‘journey’ illustration- pencil+digital

Here is a little illustration I just finished for last weeks Illustration Friday challenge (finished a week or two late but I just loved the concept…’Journey’). It was a little bit of an experiment- pencil rendered then scanned into PS and coloured digitally. I haven’t done much digital work but hope to improve my skills (even though I do prefer the look of traditional materials), and eventually learn 3D programs like Blender (which should be really useful for scientific stuff!!).

Also- here are some awesome tutorials I found really useful to get ideas from on HOW to combine pencil and digital rendering techniques:

‘Froggie’ Process from David Opie Illustration

Colouring Pencil Drawings- Arthur Rackham Style from Jennifer E Morris Illustration

 Colouring a Drawing in Photoshop CS5 by Teagan White

and also- the brush I used:

Drew Greens Gouache Brush How-to

 

emma

 

grey faced petrel illustration

Here is an illustration I did last week for a friend’s thesis. She is studying the population dynamics of Grey Faced Petrels (Pterodoma macroptera). Grey faced petrels are a NZ native and are classified as not-threatened. However like most seabirds in NZ, they are at risk of predation by mammalian predators in their onshore nesting grounds.

The illustration shows a parent and chick, and is quite large (42 x 30cm). Completed in graphite pencil and black watercolour. I’m quite enjoying the monochrome palette at the moment!

If you are interested in learning more about these cool little birds, check out NZ Birds Online.

Till next time!

emma

silvereye sketch

pencil, 2014

A little life-size drawing I did of a silvereye found dead in the garden. Silvereyes are tiny birds which move around in large groups, this one measured only about 8 cm long. They have beautiful colouration- olive green and fawn.

loving this song at the moment- thought I would share it on here 🙂

Hope you are having a great weekend,

emma