Winter Chase Process

How I digital art:

1.  Initial sketch.  Done in Photoshop with my favorite faux pencil brush.  

2.  Inking, inking, inking.  I use Clip Studio Paint for my inking.  It has a line stabilizer, so you have cleaner lines.  It's also fairly compatible with Photoshop, so you get transparency behind lines. 

3. After I ink, I take things back into Photoshop and use the warp tool to push and pull areas that feel too squished. 

4.  Colors and texture.  Pretty simple.  Background texture, then a hard edged brush and the selection tool to divide up areas.  Each color on a separate layer, another texture overtop to create the worn look.  Honestly, it's not hard... but I could afford to do an entire tutorial on speedy flat coloring. 

Keep everything on separate layers.  It may make for a big file, but it's worth it in the end to be able to endlessly edit.  

Winter Chase

Whew! Haven't posted in a bit, so here's something new.   Just working out my inking and photoshopping skills.  Might finagle this into a shirt.

I see a lot of semi-surreal and mythological art that I really like, so I'd be interested in doing more work like this... but this one has a few issues.    There's not quite enough to the composition, is't not really horizontal or digital, the pose could be more dynamic... and so on.

Unicorns FOREVER

Unicorn sketches!  For a personal project.

Tumblr Antlers

I'm having an art identity crisis.  I'm never sure what to actually brand myself as.   Anyway, here are some antlers.   Did you know I have a tumblr?   It's hootbark.tumblr.com, should you be inclined.

This is an in progress piece, about 2/3 of the way done.   I think it will look nice with 5-6 more antlers to the right.

Rohan Polo Club Shirt

Finally finished this!  Behold, the Rohan Polo Club!

I may put up a set of progress shots on how I made this, because it's quite the process.

Small to XL is here: http://www.reagencydesign.com/products/3850735-rohan-polo-club-s-xl
2XL to 5XL is here: https://reagencydesign.storenvy.com/products/3850744-rohan-polo-club-2xl-5xl

Wolf in Progress

Just a little something to keep my inking skills sharp.  I've applied watercolor to it and I'm waiting for it to dry to scan the finished version. 

Hoot Hoot!

Burrowing owl, quick colored ACEO.

Prints and other reproductions available on my Society6.

Burrowing Owl Prints