My Recent Art Technique Inspirations

I thought I’d share my recent inspiration. I recently bought a book that I fell in love with in the bookstore, Uni the Unicorn, illustrated by Brigette Barrager. Both the art and the story is wonderful! And, okay – the subtitle: “A story about believing” REALLY grabbed me!! The art attracted me immediately as a technique I would love to try, which I had in front of me while creating my recent Peacock Journal piece (above).

Thankfully my husband, David Fedan, coached me on how to use the photoshop pen tool (a tool I’ve avoided for far too long). I’m thrilled! I’m finally creating the kind of artwork I’ve admired by others, like Brigette.

Just wanted to share some of the images of this lovely book to show why I love it so much. I use textures a LOT in my current surface design work at 4Walls, and really want to apply it to my illustration. I love the way textures are used in this book art.

 

Treasury of Musings – Journal design for Lilla Rogers MATS Class

Journal cover design for Lilla Rogers “Make Art That Sells” course

I am SO excited to have finished my journal design for the Lilla Rogers “Make Art That Sells” Bootcamp class! Testing out by actually uploading it onto Zazzle for sale in my Zazzle store. Please take a look! I worked SO hard on this piece.

Showing some of my progress work below.

I used the Photoshop pen tool for the first time with this project. I’ve been avoiding it long enough. Thrilled to see what I can do with it. Having fun with textures!!

Original sketch

In-progress computer work.