Feb 28
Girl with dog
2006 at 08.35 am posted by Veerle Pieters
Drawing has always been my first love and it is only until recently that I picked up my pencil again and brushed up my rusty skills. This was started in a sketch book and scanned. In Illustrator I took my pen tool to redraw the image from scratch.
The final touches were done in Photoshop starting by adjusting the colors and contrast a bit and by using some filters and effects such as “Film Grain”, “Defuse Glow”, “Sprayed Strokes” and “Colored Pencils” to get the canvas feeling/effect.
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well alright, this is a test
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Great! I like the colors and the style…
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Exquisite style!
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great drawing Veerle, the colors really pop
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Lovely, nice and simple
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This is really sweet :) Great color and composition, an engaging subject and lovely texture.
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Great style and wonderful color. I also like the flow to the illustration exacerbated by the composition of all the elements in relation to the pathway and the sunlight on the ground. All children’s books should be illustrated this way!
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nice!
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Well done. Great colors.
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I love your style! It looks like something that would be in a children’s book. Have you ever thought about going that route?
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I love your style, not only your illustrations but also your site’s design… charm and fresh!
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Great one. I’m waiting for more.
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Great site and drawings. Subscribed.
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I would love to have that hanging in my office! It reminds me of the Oswald cartoon series (and other art) by Dan Yaccarino.
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Veerle that’s really beautifull I’d love to see a serie like this. Do not know if you speak french but : tu as bcp de talent c’est magnifique…
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Niiice.
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I like the style of this, Veerle, I think the shadows would extend a bit further, though.
Would look great in a children’s book, or maybe greetings cards.
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I don’t know why you dislike this so much. If you would’ve said this drawing came out of a childrens book I would’ve taken your word for it.
The only thing that looks a bit strange to me is the difference between the dark and light patches. Is the light patch a hill or does it just look like that because of the circle you drew around it?
And, as Steve said, the shadow is quite odd.
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Kristy said:
Yes I did but not sure, it’s a speciality and I guess to be really really good you need to focus on that skill only and also maybe on one style only, which I haven’t (you’ll notice in the future). I love so many other stuff, like designing websites ;) I used to design seasonal cards for a Belgian publisher (in pure water color, so no Photoshop), but it takes hours and it doesn’t pay good :D
Fre said:
The path is on a hill that’s right. The shadows are not like they would appear like in the real world. It’s more a fantasy thing, like that there is a light source on the left that shines into the drawing but you don’t see the source itself. Hope I’m making sense here.
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Wowv…
nice job!
i like it..
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I love the colors and texture!
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Great piece of work
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Veerle, I’ve been coming here for a while now, and I’ve always been impressed.
Lately, though, you’ve taken things to a completely new level with the re-design and this artwork. The texturing and your mastery of color combinations (both in the drawing and on your site) speak volumes about your talent.
I hope Duoh pays well, because I believe you’d likely be one of the most sought-after freelancers on the planet!
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hmm.. nice page girl!
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Goregous!
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Very nice indeed. The art modestly gelling with the cool background of this site, so is that lovely look…imo.
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I love your style! lovely.
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Such Beautiful COLOR and a WONDERFUL freshness!!! I ADORE it!!! I would LOVE to see more!!!
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cool artistry! extremely calm…
i wonder if ur design of a girl with a dog by the seaside would be as vibrant as this?! keep up the cool work!
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it is illustrative art,no graphic design.
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It really looks like you painted it on a canvas…great work
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Oh sooooooo cool.
I stumbled onto your site but have added you to my fav’s ... very clean site design and I love your art.
Simple yet fantastic.
Keep it up!
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Hi Veerle!
Best of Luck at SXSW! Hope you have finally caught up on your sleep ;o)
Groetjes!
Mark
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I know exactly what you mean. I used to love drawing, but have been spoiled by the computer over the years. I also got extremely burnt out on it by my undergraduate degree. You inspire me to want to do it again! Great piece!
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I think your style is lovely & fresh. You inspire me to be more proficient w/illustrator. thank you ^..^
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Such an inspiring use of colors and the portal design is excellent. I take inspiration from your design and everythings.
Thanks again.
Regards
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This is great. It looks like a children’s book. Have you ever considered doing children book illustrations?
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I like the foreground, it captures a tasty simplicity.
Now for the criticism: the background around where the trees are is a little
too repetitive, it could use a little more depth back there. :)
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Nice drawing… I always wondered how they got the combination of neat lines and a ‘paper’-effect. I do draw a lot myself, but usually only in one program (either Illustrator, Photoshop or Painter).
/dutch mode/
Je site is trouwens ook al gaaf gedaan zeg! Die awards die je hebt gewonnen zijn ook zéker verdient.
Wat ik me alleen afvroeg; met zoveel artikelen op ‘t internet over elastic websites enzo, is er een reden waarom je je site toch een vaste breedte hebt gegeven?
/dutch mode off/
Greets,
Joram
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you have a wonderfull style, and i love your website!
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Wow! I like your blog:) it’s nice illustrations…I like to doodle a lot too…and yours is really interesting!! - Jodee (Singapore)
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Hey there! I love your site! It’s an amazing work of art. Doing web design is very new to me, but I hope one day I’ll be as good as you. Even half as good would be all right with me!
Sincerely,
Khalid
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Simply amazing picture. Lovely.
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wow ... very nice stuff ...
simple , childish , but nice :)
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Hi
Your permalinks in this section are broken. The URL http://veerle.duoh.com/index.php/artveerle/comments/girl_with_dog/ points to the last post in the “my art” section, not the “Girl with dog” post. To see “Girl with dog” I have to go to the second page of this section.
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Martin said:
Thanks for catching this error it was an oversight on my part. It should be fixed now and work properly.