Whisper – Illustration Friday

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Myth

Quickie for this week’s Illustration Friday.  Done in the new version of MyPaint.

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Sketchdump

Bouguereau’s Pieta – Man, that guy could paint.  Sketched in MyPaint   Sketches beneath from life on iPad with Procreate.       

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Clownfish Mermaids

Just throwing together concept art wouldn’t have been as fun.  This one’s almost entirely MyPaint.

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Steampunk

I remember promising myself before I started this picture that I wasn’t going to do anything with a background.

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Galatea

MyPaint, GIMP, and a wee bit of Photoshop.

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Shiny

One of my favorite drawing books is Marker Magic, a book about using markers for architectural rendering.  But the drawing advice in it is amazing.  The authors advise seeing how many layers of elements you can put into a picture to give a feeling of depth.  I was thinking of that when I drew this [...]

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Secret

PostSecret came to mind for this week’s topic.  I’m doing some experiments with spacing and layering visual elements.

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Hurry!

He did not anticipate winning.  And yet when he went to sleep on the night before the race, he envisioned crossing the finish line to a screaming fanfare.  The riot of noise and celebration in his mind rivaled that which met the unveiling of great works of art, of celebrities, of new gaming consoles on [...]

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Fadeaway Panda for Illustration Friday

Faded

“Faded,” this week’s Illustration Friday topic, gave me some instant ideas.  I love the fadeaway girl motif and wanted to bring that into a wildlife illustration.  Pandas fit it well both in terms of meaning and in a visual sense with their distinct pattern.

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