illustrated by Sarah LuAnn
  • Portfolio
    • Maps
    • Comics
  • Contact
  • About Me
    • News and Updates
    • Blog
      • Printables
  • Books
    • checkers
  • Art Classes
    • Drawing Fundamentals
    • Beginning Painting
    • Illustrator for Illustrators
  • Shop
    • Shipping and Return Policy
  • Portfolio
    • Maps
    • Comics
  • Contact
  • About Me
    • News and Updates
    • Blog
      • Printables
  • Books
    • checkers
  • Art Classes
    • Drawing Fundamentals
    • Beginning Painting
    • Illustrator for Illustrators
  • Shop
    • Shipping and Return Policy

Playing around with photoshop

9/8/2015

0 Comments

 
I make no secret of the fact that I'm a vector artist. Every piece in my portfolio--every single one of them--is a pure vector image, including the textures. I create this way because its what makes sense to me. I was introduced to Illustrator and Photoshop at basically the same time, in the same Intro to Digital Illustration class. I enjoyed Illustrator much more than I did Photoshop, and so I just used it more often. A whole lot more. I can poke my way around Photoshop and create some basic stuff, but Illustrator is my digital art home.

Every once in awhile, however, I see an awesome piece created in Photoshop and think, wow, I should really figure out this whole digital painting thing. Vectors are great, but they just can't do everything.

One of the things holding me back were the brushes. I know, I know--there are some really awesome paintings that have been created with the basic Photoshop brushes. But I just dislike the texture of those brushes SO MUCH that it has kept me from sticking with any painting in Photoshop.

Recently I asked a friend about what brushes she uses in Photoshop, and she said she's been using this brush set a lot lately. I downloaded them and--wow. There are some great brushes here! I did a whole value sketch from imagination using them, and actually enjoyed it and didn't hate the texture or feel of the brush. It isn't a portfolio quality piece, and there are some things I still need to figure out, but I painted in Photoshop and liked it. This is huge, people. I don't think I'll ever convert all the way over to Photoshop--infinite enlargability is something I've become very used to--but it will be nice to have it as an option.


Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    To get fun content related to art, illustration, and storytelling directly in your inbox, subscribe here!

    * indicates required
    Your email will not be shared with anyone. It will only be used for updates from me, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

    Categories

    All
    Ambigrams
    Art
    Books
    Comic
    Craft
    Creativity
    Deep Thoughts
    Drawing Exercises
    Dummy Book
    Folding
    Goals
    Holiday
    Illustration
    Inktober
    Master Copy
    Painting
    Paper
    Personal
    Polyhedron
    Portrait
    Printable
    Progress Photos
    Snowflake
    Sourdough
    The Artist And The Engineer
    Whats Your Superpower?

    RSS Feed

All content on this site was created by Sarah LuAnn Perkins. Do not use without permission.
Copyright © 2022
  • Portfolio
    • Maps
    • Comics
  • Contact
  • About Me
    • News and Updates
    • Blog
      • Printables
  • Books
    • checkers
  • Art Classes
    • Drawing Fundamentals
    • Beginning Painting
    • Illustrator for Illustrators
  • Shop
    • Shipping and Return Policy