Alyssa May's Art Blog

I'm Alyssa May, and this is my illustration and digital painting blog! Here you will find posts of my work, a behind-the-scenes look at my process, and pieces I do just for fun. You can also check out my official site for a look at my work! For prints and more, head to my redbubble store!

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Project Freedom Ride Van Wrap

Digital paintings created in Krita and Affinity Designer on a Surface Pro 7.

A wrap design created for a transport vehicle for Project Freedom Ride, featuring fun portraits of some of their animals along with the young, philanthropic face of their organization, Roland (you might recognize him from the Dodo Kids YouTube channel). Abbreviated Process Time Lapse:

Music: "Special Spotlight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Faithful Furry Friends: Service Dogs

A sampling of some of the many illustrations I (somewhat) recently created for the children's book, "Faithful Furry Friends: Service Dogs." Written by the Sisters and published locally by Pig Pen Publishing, the book and its friendly illustrations focus on educating children about the roles of service dogs and introducing kids to the rules surrounding interactions with on-duty service dogs.

The book is available for purchase on Amazon!

Process:

Created in Krita and Affinity Designer on a Surface Pro 7. Music: "Brittle Rille" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Tentacle Tangle Pattern

Tentacles galore in this experiment with Krita's pattern creation tools for some squirmy textile prints! Made in Krita on a Surface Pro 4.

Prints (including leggings, dresses, blankets, and more!): redbubble | society 6

Process:

Music: "Twisting " Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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My artist interview with Krita is up today! You can head over to their site to check it out!

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”Demon in the Dark” - Digital painting created in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. Getting excited for the spooky season with this painting featuring a swirling, misty night with an antlered demon and her winged companion! Prints: redbubble | society6

Process time lapse:

Music: "River of Io" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Time Lapse for the sparkly Pegasus constellation children’s illustration. Created in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. Prints: redbubble

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Digitally painted children's illustration created in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. A twinkly, bubbly rendition of the Pegasus constellation! Process video coming up next! Prints: redbubble

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Process time lapse for the children’s illustration, “Gallant Great Horned Owl.” Digitally painted in Krita on a Surface Pro 4.

Music: "Carpe Diem", "Fretless" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Prints: redbubble | society6

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Digitally painted children's illustration created in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. Another in the nursery series--this time, a wide-eyed owl!

Prints: redbubble | society6

Process video up next!

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Process video for the children’s illustration, “Rosy Red Fox.” Digitally painted in Krita on a Surface Pro 4.

Music: "Fretless" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Prints: redbubble

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Fluffy fur and fluffy clouds! "Rosy Red Fox" is a digitally painted children's illustration created in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. I'll be starting a series of these nursery paintings in between bigger paintings because the short burst painting sessions for these are a little more compatible with my toddler's schedule at the moment. Process video up next! Prints: redbubble

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Process time lapse for Fan Art Fifteenth painting featuring Aloy from Guerilla’s game, Horizon: Zero Dawn to celebrate the new, chilly DLC, The Frozen Wilds! Digitally painted in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. Music: "Intuit" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

official site | redbubble store

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Frozen Wilds - Fan Art Fifteenth painting to celebrate the new, chilly DLC for Guerilla’s game, Horizon: Zero Dawn! Digitally painted in Krita on a Surface Pro 4. Process video will be posted later today!

official site | redbubble store

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Process for digital painting inspired by the fairy tale, "Red Riding Hood." Had to put this aside and pick it back up a number of times, so the first half of the process is in Photoshop CS5 on a Surface Pro 2, and the last half is in Krita on a Surface Pro 4.

Music: "Dama-May" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

official site | redbubble store

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Digital painting inspired by the fairy tale, "Red Riding Hood." Started and stopped this one way too many times, so the first half of the process was completed in Photoshop CS5 on a Surface Pro 2, and the last half was done in Krita on a Surface Pro 4.

official site | redbubble store

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Part two of the very belated process for the van wrap I made for the Bella Vista Animal Shelter last year. (Check out my previous video to view the other side!) There were a ton of little pieces to stitch together for this, and, for this side, there were some larger changes to one of the pet portraits that weren't captured when I went to assemble everything for the final design. Each pet portrait was created based on one of the shelter's animals in Photoshop CS5 on a Surface Pro 2. Design elements were created in Illustrator CS5.

Music: "Rainbows" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

official site | prints at redbubble

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It took me a while to get around to putting all of the many process pieces together for this, but here it is---time lapse footage for side one of the van wrap I made for the Bella Vista Animal Shelter last year. Each pet portrait was created based on one of their animals in Photoshop CS5 on a Surface Pro 2. Design elements were created in Illustrator CS5.

Music: "Rainbows" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

official site | prints at redbubble