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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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                  • J
                    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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                                • braden H
                                  braden H last edited by

                                  Rough paint. Throwin' colour around. Pretty much ready to settle in and paaaaaaaaaaint away. Hooray!

                                  @jdubz I resketched and reinked the mouse rider a few more times. For some strange reason this was still the best option of the inked versions both for sense of movement and silh. I still love the original silhouette, though 🙂

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                                  • Chip Valecek
                                    Chip Valecek SVS Team SVS OG @braden H last edited by

                                    @Braden-Hallett said in Slowvember progress.:

                                    I have no responsibilities

                                    Man am I jealous!!! I wish I would have done something like that. I'm lucking to get an hour a day to do art with crazy ass job and crazy ass family LOL.


                                    https://www.instagram.com/chipvalecek/
                                    https://www.facebook.com/cvalecek
                                    http://www.cshellmedia.com/

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                                    • braden H
                                      braden H @Chip Valecek last edited by

                                      @Chip-Valecek It is both fun and terrifying :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_cold_sweat: But better to try it earlier rather than later 🙂

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                                      • braden H
                                        braden H last edited by

                                        I think I'm ready to paint away. Huzzah!

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                                        • KaraDaniel
                                          KaraDaniel @braden H last edited by

                                          @Braden-Hallett This is fantastic. I want to read my kids this story!

                                          instagram.com/sha_kara
                                          karadaniel.net

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                                          • braden H
                                            braden H @KaraDaniel last edited by

                                            @KaraDaniel Thanks 😃 I'm getting a lot out of this project

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