Now Add Some Color

 

There are videos of artists on the internet that includes a drawing of an image in black and white before adding a rainbow of colors over the image on a new layer and changing the settings of the layer.  Though I am an artist myself, I am still new to the different settings of what one can do when it comes to using multiple layers over each other in drawing apps on my phone.  I use the free version of drawing apps, which means that they don't always come with these extra settings of being able to change the settings of each layer, let alone having more than one or two layers.  After seeing a specific video that really showed how these artists were creating these drawings, I finally learned that the free drawing app that I use does in fact allow for more than two layers as well as changing the settings of these layers. I was so excited that was able to create my own black and white drawing before adding a rainbow layer over it, resulting in a rainbow colored drawing that took less than a few minutes to create.

I use the free version of the drawing app Tayasui Sketches to draw on my Iphone and Ipad.

Lifestyle Brochure

This is my first brochure that I have created for someone. I created this brochure for a realtor to pass out at a wine pouring event that she attended in San Francisco.  The brochure centers around Lake Tahoe in the Truckee area of California and the lifestyle that comes with living there. I included mainly images of the area, the activities that are available, and a small amount of text. Her contact info can be seen right when you first open the brochure before it becomes completely unfolded and includes a QR code for each of her agencies that she works for.

From Sketch to Digital Image

 

From Sketch to Digital Image

The picture on the left is an old drawing that I have always liked but have also always wanted to do something more with but could never really think of what to do or if there was anything else that I could add to it. I finally decided to see what I could do to it in Adobe Illustrator.  The photo on the right is the result, and I have to say that I am quite pleased with it.

Kingdom Hearts Fan Art

In light of the new Kingdom Hearts trailer for the highly anticipated game Kingdom Hearts III, I thought I would share some older drawings and crafts that I have created of things seen in this game series. I am a HUGE fan of the Kingdom Hearts gaming series and cannot wait for the new game to come out and finish what has been, what I believe to be, the greatest game story line in any game so far.  The first image is of a poster I created with the Nobody sigil from Kingdom Hearts II and the Kingdom Hearts game symbol in the upper left corner of the poster.  The two latter photos are of perler bead crafts of the Nobody sigil and the classic Keyblade with the mickey key chain as seen being used by the main character Sora in the games.  Because I am such a big fan of this series I hope to create many more drawings and crafts of characters and sigils from this game.


UPDATE: The new Kingdom Hearts III game is out!

#kingdomshearts3 #nobody #keyblade #lightvsdark #lightwins

Legend of Zelda Old VS New Fan Art

These drawings were inspired by the game series Legend of Zelda and it's character's Sheikah Eye of Truth that is seen throughout the games. The black colored eye is one from the earlier games, such as The Ocarina of Time and the second, more complicated blue drawing is from the most recent Zelda game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.  When drawing I typically stick to colored pencils, but for these drawings, I wanted the coloring to be as bold as they are in the games and on screen. Therefore, I used pens, specifically sharpies in order to get a solid and bold color for these drawings, which I believe I would not have been able to get from the colored pencils that I use. Also, if I had used colored pencils, I believe a texture from the paper would be left within the design, but by using the pens, the images have a similar smooth look as they do on screen.

Feelings of Summer

Sometimes you just want to enjoy the weather by yourself.... no offense or anything.

Waiting for the weather to become warm again like...

When life doesn't go right... Just Keep Swimming

Mixing digital with the physical.  The text was created in Adobe Illustrator and then printed onto the paper that I intended to draw on.  The mermaid tails were then drawn with colored pencil.

Photograph to Digital Panting

Original Photo

This is a digital painting of my dog that I created using Adobe Illustrator and took a few months to actually finish because each strand of fur is an individual stroke.  I began with the basic shapes before filling in the rest, using the original photograph for reference in placement of each stroke as well as for which direction the hair went and coloring in order to distinguish each area.  I had to create my own art brush in order to get the look of hair in which it starts out thicker at one end and thinner at the other.  Certain parts of her facial features were created using the mesh tool and the round brush tool that was then blurred together.  By creating this piece of work, I really learned quite a bit about using illustrator, such as certain tools and keyboard shortcuts, allowing me to get things done and cover a lot of spacial area a lot quicker within this last month of finishing the painting.

Luscious Lips

 

Recently I have been drawing many images of lips with all sorts of colors, shapes, and shading.  Drawing these lips have really helped me learn how to better shade and blend colors using colored pencils. For during school I was only drawing in black and white using different levels of graphite pencils. Colored pencils have proven to be quite different from using a regular graphite pencil that is easy to erase if I make a mistake as well as knowing what colors compliment each other and how to blend them together to create a new color that I don't already have in the form of a pencil.  Because colored pencils also don't come in different shades of a single color, such as a 2H vs a 6B graphite pencil, I have realized how much patience it takes to build up on a certain color and how much pressure should be applied on the pencil to the page.  I have also realized when blending colors, it is much better to start light and gradually make the colors darker by not applying pressure but merely going over the same area over and over until the specific color is desired.

Nintendo Character Digital Paper Crafts

Like many others, I am a big fan of Nintendo's Mario Bros games and after learning how to create the Cat Paper Craft, I decided that I would try to create a mushroom from the games and the character Yoshi's head.  While working with small polygons and shapes to have to cut out and glue together, I really do enjoy creating these paper crafts because they are like a puzzle, and I tend to enjoy a challenge of putting together a 1,000 piece puzzle, and they are of something that is meaningful to me, such as specific characters from one of my favorite video games.  

The mushroom stands at about five inches tall while the Yoshi head is about ten inches and I would have made them bigger if I had more space to store them in but because they were simply created for the purpose of the enjoyment of making them, I opted to make them as small as possibly but big enough to be able to put together well and so that they are recognizable.

Photography 2017

I have some photos posted from March of 2016. These photos are from my recent travels and activities.