“Electric Halo” Cedar Park, 2019
こんばんは。I wanted to share my latest iPad sketch that I worked on the past week off and on. Please enjoy the time-lapse video at the bottom of this post!
またね～
June Sketch
“Electric Halo” Cedar Park, 2019
“Electric Halo” Cedar Park, 2019
A New Sketch in Procreate
Hey there! Here’s the latest sketch I completed. I had fun choosing the muted color palette in this one.
By the way, I am selling some of my sketches as t-shirt designs on Amazon in case you are interested. I still haven’t made a sale, but I’m hoping for a miracle! 😆🙏
There’s a link and photo in the right sidebar of my blog, but if you are viewing this in an RSS reader, you can check them out on Amazon here.
Have a nice day!
Tonight’s Sketch
こんばんは。I don’t have a photo to share for this post, but I did finish a drawing on the iPad using Procreate.
I might sound like a broken record, but I really enjoy sketching on the iPad. I’m getting more comfortable, and am able to work quicker, and with greater precision. Of course, the more I learn, the more I realize I have a long ways to go! But progress is encouraging, and I have a lot of fun with minimal frustration. Very satisfied!
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
If you’re interested in my favorite sketching gear that I use, you can find a list here.
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Tablet Sketching
“Sketchpad” Cedar Park, 2019
I’m still trying to sort out in my mind the advantages or disadvantages of digital sketching vs. analog sketching (or even if it’s important to know what they are), but I do know that in the realm of digital sketching, the iPad/tablet experience is way better (for me) than using my Wacom digitizer on the desktop computer.
Basically it comes down to how intuitive and natural it feels. And the ease of use is a huge advantage that the iPad has. When I want to sketch, it literally takes seconds to be drawing on the iPad. In contrast, with the computer, I have to start the software, then File, New, enter in the dimensions, look at the wonky interface and try to remember the keyboard shortcuts. That’s a lot of brain activity even before I start pushing pixels! Plus, I have to be sitting at the desk in the home office. With the iPad, I can sketch anywhere.
Of course, I’m just a hobbyist so I have different needs than a professional illustrator, but for what I am doing, the simplicity of Procreate and the iPad is just perfect. I still think iOS is weird, but once I am in Procreate, it’s a lot like just drawing in a sketchbook. In fact, I renamed my iPad to “Barron’s Sketchpad” since that is pretty much why I bought it.
Anyway, below is one of my latest sketches, and below that is the timelapse video of my sketching process. It’s so fun!
I hope you had a nice day!
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Timelapse Mirrors My Drawings Through the Years
こんばんは。How’s it going?
I hope you bear with me while I share lots of sketching posts. I’m keeping up with my daily habits, and sketching is one of them. Tonight while was looking at the timelapse video that Procreate made, I noticed an interesting progression as I refined the drawing.
At the beginning of the video, the sketch looked like the artwork that I used to make in college and right after I graduated. I was really into Japanese ukiyo-e art at the time, so that’s where I got most of my influence. That was around 1990:
Then I noticed the drawing went through a couple other phases, which are reflected in my more recent sketchbook drawings from a couple years ago:
And then it progressed to the style that I have been kind of stuck at since late last year:
Finally, we end up with today’s evolution:
These days I am looking towards my favorite illustrators, so of course, I try to emulate them. I love Eguchi Hisashi‘s work, so I take many cues from his work. Also, Ilya Kuvshinov is awesome, and I recently discovered Aka, whose work blows me away.
As I continue to practice, I’m excited to see at what pace I can continue to improve. It’s a fun hobby, and so satisfying. And it makes me look at other illustrations and art in a different way as I try to decipher how artists draw different facial features, the color palettes they use, and the way they draw lines and blocks of solid color. It’s fascinating.
I hope you had a nice day!
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