Rin Tries to Art

A life-long amateur develops her skill

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today’s Sketch Daily theme was “Cover,” as per the Prism Challenge from artprism.net. Of course mine has to be about coffee… XD

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I thought I’d share this from my other art blog. I love coffee. ❤️

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Here is a commission for a brain working out for a brain-health blog.  Posted with permission... :) The blog isn’t up yet but I’m excited to read it since I love reading about neuroscience and NLP!

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Troy in a Santa hat!  I think he’s so sweet.  He’s my OC from all my comics (from 2009 onward), most of which are not posted anywhere -.-”  I love himmm You can find him in my webcomic, Rini Tries! https://www.tumblr.com/blog/rini-tries I tried to use a sci-fi text but this was the best I could do on my first try.  I like blending advanced alien “greys” with Earth traditions lol!

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WIP of Troy in a Santa hat from my webcomic “Rini Tries.” Find it here: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/rini-tries

Today’s Reddit Sketchdaily theme is “Santa hat,” which inspired this drawing.

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This is a speed paint video of the making of my latest comic, titled “Oops.” Find the comic here: http://rini-tries.tumblr.com/post/167283867536/oops-ever-miss-the-queue-during-a-meeting-for

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Star Butterfly’s Wand, created in Adobe Illustrator CC.  I have been learning to use Illustrator as a response to the on-and-off nerve damage in my drawin’ arm.  I am frustrated by the learning curve, but I had quite a few “aha” moments while building this image.

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Today’s theme is “Cartoon Self-Portrait” - here’s me on my third cup of coffee.  I wanted to animate more of the image but I don’t have the time at the moment!  Future improvement?  This was rushed, but fun... I just used Kyle’s brushes - pencil hard HB.  Was going to do something more rough and hand-drawn style but wound up cell-shading... -.-”

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Today’s painting theme is “Journey to the Center of the Earth.”  I’ve never seen that movie, but I saw this screencap and fell in love.  Also, I’m now tempted to go on a Brendan Fraser movie kick.

I experimented with Kyle’s Brushes: Big Wide Softie.  Not sure how it was intended to be used, but it’s the only brush used here.  I really ought to watch his tutorials. -.-”

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Today’s speed paint theme is a camel.  I went over my half hour again -.-”

Used Kyle’s Brushes (Oil Flat Delicate)

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Today’s speed paint is “Daft Punk”

Used Kyle’s Brushes (Oil Dry Round)

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Painting of “punk rock,” today’s Sketch Daily theme.  I grew up listening to The Offspring, so I thought it’d be a nice choice :)

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Today’s speed paint is of a candle... See the speed paint video

Using Kyle’s Brushes (Oil Flat Delicate) and the burn/dodge tool in Photoshop CC

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Here is a speed paint video of my forget-me-not flower painting

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A 30m speed paint of some forget-me-not flowers

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Photo comp and digital painting for a book cover.  I was requested only to make the front cover, which would fit into the author’s template (typography will be out of my hands).  I can’t wait for the book to be released!  I will post a picture of the book once it’s in print.  The book is written and self-published by my father. I like this better than the WIP I posted previously.  This time I took a picture of an antique pocket watch and I like that much better.

The background image was gathered from Pixabay and is licenced for public use and requires no attribution.  However, I am a believer in attribution, so here at least is the page I got it from:

https://pixabay.com/en/macro-focus-cogwheel-gear-engine-1452987/

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Rini Tries - Making of strip 003 - "Money Schmoney"

This is the third strip for my comic "Rini Tries!" I am still learning a lot about making webcomics, and I'm loving it all. Find the comic here: https://rini...

A speedpaint of my third comic strip up on “Rini-Tries”.  You can find it here!

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Find my webcomic here

This is a follow-up on the WIP I posted two weeks ago.  The comic is done, and two strips have been posted so far on my blog, “Rini Tries”!  I’m so excited to be a webcomic artist!