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Love Blinds Progression

posted February 10

New tutorial coming soon! Yayyy Check back for it. We had a snow day today so I am HAPPY as hell and using my time wisely. WHO ELSE HAD A SNOW DAY? Come on half of America had a snow day, so I know YOU DID TOO! :) yay for us!

So I’ve been working on this piece for quite some time now. A couple of days really but hey, I’ve never worked on a piece for that long! It’s kinda weird to say this but it’s the first time ever I’ve reached 100 layers in photoshop. Danggg haha. I don’t know about you guys…what is the highest number of layers you’ve ever used?
Anyway the piece is called “Love Blinds” and I’m only halfway finished with it. I lightly sketched over a picture and then kind of doodled over it. Still need some detailing to do with the neck area and arms and as well as the hair. The background will be last though, having issues with picking something good for that. Ahhhh! I made this using my bamboo CTL460 tablet which I bought a few days ago. It’s pretty much all completely handdrawn.

I kept the color scheme blue and red, didn’t want to overcrowd with colors or anything.

This is the reference image of Alexis Bledel I used:

I’m not the best at drawing but I would definitely like to get better and use drawn elements in my pieces from now on. I think it adds more personality in my opinion. Let me know of any suggestions/critiques you have of this piece. Thank you :)

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  1. Wow this is hand drawn? I couldn’t even tell! It’s really good.

    Looks like candy! Yum! XD I really like it, good job.

    I never reached 100 layers! Wow! :P

    Sophia posted this February 10 * # Reply

  2. Haha wow thank you! It was pretty fun because I actually doodled like this in my notebook when I got bored in class (so very, very often!), so it was kind of like that but except on my computer. Will show a picture in another blog. :)

    Jessicaposted this February 10 // # Reply

  3. wow. <3

    Dalia posted this February 10 * # Reply

  4. WOW! Seriously, it’s just beautiful! And to think it’s not completely done and still amazing! WOW!

    Nusardel posted this February 10 * # Reply

  5. That’s AMAZING :o

    Kp posted this February 10 * # Reply

  6. We had a snow day today too!
    I’m so happy! Snow day = stay in pajamas all day. :D

    Kourtni posted this February 10 * # Reply

  7. Amazing! The most I ever got to was 50ish, which would be more like 70ish, but I merge layers a lot.

    LUCKY. I live in South Texas. Meaning it’s 40 F here and we’re all shivering, but nowhere near snow.

    Fatima posted this February 10 * # Reply

  8. Heey :)
    wow thats amazing! seriously
    and your site is amazing, everythings wow!, wish i had a site like ures, ad ure really talented :D,
    xx

    mickeeey :; sweetkiss-designs.com

    mickeeey posted this February 10 * # Reply

  9. Wow this is amazing!
    St. Louis had two snow days. and i’ve prolly only gone to about 50 layers, there is no possible way i could organized 100.

    Mikayla posted this February 10 * # Reply

  10. i think the most layers i’ve used would be around 30ish?

    i guess your tablet has been put to good use! very nice piece. :)

    oh ps, last saturday we received 25 inches of snow and we have all of this week closed. it was snowing again, too. :D talk about epic break!

    saera posted this February 10 * # Reply

  11. I’ve always wanted a tablet. Though.. I could probably never afford it XD. Maybe later in life ;)

    This is really good!
    I miss you too and should be back soon.
    Keep in touch with me!

    Jay posted this February 11 * # Reply

  12. looks pretty cool!

    alex posted this February 11 * # Reply

  13. http://mydeadpony.deviantart.com/art/Broken-hearted-heroes-152163936

    is this where you got your inspiration from?

    amy posted this February 14 * # Reply

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