There is no folder system as such in Procreate, but I do like the stack system where related works can be kept together and use it all the time. The trouble is, every time you pick up a new image to go into a stack the stack loses its title and defaults to 'Stack' and it's easy to get confused and waste time looking for something. I know I'm not going to have much time to spare in the coming months as I start full-time work tomorrow (fortunately in a place I love, and doing work I thoroughly enjoy) so I spent a little time this week designing new covers for stacks to make them easily identifiable. This makes it quick and easy to pick up work where I last left off and squeeze in as much time as I can.
Work in progress. Based on the original sketch in the previous entry, this is as far as I have managed to get so far. I have reinterpreted the curly tree, but there has to be room in the illustration for the text, and I have to work out how to express the festoons in the night sky which frightened the elves ... watch this space to see where it goes.
This is the original sketch for Wayney Stars, made such a long time ago I can't remember when exactly how it began. I am having some difficulty in interpreting this in my current way of working, while preserving its intrinsic properties - it's a case of Keep Going.
The ditty reads: The wayney stars without a moon Did it by themselves They lit the sky with great festoons And frightened all the elves Not a lot of progress to report, as I am on a training course which entered its 7th week of 8. It has been super intense, leaving me too tired in the evenings to get a lot of work done. The course is absolutely amazing, though, and I am thoroughly enjoying it: so far I have had 2 weeks induction which included energy use, health and safety in the workplace, information about supported businesses, and employability skills. This was followed by the practical sections which have been an absolute ball for me: upholstery, sewing using commercial machines (much stronger, faster, and more powerful than my domestic sewing machine), woodwork, office work (including my nemesis, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets), out on the vans for deliveries and collections, and refurbishment of equipment used by hospitals and care homes across Fife, Edinburgh and Glasgow. But it's taking its toll, and I realise I have to build up my strength. I slept nearly 12 hours solid last night.
Anyway, here is the progress on my latest illustration for Misguided Star, a ditty I composed back in 2008. I dimmed down some of the stars to highlight one on the left side, the misguided one, and worked on the tree with star-shaped leaves on the right which will form a double spread for Stars Scare Elves, another ditty from the same year. |
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Welcome to my illustration and patterns blog.
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - allegedly about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the binkymckee. with weebly.com and it will work again. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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April 2024
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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