February 2017 – Penney Knightly

Cintiq + Reclining Iris (Drawing)

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Penney Knightly • 0 Comments

My awesome family bought me a Cintiq! It is the most loveliest, most beautiful, most responsive, happiness-generating piece of equipment I have ever had in my life. Cintiq is a drawing tool. It has a stylus and a pad, and easily enables drawing in digital format. So, instead of drawing with my Fujitsu, which I had a lot of fun with, but it was getting quite old… I now have this super device that uses the power of my existing laptop. That makes it possible for me to run Photoshop, the drawing program, and all kinds of demanding tasks at once, with no fuss. I’m really looking forward to getting more comfortable with this tool, and taking advantage of the power and freedom of movement.

This is the drawing I made today, “Reclining Iris.” To see at a higher resolution, click here.

Nearly Flying – Graphite Drawing

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Penney Knightly • 0 Comments

I took a recent trip to a Daiso store and got some lovely little mechanical pencils. I felt like making a figure portrait with a butterfly in it. The pencils worked out extremely well–one is an HB and the other is a 2B. The shading on the face was particularly rewarding and simple with the softer of the two pencils. I also used some graphite pencils from Ashleigh-Nicole that are very smooth and feel great. This turned out so well that I have a lot of confidence about making more portraits with insects and other animals featured in the future.

Wild Alice – Graphite to Digital

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Penney Knightly • 0 Comments

Starting out with a graphite drawing and progressing to digital coloring.

I couldn’t choose between a black or blue background, so I’m keeping them both.

I really like how that black makes her hip and leg pop out. Bam.

Line Braid – Digital

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Penney Knightly • 0 Comments

This was a simple exercise using the line symmetry tool in Sketchbook Pro. I was trying to represent female hair in as many non-hair shapes I could imagine. I like the simplicity of this–and the view as if from behind.

Her Winding Self – Digital

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Penney Knightly • 0 Comments

After a long time of not working on portraits, I started longing to make them again. This is the beginning of my reintroduction. I am also firming up a mode of working. I want to remove boundaries and obstacles to starting a drawing–draw when I feel that impulse (low barrier of entry)–but have the power, scaling, and multi-media application that is possible with digital art.

I am trying out a new workflow: physical to digital

1) sketch the image on paper with graphite
2) semi-finalize lines
3) minimal shading with graphite
4) take a picture of the drawn image

5) upload image of the drawn image (scaling / resolution)
6) overlay uploaded image with digital lines / trace
7) working and finalizing lines as I go along
8) creating multiple layers digitally
9) manipulating layers/mood/look
10) finalizing lines
11) apply digital color
12) rework, edit, add, remove as needed

Here is a picture I titled, “Her Winding Self,” using this workflow method.

The original image, graphite on paper.

The final image, with dark digital lines and digital coloring.

Two Poems – Awakened Voices

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Penney Knightly • 0 Comments

It’s been a full and happy two days of poetry publications! Today, “Recovery Manual,” and “Sexology” are both in Issue 4 of Awakened Voices. I’m so pleased to be in this issue–there are some great poems with a much-needed outlet.

Monthly Archives: February 2017

I am trying out a new workflow: physical to digital