dragon again

Posted on December 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged College, Design, Dragon, final major project, high contrast, Idea generation, Learning, Life, lino cut, PhotoshopLeave a comment

I’m still working towards my final major project at college. The project is a picture book with patterned pages on one side of the two page spreads and possibly strongly contrasting images like this one on the other side. Im thinking of trying out linocutting as a method of producing them ( could get very messy) or perhaps a photoshop technique I’ve never used before? All part of ideas generation…Probably both to show that I’m trying to widen my skills. I also need to resolve where the text will sit…. I might even get it published. I think time is not dra-gon-ing on! Its going too quick!

Silence

Posted on November 14, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Autumn, Digital drawing, gentle, leat, Photoshop, Quiet, Silence, TodayLeave a comment

Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt is silence. I thought of drawing the universe (space is a vacuum and there is no sound in a vacuum) but this gentle idea came to mind. An old leaf floating in a puddle. Digital drawein photoshop.

Showers

Posted on July 4, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Cartoon, Digital art, Digital doodle, Drawing, Photoshop, SketchingLeave a comment

For today’s #bandofsketchers prompt ‘showers’ I decided to draw a cartoon. I’ve not had much practice doing them, but I just went with the flow.. Lol.

Digital sketch just done for fun. X

Wash your hands

Posted on December 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Abstract, Colours, Digital art, Digital drawing, Fun, Photoshop, Picture, Texture2 Comments

Digital art I did in 2003. It feels very appropriate for the current situation. It’s based on a photocopy of my hand and then I put it through photoshop to add interesting colours and textures. It is called lifeline and it’s on my mantlepiece. I might try and do something else like this….

Using old photoshop

Posted on November 17, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital art, Drawing, Learning, New version, Old version of photoshop, Photoshop4 Comments

My photoshop program is over ten years old. I keep using it but it no longer communicates with Adobe so I think it’s on the way out. I have the opportunity to get the new version, but I’m dithering. Is it worth it? Will I understand it? Has anyone got experience of it? Answers on a postcard please…. I guess I will have to bite the bullet because I do like my old version and I would like to keep using some form of it.

Ginger beer

Posted on October 28, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Ginger beer, New version?, Photoshop, Picture, Sketch, The LudfordLeave a comment

Digital sketch I drew in my old version of photoshop. I really ought to get the new version. The one I use was published in 2002 but I’m very nervous of changing because of the cost and whether I would still understand it. Maybe I should look into it instead of umming and ahhing. I need to find out what advantages it would give me. My old photoshop is glitchy, when I get near the edges of a drawing it suddenly will only draw straight lines at 90° to the sides. It never used to bother me, but as I use it more it bothers me…. Anyway enough moaning….

Busy time

Posted on July 16, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Challenges, College, Distance learning, Fun, Illustration, Learning, Photoshop, Playing, Sketching, Technology, Web, Work, Yellow pathLeave a comment

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Part of an illustration I’m working on for my college course. I have to fit four A6images I create into an A3 sheet. Having to work on dots per inch sizes, screen resolution… Relearning photoshop that I’d forgotten. Its getting there slowly.

There are other programmes I might investigate, like something called procreate… Hmm. Too many bells and whistles perhaps?

Drawing

Posted on June 26, 2020 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Digital drawing, experimental, Hot, Learning, Photoshop, Thinking, TimeLeave a comment

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One of the things I have to do on this illustration course is of course drawing. But I want to learn to do more digitally/visually. Its been a few years since I have drawn at websites or used photoshop. I usually use apps, which is fine, but I need to hone my skills. Finding out again how to shade and add texture. I used to be able to do it straight away, but after three or four years of not using photoshop it takes time to pick things up again. Plus I keep getting error messages- I don’t think Adobe know anyone who still has the programme I’m using, when I looked at a couple of YouTube tutorials the screen appeared different with a black background and far more sophisticated tools, I think I’m going to have to save up and invest!

So this is a little doodle based on an illuminated I. I actually submitted a pen and ink drawing, but there’s nothing wrong with experimenting and learning. In the meantime its hot and muggy and thunderstorms are due!

Changing pictures with filters

Posted on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Change, Design, Digital art, Filters, Fun, Photo filters, Photodirector, Photoshop, Portrait drawing, self portraitLeave a comment

In this case I drew the image on the left in photoshop years ago it’s me in the style of an Escher drawing. Today it popped up in my memories in Facebook so I decided to see how it would look if I put it through the photodirector app. I used a tool called style. You have a choice of six options, and I think I used the second one for this.

I like the way it concentrates the lines in places and gives it a sharper look. But I do prefer the original… Substance over Style?

Lifeline

Posted on April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Blogging, Design, Digital art, Drawing, Flood fill, Hand, Lifeline, Photocopy, Photoshop2 Comments

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So many years ago, 2003 was when I did this art work. The hand print was a photocopy of my hand I think. Then I used photoshop to add colours using flood fill and a drawing tool. Finally I used one of the texture tools to break the image up into shards.

16 years on its at my studio at Spode. I really want to do more experimental stuff. I have been trying to get in the front room where my computer is but it’s full of my partners train stuff which I don’t want to move.

Life can be complicated. You have to have give and take. That’s what my lifeline was shining I guess (although I don’t believe in that kind of thing).

Mallaband-Brown

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