Day 27 - Ashley in the grass

[vilakins]

What I was going to do today for naarmamo didn't work out, so here's Ashley. It's based on a photo I took of her sitting on the deck steps. The grass is cheaty Photoshop grass.

Ashley in the grass



My NaArMaMo 2010 Gallery is here.

Comments

[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

Ha ha! A grass 'brush' eh? I have learnt to use things like that in Gimp.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I use a combination of PSE and GIMP, depending on which one does something better. I don't remember a grass brush in GIMP though.

[quarryquest.livejournal.com]

I think these are the ones I saw originally - the newer Gimp can use .abr files apparently so they are interchangable. I am sure this is on Deviant Art too ...

http://brushnet.com/?p=160

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll see if I can install those in my old PSE and in GIMP.

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Ashley has a well deserved turn on Naart--a very good likeness of her.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had to draw her even though she's so hard to do.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Ah Ashley, you are really there!:-)
What a lovely silvery sheen, so typical for Ashley! And her emerald eyes and her head is perfect and the sleek body. Love!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Her eyes are really more pale jade but I wanted to add some colour to her. :-)

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

very good.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[elmey.livejournal.com]

That curving cat posture is great, and I really like the way you shaded her markings. Is Ashley preening in front of her picture on the computer now?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

She's never been interested in computers, unlike Jasmin and Vic. She seems to like me taking photos of her though.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have known it was photoshop grass if you hadn't told me. :) Lovely picture of Ashley!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Now it's been pointed out as usual I can see a mistake. :-P

[daiseechain.livejournal.com]

Love the look on her face.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Jasmin was running up the railing above her at the time. :-) Have a look here (http://vilakins.livejournal.com/546791.html); last two photos. Or four for added cat cuteness. :-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

As Vila would paraphrase, "cheating is faster". Who wants to draw blades of grass? Ashley's pose and shading is wonderful.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was going to leave her as is but she's so monochrome I decided to add grass. I think she's looking up at Jasmin on the tailing above. :-) And yeah, as usual I've made a mistake. Sigh. I may have to try and fix it. I'm not a natural with animals like you.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

If it's only a little thing, maybe you can cover it up with flowers or toy mouse?

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It's the marking on her head that don't make it look quite right. I had a complaint. I'd know it was wrong if it was a person I was drawing.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

Mmm... it's not an obvious mistake. I can't really see it, but then I'm used to the way cats contort themselves to distort their markings.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I can see in the photo that the markings on her head are different and make it more obvious it's her head. I will fiddle and possibly re-upload. I'm fairly perfectionist but obviously nowhere near as much as some.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I'm too easily distracted to go back and fix most stuff. I find if I try to hard to fix, it just gets muddled worse. Esp. during Art a day month, when somedays just doing SOMETHING is all you can manage.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I fixed it. I don't always agree with her criticisms ( as when the teapot behind the cup was smaller) but I hate it when I've got something wrong. It bothers me till I fix it.

I suppose I should draw things no one can tell are inaccurate, but it's good practice drawing a range of subjects. :-)

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're happy with it now. I liked both versions, really.

[san-valentine.livejournal.com]

The colouring and markings are lovely. The head is really good too, but I@m not quite sure about the way it fits into the neck. Other than that, no complaints at all.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Aww Ashley is beautiful displaying her stripes.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

She is! And she's the hardest cat to draw I've had. :-)

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Very nice. :)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[pebblerocker]

Lovely! Well done on the tabby stripes.

I have drawn my cat in a similar S-curved pose, head going one way, tail the other. It's very appealing in a picture.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It is a nice pose with that curve. She was looking up at Jasmin who was on the deck railing above. :-)

[luinielle.livejournal.com]

Lovely drawing of Ashley! I love her markings.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

They're very hard to get right, so I just suggested them. She really is a beautiful little cat, and the hardest one I've drawn.