Inktober 2017 – Week Two

I’m in the second week of Inktober, and it’s in full swing. I’ve observed elsewhere that leading up to this month, the idea of participating in Inktober was intimidating to me. The challenge is to create 31 drawings… in ink.  I’m a digital artist, it’s the medium I know, love, and am used to.…

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Inktober 2017

I participated in Inktober in 2015, and it was a challenge.  Inktober is a drawing challenge where you draw one ink drawing for 31 days this month.   Trying to decide what to draw every evening was difficult enough, and then I had to draw with actual ink on actual paper. …

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Digital Art Resources

Here’s a short compilation of the digital art resources I use to create my artwork.  Most of these resources are inexpensive or free, for artists that may not have the means to purchase everything the art business throws at them.  Remember, you can draw with a standard office HB pencil on the back of an envelope, it’s still art.…

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My tools – Clip Studio Paint

If you’ve been here before, you may know my preferred digital art program. I have been using Clip Studio Paint (or Manga Studio), since a colleague introduced it to me.  Before then, I’ve been struggling with GIMP, which to be honest, left me with little motivation to actually draw.…

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Digital thoughts

I’ve been working with digital art for so long, I sometimes forget that it’s not quite tangible, not in the same way pencil lines on paper is.  I make a mistake, I click “undo” a few times, and it’s like the mistakes have never happened at all.…

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Sketches

I take these long breaks from drawing for several reasons. In this case, it started with a flare up of carpal tunnel and my bad back, both problems motivating me to get myself into better shape, pay better attention to my posture and just not be so lazy most of the time.…

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Practice Makes Perfect-ish

I have noticed one thing I don’t really do, or at least post about: my sketches.  This blog, being about my personal art progress, lacks records of me actually practicing. Admittedly, I rounding out my drawings with more finished lines, colour and shading and I like showing off those.…

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