Camomilla doodles, draws and sometimes swears

[Camomilla]

So, a little love for the shoulder - I acted on Bobby's suggestion and let the left braid cover the shoulder. I also added some smeared make-up - I think it really accentuated her eyes. But now I think HE needs to pop more from the background. Or maybe not?

[Camomilla]

Some more Moleskin Bean&Stick-people. People moving/action-poses are challenging for me. I'm not happy with Bodybuilder-Bean's left leg and arm. Need to do more of these, I think

[Rich Green]

@Camomilla I love these bean/stick people - I honestly think they are amazing characters on their own. Just add in some faces and you are really into something here! So interesting and clever!

[Camomilla]

@Rich-Green Thank you, making them is a lot of fun I'm facing some difficulties though, I keep trying to undo and zoom in Guess this means I should give traditional mediums more attention

[Lynn Larson]

Shoulder looks much better! i like the make-up as well! I think if you up the saturation on deadpool he will be fine Awesome work!

[mag]

@Camomilla said:

Bean&Stick-people

The Bean&Stick-people are amazing!
It's great to meet another Jazza fan! I've bought his set of photoshop brushes and they are just awesome.

[stacilyn]

I am amazed at how much life you have given to you ''stick" people. Wow!

[Camomilla]

Thank you @Lynn Larson, I like the shoulder much better now myself. Spent an hour or so going over Deadpool yesterday and will post an update tonight

Thank you @mag Draw with Jazza is a very good channel imo - he's both entertaining and a good teacher. I also watch Marydoodles - she does amazing watercolor and ink-paintings. Lately I've been binge-watching both Jake Parker and Will Terry as well, so my TV has gotten no attention from me in ages

Thank you @stacilyn - I came up with these when my husband drew a stick-figure on an envelope a couple of days ago. It was a regular stick figure, with straight limbs and a stick body, but the figure was smiling and holding a cigarette. I began to wonder how I would have depicted the same stick figure to give it some gesture and body-language. The next day it was clear to me that it needed a bean body and head to express rotation and orientation, and so it came to life It's funny what little things can spark your creativity and how seemingly pointless stuff can be a great inspiration. It never seizes to amaze me.

[Camomilla]

By accident I seem to have duplicated my line-art layer, but I think this is one of those "happy accidents" that I think I'll keep. Somehow the whole image got more intense, and I think the lighter background and highlights on Deadpool make him stand out enough. I think. Bah, it's really hard to declare somethin "finished", but I think I'm nearly there. I'm afraid that if I keep going in and cleaning up lines and stuff, I'll ruin the dark/scruffy look I tried to create to begin with.

Screenshot

[Camomilla]

After a little touch-up in Photoshop

[Camomilla]

And one where her outline is a bit duller

At this point I feel that all I do is pick at insignificant stuff - maybe it's time I submitted this

[Lynn Larson]

I think it looks great! Good luck, and let us know how you do!!

[Camomilla]

Thank you, I'll submit tonight I don't have any hopes of winning anything - these contests have A LOT of entries, and many of them very good. There's two categories; Open and Beginner. Not sure if mine is up to the Open category, but I don't feel like a total beginner either. Oh dear. Wish there was an "experienced beginner"-category

[Camomilla]

I've had a bad shoulder for a couple of days, so the day before yesterday I didn't draw at all. It's a bit better now, so I relentlessly continue with my 100-day challenge and decided it was time to work on more action-packed poses. Being a childish adult that loves superheroes and dinosaurs, I decided a dino would be appropriate, now that I've just done a superhero-piece. I saw one of Jake Parkers Sky Heart-illustrations, with an armoured dinosaur chasing his main character, and I just loved the movement and action in it. I tried to see if I could do something similar from imagination, but I see a lot of room for improvement on this It should have it's mouth more open, and perhaps a more tilted body (to the left)?

Since I have to take it a bit easy with my shoulder I didn't do more than this rough construction last night, but I'll definitely try and get a couple of hours of sketching in today. With lots of breaks.

[Lynn Larson]

He has excellent movement! Sorry about your shoulder, hope it heals up quickly!

[Camomilla]

@Lynn-Larson Thank you, the shoulder/arm-thing have been bugging me for years. A physical therapist told me it was going to be a problem as long as I work 8 hours a day in front of a computer. Being a graphic designer who produces every day, this is unfortunately inevitable, I think. But I still need to do some things for myself, even though I probably should give arms/shoulders a rest during my spare time. I like to knit as well, but this is almost impossible. However, the glass surface on my drawing pad is actually less strenuous - I've been able to do a LOT more sketching than if I had just used pencil and paper Hopefully I can work on my drawing techniques to relieve some of the strains

So far today I've been making this. Well, actually a lot more that looked completely silly, so I'll only be posting this. Still VERY rough, but I think this is the direction I want to go in

[Camomilla]

Started colouring. Very difficult - I've gone up on image-size to be able to work more detailed. But this means sacrificing almost all the layers. Only three layers to work with, and really nerve-wrecking to try to colour this. I'd like a water-coloury look, but I migth change my mind. Perhaps he looks better with more saturated colours

[Camomilla]

So, I needed a break from the Dino, and decided to do a much needed exercise in composition and perspective. It will also be an exercise in lighting/shadows when I'm done with the line-art, as the lamp on the right will be my main light-source. This is my take on "How you know your cat is plotting to kill you"

Basic composition

A bit more fleshed out

I think perhaps the cylinder that makes up the plant is a bit off, but I'm not really trained enough to see it. I think maybe you can't see quite so much of the side? Ugh, this is really hard!

[Camomilla]

After getting some much needed advice on perspective I've started with the basic lighting and colour scheme

[Camomilla]

And I've started painting. I don't really know much about colours, so I'm winging it I know I'd like warm lights and cooler shadows - lamp-light has a tendency to be very yellow. And I'd like the red flowerpot to stand out. I think I need more grey on the shelf - it demands to much attention, and I think it's because of the warm colour. Hm.