Silly Orange Cat

[Anna]

vector art – 2021

This was one of my first digital artworks that I completed. I made it with the intention of getting into design work for products on RedBubble so I ended up focusing only on the subject and not including in background. (If you are interested in seeing what this design looks like on any products, feel free to check out this design here.)

I know that whenever I get a chance to revisit this design, I will definitely add more background context and shadows.

I also want to adjust the colors since they don’t look right to me. One of the hardest things to adjust to digital art has been the color changes that different monitors can have, and how the printing process has yet another color scheme so the translation between has been a lot of slow grasp my head around.

I certainly welcome any and all feedback!

Thanks for looking!

[Rich]

Cute! We had a cat that would do that, could never figure out why! If only they knew how silly they look!

 

–Rich

 

[Ohmo]

Good shapes.  Made me laugh, but not quite out loud. ?

Unless going for a realistic image, maybe concern about minor differences in hues/values should be put on the back burner. Not saying they won’t make a difference, but a digital artist cannot adjust for every monitor any/all viewers use. If you want a realistic digital image, maybe just stick with photographs.

Is the painting telling a story?  What is it?

When done, how will it be displayed – digitally? as a print? as product decoration? I think these things should be considered when developing a work.

 

Skill is nothing more than talent practiced relentlessly.

[Keith2]

If you have difficulty getting the colours on a digital print to look right, one way of correcting the colours (at least in Procreate) is to choose the Adjustments option. This allows you to make changes to Hue, Saturation, Brightness in each layer in the digital painting. There’s also an other option called colour balance.

The idea is that you copy your digital painting, rename the copy and then make adjustment to the colours so the the painting looks better.

I’ve found that making colours bolder and stronger, or darker, gives a better print on paper. But there is a lot of trial and error.

Another option is to select a digital canvas with the title CMYK. This type of canvas is supposed to give better colours when the painting is printed.

I rarely print digital paintings, so I’m not that familiar with these refinements.

 

 

 

 

 

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