Archive for April, 2009
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I’m still using the softer brush for shading. It definitely has limits to its utility, but I’m learning a bit more about it.
The big difference for today is that I reduced the saturation of my background colors. Actually, I put the background in a separate layer then reduced the opacity. Since the background was white (full RGB), it had the effect of “adding white” to the colors, reducing their saturation. I settled on 50%, but I tried lots of levels and I’m not convinced it’s perfect.
I think I’ll do another reason or two before I roll into another story, but rest assured, I’m going to start up another story soon.
More fun, and some new painting techniques. I’ve alternated brightness up and down over a flat wash for the floor, and drew straight lines with the brush by holding Shift. The wall was a flat color with a darker color spread over it with a sparse brush.
The big change is that I shaded today with a soft-edged brush as opposed to a hard-edged brush. I think it looks really nice, but I can also see advantages to the hard brush depending on the lighting.
I think I may do a few more of these, give the lobster some face time.
Something I’ll probably throw in from time to time: Reasons why lobsters are good pets. Of course, these hold no bearing on reality. They wander aimlessly through a fanciful forest where trees bear whimsical fruit. The choice of forty-two was by design, and I positioned the lobster as an analogue to The Guide. Clearly it’s not a perfect analogy, but stuff it, I had a lot of fun putting this one together. Plus, more lobster. This is a win-win situation.
I tried something new with this, using some different brushes to give the whole thing a bit of texture. Frankly, it was probably a bad choice because it didn’t fit the theme, but I do like the results for a first try.
Does anybody else smell crayons or colored pencils when y’all are looking at this?