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Two sketch cards done during the stream.

Sami was inked during the stream, but I did the coloring off-camera.  Honestly, I used a brush on just a whim, and it’s way more effort than I would usually put into a sketch card commission unless I charged extra, so don’t anyone get any big ideas. ;)

Usually I just use a micron to ink these, as I did with Andy.  I would have liked to do more with spot blacks in shading her jacket, but I’m a little gunshy with traditional inking.

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MyPaint sketches – Sami by *alex-heberling

I was away from my home computer for a few days, so I took my tablet along with me and played around with an open source art program called MyPaint. I like the simple controls! I did some sketching to get used to the program.

It’s time like this I wish my netbook’s screen were a bit taller, since I’m so used to working on a screen with a 4:3 ratio. I’m not sure what place MyPaint will have in my creative workflow, but its nice for a portable sketching program.