Kristin Naff Illustration

Whisper – Illustration Friday

Kristin Naff — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:50:28 +0000

Myth

Kristin Naff — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:16:23 +0000

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

Sketchdump

Kristin Naff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:21:50 +0000

Bouguereau’s Pieta – Man, that guy could paint. Sketched in MyPaint

Sketches beneath from life on iPad with Procreate.

Clownfish Mermaids

Kristin Naff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:13:37 +0000

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

Steampunk

Kristin Naff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:12:02 +0000

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

Galatea

Kristin Naff — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:02:37 +0000

MyPaint, GIMP, and a wee bit of Photoshop.

Shiny

Kristin Naff — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:59:29 +0000

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 and trying to really get some space into the image.

Secret

Kristin Naff — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:57:38 +0000

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

Hurry!

Kristin Naff — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:34:52 +0000

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 Black Friday. Everyone would be cheering, and for him. Far behind, the hare would be desperate to regain a length, not to win, but to at least suffer a more dignified defeat.

He would win graciously, of course. He had not always been lightning-fast and he understood what it felt like to always be in the rear of the pack. But just once . . .

Well, it wouldn’t happen. But he could dream.

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This one’s a little rushed, but I hope you like it anyhow.

Faded

Kristin Naff — Thu, 31 May 2012 01:12:31 +0000

“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.