Slowvember progress.
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@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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@MichaelaH I friggin' love autumn
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@xin-li Sometimes I just paint overtop with whatever colour i want, too
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@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 :-).
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Sketch!
I think I redrew that friggin' mouse rider at least 12 times.
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Hyah!
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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?
Curious how others feel about it or if it was just me.
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@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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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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Beautiful color. also I started to notice your unique way of paint cloud in the background
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@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.
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@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. -
Second process and colour test.
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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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@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.
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@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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I think I'm ready to paint away. Huzzah!
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@Braden-Hallett This is fantastic. I want to read my kids this story!
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@KaraDaniel Thanks
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Braden, this is awesome! I love the characters and the adventures they’re having. Especially Charlie and mouse!
I know this is late in the game, so feel free to ignore, but just thought I’d offer the observation that, at least for me, my eye is drawn to the spot where the wing, hill and fence touch. Thank you for sharing. I love this.
