I downloaded a cool app/game on the old iPhone called Jazza's Arty Games. Basically, it gives you a variety of suggestions to inspire your artistic creativity. There are a number of different categories that the suggestions come in. This particular illustration was inspired by a suggestion of three specific colored pencils to use create a drawing.
Sure, the winter months can be cold, but that doesn't mean you can't take a minute here and there to appreciate the view.
This weekend, I bought some cheap Crayola markers and colored pencils to add to my creative toolbox. I've been leaning more toward digital techniques as of late, and I've been wanting to experiment with different mediums and do a bit more work by hand. While exploring, I figured I'd stick with bargain level supplies, so I bought fifty different colored markers and fifty different colored pencils for under $10. I've already enjoyed working on a few trial projects and will be posting some stuff up here, starting with this marker sketch of a fox:
Lately, I've been doing what I can to attract more fun into my life whenever possible. That doesn’t mean shunning responsibilities, but instead working to make more of my responsibilities into generators of fun, positive feelings. I still have a way to go, but I believe it is a noble pursuit.
Today's illustration is inspired by my effort to create more rewarding and fun times every day.
Meet Manny. I just did today by randomly drawing him. I've been having a lot of fun playing around with illustrator and fooling around with different ways of creating characters. This one started with a quick pencil doodle and ended with a lot of messing around.
Another new Illustrator created character. I'm digging this little dude.
Recently, I've been practicing my vector character creation skills using good-old Illustrator. It's been pretty fun, so you'll probably see some more similar posts in the coming weeks. Then it'll be time for some After Effects animation drills!