So yesterday during my livestream the possum's friend, the Shetland pony, also got a Fall-themed drawing! Also a great excuse to look at adorable Shetties for a few hours, haha.
But this time things were a bit different, because the possum was done in Photoshop, the software I've worked in for almost eight years now and which I know inside out.
Several weeks ago I got CorelPainter2020, along with a number of other Corel programs, in a HumbleBundle for only 25 bucks. So I've been very excited to try those out, starting with Painter.
And the line art was heavensent. It's got a brush that adds formidable weight to linework once you get the hang of it and for someone who's not great at line art, this was a nice experience:
But then we arrived at Coloring Station.
See, Painter really tries to imitate the look of traditional art and for me that was never really something I was interested in pursuing. Things looking 'digital' was never something I saw as a bad thing. Oil paints, acrylics, pastel, watercolours; they all have their own, beautiful signature looks, but to me so does digital; one really doesn't need to try to be the other to be a beautiful artwork.
But at the same time I'm not against it either; I can see it having its uses.
However, the fact that this software is so different in how it handles color makes it a super steep learning curve! Very exciting, but also frustrating at turns, but slowly but surely I feel I'm getting there. I learned that I need to let go of how I think the program should respond to my input and be open to the things it does differently to see if it's something I want to keep using in the future.
And I'm really liking that. It's easy to get rusted shut in something, whether it's a traditional or a digital medium, and expanding my horizons with new things is a great way to keep learning!
Here's the current colored result (I want to try all sort of different things, haha):
Also I realize I'm sort of making this an art journal, hope that's okay!
