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Can’t sleep. New brushes

The role of the highwayman will be played by Courtney Cox. Apparently.

Messing around in Photoshop and trying out some new brushes since I took an accidental nap that threw off my entire night.

This is the 8bitartist Highwayman’s girlfriend, I suppose. It’s nice that they can share a closet.

I have a bad tendency to use the same brush for all tasks and all materials, and I’m trying to change that. I created a much coarser brush for the skin shading, a very smooth, airbrush-y one for the eyes and hair, and a chunky flat brush for the “cloth” pieces. Still needs some tweaking, but I like the textural variety. And it didn’t take long: this represents about 1.5 hours of casual Photoshop, including making the brushes. Can’t complain. Click the image for an expanded shot.

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"Ssssalad fffingers."

Yes, it’s a little terrifying, but at least I can tell that it’s terrifying. Should’ve redone that front hand, but oh well. This is the last entry of Project Duff Offer Getter, and the whole point was developing comfort in drawing, not creating finished work. I’m pretty bummed that I blew it on the last night by falling asleep before drawing (new rule — draw when you get home from work, not before bed), so finishing this isn’t the joy I expected it to be.

But I definitely feel more comfortable knocking out hands and other anatomy quickly. Now I can concentrate on accuracy. I managed to halve the amount of time it normally took me to block out hands, and (in my opinion) they turned out much more fluid than the ones I pored over.

Overall, I feel better than I did at the beginning, but there’s still plenty of practice for me to do before I’m happy. Gonna try to continue the dailies whether I’m posting them or not. It helps so much.

As promised, I’m going to make a compilation of all the drawings back to back so I can trace my progress. I should have that up tomorrow evening.

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"Rrawr! Whuf. Something"

It’s late.

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"..." (or insert another famous Canti quote here)

Another quickie. It’s late, and I am going to a kite festival tomorrow morning. God knows what you’re supposed to do at a kite festival, but apparently I bought these hawks for nothing.

I need to rewatch FLCL this week. It’s been too long since last viewing.

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Click for largeness/inchargeness

Up way too late, but trying to be good. Pretty sure that if I pulled back a bit and drew the rest of the torso, this pose is impossible. But whatever. It’s 1am on a work night. If there’s ever a time to make crucial anatomical errors, it’s 1am Friday morning.