#Tag · bonfire.cafe

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23.
This was one of my most recent studies, but I'm giving it another airing because I'm pleased with it, so there.
Time lapse at 5:34 in this video: https://makertube.net/w/gcGvqkzvgwcYHAJ3kbAa3i

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #Mountains #Art #CreativeToots #FediArt #Snow

A digital painting of snowy mountains covered in pine trees, under slightly warm, late afternoon winter light, nearing sunset. The trees have been rendered in browns and oranges, in strong contrast to the bright blues of the snow shadows on the mountain range.

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · last week

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #Mountains #Art #CreativeToots #FediArt #Snow

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14.
Painted at the end of 2024 in Clip Studio, using my own photo from Portugal as reference. It is the palace at Monserrat, near Sintra. I struggled quite a bit with it at the time, but I still like how it came out, overall.
Time lapse: https://makertube.net/w/kX36QZoWiJspk1M8a8AC87

#DigitalPainting #DigitalArt #ClipStudioPaint #FediArt #CreativeToots #Garden

A digital painting of a palace garden, where Intricate stone arches, pillars and walls form a veranda. It looks onto lush trees and flowers of a wide variety, with more hazy wooded hills beyond. The sun strikes dramatically between the pillars towards us, casting most of the architecture in blue shadows, while the garden is lit up in a variety of warm greens under a clear blue sky.

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

#DigitalPainting #DigitalArt #ClipStudioPaint #FediArt #CreativeToots #Garden

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11.
Today I'm premiering a new piece that I finished this week - my cat Carrey. Just look how cute.
Time lapse (featuring my actual derpy voice for the first time ever): https://makertube.net/w/5v81NV4Rynuu58VaQcLnLr

Enjoy!

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #CatsOfMastodon #BlackCats #ClipStudioPaint #PetPortrait #Portrait #MastoArt

A digital painting of a black domestic shorthair cat. She has green eyes and half of her right ear, with wavy whiskers catching in the strong sunlight that shines on her fur, showing it up as deep brown. She looks over her shoulder at us and is just the best cat ever.

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Enjoy!

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #CatsOfMastodon #BlackCats #ClipStudioPaint #PetPortrait #Portrait #MastoArt

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 7.
A study of clouds at sunset, referencing my own photo. I'd had the photo knocking around for 20 years and finally decided to paint it, and the result ended up being one of my favourite pieces of this past year.
Time lapse: https://makertube.net/w/5SNq54YAYV7jE4FjPCnrny

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Clouds #ClipStudioPaint #Sunset #FediArt

A digital painting of a towering stack of clouds poking up beyond silhouetted trees. The setting sun lights the whole scene from behind, creating striking rim light in warm orange and gold, around bluish purple fluffs and streaks of cloud.

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6.
I took various royalty free photos as reference for this one, and made up the background in the colours of magpie feathers that you only see when the sun shines on them. I was happy with how I captured the bird, and the abstract elements were fun to experiment with.
Time lapse: https://makertube.net/w/iCmymA6cAttoys7fnU7ZLk

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #BirdArt #Birds #CreativeToots

A digital painting of a European magpie, with a white belly and black head and breast. His wings are folded and he is perched on the top of a post or log, surrounded by abstract foliage in the greens, blues and purples of his shimmering black feathers. A few blurry, streaky feather shapes are dotted around in the foreground, as if other magpies have just taken off out of shot.

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #Clouds #ClipStudioPaint #Sunset #FediArt

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4.
A portrait from 2024, based on a royalty free photo reference that caught my eye. Mostly because of the colour palette, which I tried to recreate faithfully. It was my first portrait for a while, and one of the first things I painted while finding my feet on a new tablet, so I was a bit surprised how well it came out!
Time lapse: https://makertube.net/w/rAyjny8JSGxVF1gUv6VmYC

#DigitalArt #Portrait #ClipStudioPaint #ArtStudy #Art #DigitalPainting

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · last month

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 1. For this year, I haven't managed to plan much, so I'm just going to post some paintings from the last couple of years that I haven't shown in a long time.
This piece was a study from a royalty free photo, that I did in Clip Studio back in May 2024. I'm still really happy with how the depth worked out in it.
You can watch it being painted in this video at 14:28 - https://makertube.net/w/d2AcPnq5Un1h99ZQ5nXk8J

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #StillLife #ArtStudy #ClipStudioPaint

A digital painting of a still life setup, including a teacup and saucer, a porcelain jug of plants with orange berries and a large hard bound book, all sitting on the corner of a box or stand draped with a white lace cloth. A shaft of sunlight streams through the scene, lighting up the cup and the berries in a warm, bright gleam against the very dark teal background.

hypebot boosted

Zan Kraken

@ZanKraken@mastoart.social · 4 weeks ago

Full body version of a daki of my fursona~

#MastoArt #artistsonmastodon #artist #commission #CommissionsOpen #furryart #furry #anthro #anthroart #DigitalArt #queerartist #illustration #art #artist #artists #ClipStudioPaint #illustration

Digital art of an anthro fox with too many ears and a lot of piercings wearing a black dress and laying in bed looking up blushing.

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #BirdArt #Birds #CreativeToots

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3
This one from early in 2024 is a rare example of when I painted something entirely from imagination and it sort of worked out.
Doesn't often happen, because references ftw, normally.
Time lapse: https://makertube.net/w/e85D5jC11AxFxL9yiYEKmh

#DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #Art #ArtStudy #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots

A digital painting of a woodland canopy seen from below, in warm browns and greens. Indistinct, fuzzy looking trunks in the background, behind a more detailed central, focal tree that stretches up into chaotic, textured, scattered brush strokes giving an impression of foliage. Dappled light falls on the trunk, but overall the everything is quite muted, like the gloom inside a forest.

hypebot boosted

Helen McLaughlin Art

@helenmclaughlinart@mastodon.art · 4 weeks ago

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2. Another painting from 2024, from my own photo of the Castelo de São Jorge in Lisbon.
You can see a time lapse video of the whole process here: https://makertube.net/w/gS6Gdr2jT6s6gKDTcLyPTK

#DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #ClipStudioPaint #Portugal