The past few years, I have written an annual summary post at the end of the year. 2020 has certainly toppled a lot of expectations for how the year should have gone. Most everybody felt a lot of negative events versus positive. Myself included. Here’s my attempt at wrapping the year 2020. The short story... Continue Reading →
While doomscrolling on Twitter last year, I came across a tweet that instantly made me want to purchase something online. https://twitter.com/kohquette/status/1202731986982359040?s=21 That, my friends, is the 8BitDo Zero controller. When I saw how the controller was adapted for short cut keys for Clip Studio Paint, I thought, "I have to to have this NOW." I... Continue Reading →
Around June, The Grievers hit its first year anniversary! It made me reflect on the comic's journey during the first year and the highs and lows. When I first started, I had a big head. "This will be great! People will love it" Then I hit the publish button and waited. Day one dashed my... Continue Reading →
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEccO1rjBbR/?igshid=1jxpsbxlr24qt Piggybacking on my previous post about Adobe Capture, I've also been using the program to create quick patterns for multiple projects. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rSIoxD0Q7/?igshid=1g5ikxluk0xwz Adobe has a pattern option in the camera/image import. I like using it sparingly because it has limitations on the quality produced. The color vector patterns are splotchy; the bitmap patterns are... Continue Reading →
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEsUN9tjDrV/?igshid=1nu40f3ggoy1u I want to share my newest obsession of late: making easy digital abstract paintings in Adobe Fresco. They’re relaxing to create compared to the more thought-out illustrations and comics. I often make these in 10 minutes while my drawing students work on the gesture warm-ups at the beginning of class. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEs5fD0jalJ/?igshid=o3r4b5n3a25k I’m planning to... Continue Reading →
It’s been a weird year, hasn’t it? The pandemic threw my teaching into an unpredictable loop and I’ve been scrambling for ways to thrive in this environment. One of my solutions was to create a semester long sketchbook challenge for my students. I’ve posted this also to Instagram and opened it up to other to... Continue Reading →
“As Above So Below” created in Fresco with adjustments and gradients added later in Photoshop (desktop). In digital drawing apps, I might be one of the few that prefers Adobe Fresco over Procreate. While I enjoy Procreate, I find myself using Fresco more for its simplicity. Fresco was initially called "Project Gemini" and combined the... Continue Reading →
You probably remember my last post on having masks. Well, it didn't take long for Society6 to jump on the bandwagon. Now they have their version, a pleated design. The design choice does disrupt the printed images a little, but I think it works best for patterns. Another positive addition to Society6 having masks available... Continue Reading →
I said I would update everybody about the Short Story Contest hosted by Webtoon. I committed to the project back in March when it was first announced. Now that it is the end of June and the contest wrapped up, here are my thoughts on the whole process. To read the comic I submitted, Man... Continue Reading →
I made a pandemic purchase: a 13” Wacom Cintiq pen display. It’s used, I couldn’t afford it new. I mostly still use my iPad to make drawings, but I did use a tablet whenever I worked on my desktop. In the history of tablets I’ve owned, they have been mostly basic. The one above was... Continue Reading →
Megan Frauenhoffer 