Painting

[compilerbitch]

Inking was done in Illustrator, paint in Photoshop. It's based on a photo I took at the Eden project in Cornwall last year -- it's a tree with two gourds growing on it.

Comments

[mirabehn.livejournal.com]

Oh! That's beautiful. :-)

I love the shading of the green. It looks like you could touch it.

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

It started as just a line drawing, but I took a bit of a fancy to it and decided to have a go at painting it in an airbrush style. One of the nice things in Photoshop is that I could keep the line drawing in a separate layer and use the magic wand tool to select areas. Just like airbrushing stencils, but without all the faffing about cutting them to shape in the first place! :-)

I painted the background with a really big diameter brush so that it would look 'out of focus' compared with the tree -- that's probably what mostly makes it look 3D.

Thanks, by the way!

*bounce*

[791-43.livejournal.com]

It's so pretty and 3D-y! *admires*

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

*beam*

[gnimmel.livejournal.com]

I really, really like that. It's an unusual style to draw vegetables in and it works superbly :)

Whatever colors you have in your mind

[hoiho.livejournal.com]

Wow! I love the contrasts between the different textures of the green leaves at the top, the tunk, they sky and the brown leaves against the trunk.

Excellent work!

[lsur.livejournal.com]

I love the colours.

[chard.livejournal.com]

That is rather special.

[fascicle.livejournal.com]

wow... so when do you apply for the job at Studio Ghibli?

[compilerbitch.livejournal.com]

I'm too slooooooow for animation. It would take me a year to crank out ten seconds of footage! :-)

(but thanks all the same!)