illustration friday: bloom

I am very happy that penelope is now posting the illustration friday topics on friday, so I can work on them on the weekend. This way, I actually spend my time doing something constructive on the weekends, and I don’t let it interfere with my real work.
This is my “bloom.”

I went with a diffent style this week.
I’ve always had trouble painting flowers realisticly for some reason.
They always come out too fuzzy and soft.
So to replicate paint, I tried out that vector/photoshop combo that’s so popular.
I made the flowers in illustrator, and gave them some pretty gradients. Then I opened up photoshop and texturized it with a filter or two. Then I went in with the paint brush and the blur tool to loosen it up a little.
I am happy that I was able to replicate my painting style digitally, but I still managed to make the darn things fuzzy and soft.
This is why I stick to vector cartoons… Oh well, it’s pretty anyways.