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11Jul/120

Art: Simplification

I tried to watch Supernatural tonight, but it was Season 1's episode "Bugs" and it made my skin crawl so much I had to disappear onto the computer and distract myself with some messing around on an old sketch.

My last attempt at this picture had been bugging me a little because I overcomplicated the wing design. Adding grey keeps it truer to the bird design it's based on (Northern Mockingbird), but it loses a lot of the simplicity I liked about my other digital illustrations. So I decided to strip it down and bring it back to black and white.

tylerbringitgreyscale1 Art: Simplification

 

The brush settings I've been using (Alias Sketchbook Pro's ink brush) have been giving me 'blobbier' lines than I like. I'm going to have to go hunting for a different brush and hopefully my next piece will have much cleaner, sharper lines.

But for now, I'm gonna go back to watching Sam and Dean and a bunch of creepy crawlies.

 

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