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    • braden H
      braden H @chrisaakins last edited by

      @chrisaakins thanks 😃 !

      I'm trying really REALLY small spots of colour that aren't in my palette. I wanted the wild rose to be wild rose coloured 🙂 It was worth a try, right?

      @josegalue25 said in Slowvember progress.:

      @Braden-Hallett The organization itself and the quality of the meet ups

      The organization itself seems pretty solid. I've only had dealing with my regional chapter. It probably varies from chapter to chapter. But in general, they've been nothing but supportive 🙂

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      • braden H
        braden H @TessaW last edited by

        @TessaW said in Slowvember progress.:

        Whenever I need to gain some clarity and organization- I know I can always count on your posts. It's been fun seeing your color exploration. ðŸĪ“

        :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_smiling_eyes: thank you. I'm amazed it seems organized or clear at all, lol

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        • TessaW
          TessaW @braden H last edited by

          @Braden-Hallett Lol, well what you present here seems very organized and delineated. I guess behind the scenes might be a different story? 🙃 Either way, your presentation is therapeutic for my scattered brain. ðŸĪŠ

          Website: www.tessawrathall.com

          Instagram: www.instagram.com/tessawrathall_art/

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          • braden H
            braden H last edited by

            Simple 5 value breakdown and first colour test. I really, REALLY like it.

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            • xin li
              xin li @braden H last edited by

              @Braden-Hallett I love this color. beautiful early autumn feel.

              Web: www.lixin.no
              IG: www.instagram.com/lixin.illustration/

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              • xin li
                xin li @braden H last edited by

                @Braden-Hallett I looked at your color study closely on this one. Did you paint with color straight on top of the sketched line work? (I mean this does not look at a color layer, or multiply layer on top of a value sketch).

                I struggled to get a way to do color study I liked. Layer properties such as (multiply or color) easily makes the color look muddy. My current method is to use hue/saturation adjustment to give my value sketch a tone, and I paint on top of it with a normal layer. I am curious on what is your process.

                Web: www.lixin.no
                IG: www.instagram.com/lixin.illustration/

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                • MichaelaH
                  MichaelaH @braden H last edited by

                  @Braden-Hallett Wow I love this one so much, great illustration for autumn season.

                  https://www.instagram.com/michaelaheimlich/
                  https://www.heimlich-illustration.de/

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                  • braden H
                    braden H @xin li last edited by

                    @xin-li I have a really hard time doing colour studies consistently that I like, too. It's infuriating 🙂

                    What you see here is a sketch layer set to multiply and a value layer underneath. Overtop of that is a colorize layer (I'm using painter, but I THINK that in photoshop it's a color layer.) A colorize layer only alters hue and saturation, but doesn't change the value.

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                    • braden H
                      braden H @MichaelaH last edited by

                      @MichaelaH I friggin' love autumn 🙂

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                      • braden H
                        braden H @xin li last edited by

                        @xin-li Sometimes I just paint overtop with whatever colour i want, too 🙂 This one though I like as is.

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                        • xin li
                          xin li @braden H last edited by

                          @Braden-Hallett thanks for the explaintion. Hmm. Your colorize layer does not look muddy or overly saturated. I do that as well, I often having a hard time with colorizing, because it feels a bit random. I eventually got something I satisfied, but it feels like a guessing game for me. I think I will just do more of paint overtop with whatever color :-).

                          Web: www.lixin.no
                          IG: www.instagram.com/lixin.illustration/

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                          • braden H
                            braden H last edited by

                            Sketch!

                            I think I redrew that friggin' mouse rider at least 12 times.

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                            • braden H
                              braden H last edited by

                              Hyah!

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                                jdubz last edited by jdubz

                                Being 100% honest, I like the silhouette of the mouse rider's head/hat area much better that you had in the color value test. Just looking at them side by side the shapes looks a lot stronger at first glance.

                                Trying to come up with a technical reason for that, maybe the hat is taking my eye too far to the right and out of the image?

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                                Curious how others feel about it or if it was just me.

                                Josh White
                                https://www.instagram.com/joshwhiteillustration/

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                                • braden H
                                  braden H @jdubz last edited by

                                  @jdubz I absolutely agree! I much prefer the original silhouette.

                                  I spent a good hour drawing and redrawing and redrawing and couldn't get it to look right, so I decided to move forward with an option that worked 'okay'.

                                  I'm gonna try redrawing the mouserider so that it more closely follows the original sihl, though.

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                                  • braden H
                                    braden H last edited by

                                    Redid an idea and used the colours I'm planning on using for the slowvember piece as well as the process that I've worked out.

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                                    • xin li
                                      xin li last edited by

                                      Beautiful color. also I started to notice your unique way of paint cloud in the background 🙂

                                      Web: www.lixin.no
                                      IG: www.instagram.com/lixin.illustration/

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                                      • chrisaakins
                                        chrisaakins @xin li last edited by chrisaakins

                                        @Braden-Hallett How are you so prolific at this? Do you have a job/family responsibilities or is this your full time work? I am amazed at your work ethic and passion (as well as your art). I'd be interested in knowing what a typical Braden Hallett day looks like.

                                        Chris Akins
                                        www.chrisakinsart.com
                                        www.instagram.com/chrisakinsart/

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                                        • braden H
                                          braden H last edited by

                                          @xin-li I do like drawin' them clouds 🙂

                                          @chrisaakins I saved up some money when I was working as a teacher in the butt-end of nowhere BC. Right now I have no responsibilities, so I'm doing this full time 🙂 I wake up at 5:00, work from 6:30 - 9:30, then 10:00 to 11:30, and then 1:30 to 3:00. So a good 6 hours of drawing minimum. Then I fit in some sketching and whatever I feel like for the rest of the evening.

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                                          • braden H
                                            braden H last edited by

                                            Second process and colour test.

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