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So...

Why?

LOL
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The title of my post and the image is the same. I did this back in 2015 for a school assignment. At the time my teacher thought Putin wasn't "stupid enough" to start a new cold war. I hope my teacher remembers me and my piece, lol.


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Or so I hope.

Creative Market didn't quite work out. I'm going to convert my geometric hummingbirds into a NFT. Maybe it'll sell?

 

Memories of my mockup.
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Yup, this is still an ongoing thing, lol.

Yes, I haven't corrected the fur shading, or added highlights on the woman, or even cleaned up the crown, but here I am moving forward with the bird.

Painting this has been chaotic from the beginning. I wanted to abandon this, but I've determined to finish this no matter what, even if it takes me a gazillion years.
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I need to destressify so I'm determined to finish this. I changed the woman's fur and crown from white/gold to black. It helps the mostly white bird stand out more. I'm also removing the vest on the bird. Tbh, it doesn't need it.

Orange

Sep. 11th, 2021 07:48 pm
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Yup, yups, [personal profile] calzephyr was spot on about the orange. It went well with the existing orange I was using for the "Geometric" branding title. The grey background in my previous post was just the Illustrator artboard. I limited the colors to white and dark blue, because I knew I wanted to either place the mockup logo on a cardboard like background or a solid color.

Been super busy with job searching, interviews (yes, more interviews!!!), health, and family stuffs.

This was one of the last things I needed to post my first product on Creative Market! I know it won't sell, but I'm ok with it. It honestly helps with my creativity and it's fun!

Ok!

Sep. 6th, 2021 06:57 pm
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Yup [personal profile] calzephyr was right. The vector birds can be made into a decent logo.

Instead of only including two poses, I've upped it to five. If the birds were super detailed and naturalistically rendered, then two poses would be fine.

I've finalized all poses, offered a trimmed and non-trimmed illustrator version (for easy editability). Created the main preview image. Now I need to create a product mockup :)

Good Start

Aug. 31st, 2021 12:09 am
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I'm going to start with these little guys. I have to clean up the illustrator file and create the presentation collateral. Then it'll go up on Creative Market :)

Will try to keep adding hummingbird species every weekend.

So exciting!

DONE!

Aug. 29th, 2021 08:00 pm
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Ok, well not entirely done, but I tweaked the style a bit, and I'm very happy with the look. Each hummingbird will have three different poses :)
 
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I want to try something different for my first Creative Market product. So, I've decided to make a series of minimalistic vector hummingbirds. I usually do the naturalistic thing, but for the sake of time and doing something different, geometric birds are the way to go.

I haven't decided if I want to add textures or leave as is. The look and feel is basically finished, I just need to adjust a few things. I can't wait to create the other five or so cute birds.

Time Out

Aug. 25th, 2021 04:17 pm
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After some disappointing career and health news I'm going to destressify by creating some geometric vector birds. A welcome change since my job search and related activities have consumed most of my time. It'll feel good to create some fun things for a change.

I intend to upload the birds to my Creative Market account :)

ART DUMP!!

Jul. 29th, 2021 12:02 am
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Memories. I found this infographic I created for my first attempt at freelancing. The image was suppose to explain to potential clients what to expect during the design process.

I had so much time back then. I creating all individual assets from scratch, yes even the credit card, lol. Illustrator has it's charms.




LOL

Yes, I'm still working on this.

I used Illustrator to clean up the crown. Once I finish the face/neck I will blend the crown better into the skin. I gotta clean up the bird by blending the front feathers better. Still need to add buckles and mirror the crown elements into it's leather shield.

Still a lot of work that needs to be done.


Busy

Jul. 12th, 2021 12:56 am
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That's so weird to type, after being unemployed for over a year things are starting to pickup for me. Finished some freelance graphic design work this weekend and submitted a "test" vector illustration for a graphic illustrator contract. This would be my first ever illustration based contract (if I get it). We'll see.

Most of my time at MoVal I only used Illustrator for logo, infographics, wireframing, and sometimes flyers. It's been awhile since I used the program to create a proper vector illustration. Good lord was I rusty.

Tomorrow, after I take my mom to her doctor's appointment I will do some much needed administrative tasks. I also hope to devote some time toward my Creative Market account. I have so many ideas...

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Finally got around to work on this. Yes, it still needs a ton of work, but at least I made some progress, lol.

I've been busy compositing for clients and for my portfolio. Apparently, presentation matters. I mean why tho? Actually, ok, I get it, but still. When it comes to presentation I'm fucking lazy. I'm like ok, it's done, drop the image on my site and volia--DONE! Admittedly, it does make my portfolio look better.



This is an example of one of my composites.

I didn't add a glare on the cover, because I wanted it to look matte.

Those castor beans were a fucking pain in the ass. THANK GOD for layer masks and my pen. 

Next is animating my website designs, because, well you know--PRESENTATION.

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I hate blending, especially in Photoshop, BUT I love all it's color management and smart objects, so I should stop complaining. I sketched and created the value study in Clip Studio Paint.
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 Almost Finalized look of the character



It's so dark, because initially I was going to go straight to color. Since I was still figuring out design elements like crown, attire and even some armor for the bird I felt I should do a value study first. Everything is still sketchy and rough, but it gives me a good idea where I want to be. I'm leaning toward a round decorative shield in the background.

Shorter Hair


I always envisioned her to have short hair, but during the design process I fell in love with super short hair. Also, I didn't feel she should be in a traditional throne type setting. Each sketch was going toward a viking/norse type of look--and I liked it! 

The Beginning


The initial sketch was of a younger woman. I wasn't sure if I wanted her evil or just normal (lol). After the initial sketch, I felt the queen should be older/mature. I wasn't interested in drawing/painting an oversexualized 16-year old looking queen. There are a lot of art depicting that type of image, I just didn't want to go down that route.




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I didn't like the composition of the original so I recomposited my own illustration. Now this will be going in my portfolio.

Done

May. 7th, 2021 11:15 pm
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Eh, at least it's done. Onward to the next project :)
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Not final sketch. I will be doing a character design series that includes birds of prey paired up with humans. I can't wait to design her attire and hardware. I don't think I'll do anything with the snowyowl, she's beautiful just as she is.
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This is progressing a lot sooner than my other ones.

For this one I changed the main brush I use.

I still need to fix a few things.

Now I need to do my daily sketch.




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