Amanda's Sketchbook
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These are great. I'll have to keep my eye on your sketchbook posts more often
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@Amanda-Jean I like it! It's so cheerful! We had those painted electrical boxes in San Jose when we were living there. Are you in California?
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@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen many thanks! No, Iām in Brisbane, Australia
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@Amanda-Jean oh! Quite a ways from California
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Just across the pond though!
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I started on this in Procreate and I have a little lesson to share... the moral of the story being: DUPLICATE YOUR FILE BEFORE YOU CHANGE IT!!! You see, I was going to share the progress, but the image size was quite big, so I wanted to downsize. And instead of pressing one option, I accidentally exited, and so Procreate saved the smaller size. Now that's all I have to work with... I guess it wasn't meant to be
In any case, I am very drawn to using textures and especially creating a colouring pencil look lately. Never could do much justice with real colouring pencils, but digital pencils is heck yeah!
To be continued....
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Update... this is going to take me a while
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Giving the wolf a miss for a bit because I painted myself into a corner and had a hard time doing shadows on his shirt. Meanwhile, here's something else that I had fun with this morning.
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@Amanda-Jean Very cute one
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@Amanda-Jean love how you did the colors on the coat and the water reflections. I love the colors you chose. I am a big fan of bright colors in art.
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@Marsha-Kay-Ottum-Owen thank you! Me too
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@Amanda-Jean I just had fun looking through your art. Great stuff! I think you have a nice sense for adding textures and details without ever overdoing it.
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@Zachary-Drenski Thank you, that is very kind of you to say! I am experimenting a lot, it's heaps of fun!
And speaking of...
Something from tonight which ended totally not how it started (I don't remember how it started though).
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Today's procreate noodling. Edit... changed my mind, took them out.
I am interested in recreating this as a traditional painting perhaps. Have a canvas that fits the dimensions.
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Wow! I really love your style of illustration. That werewolf/dog man in a shirt piece is wonderful!
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@lovetherobot thank you, this style is a recent development for me but I like where it's going. I still mean to finish that werewolf too!
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Attempted this faux cut-out style piece. I started it in Procreate and then finished in Photoshop. Had some issues with the colours which I now think had something to do with the way I used texture this time, and it will be something to remain mindful of in the future if using this effect again.
Gosh it was fun though
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@Amanda-Jean The faux cut-out style is so neat! Your work has such cool textures and the cut-out style adds an extra punch. There is so much dimension to the witch (as if she is actually popping off the page/screen).
I didn't notice anything "off" with the colors, but I'm still learning. Could you explain a little more what you mean? Do you not like the colors? Or is it just that you imaged the colors differently in you mind?
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@Kayla-Groening thank you!
I didn't intend for it to be quite so dark. The values of the colours are more intense and it lost some of its vibrancy. I actually had to do some colour correction and add adjustment layers to lighten and saturate my overall colour.
Don't usually need to take that step.
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@Amanda-Jean super cute!
