tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2093042265798064262024-03-05T20:25:34.690-07:00Sketching SharaI have an idea of how it will turn out, but it's hard to tell at this stage. It'll become clearer the more I work on it. It will probably change in the process; for the better of course.Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-71930366243728412112014-02-15T11:46:00.001-07:002014-02-15T11:46:53.176-07:00illolifeRPG - Beastiary 1 - ToDo'saOne of the quests for illolifeRPG is to illustrate your own personal beasts that beset you along your journey. This is my first and one of my more frequent foes.<br />
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Ever since I've started identifying this particular beast that haunts my thoughts, I've seen her effects on me so clearly. It's pretty frustrating when you know what's happening and feel powerless to stop it. ToDo'sa is Medusa's nasty wraith-like cousin. Once one of the most productive illustrators, but because of her pride and lack of direction was cursed to live of the productive powers of others. Her end effect and goal is to petrify the productivity of those she latches on to so she can feed on the productive powers they do have. We all have the time and power to be productive! This little beastie just gets in my way sometimes... a lot of times.<br />
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We all have the power and the time to be productive and to progress. Sometimes, I feel like I have one of these little beasties leaching my productive energies from me. Many a time I've been in the depths of Productivity Petrification.<br />
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<br />Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-59484871152220731572014-02-15T11:39:00.000-07:002016-08-22T15:39:58.210-06:00SVS Thurd Thursday - Kaia's Secret<span style="background-color: white;">I just submitted this illustration in a contest on the School of Visual Storytelling facebook page. Submissions close the 21st this month.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">"Kaia was diving in tropical waters when she discovered it! It shimmered and glistened in the light as she wondered how to get it up to the boat before anyone discovered her secret."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This was such a fun illustration! The challenge of illustrating reflective, shimmering, and luminous lighting was a fun one to tackle. I did my best to take a more unexpected take on the prompt than the light hearted, surprise treasure discovery. A feisty ocean poacher stumbling upon an entangled mermaid seemed like a much more interesting story to illustrate. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.35200023651123px;">This is my first character sheet for a new FB group called illolifeRPG alpha. The idea is that you get XP and level up as you set goals and achieve them. Participating has really helped me be more motivated and productive in my life and my art. It feels so great! If your a creative body, I highly recommend checking it out. Especially if you have a bit of a </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 14.35200023651123px;">fantasy</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; line-height: 14.35200023651123px;"> or gaming streak.</span></span><br />
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Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-64551569409596006842013-02-28T14:23:00.000-07:002013-02-28T15:23:07.937-07:00Feeling Inspired!I did this speed paint in about 2 hours. That may not seem very speedy, but for me to get something "finished" that quick, even a little study of an apple, is pretty sweet! I got inspired after watching a video <a href="http://holliehibbert.blogspot.com/2013/02/moose-speedpainting-hollie-hibbert.html" target="_blank">Hollie Hibbert</a> put up on her blog of a study she did. I still have some questions about specific parts of her process, but it was a great exercise for me. I even made an ABC's list of subjects that Brandon helped me choose for further speed paint exercises. <div>
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Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-81865183364370026352013-02-19T22:21:00.000-07:002013-02-19T22:21:30.697-07:00Crazy Bunny Story - Line IllustrationThis is my most recent commission. It's of an experience a friend of mine that wanted to remember the story visually to share with another friend, but he didn't have a picture to go with it. Thus the illustration commission was born! It was a great story and I had a great time illustrating it. <br />
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Just a few sketches that I liked. The circus horse was inspired by my dear friend, <a href="http://emilycamilledavis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Emily Davis</a>, who recently did a circus horse of her own. Circus subject mater is so fun! There is no over the top in the big top. :) The girl in the corner is the drawing on watercolor paper that I'm going to paint. It was meant for last week's Illustration Friday topic, lonely. It's an interesting feeling to reflect on, because it seems like most of the time, even though we can't tell, we're the one holding the trowel. I've recently been trying to learn about myself and make changes so I can be a happier person. Loneliness hasn't really been my main struggle, but it's the same basic story. You develop bad habits or attitudes, which lead to actions and feelings that build a wall. Taking it down and keeping it down takes time and effort. Then the tricky part is not picking up the trowel again and falling back into old patterns. A bit of a personal work in progress story to go with some work in progress illustration. Fitting.<br />
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What do you think about the sketches? My hubby, Jamin, got a kick out of the house pet circus sketch. Any comments on the lonely drawing before I get into watercolor would be great! I'm planning to put wooded boards over her brick box and have some light sneaking in through the cracks, despite her best efforts. I just haven't decided what direction the boards should run along the roof, and what direction the light should be coming in at to get just the right mood.<br />
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<br />Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-22509060521193244562012-06-30T21:13:00.001-06:002012-06-30T21:13:13.587-06:00IF: RefreshThis is my take on the Illustration Friday topic of Refresh. It's about time I posted something new. It feels great to get something ready for IF. I did it in about three hours, so I don't feel like it's something I'd call finished. But I do feel like it was a good exercise and practice. It feels so good to sneak in some illustrating!! Even though it's not truely finished, and there are still things that I would refine, how do you think it could be better? Even if it seems obvious?<br />
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Thanks for looking and hopefully there will be more to come!Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-82839457280896016892012-04-28T22:06:00.000-06:002012-04-28T22:06:30.835-06:00Announcements!I helped make the High School graduation announcements for the two beautiful exchange students that live with us. They were so fun to do. Very refreshing and fulfilling. It's nice working creatively with photos every so often. Most of the work is already done for you; color, value, lighting, proportion, likeness, etc. It's all just fun finishing and composition work. I also liked flexing my meager graphic design muscles working with the text. I like how they turned out.<br />
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With Caty's announcement I had complete creative freedom because I made it while she was at school as a surprise. She loves it, and so do I.<br />
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With Sharon's announcement, she first wanted me to just do the back of the announcement because it was just text and she saw what all I did with Caty's. She had a version of the front similar to what you see. She wanted the back to match up with her original front. But after she saw the finished back we decided to let me re-do the front in the same basic design so it matched up with the back. She's very happy with it too. I learned some things about photo editing and practiced some photoshop techniques. Those decorative scalloped edges are just a brush I made. I felt cool. :)<br />
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So... really fun and refreshing! How much could one charge for making announcements for wedding, high school, college announcements? :D<br />
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I did this little watercolor piece while one of the exchange students that is living with Jamin's family was doing her art homework in watercolor. Her photo reference inspired me and I had a scrap of long watercolor paper from something, so it worked out great! It was so great to work with my watercolors again! It only took me 30min tops to do, but it was so much fun and therapeutic.<br />
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Purely watercolor!Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-238297065900177602012-04-26T17:49:00.002-06:002012-04-26T17:49:08.543-06:00IF: Return<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Illustration Friday topic was awhile ago, but I took it as an opportunity to do a few little studies to try a technique where you paint a painting in guache, really THICK. <br />
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Then comes the scary part... you pour waterproof ink ALL OVER IT and let it DRY! It's a pretty freaky process. Oh, I forgot to mention that you leave all the areas that you want to be black free of guache so the ink will adhere to the working surface rather than the paint, like everywhere else. <br />
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Then comes the Magic part! You run tap water over the whole thing and the ink will fleck off of the painting wherever there is thick paint. The magic of this process is in the nature of guache paint. Because it reactivates when there is wet medium, or water, over it the ink on the paint sloughs of as the top layer of the guache painting reactivates. <br />
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You can do an entire finished painting underneath or more of an underpainting to set the stage for the finished product. This is kind of what I did. I did a rough, simple underpainting, did the guache-ink wash off technique, then did some refining in Photoshop. It was a really fun little painting. It was even more fun because Jamin, my husband, and I listened to "A Princess of Mars" the first book of the John Carter of Mars series, from Librivox.org. We've had a lot of fun listening to them.<br />
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Before this happy resolution to this painting came a few "learning experiences."<br />
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After awhile I was able to carefully scrape off a lot of the ink, but it's still in process. I learned that the problem was the ink I was using. It was ACRYLIC ink. Big, bad no no in the ink off process. I'm not entirely sure why, but ye be warned! Higgins india waterproof ink is the stuff to use. It has been time tested by many in my acquaintance and they swear by it for this technique. It worked on my 3rd Experience, so it made a believer out of me. :)</div>
<br />Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-3228668233660188412012-03-27T01:07:00.000-06:002012-03-27T01:07:21.983-06:00Excerpts from a Lithuanian Fairy Tale: The Queen of SerpentsIt has been a wonderful experience working on this project and I'm excited to continue working on it until it is finished in it's entirety, not just excerpts. Thank you to all of my friends, peers, teachers, and family who have supported me and helped me along the way. My second greatest thanks goes to my wonderful, loving, awe inspiring husband, Jamin. Surely his support and help in innumerable ways have kept me afloat and able to have made it this far. The process of finishing will be slower because I'll be shifting my full time occupation from college to kids after graduation. Illustration will go on, but on a slower, smaller scale. <br />
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My greatest thanks goes to my Heavenly Father, my Savior, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost. I know that my meager efforts with my weaknesses and short comings have been magnified far beyond anywhere I could have carried myself under my own strength. I testify of the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I know it has the power to heal, change, comfort, strengthen, and so much more.<br />
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My name is Shara Mills. This is my finished BFA project, and <a href="http://mormon.org/" target="_blank">I'm a Mormon</a>.<br />
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</div>Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-38720263324908457712011-12-13T22:20:00.000-07:002011-12-13T22:20:12.924-07:00Color II - Triptych FinalSo, this is my final for Color II. It turned out much better than I could have done on my own. It is the product of best efforts, wise counsel and critique, and grace. Because considering stuff and things, and how I handle such stuff and things, there's no way these could have become what they are without my Heavenly Father's help. I know that my insignificant efforts and pursuits in the grand scheme of things are important to Him because they are important to me.<br />
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I hope you enjoy these three pieces as much as I did. What would make them more enjoyable for you?<br />
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So these are the final pieces. They aren't extremely different from where they were in the last post, but I've got to put up the finals because I'm so happy with them. I've gotten a lot of great feed back on these. It makes getting to class late ok, and make makes me excited to keep going. The process was such great learning experience.</div>
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I am at a work in progress stage with these, some more than others. I have things I plan to do, but I'd really like to hear from you. What do you think are the most important things for me to adjust, fix, and refine on these pieces?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I finally did it! I did one of my BFA illustrations in watercolor! I really enjoyed the planning and painting process. It was really nice to be able to see the whole painting, step back, and focus in to work a little smaller. On my previous digital pieces I'd have to zoom way in just to see anything at full scale, and then I could only see a small part of the whole. It was really nice to see the whole thing progressing at the same time. It makes me wonder just how big a difference a nice big screen would make in my</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> . . . . . . . . . . . . .digital work. . . . . . . . . . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I painted it I didn't want the saturation to get out of control because watercolor can be very vibrant and I wanted the piece to harmonize. Now that it's finished I want to do some touch ups to saturation. Mostly in the sash, flowers, and the hat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I did do some tweaking to the darker darks, but I'm not sure if there is enough to get a good sense of perspective in the foreground. Your thoughts?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">PLEASE CRITIQUE!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust me, I like it. :)</div>Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-70047279293796628192011-11-14T20:36:00.005-07:002011-11-14T21:19:24.383-07:00Watercolor Gifts<div>For my most recent watercolor assignment I made gifts for my friend who got married this past weekend and another friend of mine who had her baby shower.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was for my friend who got married. A cute quote with my first experiment with masking fluid. It was fun to try a text piece, especially the negative positive play with the flower shapes. Silly me, I forgot to scan the final before I framed it. Sorry for the discoloration of the photo under warm light.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjsTEZT19XFpb0vdPrhCRDfqS2RF0J6kDG15hsNf3OaoHNbOz4gVQkmKaCoZwcAoLaTaQePmuK7eRrBiNRba7n25DLhOJsgShjFawCWpqHsyDFi4A8_YVn0Cefdc3JraJoG7TLVIHzGAA/s1600/4+finalb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjsTEZT19XFpb0vdPrhCRDfqS2RF0J6kDG15hsNf3OaoHNbOz4gVQkmKaCoZwcAoLaTaQePmuK7eRrBiNRba7n25DLhOJsgShjFawCWpqHsyDFi4A8_YVn0Cefdc3JraJoG7TLVIHzGAA/s400/4+finalb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675063311753616898" /></a><br /><br />These were for my friend to decorate their nursery. I found out her favorite animals are hawks and falcons so I made a Mama falcon, Papa hawk, and baby chick. The parents look at each other with the baby below in the middle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3hh9Qi3SSLp_71b16sK27Xw4OaYOixie2XzDk7RJN_ptmBAtrF3vl17EolazD7TOg1JcrMB8LFc0pAJH7V-dKiOVKu0edKQxRUnK22NYI8LB3ipKq80c9DJ2EYd8LvvGTi8wppbmoP4D/s1600/Papa+hawk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG3hh9Qi3SSLp_71b16sK27Xw4OaYOixie2XzDk7RJN_ptmBAtrF3vl17EolazD7TOg1JcrMB8LFc0pAJH7V-dKiOVKu0edKQxRUnK22NYI8LB3ipKq80c9DJ2EYd8LvvGTi8wppbmoP4D/s400/Papa+hawk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675063307521159890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNibytN0nNKMJAzGULjmVu9V_mu7aYiD-yhMGEcXNKxmozr-YqEDBX699747SKj3Lr8TbHTRJmbkLZHsTqFYcTocoe_jYpuGfN0zbGvEsxAuL1mPW93sROZLYJUVu_MwziocLadfyrJYi/s1600/Mama+falcon.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNibytN0nNKMJAzGULjmVu9V_mu7aYiD-yhMGEcXNKxmozr-YqEDBX699747SKj3Lr8TbHTRJmbkLZHsTqFYcTocoe_jYpuGfN0zbGvEsxAuL1mPW93sROZLYJUVu_MwziocLadfyrJYi/s400/Mama+falcon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675063302279987042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkJbVj2oJS2ns2v1dguekTRC8LGQfnU41mFPtqEZs_pMXP30xzO4k31QezDFwBd6rPSusbBJ8cWle45JFQ75NOfFCy26wW-m83XJWIFkmNHUFMeYHRUE-CPPRvxv3UNsTvWNR_KQ-jk60/s1600/chick.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkJbVj2oJS2ns2v1dguekTRC8LGQfnU41mFPtqEZs_pMXP30xzO4k31QezDFwBd6rPSusbBJ8cWle45JFQ75NOfFCy26wW-m83XJWIFkmNHUFMeYHRUE-CPPRvxv3UNsTvWNR_KQ-jk60/s400/chick.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675063300289425538" /></a><div>Over all they were enjoyable, but I definitely got what I paid for in the cheap-o paper. Arches would have been much better, but it was a good learning experience. Maybe good for little studies. I'll find a use for it, but not the best for finial pieces.</div>Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-73118508507354102722011-11-01T21:26:00.004-06:002011-11-01T21:37:12.073-06:00Color II - 3 Contrasts<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaxiK7Tw9IROiKzmB0skjtvFJqDom7RlciLLN4boAPrpRLPBa-unB8k32i8PkuED3oSvcHtJo8JkcYw_qIJU7QhR02AERcXiSJEcUluCXk-xzWOsiO5RD8XyA3shoL9y1XtmSdng5xPNb/s1600/3contrasts+blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsaxiK7Tw9IROiKzmB0skjtvFJqDom7RlciLLN4boAPrpRLPBa-unB8k32i8PkuED3oSvcHtJo8JkcYw_qIJU7QhR02AERcXiSJEcUluCXk-xzWOsiO5RD8XyA3shoL9y1XtmSdng5xPNb/s400/3contrasts+blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670234882977834946" /></a>The assignment was to create an image in a square format 3 different ways. First, using only contrast of value to create a focal point. Second, create a different focal point using only contrast of saturation. This one was a little trickier because you can't exclude value, but the contrast of saturation was supposed to overpower any contrast of value there might be. Third was to basically have no contrast of value or saturation, but of hue. So a "blue" object would be blue in all three, but the hues in the third would be grouped so closely it would seem like there is no contrast at all. <div><br /></div><div>These are my revisions from my first go at the assignment. Sadly, I didn't get them printed today, so this beauty of a project probably won't see the Spori display wall. I'm happy with the first two pieces, but the hue exercise might still be a little too close to be discernible. No contrast, yet still discernible. What a challenge!</div><div><br /></div><div>The process of production for this project was executing each painting in watercolor, scanning them, and manipulating them in photoshop. The hue exercise was the most heavily photoshopped because the watercolor paper had so much variation of value due to the tooth of the paper. Beautiful, but not appropriate to that specific exercise. </div>Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-90136502789576307252011-11-01T20:50:00.003-06:002011-11-01T21:20:48.762-06:00Spread2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttHc5Y9C-IunlnSt3xkuUZeb9E_ikJ0klvQp9vjCVc6YrYHRpq0VQwHyXA3_j1Ca37Z-C5f5Ubgp5B0CrD1dFAqIJHTNpUk6NqAII4IbLdWd_IoklBI7nLXRhojaCDhDgFQmD_NYt-xyL/s1600/fullspread3.3blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttHc5Y9C-IunlnSt3xkuUZeb9E_ikJ0klvQp9vjCVc6YrYHRpq0VQwHyXA3_j1Ca37Z-C5f5Ubgp5B0CrD1dFAqIJHTNpUk6NqAII4IbLdWd_IoklBI7nLXRhojaCDhDgFQmD_NYt-xyL/s400/fullspread3.3blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670231088707895970" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>This is the second spread of the Lithuanian fairy tale I've been working on for my BFA. This illustration has come so far! It wouldn't have been nearly as good without all of the wonderful critiques and advice I've received on it so far. Critiques, comments, and educated and explained opinions are so powerful in helping me improve in my work. I'd very much like to hear/read your thoughts about the basically finished product. My one disclaimer is that the spot illustration is only a rough place holder. I'd even like help on the text; design and writing. As far as the writing goes, I want it simple and to read like a classic fairy tale. I haven't addressed it much as far as the finished text goes. English majors, GO! :)<div><br /></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br /></div><div>Wow, this washes out online. Going much more saturated in photoshop I'm going to melt my lappy from the radiation of the pixels, but it looks so blah here! Pixels, such defiant little creatures.</div></div>Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-82042617649522371662011-10-18T20:33:00.003-06:002012-09-27T11:28:47.906-06:00Color II - Analogous/Aaron Douglass Emulation<div>
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This assignment was an analogous color scheme. A simple assignment which gave lots of freedom for making the assignment fit the students' purposes. My purpose with this piece was to emulate Aaron Douglas' depression era/harlem renaissance style. Disney emulated his style also in the "Almost There" scene from "The Princess and the Frog." That scene made me so happy! </div>
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This piece also serves the purpose of illustrating how I sometimes feel as a art student and mother. It had potential of being a very emotional process, but I didn't cry at all over this piece. Which, if you know me, is a bit of a feat. Actually, this semester I have been tremendously blessed with answers to fervent prayer and aid in times when I do feel like this illustration. What you don't see in this illustration is the beautiful white ship that carries me through the turbulent waters that is the merciful, tender, and gracious love and power of my Savior.</div>
Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-10370057950962885212011-10-05T21:04:00.004-06:002011-10-05T22:21:59.734-06:00Spread1 Critiques Please<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvUD1mySmnDgUR7jjlMqPOP8RkfJueswSz0nuMwKKbthVmIRsiLpmuNLnLoURG1j32CBaeiafiD7Pf7Q83iCb7gL4Rw7YCndaVgFgYS8nlEdXfgoVjFTKunj7ZbLYw3V4JPCmlY8d2mFl/s1600/fullspread1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvUD1mySmnDgUR7jjlMqPOP8RkfJueswSz0nuMwKKbthVmIRsiLpmuNLnLoURG1j32CBaeiafiD7Pf7Q83iCb7gL4Rw7YCndaVgFgYS8nlEdXfgoVjFTKunj7ZbLYw3V4JPCmlY8d2mFl/s400/fullspread1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660227359108421986" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div>Here is the first full illustration and text page for the Lithuanian fairy tale I'm illustrating for my BFA project. The spot illustration is still in progress. I plan for it to look like the sheaves of wheat in the illustration with color and line. I want the scythe to look sharp and metallic too. That will be the hard one for me I think. I made certain words colored to emulate illuminated texts that similarly colored important words in the text. The traditional color in illuminated manuscripts is red, but it didn't seem to harmonize very well with the yellow/purple of the illustration. But now I wonder if the purple is too harmonious and if a more red violet would work better. If I change the color of the colored text on this page to fit the illustration, I'll have to do the same for all the other illustrations, and it may not work as well. Should I stick with the traditional red? Or should I ditch the colored words all together? I think they're kind of fun myself, but I just want them to be a bit more varied.<div><br /></div><div>Your comments and critiques on the illustration, the design of the text, the in progress spot, or anything else will be greatly appreciated. <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div></div></div>Shara Millshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11670283177668630254noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209304226579806426.post-86655326464122543612011-09-30T21:20:00.003-06:002012-09-27T11:29:21.130-06:00Revised Monochromatic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPLxfDcdiMMM1ygCbT2QUAfsbhcsK0_GWCYUPK5j2qMGE1cxcYqTVr2TXkx_lFDP5geCPH0Es14IXu2oHpehDllJzMvAS3q18OGHZH4ECLlV2C4yGyMaYZ6voHapgODOasH5oQAXXQ5V2/s1600/monochromatic+flirt-2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5658358995320630194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPLxfDcdiMMM1ygCbT2QUAfsbhcsK0_GWCYUPK5j2qMGE1cxcYqTVr2TXkx_lFDP5geCPH0Es14IXu2oHpehDllJzMvAS3q18OGHZH4ECLlV2C4yGyMaYZ6voHapgODOasH5oQAXXQ5V2/s400/monochromatic+flirt-2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 291px;" /></a><br />
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Here is the revised version. I like it much better. Going back and revising helped me get more control over my values and saturations. I like it better without the hearts. Thanks!<br />
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