Tuesday 18 August 2015

Lady in Berlin


Berlin was full of people on bikes, but one lady in particular caught my eye as she peddled her tiny poodle around the city. I originally sketched this illustration out while I was back at my dad's house in Germany, and I finally got around to colouring it up properly yesterday.


I coloured this all entirely digitally, and thanks to taking a bit of time to have a play around in Photoshop, I think I managed to colour it in a new way that helped it to feel less obviously digital and less flat. While at uni I felt that I never really had the time to simply sit and explore new techniques because deadlines were ever looming, so it's been nice to really see what I can do if I mix up my process a little bit. I love sketching entirely in pencil because it feels free and unrestricted, so to have found a means of colouring my pencil sketches in a way that I don't entirely hate is really exciting for me. 

The more I've looked at this the more I realise that I enjoy these two characters as a duo, so as ever, I've made a note of them and will *hopefully* get around to exploring them a little bit more in the coming future. 

4 comments:

  1. I love this so so much and the colouring is gorgeous! Would love a post on your technique in photoshop x
    Maddy, xo // UNSTITCHEDD

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    1. Thank you! I'd never actually considered a process post, but I'll see what I can do the next time I colour up a piece digitally :)

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  2. This is wonderful and i can't believe you coloured it digitally! So impressive!!

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