Our SVS virtual studio

[smceccarelli]

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[Adrian K]

Sometimes it’s good to let a picture breath a bit, then come to it with fresh eyes. Sometimes what is needed is quite obvious, other times not. Anyway, revisited Samwise and Shelob.

[kaitlinmakes]

@burvantill what a great deal and a great tool! Reminds me of highschool - tracing this way must be so much fun

[burvantill]

@kaitlinmakes it’s actually very hot. . After a couple of minutes I have to back up and cool off
This can’t be a permanent solution but it’s okay for now.

[kaitlinmakes]

@burvantill
Hahaha that's hilarious

[MissMushy]

Practising digital sketching and drawing some dogs using shapes. Finally found a brush that feels ok and seeing some improvement (I think ?)

[burvantill]

@missmushy Cute! Do you have a pressure sensitive stylus? If so, what do you think about it?

[MissMushy]

@burvantill yes, I am using Apple Pencil on IPad Pro. I love it. I had tried other options before but nothing felt natural to me.

[burvantill]

@missmushy I tried a couple out at the Apple store the other day and I had to push hard to get them to respond. It made for a very unstable line. Do you find that you have to push down harder? In hindsight I was wondering if it was because they were not laying on a firm surface. They were propped up with the flimsy covers.

[MissMushy]

@burvantill no don’t have to push hard at all. Not sure why that might be. Unless the settings in store pencil were weird for some reason.

[demotlj]

@burvantill I've been using an Apple pencil with my iPad Pro for over a year and find it very responsive. I did eventually get a screen protector that had some tooth to it in order to make it feel more like I'm drawing on paper instead of glass but that was only $10. I don't remember the brand now but there is a discussion about the best screen protectors emulating the feel of paper somewhere in the forum.

[smceccarelli]

I miss sharing stuff on the forum...but at the moment all projects I'm working on are under wraps and I don't have time for personal stuff...Anyhow, this is a section of a spread I'm working on that I particularly like - sometimes I think that working under harsh deadline brings out my best work in that it limits my over-rendering tendencies...

[burvantill]

@smceccarelli Wow. I love those book shelves. The simplicity, yet so full. Wonderful.

[MissMushy]

@smceccarelli love the texture on the chair. How is this done? With a textured brush or?

[smceccarelli]

@missmushy No, it's just a normal digital pencil held by a patient hand
I like to work in digital as I would work traditionally - only with super-powers. I find too many shortcuts make the art look "plastic".

[MissMushy]

Spent the last few days messing around with Procreate’s brushes and blending modes/liquify thingy. Tossed away trying to draw first and just plonked down random abstract strokes and saw what things started to emerge out of the mess. Here are a few of those weird things:

[jcantwellart]

Here's my latest illustration. Just finished this commission for a local family.

[rcartwright]

This is my Christmas mice collection. I'm trying to get twelve done before I paint them. I will probably split them into inside and outside groupings so I can use warm and cool pallets.

[kaitlinmakes]

@missmushy
Oooo this is a great exploration

[MissMushy]

@kaitlinmakes thanks! It was a lot of fun