Coloring A Digi

I'm starting a new coloring. This is how I'm starting this particular digi. The lines are very faint, so I'm going to go over them using a pen tool that comes with the digital program using the color black.  The digi is by artist Sliekje. She is one of my favs, and you can get this one without cost on her blog, Sliekje.blogspot.com. There are lots of digital art programs available.  I use several just to get a feel for what's out there and what works best for me.  As a beginner I'm still pretty basic, but I have acquired a preference for programs that use layers.  You don't have to have them for coloring.  So grab a digi and let's see if we can get the hang of digital coloring.

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TAKE CARE OF THE GIRLS!!!

Hello,
Even though October - Breast Cancer Awareness month - is over, I wanted to repost my boobie card.  Better late than never.  Gotta take care of the girls!

Front

Back

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I Love To Color...

When I first got this digi from Tiare Smith, I downloaded it right onto my tablet.  It was a first for her and just getting it downloaded onto my tablet to work with was a first for me. Tiare was brave enough to try something new and look at her results.  A piece of art she could share with us.  Her determination made me determined to take on digital coloring and not give up.  

I colored one of these in April 2015, the other in September 2015.  You can note improvement, even though they both have elements that I like.  Just like with everything else, you learn the basics, then you keep practicing and practicing, and develop your own style.  You can get better in a short amount of time.

 April 2015

September 2015



To download a digi to your tablet, you save it as a photo image and import it into whatever digital program you are using. You can find more of Tiare's art, mixed media, and art journaling at www.tiaresmith.com. 

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Still coloring...

Hello,

If you've been coming by to visit, I hope you've benefited from something I have here. Once you learn the basics of something new, you just have to keep doing it over and over and over to get better, find your style, or just become more knowledgeable.  That's where I am with alcohol markers.  I have my preference (psst...it's Promarkers).  However, as a colorist, I won't be bound by one type of medium or product. There's too many to choose just one. Which leads me right where I want to be - digital art/coloring.

I'm enjoying it, and you are welcome to join me as I learn.  Just as we've done with Copics, we can learn together. 

There are lots of different programs to choose from, just like markers and pencils and other crafting things. You have to have patience because each program comes with its own learning curve.  Some are simple.  Some are complicated.  Some depend on what it is you want your final coloring or artwork to look like. Just like with anything else, you learn the basics and then practice, practice, and then practice some more. 

Here is my latest digital coloring. The colors seem to vary from device to device, so you may have to do a little tinkering to see the details close up.  This little ladybug is from a Bugaboo challenge over at CraftingCircle.com - where you can also find some fellow Circuteers.  Feel free to let me know what you think about it.

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Painting....

Just wanted to share...

 The beautiful First Lady Michelle Obama.*I was able to create this "painting" with an app called "PaintCan." The reference photo is from Shon Helmsley and was shared on Facebook. As always -- Thanks for stopping by.

*(This photo is photoshopped. In the original MO has her hair as she usually  wears it.  I wasn't aware of that when I posted it.  Digital...gotta love it! )

Been Coloring -- Digitally!

Yep!  I've been coloring digitally.  Something that I didn't think I would ever do.  I haven't been able to spend much time in my "studio" area  to color.  But I've been able to use my tablet during doctor appointments and other waiting periods.  Why not learn something new and keep the brain cells alive.

So here's my new coloring.  'Tis the season for graduations.  My husband's youngest daughter has just completed her master's in education.  The look on this girl's face is kind of like mine when I started coloring and thought "I can really do this."  The digi is from and by Robert Jackson.  You can find it here with lots of others:  http://fineartsbyrobertjackson.com/ 

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Re: Missing in Action

Hey,
If you're still stopping by, I want to do you the courtesy of explaining my lengthy absence.  I know I don't owe you one, but my home training dictates some type of explanation is necessary, and it may be therapeutic for me as well.

Some of you are aware my hubby has been extremely ill.  It began with pneumonia in August.  He was hospitalized, dehydrated and in kidney failure, back home a week later.  Returned the next week for what we thought were complications.  Turned out he had had a heart attack at some point after the first discharge.  His heart had been damaged and was only functioning at 20%.  Over the next few months, he gradually gained his strength and was back to his usual schedule.  

At the end of October he became very ill, and we learned he had lost blood supply to his intestines, and it had begun to die.  If left alone, he would die in 4-5 days.  With surgery there was a slim possibility he would survive, but was already in such a fragile state they didn't think he would survive.  Plus, they would need to find a surgeon willing to do the surgery knowing the odds were so against his patient surviving.  Hubby had the surgery and has had two more since.

So he has been hospitalized since the first of November, and needs to have another surgery.  He's weak and fragile.  He has to get stronger before they do the next surgery.  At this point they're hoping he can be discharged by the end of the month and work on getting stronger at home. 

My poor hubby has such a strong will to live.  He'd rather be in pieces and still alive than dead.  I don't know that I would have made the same decisions as he'd had to make.  I think I'd rather be dead than in pieces.  I think. 

I say I think because there are those that I love that I know depend on me to be here because I give their lives more meaning.  Could they go on without me?  Sure.  But I would be missed.  Missed more than any other person that died?  Probably not.  But I know these lives would be changed in such a way that they don't deserve to suffer such a trauma if it may have been avoided. They'd rather have me in pieces, at least for a while, I think, than dead.

I don't have the luxury of thinking nobody would miss me.  I know there are those that would.  My pity parties usually have no basis because when I start to think nobody loves me, nobody cares, I can't deceive myself because I begin to think, well, so-and-so loves me and would miss me, this one loves me and would miss me, that one loves me and would miss me...it's a blessing and a curse.

To those I follow, I keep up-to-date thanks to Bloglovin.  Haven't been good about leaving comments, but I do visit your posts when they come up.  I haven't had time to work with my coloring or jewelry very much, and those are the two things that keep me sane.  I try to catch up with emails and the blogs I follow, watch a new video post to catch up. 

Thank you so much for your comments, prayers, and best wishes.  They are so appreciated.

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