First 3rd Thu: Dec Santa's Magic Beard WIP
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@mattramsey we know his nose is magical: "And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose" but the real reason is the hair inside the nose.
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@Lynn-Larson thank you, yup I want to color this but my painting skills are lacking. so I will do what I can with my vector program Pages on the Mac. Here's a video of another Christmas drawing I made with it: https://vimeo.com/80345925
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@Dulcie thank you, great suggestion. I will see how far I can push his beard. Magical dust incoming!!
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Updated original post with 2nd sketch
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Hate to say it Carlos after all your work on this, but I prefer the 3/4 view, more weight to the image, and charm... I do like the beard changes in the new piece. Kind of has a back end of the sleigh effect to it...
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@Bobby-Aquitania that's okay, I'm still playing with the idea. Better to make the mistakes now then when I'm finishing up the piece. I've worked some pieces to death when a couple of sketches would have saved me hours of frustration. Thanks for the feedback!!
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watched your video...really cool!! I've never seen vector done before. I admit, i like the 3/4 view better as well. I think if you have his beard disappearing under the bag and popping out it will help the look that it's supporting the bag
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I like the 3/4 view as well. It seems more dynamic. Who thought that Santa's beard would come in handy.
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Updated with 3rd Sketch!!
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Updated with Painting Stage. It's my very first time painting. So hard!!!
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@Lynn-Larson thanks for watching the video. great suggestion on beard disappearing then popping out behind bag!!!
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Updated with finished painting. My first digital painting!!! So much to learn but happy with it. Thank you all for your feedback really helped.
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Nailed it with the beard!! dayum, you're fast lol
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@carlossketches Congrats on finishing your first digital painting! Great achievement....I'm glad you re-worked it to keep the 3/4 view and added the extra length to the beard. It's got a nice appealing style overall...time to do a second piece now!
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LOL. I love the idea.
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So funny! Great job!
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the idea is very fun! I like your first image and last sketch.
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@Dulcie a second piece!! i think I will, but maybe not for 3rd Thursday. Took some pictures of a toy train at work, I think I'll use that as reference.
thanks for the encouragement.
