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J16 – Still Life?

For Prince Cedric! Who wanted to see a still life in the style of the Group of Seven:

Everything's holding still, so it's a still life... right?

I don’t think I got the style at all, but trying was a lot of fun!

One of the compositional elements might be non-traditional, but… well, would YOU want to wake him up and make him move?


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9 Responses to “J16 – Still Life?”

  1. Liliy Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 10:32 PM

    Aw~ How cute.

    And I agree. I wouldn’t want to wake him up either. XD

  2. KitFang Says:
    January 21st, 2010 at 1:45 AM

    :o How striking! I’m loving the almost-chalk effect here. Did you apply the effect after drawing the picture “normally” or did you draw it straight using a chalk-brush?

  3. lilyvale Says:
    January 21st, 2010 at 1:15 PM

    Gorgeous, and I love the unexpected dragon!

  4. Aja Says:
    January 22nd, 2010 at 12:27 AM

    Thanks, guys! :D

    @KitFang: I mostly used a custom chalk-brush. I can look up the exact settings if you like.

    @lilyvale: Heh, adding dragons to still-life drawings has been sort of a tradition since high school art class (much to my teacher’s chagrin). XD

  5. Riverfox237 Says:
    January 22nd, 2010 at 7:04 PM

    That is so incredibly pretty. ^^ I love the dragon, lol! Kind of an ironic addiction to a ‘still life’. ;) The flowers are gorgeous, and I love the coloring style.

  6. KitFang Says:
    January 23rd, 2010 at 8:05 PM

    I would love to know the brush settings, but only if it’s not a hassle! ^_~

  7. Aja Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 4:23 AM

    No trouble. ;) You can see the exact settings here:

    http://www.true-magic.com/img/chalk-brush.jpg
    (They say a screencap is worth a thousand words.)

    That granite pattern might not be one of the default texture choices, but if you choose “Load Textures…” from the palette menu, it should be in Rock Patterns.pat. I hope that helps!

  8. Prince Cedric Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 11:22 AM

    Wow, this looks really great!

    I really really like it. I’m glad you enjoyed drawing this, Aja!

    Prince Cedric

  9. KitFang Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 3:52 PM

    :D Sweet! Thank you! (And you know, I’ve never checked to see what other texture presets are even available within Photoshop! *facepalm* You’ve opened a whole new world!) XD

    Now I feel the need play with this new brush…but what to draw? Hmm…