tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14808546526976630412011-04-21T13:41:10.151-07:00As part of my New Year's Resolution to create more art and get my stuff out there, I'm hoping to regularly post illustrations, sketches and thoughts here. I want to get over my dislike of people looking at my sketchbook and unfinished ideas, and get over only showing "perfect" work.Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09643924045381671111noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480854652697663041.post-80893034109187255012007-02-09T00:39:00.000-08:002007-02-09T00:51:39.525-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pjAjX-y4j2E/Rcw1TklWQQI/AAAAAAAAAA8/hVl-XiKe_UI/s1600-h/Sprouts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pjAjX-y4j2E/Rcw1TklWQQI/AAAAAAAAAA8/hVl-XiKe_UI/s400/Sprouts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029453494220112130" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">"Sprouts" Ink on Watercolor Paper - 7.5" x 8"</span><br /><br />Well I'm not quite finished with this submission for Illustration Friday, but that dam clock says its almost 1:00 am once again, which means I need to get some sleep or I will risk being cranky and have to drag my bottom throughout tomorrow's workday.<br /><br />This was done on watercolor paper with pen and ink. I intend to add some watercolor to the image, as long as the ink holds up and does not bleed. I really wanted to keep the "sketchy" quality from my original sketch in this final piece, so I sped up my "shading process". One of my goals is to become quicker at this, so getting ink down on paper as fast as I could was key... well apparently it was not fast enough, cuz I'm still not done!<br /><br />Check back soon to see the finished piece:)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1480854652697663041-8089303410918725501?l=mirjelly.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09643924045381671111noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480854652697663041.post-7469346264028886742007-02-01T19:38:00.000-08:002007-02-09T00:49:57.447-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pjAjX-y4j2E/Rcw2EklWQRI/AAAAAAAAABI/2_ED2E2E504/s1600-h/Red+Skys+At+Night+Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_pjAjX-y4j2E/Rcw2EklWQRI/AAAAAAAAABI/2_ED2E2E504/s400/Red+Skys+At+Night+Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029454336033702162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"Red Skies At Night"</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pen &amp; Ink with color overlay in Photoshop</span><br /><br />This is the first time I used Photoshop to add color to a hand rendered drawing.<br />I was weary about adding watercolor to the actual drawing, as I drew it in a sketch book on fairly thin paper. I didn't think the paper would hold up. Plus, I wasn't certain I wanted to add color.<br />So it was really nice to play with the drawing in Photoshop and not have to worry about ruining the original<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1480854652697663041-746934626402888674?l=mirjelly.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mirjamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09643924045381671111noreply@blogger.com3