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Dog Giving a Gift

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Just a quick painting that I did recently for a friend :)
Dog giving a gift with MyPaint

Since GIMP 2.8 has just been released! I started my drawing with GIMP, but since in the default brushes I did not find a suitable brush for sketching, I moved quickly to MyPaint, by the way I really like the infinite canvas of MyPaint, I think it gives you a more clear mind to focus in your drawing.

To make my drawings I like to start with the “artpen” (top right) brush from the Deevad4 set of brushes by David Revoy. Then for the color painting, I use the “digital” (bottom left) brush. The “mixbrush” (just to the right of the digital brush) is also really useful for me.
Deevad brushes for MyPaint

For the final touches, a little bit of shading, I moved back to GIMP to use layer modes (multiply) to achieve this.

I said at the beginning that it was a quick painting, but it really took me like an hour to complete the above drawing (I need to improve my time).

Have a nice weekend and hopefully I can post a tutorial soon ;)

Best regards,
Coche

Cellbound Cartoon made with GIMP

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Hi there!

From the MGM cartoon – Cellbound, here it is one of my recent works with GIMP:
Cellbound cartoon (Psalm 79:11)

Directed by Tex Avery, Cellbound is one of my favorite cartoons of all time (I wish I could buy it, but I couldn’t find it in Amazon), it really gives me a lots of laughs :D

The other day I was reading the Bible, and I found this passage: Psalm 79:11, immediately I remembered the Cellbound cartoon, and with that, a new motive for drawing and painting!

Let me tell you in a brief, how I did it:

For painting the walls, I used the Acrylic brushes by Rene Jensen (aka centipede). I also used his Bark brushes to achieve the texture on the floor. The text on the wall was made using the rock brushes and then applying the perspective tool, to accommodate the text on the side wall.

I’ve noticed that the Centipede brushes are no longer available in the vaults – cornucopia website where I downloaded it for the first time, but don’t worry, you can download it from here:

I hope you enjoyed this short how-to article. Thanks for reading.

God bless,
Coche