Okay I understand the importance of Master Copies now...
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I thought I'd try a couple of Master Copies of illustrators whose work I feel most aligned with to see if I can improve my own process, as I feel like I've almost got my technique and brushes set. And well, I'm really happy with what I learned and how it turned out.
Here's a piece by Christopher Denise:
I was curious to see how he builds up his texture, how it's quite loose but held together with the ink line over top.Here's a piece by the Fan Brothers:
I was curious to try their cross hatched style and see if I could pull off the textured areas.And taking those learnings I applied a hybrid approach with my own style blended in:
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@Jason-Crowley Yes! I did a master copy this week that directly inspired a work in progress that I am really excited about.
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@J-Morgan-Looney It's a definite shortcut to making progress that's for sure.
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Took a while to figure this one out! This is the closest I've come to making digital look traditional. Really happy with this process, it will give me another approach to creating my own images. This is a crop of a Maja Kastelic piece:
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And one more! This is Jeremie Almanza, his work is amazing. Now to figure out how to come up with my own pieces