Pining

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Das Boot am Strand

If you're following my blog at all, you've probably noticed I've been doing a lot of work using hard lines lately. I'm using a fairly basic brush in Photoshop to accomplish this. It's simply a solid black brush with shape dynamics responding to the pressure of the pen on the tablet... meaning that when I press harder the line gets wider. It's not unlike sketching with a Sharpie marker. I really like the effect of the bold strokes, but it isn't easy to work with as every minor flaw in every stroke is accentuated by darkness of the line.

Under the Weather

I've never really understood the expression "I'm feeling a little under the weather..." because frankly, it's really hard to be over the weather... unless you're in an airplane... or the space shuttle.

Tiptoe - Color

This post marks my 100th doodle! It's hard to believe I've made it this far, considering when I started this I wasn't sure I'd even last a week. Only 265 more to go!

This is a color version of my original Tiptoe sketch. I was really happy with the original, so I wanted to do something a little more detailed. I used the same parchment texture for the background that I did on the Alien Bug sketch. I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Tiptoe

Tonight I had a headache, so this one doesn't have much detail. I like the picture, though, so I may go back and do some outlines, shading and maybe a little color.