Study

A green Christchurch — digital illustration, 2011
A green Christchurch — digital illustration, 2011

“Study nature. Exaggerate light; overstate — the less inhibited you are, the better.” Sergei Bongart

Here’s another old project… This goes back to when I was learning about vector graphics in Illustrator. It was inspired by this Tuts+ tutorial. Revisiting the image for today’s post, I thought it looked much too ‘clean’ and so I added a little extra texture in Photoshop.

Lines

Occidental Hotel sketch – ink on paper, 2010
Occidental Hotel sketch – ink on paper, 2010

“It was amazing what an hour with her sketchpad could do for her mood. She was sure that the lines she drew with her black marker were going to save her years of worry lines in the future.” Victoria Kahler, Their Friend Scarlet