Modified Contour Drawing

Pure contour drawing is the process of drawing without looking down at your paper. It's a very slow and methodical technique. Blind contour drawings never really look "correct", but they are some of the most truthful expressions of the way an object looks.

Modified contour drawing employs some of the same techniques, but you are allowed to look at your paper every once in a while. Working from edge to edge and surface to surface, I was able to create a pretty accurate line drawing.

Drawing every day is the goal I set for myself this year - and it seems to be paying off.

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Ferret

Trying out a challenge to myself - to create "finished" pieces with a limited color palette on a consistent schedule. I am still working out the final guidelines. I think I would like to challenge myself to use a new texture in each piece as well. I've had this unfinished sketch in my sketchbook forever. Even though I'm not entirely happy with it - it feels great to finally have it done!

Ice Skating Characters

Twinbee

Trying some new ways of picking colors for my digital pieces. I was not aware that Illustrator has a tint slider. I feel much more confident sticking to a very limited number of hues with a tint and shade for each. This illustration uses only three: blue, pink, and tan. Twinbee is one of my favorite video games - it perfectly captures the weird concepts and bright colors that find their way into my work. Not sure where this pose came from, but I didn't want it to waste away in my sketchbook.

Rainbow Bisque

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