AMANDA SCURTI
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A while ago someone asked me about my process for my gouache work, and when going through my phone I realized I *had* unintentionally documented this piece from my thesis! Here you go.
How do you stay motivated and and continuing to create new art? I know you're in art school but I've been trying for two years now to get into an art school and each time I get the rejected it really knocks my confidence and motivation down.
I’m always, always always looking at the work of other artists (be it contemporary or from before my time) to try and figure out what it is they’re doing right.
Picturemaking, as a whole (and I mean picturemaking here, not just character design or environments separately) involves a lot of things that need to be balanced or unbalanced on varying levels. Seeing the way stuff fits together and incorporating that into your own work is really important, and for me, seeing the way other people choose do it helps me out a lot.
There are SO many different ways to illustrate, and no one is “BORN” with “DRAWING TALENT.” Remembering that everyone’s had to start at the level of drawing stick figures and circular suns wearing sunglasses is a good motivator - if what you’re doing now isn’t working, keep working at it! It’s just a snapshot of where you are at this point in time. The only time your art stops improving is when you stop making it.
(Check out Chuck Groenink, Meg Hunt, Sam Bosma, and Sam Weber. They all have completely different ways of visual problem-solving, but they’re all incredibly effective! Finding your own niche and playing to your own strengths as an illustrator takes a long time, but YOU CAN DO IT.)
My new set of handmade Photoshop brushes is finally available for download on Gumroad!!! I’ve set the minimum price at $3 (although you are free to donate more!) because I worked hard on these, and I think they are worth it!
Each of these brush tip shapes was drawn with ink on paper and scanned, for brushes with a really traditional, organic feel. Each brush is intended to be used for shading and adding texture to larger areas of a painting, and is less suited to detail work (that’ll be my next set!). Each brush is also named after a type of pie, because I couldn’t think of a reason why they shouldn’t be.
Notes:
- Recommended for Photoshop CS5 or CS6. They’ll open in earlier versions of CS, and in GIMP, but some settings may not work properly.
- Apple Dumpling is a smaller, more compact version of Apple Pie - GET IT?????? Well, anyway, it’s the most line-suited of the set, while Pie is better for filling in big areas.
- Turn down the Flow setting for a softer, more textured brush.
- If you use these brushes often, credit and a link to this post or the Gumroad pages is very much appreciated. I also love seeing what people have done with my brushes, so feel free to tag anything you’ve done with #keckysbrushes.
- Have fun!!!
Check out and download the rest of my custom brushes here!!!
AWW YES, new brushes from Kecky!
There was some ‘draw your Facebook profile picture’ meme going around a few months ago and I ended up with a weird idealized drawing of myself. I never posted it. I’m posting it now. I don’t really look like this. Here you go tumblr
Hi, I was just wondering where you get your prints made when you're selling or doing a show? Do you send out the file to a company to get them printed or do you print them yourself? Thanks!
I’ve only used adoramapix so far, which I would not really recommend. But! Anna Rose has an awesome list of printing resources here. I haven’t tapped into any of them myself yet so I can’t personally vouch for any of these companies, but I’ll update when I do.
Most of you guys have been really, really lovely about this so far, but I would just like to ask that you please (!) really really try very hard not to remove my artist’s comments off of my work when you reblog it.
I understand a lot of you have some really stylish sans text blogs, but I put this stuff up for you to view it and enjoy and the pictures themselves are not always my sole motivation for making posts. Sometimes I am promoting projects I am involved in, sometimes I’m relaying information and other times I’m just trying to give you guys some context! So please be aware. It’s kind of like saying “I don’t really care what you think, I just want the picture.”
Thank you!
Here’s my Junior Thesis! Our theme was “Kings and Queens,” and although the individual we chose did not need to be an actual monarch, we were not permitted to choose anyone fictional. The paramaters of the project dictated that it be 1) biographical and 2) span from early life to death. I chose John Lennon as my subject (King of Rock, I suppose). PRINTS HERE!
All the artwork from The Bad Robot Experience is now online for purchase and viewing.
FRESH MEAT WAS SO GREAT, thanks everyone for stopping by and being awesome! I have some leftover dog zines and minicomics left over so please drop me a line if you would like one - ($2 for dog zine, $4 for my 6-page mini). \m/
I will be selling the full version of my minicomic, as well as some prints at this year’s Fresh Meat comics fair. I’ll be tabling with my best bros Aatmaja Pandya and Emily Forster. Please stop by if you can!
Hoping to see some of you there tonight!
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