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1. Painterly/Digital
2. Found Object
3. Clay
I have 3 different styles which is really just one style in 3 different mediums since my characters seem to look the same. I started out my illustration career with digital and clay work and then introduce found objects. Out of the 3 I really love doing my found object pieces because it's totally away from the computer. I like my digital work for quickturn arounds or pieces with a lot of detail. Clay is the most time consuming for me because of kneading the clay, sculpting, baking, cooling and then painting. I'm very thankful for heat guns when it comes to painting :)
I'm a pretty loyal fan of Adobe Illustrator but it is always a struggle trying to add textures to the work. So when I got an iphone last summer and downloaded the brushes app, it was an easy, non-threatening way to play with digital painting, pushing pixels instead of vector art.
I want to explore some more and paint with Photoshop at some point. For now, this was a great start and simply trying something else was a great lesson in what can be possible and where I would like to take my work (instead of being hindered by not knowing certain programs.) -Jannie
This might fit this week's topic. I experimented a few months ago with using different brushes in Painter and came up with the above style, one that is more painterly. I loved it and it felt like "me". The above was done for a client as part of some curriculum. I used Corel Painter 10's (now using 11) digital watercolor brushes. I will set the opacity low so I can see the simulated brush affect. Because the brushes work on an "gel" (transparent) layer only, I will then double up the layer and mess with the second layers opacity to bump up the saturation to my liking. I will also work on top of the piece as well, adding pencil or chalk for details.
Anyway, the results are pleasing to me and it's been a nice change of pace from the pen, ink & wash style I usually use.
Nice work! I have been practicing a lot with texture brushes and texture files and color on my new work too. Sometimes when I just go for it without pressure, it turns out I like those illustrations best - kind of like a gesture illustration, quick and not thinking much. One thing I have been experimenting with is placing texture over the entire image...and masking it on some layers, and other layers lowering the opacity with a mask. It makes it look like I spent hours with detail when you haven't, and you get the randomness of subtle details in the textures. Can't wait to see more of your experiments!