This is what I am currently working on, it's for Monday Artday and I should be done with it already. I'll see if I can get it finished before the deadline, today. It's for the prompt Castaway and was my son's idea for a previous prompt. I can't even remember which one now. Anyway, I haven't been able to spend as much time on it as I would have liked so I'll keep whittling away at it and maybe I'll make it. I haven't even decided what to do for IF this week and I got accepted for Watercolor Wednesdays and would love to do something for my first post there. I know, seems like a lot but I am trying to push myself to create more quickly and still maintain quality and style. And it doesn't hurt to spread your work around either! Thanks for visiting, for all your wonderful supportive comments and for helping me to stay motivated. It's been over a year now that I have been drawing everyday, over six months of posting on IF without missing a week and over six months of blogging. Yay! Oh and check out the 12 week challenge on Zero 2 Illo, Thanks Justin (justin segal's blog) for posting about this.
updated: I finished, just in time too!
and yes, he is a pirate mouse, on a soap bar raft, floating in the bathtub, as my son described him to me. Silly and fun!
updated: I finished, just in time too!
and yes, he is a pirate mouse, on a soap bar raft, floating in the bathtub, as my son described him to me. Silly and fun!
I love your little castaway. Thank-you for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteHya Karen, its good to take on more than you can chew... unless it becomes like work! The mouse in the sailor's uniform (piratical?) is a good image so far, charming in fact, - I have painter x, any recommendations good tutorials to start with?
ReplyDeleteThe best advice for painter x is to play with it, that's how I learned it Andrew, but if you want any specific help you can email me and though I am no expert I will help if I am able. I love, love, love it! I didn't find a lot of tutorials for it, unlike photoshop. I really use it in very much the same way that I paint or draw in reality. The blending brushes are really wonderful and so are the real brushes. I do change them to suit my needs though. But it is pretty straight forward. The only thing that doesn't work realistically for me is the watercolor element, but I do use it, I just usually have to work with it a good deal more to get the look that I want. Hope this helps!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen, it is good advice. I found a forum for it once actually that seemed to be a good place. But I haven't had the time to get dirty with it yet :) :)
ReplyDeleteVery sweet!! Great idea from your son!
ReplyDeleteKaren, this is adorable, can't wait to see each step! I've bitten off too much as well, but want to do the 12 week challenge anyway. I'll give it my best shot. Congrats on your success with your posting/drawing consistency - keep up the great work!
ReplyDelete..nice illo.. love it..thanks for stopping by..
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing, Karen! Very cute illo — love them bubbles! You are creating so much wonderful stuff — remember not to overdo it if it becomes a deadline nightmare!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention and glad to see you joining us on the 12-week adventure! Fun ahead!
i love this! it is so fanciful and a delight!
ReplyDeleteCame out great Karen really fun, and I especially love "fudgsicle" on the stick!
ReplyDeleteLovely illustration! Really like his expression there. btw thanks for visiting my site.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's so cool you're friend's cat plays in the river - that must be freezing!
ReplyDeleteEEEK! A mouse in the tub would definitely freak me out. But this one's so smartly dressed...and if he let me be the one to eat the fudgsicle for him, then....arrrrrrggghhh, ahoy there! Great rendering on the tub, too!
ReplyDeleteWow, you are so PRODUCTIVE and DILIGENT! I am envious. Keep at it!
Awwww, thank you everyone!!!! Now if I could just come up with an idea for Expired. I can't think of anything that appeals to me, arggggh.
ReplyDeleteLove it!Great illo!
ReplyDeletenice idea! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteThis illustration is so sweet ant cute!!! I love it!!!!
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