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Published: 2010-08-29 05:54:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 273; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 6
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Description Started out as a morning doodle and kind of just evolved.

Lines and tones are India ink. Colors are in photoshop CS5 (working with a multiply layer like a shmuck).


SOOOOO in love with my new calligraphy pen and niibbbbbss. But man, when you screw up, you REALLY screw up. >.<
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Comments: 10

JerkDouglas [2010-08-29 11:03:44 +0000 UTC]

This is both enchanting and radicle.

It is definitely a designer's life for ye!

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PatentRose In reply to JerkDouglas [2010-08-29 15:45:10 +0000 UTC]

Haha aw thanks You wait until I actually get good at it!

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krokoflaf [2010-08-29 07:59:33 +0000 UTC]

The finest weedpipes.

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PatentRose In reply to krokoflaf [2010-08-29 15:44:47 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely. Nothing like a good toke to make you wanna go and hump some trees, make little Dryad babies...

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iwanoakio [2010-08-29 07:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Some parts of your illustration, are looking like watercolor painting, it's very well done =]

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PatentRose In reply to iwanoakio [2010-08-29 15:44:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The watercolor effect comes from doing an achromatic wash with black India ink for the tones, the putting the color over it in Photoshop. It shades everything AND adds a neat texture. ^_^ Thanks again!

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iwanoakio In reply to PatentRose [2010-08-29 23:24:07 +0000 UTC]

That's a skilful doing, well done. =]
I usally put the textures in artwork after it's scanned and coloured, but it becomes a little artificial sometimes, even if I do work in Painter, it's not the same as a paper texture or ink texture..
Ah, you're welcome =]

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PatentRose In reply to iwanoakio [2010-08-30 04:46:24 +0000 UTC]

I feel like the best work done digitally is really a combination of digital and traditional medium. Otherwise, it does come off being somewhat contrived or lifeless. In my opinion.

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iwanoakio In reply to PatentRose [2010-08-31 06:57:25 +0000 UTC]

I see =] I do agree with you patentrose ...I did read a book sometime ago, I don't remember the exact name(fantasy art, fantasy illustration, something like it), the author wrote a cool prologue.. He said that digital tools are no substitute of traditional tools, but an adaption of them, to supply market demand, deadlines, etc

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PatentRose In reply to iwanoakio [2010-08-31 19:51:00 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. A lot of people do some beautiful work entirely digitally, but my favorites always use a combination.

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