Art Journal

Here's my latest illustration! If you're in the Star Cat tier on my Patreon you might have seen the work in progress post for this. In this illustration I practiced using gradient maps for adding color after it was rendered in grayscale. Once I added a gradient map, I used more clipping mask layers to add subtle color details, giving the art some variety. One thing I enjoyed was not having to think about color until the very end, because I can be indecisive with color palettes. With a gradient map workflow, color decisions don't come up until later, so...

I like to turn some of my artwork into memes! Here's some of my latest...

I made a new illustration meme featuring my black cat character, Orion. I can be both optimistic and cynical. This drawing is about how some days I feel foolish for expecting good things to happen. Hardware: iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil 2. App: Procreate. Canvas Size: 8x10 inches at 600 DPI (4,800 x 6,000 pixels). Color Profile: Generic CMYK.

I finished a new Orion illustration! WIth the artwork finished, I also made it into a couple of memes. For the first one I added the quote that the artwork was initially based on, "I Got That Dog In Me." But I wanted to go with one more. Years ago I found out about the slang word "glizzy" when I saw a meme floating around of Obama taking huge bites of hot dogs and someone called him "glizzy gulper". That cracked me up, but I prefer the word "gobbler" and created this next one... Hardware: iPad Pro with the Apple...

Illustration MM0277, Dire Wolf, finished on 2025-04-12.  Artwork drawn with Procreate, Apple Pencil, and iPad Pro.