At home, I finished up my first vector piece for my Adobe Illustrator class.
At work, I started utilizing my lunch break for creative "me" time. I'm fortunate to have Photoshop on my office computer, which is my favorite digital art program. I plug in my tablet, take a bite of sandwich, start doodling...and before I know it, the hour is up and I've still only had one bite of sandwich! While eating has ironically moved to the back-burner during lunch time, I'm very much enjoying my creative break.
The only catch is that I can't work on paintings that are too big or complex, otherwise my computer crashes. (And then I just want to throw my sandwich.) That means my usual 300+ layer illustrations are out of the question. So instead, I've been trying my hand at bite-size pieces...
...like landscape speedpaints!
I've never tried speedpainting before, but I thought it would be both fun and good for practice. They each take 1-3 hours over a few lunches. That may not seem fast to most people, but it's speedy to me! (And those intimidating landscapes are getting a little less scary each time. Hooray!)
I've also started a new animal sketch series. The goal is simply to draw lots of animals in a fun, children's illustration style. I've had a great time making these little illustrations to practice simple backgrounds, experiment with expressions, and draw new animals.
So far, I've got a snooty tiger:
A sneaky gator:
And a curious red panda:
What critter will be next? Who knows! But I will definitely be adding new animals to this series!
So while I'm not doing much eating, I am enjoying my extra art time. I hope I'll have just as many new pieces to share with you at the end of April. :)
(Note: I followed some wonderful tutorials on landscape painting techniques and making custom brushes on deviantArt. You can find links to them on my deviantArt page.)
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