Next Chapter Preview. It's A Two-illustration Week Again!

Next chapter preview. It's a two-illustration week again!

I'm not entirely sure about the coloring job on the first picture, but I had to tell myself to stop fiddling with it or I'd never finish it. These are supposed to be quick-and-dirty illustrations, after all. Not slow-and-dirty. But hey, playing with some starker shadows to imply a harsh single light above them.

The other picture, by contrast, was much simpler. Just three sections to shade, only two of those to add highlights, and then playing with some overlays and coloring the lineart before quickly painting in a background.

Tune in Monday for the chapter link!

Since I've been sharing all the illustrations I've been working on lately, I figured I'd also show off the brushes I've been using for the main coloring work (shading, highlights, some texturing, any freehand background paintings), because I think they are some of my favorite go-to brushes I've found. This set is made by the artist Jazza on YouTube, and they work wonderfully for what I've been doing so far, and I haven't even dug that deep into them yet. Well worth the price in my opinion, and sometimes he runs sales or has discount codes available from his channel.

Note: this does not include the watercolor/ink strokes I've been using to do the masking around the edges of each picture. Those were various free sets I've collected over the years.

Jazza Studios

Jazza's Ultimate DIGITAL BRUSHES

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I didn't just get to meet mine. I lived down the road from one and not a very far drive from the other. My sisters and I would bike to the one's house on the regular to pick daffodils in her yard and have treats that she would save for my siblings, my mom's siblings (some of whom were close enough in age to functionally be my siblings), our other cousins, etc. She sewed aprons and let us help her gather eggs from her chickens and warned us to be careful around the cow fields because of the (mild) electric fence designed to keep the bull from trying to wander. The other great-grandmother crocheted afghans that she gifted us and kept a bowl of ribbon candy for when we'd visit.

My great-grandmothers passed away when I was in my twenties. they got to meet two of my children (as in their great-great grandchildren) as well as one of my nieces. We've got a five-generation photo with each of them.

Hey hey preview time! This is the last of the one-illustration chapters (the rest have either two or three).

Can't say as I'm super happy with this, but I had to tell myself to stop touching it, so it is what it is. Again, I blame not having formal training (I make do with online tutorials and fudging around with Photoshop settings). I do like how the "lighting through leaves" effect worked on the tree trunk. Wish I was better at it on other surfaces. Oh well.

Say hello to two of my chao (yes, I have them in my SA2 Battle chao garden)! Angel is the neutral flying chao attached to Knuckles' leg, and Frost is the hero swimming chao in the water.