Friday 23 October 2009

It's raining again...

...and Stella didn't realise how much she enjoyed it! Happy weekend!
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30 comments:

  1. Beautiful...love the rain...love the dog's raincoat too :)

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  2. this is just beautiful. I love your style and color choices... amazing.

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  3. OH!! What a great art piece! ;)

    Everything about it is so cute cute cute!!

    -Coco

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  4. I was so enthralled with the illustration- I never read the text above- my daughter's name is Stella! :)

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  5. Thanks Cally, Coco and Lisa!

    Lisa - No way! I love that name!! :)

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  6. Kirstie, this is gorgeous! I love the freedom of your illustrations. May I ask you what your process is and what digital program you use to colour? As you would know from my own work, I'm a painter, but I'm starting to explore the possibility of photoshop to colour my work :)

    Kaili x

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  7. Your characters are great! I like your simplified shapes and your colors. Nice mood. :)

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  8. Thanks Andrew! and thanks Kaili! Of course - I'm happy to share :). Firstly, I tend to sketch on paper and scan the drawings in (sometimes I draw directly into the computer but at the moment that's quite rare)! Then I use corel painter and a wacom tablet, building the painting up from block colours, adding detail with crayons, and then shading. Photoshop is just as good if not better for this. It takes a bit of practice to get used to the interface but I'm sure you'll be brilliant! :)

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  9. Delighful scene! Love her expression and the dog raincoat is superb :)

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  10. Wonderful works!!! this image is so sweet :)

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  11. Love the colors and the cut raincoat on the dog! Really nice illo. :)

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  12. That looks like tremendous fun, love your technique.

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  13. wow !!
    Wonderful work!!! I really enjoyed your art and will be visiting again for sure!!!
    this one I love.. a couple of days ago I took my dog for a walk and it rained on us ..an hour later after we went home it snowed!!!!! in October!

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  14. The rain is awesome! The little characters add so much to the whole scene. Great work as usual! :)

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  15. Absolutely beautiful illustration. I love it!

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  16. I love the little dog in a raincoat <3 Brilliant

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  17. wonderful, as usual. love your stormy sky! and also, your 'fast' entry.

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  18. beautiful work.. love the little dogs rainmac! :)

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  19. I like this too. Wonderful image.

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  20. the doggie slicker was definitely a nice touch...

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  21. :) Nice illo! I like the rain when I"m at home! :D

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  22. Oh how I love this! The colors are fantastic, and so is her expression. But the little doggie in his raincoat just pushed it over the edge into a whole new level of awesomeness!

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  23. yay, i love the dog's little raincoat :)

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  24. I really love the dog's raincoat, so creative!

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  25. so nice!...I love the way you handled the rain.

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  26. dachshund in a rain coat is sooo cute!
    i really like your style :)

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