A mashup of CC-0 photos, a little Krita magic, and surprisingly little futzing in Inkscape for the text!
This one might be a little fantastical for the subject matter, but I think it’s striking! If I could do it again, I might move the author name to the top…but at least the typeface matches her other books! #branding
Do you love BEFORE AND AFTER style book cover makeovers? Comment below with some of your favorites!
Background Learners Anonymous: One-point perspective practice
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“Crap Guide Rails”
“Railroads are Hard”
This year I want to get better at backgrounds. Having a hashtag over at http://Mastodon.Art is helping, I feel like I have a community of likeminded artists wanting to improve!
Yeah, these make no sense. Went in without a plan. :b!