Hello everyone!
I do not know why but I am so pumped today. I wanted to share the recent digital painting that I made. It is so recent that I just finished it thirty (30) minutes ago. I started my day so late because I already woke up around eleven in the morning after doing something naughty. If you wonder what it is, just don't bother to ask because I am not in the mood to talk about that thing. Ha ha! They say sleep is for the week, but for someone like me who is approaching 30, sleep is very essential. It brings me peace and happiness.
Anyhow, prior to a short breakup, my boyfriend took the tablet that he gave me and gave it to his mom. I decided then to buy my own because I am so fond now of digital painting, probably because of my lack of experience. I also decided to buy one because I wanted to practice. I also find it essential to have a pseudo-laptop and phone experience while browsing the web or while studying. It took me a month before I was able to buy one because my salary has been delayed. My next gadget project after this tablet is a good laptop. It might take me some months though because I still have some bills to pay, including my insurance of course. Then I would also love to invest on a great drawing tablet.I know having a great drawing tablet is way better than having the mobile one.
Too much of my new tablet, I might not be then able to share about it to you next time on my next blog Now let us proceed with what I was talking about .
If you are wondering what application I used, I used IbisPaintX. This one is the unpaid version or the free one from the market.I only used two layers for this one because I find it trivial to have a lot of lawyers. The first layer is for the subject and the flowers, the other one then is for the black background.
For the first part, I chose the size that I think I could work better with. I prefer the square one. I then looked for a brush that I could work along with. It took me sometime though to decide since there were more than 300 brushes or styles that I could choose from.
For digital painting, I actually tried learning from watching the videos some artists post on youtub . Unfortunately,I always end up saving those videos in my library and not learning from it.
After sketching the shape of the face with a thick brush using a bit of beige color, I used a darker shade of brown for the hair using the same brush.
In regard with the face, it really took me a while since it requires a lot of blending and adding of colors. It feels like I am painting. It was like a trial and error for me since I could not determine as to how my work would look like at the moment I use another color to blend the skin with.
To put a contour on the face when it comes to the nose and shape of the face, and of the eyes, I used a darker shade of brown. I usually see this step on some digital artwork processes over youtube. I find this also helpful because in the long run, I do not need to put a shade on that corner.
I was laughing my ass out when I reached this point because it seemed to be that I was painting my boyfriend instead of trying to create an image that my mind was not able to foresee. I mean, I was merely painting and I have no idea how I should execute my artwork. As usual, I was trying to be very spontaneous.
I used another brush, I guess it was a pen at the moment I need to put small lines in the subject's eyes so that it would somehow look realistic. I also added eyeshadow for this subject so that she would not look dull.
I enhance the Paraluman's face by contouring it. I also tried making her nose look more realistic by getting rid of some edges using the smudge technique. It was honestly tiring, but like I usually tell myself that I should trust the process.
There are still a lot of details I wish to add but I still need to study Japanese and Spanish so here is my product.
I hope I could find some time to practice tomorrow during my lunch break.
P.s. If some of you are wonderding, we are good now but I hate it when something like that happens.
Love,
Johanna Gail
