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By: Anthology & Kris Atomic | Rachel Q West

Anthology & Kris Atomic | Rachel Q West — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:32:31 +0000

[...] the process that goes into creating her colorful artwork. (See a few of those here, here, and here.) I love getting a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the process artists use to create their work. [...]

By: Kathia.

Kathia. — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 04:45:06 +0000

Great work, congratulations. I love your illustrations, specially the ones of the Nutcracker.

:) keep on that sense of style.
love it.

By: kaitlyn

kaitlyn — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:48:23 +0000

thanks for the awesome tutorial! did you create your own brushes or do you use the ones that come with photoshop? i’m always curious about brushes because i can never seems to make or find ones that i like.
thanks again!

By: Ilustrando… (Parte 2) «

Ilustrando… (Parte 2) « — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:51:05 +0000

[...] Neste post ela mostra o processo de trabalho, achei muito legal e inspirador… [...]

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family lawyers melbourne — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:42:25 +0000

very colorful and creative if I may, great painting

By: Anthology & Kris Atomic « Blue Print

Anthology & Kris Atomic « Blue Print — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:51:47 +0000

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:11:04 +0000

Thank you so much! I’ll definitely try and do more in the future. xx

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:08:09 +0000

wow, thank you! x

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:07:40 +0000

Haha, I liked step 4 too, when I finished I was like “hmm, maybe I should have just stopped there!”. x

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:06:43 +0000

Glad you found it helpful! It also took me a while to start using layers properly, it seems like such a hassle, but once you get used to it you become so reliant on them! I really like being able to change the colours of everything, it’s so fiddly if it’s not a separate layer. x

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 13:04:33 +0000

I customised a few brushes that I use for drawing, adding a texture and changing the shape so the lines are a little less regular than the default, that keeps it from being too digital looking I find. In step 4 I’m just using a brush with tablet pressure sensitivity turned on, so I can apply a lighter pressure to get a lighter stroke.
Hope that makes sense, let me know if you need more help. x

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:59:43 +0000

Aah thank you so much for your lovely blog post, you’re so nice! If you see me in town, definitely say hello :D
xx

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:55:16 +0000

Thank you so much! Best of luck with your Wacom :) xx

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:54:26 +0000

I've been drawing since I was a kid, but I really got into illustration when I was in college doing a pre-degree foundation course, so I was 18 years old or so. It was a one year course (we did a bit of everything to start, then could specialise) and though I went in planning to do fashion design, I realised that illustration was much more me. I started keeping sketchbooks that year (some images from them are here on flickr) and just drawing whatever I fancied. Digitally, I started playing around with Paint Shop Pro (a more crappy version of PS) when I was like 14, but only really got serious about it in the last couple of years of my degree. I didn't use any particular sites, I just googled for specific things that I wanted to learn (like, "using the pen tool photoshop" or "colour adjustment photoshop" or "preparing linework to colour photoshop" that kind of thing) and worked on learning how to use the tools to do what I wanted. I'm sorry, none of that is very helpful is it! I guess my best advice is just to go for it :) I've found that after tons of practice things kind of click in to place and it all just starts to make sense. x

By: kris atomic

kris atomic — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:39:53 +0000

No problem, glad you liked it! x