Published 15th April, 2019
I’m just someone who likes to create all the things! I actually have a focus in 3D, but constantly utilize my illustrations to help me concept 3D pieces. Oh, and you if you don’t want to call me Insane you can call me Missy. 😉
I suppose it depends as what someone defines as ‘hobby’. My job requires use of 3D knowledge, but my painting skills come in handy with material creation or editing some of them. Outside of my day job I create illustrations to sell online. I think it’s more of a side gig.
I really like creatures and monsters, non human stuff. Lately I’ve been on a bit of a fantasy kick, but I don’t think I can really settle on just one genre. I like to experiment with them all!
This one is hard. I don’t have any specific role model, I just like certain aspects of other artists whether it be how they approach a specific subject, or portray something in their art. I keep a good healthy mix of artists I follow who inspire me. A few would be Chris Sanders, Danny Mac, Madeleine-Scott Spencer, Bruce Timm, Creature Box…the list goes on.
I actually don’t know why or what started it. Probably back in the early days of deviantart or the oekaki boards. I always had sketchbooks to scan in and post my art, but when I saw digital art, something drew me to it. Seeing a movie in 3D probably really cemented digital art for me, and I always preferred being on a computer, so I think at some point just before high school it all just clicked together that this was the start of my digital painting experience.
For just me, I think it saves on paper and waste (of course if someone prefers traditional I wouldn’t stop them!). I have used oils, acrylics and watercolor, but the supplies can get expensive and I’ve moved around too much to really justify the space it takes up. It also meant my younger siblings couldn’t scribble on my traditional art.
I never used Photoshop to paint, I used Corel Painter. My version was becoming outdated and the new version was out of my price range. I tried looking into free alternatives, and I don’t remember how, but I think it just magically appeared on my computer one day, opened itself and told me to use it.
IT ACTUALLY WORKS!
It’s open-source. It lets me paint however I want. It’s built by a community. It HAS a community. It’s always improving and fixing bugs.
I think a lot of improvements just revolve around fixing bugs. Except text. It’s made leaps and bounds but I would love to see continued improvement with that tool. Oh, and recent documents doesn’t actually show ‘recent’, like the last file I opened all the time. But it could also be user error on my part. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Programs I truly support revolve around one thing: community. When a software package has developers that listen to its users and works with them, it really adds value to that software. I’ve watched Krita grow and I only see it getting bigger and better.
As of late probably my Celestial Goldfish. I watch a lot, and I mean A LOT, of fish hobby videos. A goldfish seller posted a photo of that cute little guy and naturally I had to take it and exaggerate it. I don’t even own goldfish! If anyone ever needs a weird expression to inspire them goldfish have a million of them.
I love the ink brushes. I tweaked one of the defaults to meet my needs and preferences. The watercolor brushes are becoming a favorite, and I’m hoping to use them in a large illustration soon!
As for techniques, a lot has changed with 4.0. I use the color mask editing tool in most of my work now,
I think my instagram has more finished pieces, but if you don’t mind being spammed with twenty WIP images, random updates on my life and the occasional The Office gif, you can see it all on my Twitter, too.
All the links can be found on my website: justcallmeinsane.com
For quick access to my Krita tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/c/justcallmeinsane
Every time you draw something you’ve never drawn before, it’s like learning how to hold a pencil all over again. Don’t stop and keep going.
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