I have been working a lot recently and my wrist definitely needs a break. However, it doesn't mean that I am not drawing or painting; but it means that I draw or paint only traditional for as long as the wrist needs to recover. As I tend to have a strained wrist, working digital for too long in a row makes it feel sore (due to constant pressure the pen needs and the way one has to hold it, as I hold my traditional tools differently). So I always have to take a few days off and work only traditional, which mostly helps. As no pressure is needed in traditional work and I can hold the tools differently than the "normal" grip, I can still work while recovering for the next session of digital work.
Also, I have started a Photoshop Brush Account on Deviantart with my best friend that will be filled with self created Photoshop brushes emulating traditional media.
Just follow this link to get to the Deviantart Account: http://food-for-crows.deviantart.com/
The account is named Food-For-Crows, as we know that digital artists desperatly search for useful digital Photoshop brushes, like a crow watching for food. And crows are very smart, so are creative people. If you have a Deviantart account be sure to watch Food-For-Crows as it will have many different brushes in the gallery soon.
Pages on this blog have been updated with some new content, per example these bear warriors:
Recently there are issues with my sketchbook on Tumblr, hence why I think about an alternative. However, I am not quite sure where else to go (at least until Tumblr starts to work properly again) and somehow I would have to message my followers on Tumblr about any change. As there is no follower on this blog, I will rather continue to use it as a kind of mainblog to update the pages with images.
I am playing with a possible idea of creating a new sketchbook-PDF file for everyone interested to look at. I love to look at sketches and ideas, and early stages, of any artist out there. It gives a great insight regarding the idea process and somehow portaits the initial thoughts and overall concept way better than very tight detailed images. I mostly love pencil drawings and sketches, but also markers and ink. And traditional rough paintings. Recently I am doing some rough paintings (traditional) to have many bases for digital illustration.
I hope you have a great day and thanks for visiting my mainblog.
