Tag Archives: illustration

Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 4…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have done some more work on the illustration for the cover of the children’s book. But have I gone too far? I have finished the rough outlines. I took your suggestions and instead of the dark ink outlines, I … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 3…

Posted on September 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Or: Help me design the cover of my new children’s book ! I am still in the process of showing you step by step how I am developing the cover art for my new children’s book. In the last post, I shared … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about monkeys… Part 2…

Posted on September 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

This might be fun. I can talk about the children’s book and go back to the roots of this blog: My art. So I am going to share with you the steps I am going through to make the cover of … Continue reading →

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About that children’s book…

Posted on September 13, 2013 by pouringmyartout

The artwork is taking a little longer to finish than I thought it would. The book is more about the art than the words, so I want to get it right. But I thought I might share one of the … Continue reading →

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I made a monkey!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Well… I mean, I drew a monkey, and then painted it in with water-color paints, and then did the outlines with ink. And then I scanned it and put it is to Photoshop and zoomed in and cleaned up all the … Continue reading →

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Get stuphed… Part 5…

Posted on July 23, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Oh, Twindaddy. You should be more careful about the personal photos you have floating around out there. In this modern age they are all too easy to find floating around on the interwebs… People who dance under giant balls covered … Continue reading →

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Say goodbye to Fawnya…

Posted on May 30, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I have had a lot of fun playing with my new alien. I feel like I brought a new life into the universe. She started as just a small character role in my novel and a very rough pencil sketch. … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 9…

Posted on May 28, 2013 by pouringmyartout

We created an alien, taking her from a rough pencil sketch which we scanned and played with in Photoshop, and turning her into a living, breathing creature. So now I am just going to have some fun with colors. Here … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 8…

Posted on May 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Well, our step by step alien creation came out rather nicely. She looked good in grayscale, and she was very cheerful in purple. But what about a little bit more color? What if we try green with some yellow highlights? I … Continue reading →

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Fawnya… Part 7…

Posted on May 26, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Yay. We done made us an alien! Here is our more or less finished character, Fawnya… If you followed along step by step, you should have been able to do this all on your own… as long as you wrote … Continue reading →

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