Ship in a stormy sea
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have you ever checked out Yuko Shimizu's work? She was what I first thought of when I saw this. BTW, what portions are by hand and what are digital or is it all digital? I do think the clouds add something but at the same time everything else on the page is lined in black. The sky does need something....
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This has turn out so nice I always admire people who can awesome line work because I suck at it.
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I am familiar with Yuko Shimizu's work, I follow her on tumblr. I'm flattered that this reminded you of her work!
I go back and forth a lot between digital and physical--I don't have a cintiq, just a tablet, so the actual drawing parts are easier for me with pencil and paper. So my process starts with thumbnails on paper, I scan those and enlarge my favorite thumbnail, print that out, draw in more details, scan that in, make any needed fixes, print a pale version which I ink over, I scan THAT in, put the scanned inked drawing into illustrator, and then I do the full colored detailed version there. So ultimately the final piece is all in vector, which is really nice for re-sizing and such
And I end up with a lot of physical printed-then-drawn-over versions of the picture, which I just stick in a box, for lack of anything better to do with them.As far as line work goes, I was terrible at it not so long ago and I'm still trying to get better. A brush pen helped me a lot to vary my lines and give them a more natural flow.
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I really love how this piece turned out @sarah-luann! The moody blue really catches my eye. And all of the detailed line work in the waves is stunning. I think your process is really working for you so keep up the great work!
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This piece is just beautiful, great job!
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Thanks! I wasn't entirely satisfied with the clouds in that last version, so I made a few little changes and called it done. This is the final version:
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@Sarah-LuAnn I love how this turned out! I think it was worth all that trial and error with the clouds: not too busy, not too flat. It's amazing that you can create a sense of clouds receding into the background with just line.
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Well done, pat on the back!
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very nicely executed!
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@Sarah-LuAnn Just have to say: Excellent! I love the the impression from linocut prints.
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@Sarah-LuAnn I love this all the way through the process. Only thing i wish is that the man tied to the mast was bigger so they could become a bigger part of the "stormy" emotion I am feeling. Love it.
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Somehow I missed this entire thread, which is a bummer cause these are DOPE! Nice job. I love your woodcut look. The only thought I have (and this may totally be unecessarily picky) is I kind of want to see the back of the boat go completely off the page. That little shape between the wave and the boat is drawing my attention for some reason. Anyway it's a killa illu-stration.
