1 post tagged “flash”

Photoshop can be addictive. I was supposed to be working on my two years worth of photos, but I've been inspired to play. I joined DeviantART not too long ago, and not only does it seem to be a great learning tool for me, but it's a great artistic kick in the pants. It's so full of quality art, in many different styles, not to mention handy tutorials. So I started trying to be more creative with my stuff - you know, so I can maybe feel like a real artist instead of just some girl with a camera who happens to walk by something cool. This is why I've been getting better with photo editing in photoshop, but also why I decided to try my hand at learning things like vector and flash! And of course, being the perfectionist I occasionally am, I think I've done fairly well in my first go-rounds, so I wanted to share. Particularly the vector drawing I finished last night.

Okay, so my flash isn't so great. But I did it a mere 2 1/2 hours after opening the program for virtually the first time and going through the basic lessons in the welcome screen! And this was the first thing I'd ever drawn with just a pen tool and simple brushes.

**I don't seem to be able to embed it here (or anyway, it's only showing the preview image and the apparent links aren't linking, so I guess you'll have to go here to see it.)

And now for the guy I'm growing really proud of. While I've been playing a lot with the pen tool (and think I'm really getting the hang of it) this is my first completed digital drawing. Sadly, it's not my concept, though. I must confess this is inspired by a picture I've had hanging over my kitchen sink in every apartment I've lived in since high school.

miracle fish grow

I'm sure I've missed some details, so I may do more to it later, but I'm still pretty darn happy with it. And yes, this was done in just photoshop, not Illustrator or some fancy-schmancy drawing program like that. Cause I don't have that.

Now what I really need to do is get my butt moving on my new website design, which I've been planning to do for months!

love-love. Lindsay