Here’s the first spread I did in my character journal. It is a small moleskine journal that measures around 6 by 8 inches. The dragonflies are die cuts from K&Company and the circle flowers are pieces of a print I had made with the Gelli plate. I drew and painted in the character and asked my granddaughter Tena what I should call her. Right away she said “Lucy”. I think that the name Lucy fits her perfectly.
Here’s a close up of Lucy. If you haven’t seen the new animate anything app, you should go check it out. I animated Lucy on my phone and it is so awesome (although a bit freaky) to see your character come to life! I wanted to post the animation here but it doesn’t look like WordPress supports the file.
I’m working on finishing up a larger painting that I had started probably about a year ago and am also almost finished with another spread in my character journal. Happy creating!
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Lucy is fabulous! Her face is so sweet and I love all the texture and detail in your painting. I too have been playing with that animating app. My kids dragged out loads of my paintings to experiment with. I haven’t figured out how to even save the video file though. Quite freaky, as you say.
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Thanks Laura! I bet your kids are enjoying that. I was able to email it to myself and then download it to my computer.
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Ah ha! Good workaround. I will need to try that.
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Hello Lucy! She looks so dainty and so sweet. I love all the elements that you put into this painting. All the colors blended together to give a very delicate background perfect for your little Lucy.
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Pleased to meet you Lucy! She is precious with that sweet dragonfly fluttering around her and I love the colours you worked with, both exuding a delicacy yet strength to them at the same time. She is an adorable character and hope we get to meet with her again.
Wishes
Lynne
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Thanks so much!
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