My mother is one of the few people who actually reads my not so regular blog--hello Mom!--and lately she's been unhappy about the gloominess of my posts. She has a point ... So, to lighten things up a bit, I'll be sharing some of my latest adventures with digital illustration. Last year I participated in a demo of the Procreate app at the local Apple store, and, as a total neophyte to digital illustration (and someone also quite suspicious of anything that doesn't allow me to feel the texture of things) was impressed. Really impressed! It took a pandemic to finally get me to give this a try. This past week I've spent every free hour experimenting. The biggest challenge for me (and there are many) is to create an image that looks the least digital possible. I was very fortunate to run across an instructional video by the wonderful illustrator and fabulous "creative encourager" Terry Runyan (!!!) and thanks to her entered through the right(as in 'correct') door into the world of digital illustration. Here's my first failed attempt at a animation. You got it. It doesn't move. But I'll figure it out eventually.
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Dave W
8/21/2020 09:42:10 am
Speaking not as your Mom, but as a parent: you and your creations are wonderful!
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Sara
8/21/2020 09:52:04 am
I hear there is a hefty learning curve but worth it! You are spending your time wisely 😘
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A little about myself:Hello there and thank you for visiting my website! I have lived in Spain, Mexico, France and the United States, but now make my home in Germany. I have a Ph.D. in Literary Studies and a Master's in TESOL, and have published several books for children, among them El Loro Tico Tango and El Fandango de Lola, a 2012 Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book. As a writer and an artist I'm in constant conversation with my own anxious mind even as I celebrate the joyful possibilities of our crazy, incomprehensible world. Archives
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