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For the ground and sky, we will use the paper leather texture while laying it over with color, keeping the blending mode of the textured layer to Normal with 70% transparency and adjusting the hue in a new layer so we can edit and adjust the color as much as we want. Make the shadow by using a brush and add some noise to it. Change blending mode of the “shadow” layer to Multiply and reduce the opacity to about 50%.

CYMK is my default color mode since so much of the work that I do is 4-color Chinese Overseas Australia Number Data print work, but feel free to work in RGB if that is your preference. The unit of measurement is in inches instead of pixels because the artwork is intended to be printed as opposed to being displayed on the web, and the standard unit of measurement for paper is in inches as opposed to pixels.step2 workspaceI sometimes use reference images to act as a guide in my canvas for my outlines so then I can transform, edit and angle them to the desired size.How to  Clock Icon 10 min. read Trevin Shirey Trevin Shirey Verified badge VP of Resources Paper leather texture by Ervin Bartis (Creative Commons Share Alike) Marble texture by Telzey’s (Free Textures Set) Introduction When I started to explore texture use in my illustrations, I was mostly inspired by the credits in “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events“, with its unusual colors and texture layering, reminiscent of Tim Burton’s artistic visions—the most recent being “Alice in Wonderland“.



Like my daughter, I am very much a  touch/tactile person. When I see things through her eyes, she sees everything in texture—whether it is the touch of baking flour, or petting a cat, everything to her is about texture, touch and feel, so giving some thing greater dimension was important to me since she is my audience. Another artistic style I like can be seen in Granny O’Grimm, an Irish animated short that was nominated for an Oscar this year. I love playing with color, but I chose to keep the tones of this piece more earthy and muted with hints.