All posts tagged: drawing

Piggie drawings

December 4, 2012
by Liz
Process / Show and Tell

Ruthie, Robin, and I decided to make a bunch of pig drawings to adorn our new logo. For me, this little project was a chance to play with different styles. This first one is a combination of hand drawing and Photoshop. I started out with colored pencils and crayons. Because it was an experiment, I didn’t overthink things. Then I used a mask to give the pig a cutout look and better define the eyes. […]

Inky Persninky

September 23, 2012
by Liz
Tools of the Trade

I’ve long been a Very Fussy Inker. Back when I was still figuring out which supplies I liked, I used Winsor & Newton india ink. At the time, I was coloring my drawings with watered-down gouache, which has a denser coverage than watercolor. But I still wanted my line to be visible. Not all black inks give you a really good, opaque black, and some of them bleed, too. India ink seemed like a good choice, […]