4/08/2010

Ajumma


"Ajumma," (auntie) is an endearing term used for older Korean women known for their adventurous style sense, permed hair, and typically fierce demeanor.

This is a quick sketch I did in Photoshop (my 2nd attempt trying to actually do artwork with the program....) Still trying to figure out how to approach shading... Right now I'm pretty much just blending the colors together, but I think it turns out a bit too smooth and vague sometimes...

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Nice. I think I saw her on Court St the other day.

Brendan Croasdale said...

This is looking really good. Awesome line even from working on the tablet. Dunno what kind of look or effect your going for digitaly, the flat and gradients your getting from the blending has an appeal to it, but if your in the market for some more painterly quality its all about the brushes. Use some squarish tips, and some with chunks missing from the brush tip, then reduce the flow on your brush tool about 60%. It will let you play around with some more mark making and maybe give your work the same look and feel your watercolor has. The characters awesome stuff though, apparently Korea has bag ladies as well.