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| Digital Mixed Media I hand-draw my final line with pencil. I use Adobe PhotoShop to add color and texture. Mixed media means that I used different materials to create the illustration. Different textures I digitally utilize to add interest include scanned fabrics and digital photos. Using my library of textures, I digitally "cut" and "paste" the textures into the shapes of the illustration and assemble them into the drawing. |
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| In the case of my Conspicuous Chameleon, I bought special art papers that I decided would create a nice look for the environment I drew the chameleons in. The papers have a unique texture to them and I scanned them in to the computer to be able to create the illustration digitally. For my Fantastic Fluttering Fish, the textures of each element I created out of acrylic paint. For this type of digital mixed media, I plan what patterns I want to use for each part of the illustration, and I have fun painting up these colors and textures by hand before I digitally cut and paste them into the drawing. |
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| Step-by-step process Below are the steps in making my Momentum illustration! It starts with quick sketching... |
| detail of Momentum illustration |
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| which needs to be refined by drawing on top of drawing... |
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| until I get the right composition... |
| then I make the final, best line drawing... |
| with that scanned in, I can start to test colors... |
| and the final areas of neat color have texture added to them (for this one, texture is scanned fabrics) |