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Art of Erika Baird: An announcement
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013. I made this page the other day, and this seemed to fit almost as well as the dialog that actually. Goes on this page. I've done ten pages now, going at about two or three per week. This isn't quite to the level they'll be when done, though I'm having fun with organic pencil lines, instead of reverting to my instinct to ink over things. Also: car pinstriping for panel separating lines. Best thing ever. From that one book Im writing. You Are. Fast! June 26, 2013 at 3:06 PM.
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Art of Erika Baird: Starpaper Horse
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Friday, September 20, 2013. I took the paper cut-out horse from two posts ago and spiffed it up a little. It's odd, but I think it's more apparent that it's cut paper now that it has been digitally altered. Remember that old 80's animated movie, the Last Unicorn? Lesson learned from this piece: You can get convincing cast shadows by using a filled in duplicate of what you want a shadow of, gaussian blur it, then erase with a soft brush the places where the actual object gets closer. Imperfection in small...
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Art of Erika Baird: Reindeer Games
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Saturday, December 21, 2013. Merry Christmas, everyone! This was loads of fun to work on. Characters and story are © The Rudolph Company, L.P. I love how you illustrated each page, very well done! The overall red tones is such a nice touch. December 26, 2013 at 2:53 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rosie the riveter by day, starving artist by night, cowgirl in between! View my complete profile. Melissa Van Der Paardt.
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Art of Erika Baird: The Avalanche Callers
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Thursday, October 24, 2013. From the sketchbook section. Initially, I felt like I wanted a pretty blown out image- dazzlingly bright snow, a clean white coat, and gold accents. Then I flatted it, and hated it. I decided on either ochre or blue, then asked a few friends which they preferred. The unanimous vote was for blue. My friend Laura helped me name them, at this point, so meet Nils and his ice lion, Leaper. Shaded, mostly done. Prints are available at my Etsy shop. From that one book Im writing.
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Art of Erika Baird: Paper Starhorse
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Friday, June 14, 2013. Did this several years ago from a picture of a galaxy I found somewhere. Normal scissors, pasted onto a craft paper envelope with a glue stick. I think I was on my mission in Uruguay when I did this- I found it in a journal from around that time a few days ago. There were a couple years (around sixth grade or so) when I did like, several of these cut-out animals or characters a day. This is so cool, Erika! June 24, 2013 at 7:48 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rosie the rive...
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Art of Erika Baird: Shooting BIG reference
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Monday, May 27, 2013. Well, if you're like me, you tend to compulsively 'reference shoot' interesting things in any given location 'just in case' you ever have to draw said thing somewhere down the line. So, what happens when you come across something that won't even fit in your viewfinder? Browse for the photos involved, push go, and watch your spinny-pinwheel-of-death for about five to ten minutes. Either your computer will start smoking and explode, or you'll end up with something like this:.
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Art of Erika Baird: 2014 Self Portrait
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Monday, January 13, 2014. One would hope not. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Rosie the riveter by day, starving artist by night, cowgirl in between! View my complete profile. Melissa Van Der Paardt.