naarmamo | NaArMaMo 2017: Day 13

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It's that time again!

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pebblerocker

I played with digital art for the first time this month, just making some ellipses and choosing colours I liked. My colour inspiration came from discovering that gentian violet is still in medicinal use for animal treatment - and from getting some on my hand! It is very purple stuff.

Edited Date: 2017-08-13 07:08 am (UTC)

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spiralsheep

Part of my brain is trying to make a it a face, but the August part sees it as vegetables at a village show, lol. I like the colours together and the balance of shapes in the frame.

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spiralsheep

I couldn't decide which I preferred so I posted both, sorry.

The arty bollocks generator says: "My work explores the relationship between Jungian archetypes and urban spaces."

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liadt

It's Sunday so it must be hands! Using a TV screen as a mirror is tricky.

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liadt

Nice! Like some 1950's abstract diagram of how we will be living in space in the future.

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liadt

Lovely colours! I like the position of the bear on the right but I like the colour & crispness of the plants on the left.

Edited Date: 2017-08-13 03:17 pm (UTC)

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spiralsheep

How worried should we be that the most realistic one, presumably the one you've observed most often, is the one with the dagger?

/asking for a friend

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spiralsheep

I agree the flowers in the first are more pleasing and the general positioning in the second is better. I'm not sure I like the bear staring directly at the viewer though, because his eyes are a bit unnerving.

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pebblerocker

Still life with aubergine and courgette! I logged in to comment using a different screen, and the violently violet background looks blue - not at all the effect I was aiming for. Maybe I need to do colour calibration on my monitor.

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pebblerocker

Thanks, I like the space idea :)

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pebblerocker

The colours of the flowers go perfectly with her hair!

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spiralsheep

Yes, blue on my factory setting mac. It looks good though!

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spiralsheep

I tried several flower heads before I found the best colours. Which I now find a slightly embarrassing admission, lol.

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feng_shui_house

It's fun, and yes, the background looks blue to me, too.

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feng_shui_house

So cute! I like the color of the first one better, but the pose of second better, when that happens to me, I just post both, too. ;^)

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feng_shui_house

Cool, hands are neat.

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feng_shui_house

Tried out the 'crayon' tool in sketch.io. Very versatile, you can adjust the width, and the opacity, and you can make the outline different color from the fill, and you can choose from colors, or a set of gradients, or a set of patterns. I mostly went with simple gradients with orange or black or white borders (the white borders on white background work as erasers- and yes, you can change the background, too.)

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spiralsheep

I posted them both on flickr and the lego groups and, like here, everyone seems to prefer the colour in the first and the pose in the second. I finally worked out that I think she's extra cute because she subconsciously reminds me of Strawberry Switchblade, lol. /old

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spiralsheep

Fascinating technique in these, thank you for explaining. The zebra especially appeals to me. She's almost a three dimensional optical illusion if I narrow my eyes.

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liadt

Thank you!

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liadt

Biros can be a little dull;p

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feng_shui_house

Thank you! There's a lot of customizing you can do when using that drawing tool.

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feng_shui_house

Looking at it a day later, I see the face! It's a bit like a post-modern Tiki. :^)

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vera_j

Somehow it reminds me pleasantly about plantes and stars:-)

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vera_j

Both are lovely and that hydrangea suits them both:-)

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vera_j

Hands are obviously respectful tools...
Well done!

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vera_j

Awww, the cat - what a perfect position! But they are all great:-)

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spiralsheep

Thank you! I love hydrangeas. The leaves and bushes can be so ugly but their flower heads are lovely as petals and skeletons.

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liadt

Thank you!

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liadt

What you've done with the lines are great. The zebra is most striking:)

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capri0mni

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pebblerocker

Very good! I think the shading with textures works well.

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capri0mni

Thank you!

It takes a bit of fiddling to get it just right, of course, because wherever there's "white" you can see through it. So you have to work out exactly where all the borders between regions are, and draw those in before you fill them in. And then, if you make a mistake, you have to start over...

But: Practice!