First Snow

I know it's still summer and I probably shouldn't be getting ahead of myself, but there's already a chill to the air, colder nights are starting to creep in, and those puffy, omnious fall clouds are beginning to fill up the sky. Fall is my favourite season (trips to the pumpkin farm, jumping in leaves, backyard bonfires, colourful scenery, hikes, dressing cozy!), but I dread winter - except for those first few snows. You know, before everything turns to brown mush.

Anygoo, this is a handmade collage with the colour applied using PhotoPaint.

Illustration Friday: Sail

This is my first submission ever to Illustration Friday (the theme of the week, as indicated by the title, is "sail"). This process was a lot of fun (and a little aggravating, technical woes and such), and I'm looking forward to participating twice a month or so.

Neighbourhood

To answer the question in the comments, my technique for this was pretty basic (I'm a little apprehensive to reveal it as I'm afraid it will take away the "magic", so to speak, but it is really quite simple). I used some Japanese patterned paper I picked up from the art store for the background, which I scanned (it comes in packages, you get about 12-15 different patterns for $12.00). Then, I drew two different sets of buildings and scanned them in separately. I then masked the two building sets, and copied them onto the file containing the patterned paper. I moved the buildings to where I wanted them, combined them with the background (or flattened the layers), and then changed the colour of the background. Ta-da! Pretty simple, but time consuming.

Pink night

Also, in purple: