RG.CCC: my illustration

Monday, October 5, 2020

Introducing Lotus digital stamp

Hello friends, I am up with another illustration which I turned to a digital stamp.

Its inspired by lotus pictures, if you happen to follow me on instagram, you would see my love for lotuses during summers. I always capture numerous pictures of lotuses. It's a childhood fantasy for me, I always wanted to see and hold lotuses as a child but these flowers were available only in books to see. It was in the year 2003 the first time I saw the lotus up-close in our hotel residence, and I was so thrilled and bowled over. Though since then I have seen so many lotuses so often, but that fantasy part is still intact!

So I took one of my most recent captures of the lotuses from June, and illustrated one close to it.

The lotus, bud, and the lotus pads are all individual digital stamps, I just layered these together to create my design.

I have added 2 new pages to my blog, where you can see my designs as well as another page where the free downloads are available.

I used the zig brush pens to color the initial watercolor layer and then used the Prismacolor pencils to color and add details.

This coloring was done over the stretch of 3 days, as I couldn't focus on it. Partly because my body hates the transition weather and it throws me off balance, thanks to my hypothyroidism and I really go through bad brain fog and lack of concentration days, this has become a way of life during the onset of Spring and Autumn for me. As the days go by, I find my way back and get used to the weather changes.

Another reason is with the approaching of 8th October, the day my dad left this world, I tend to get sad and have no interest in crafting or anything. I can't believe that it will be 2 years soon since he is gone.

Anyways I was not supposed to sing my sad saga and distract you guys, but it's life and my blog is like my journal at times, so I do share my thoughts from time to time 😉

So let's look at the card and coloring pictures now!

I partial fussy cut the stamps from both sides and added silver glitter strip to the edges, used foam adhesive for the front. The sentiment is from Altenew.

I hope you like my illustration here.

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Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate your kind feedback. Have a great day!

Friday, September 11, 2020

Pencil colored white Hibiscus flowers

Hello friends, today I am up with another of my digital image, which I converted using my illustration.

I have colored quite a few Hibiscus flowers so far, all were illustrated by me, so I ended up converting to a digital stamp, another friend of mine has colored this flower and she brought life to my illustration.

I had been trying a white on white hibiscus coloring for a while now, and finally I can call it a success.

Though the pictures are extremely difficult to click because the camera won't focus on the light lines.

I have a video as well, again same problem, the camera didn't focus too well, but I am sharing it regardless if you want to see the white hibiscus coming along.

Once the coloring was done, I had fussy cut the flower and added using a foam adhesive.

The base card is textured, and I have added scoring to create a frame, and added the 2 flowers in each corner, and sentiment in the middle from Waffle flower, I also stamped 2 dragonflies from the same set.