New Artwork and STILL Uploading my backlog to RedBubble

     Well what have I been up to? I've had limited time to work on my projects but have been getting bits and pieces done here and there. I have been working on some commissions which are surprises and will be revealed once they get to the recipients. My main project I have been working on though is getting my back log of work up on my new Redbubble store. I have to admit though, that the Redbubble uploader is MUCH easier and quicker than Society6. I have been sprucing up my Society6 store so that all the t shirts look nice, but man, what a pain in the butt! On a good day, it takes time as Society6 is slow, but it seems half the time the site is having issues and bugs and not working the way it should. Let me know how it looks on your end as I've had issues with incorrect pricing and images not even showing up. Not pleasant, nor a good impression. We will stick it out though.
   
     Since I am also getting Redbubble up and running and sprucing up Society6, I have also decided to add the T-shirts to my Fine Art America store as well as my own website, www.beckysdigitalart.com. I am editing the current images to look more appealing on a t-shirt format. Thanks to GIMP and an app called Photoscape X, that is turning out relatively easy.
I have also added a link to my Redbubble store in the menu bar next to Society6  here on this blog. You should be able to easily access the respective stores and have a look around on either site.
Here are links to the stores if you want to check them out here: BHDigitalArt for Redbubble and Becky's Digital Art, for Society6.

Tattoo Rose

     Lastly, my latest completed artwork is another zentangle inspired creation, I call it Tattoo Rose as it reminds me of a rose styled tattoo. Here is the black and white version of Tattoo Rose. I am also in the process of adding color to it as well.




   I have a few more projects in the works, but I am really liking this dreamcatcher doodle that I started. I will be adding color to it as well and I think that it will look great on some of the products offered at both the Redbubble and Society6 stores.

Dreamcatcher Doodle

I haven't worked realistically in awhile as I am loving the looseness offered by doodles but I do have a portrait sketched out of a famous icon. I haven't done a people portrait in a while so that should be fun and different.

     Anyways that is all for now. This was just a quick update on whats up. Check out the stores if you want or check out my Facebook Page. I offer discounts and special promotions so come on by.

Becky's Digital Art Facebook Page

BHDigitalArt Redbubble Store

Becky's Digital Art Society6 Store

Thanks for stopping by!

--Becky Herrera

www.beckysdigitalart.com
www.pixelpaintcreations.blogspot.com
Society6 Store
Redbubble Store

What Have I Been Up To?

     Well the title says it all. What have I been up to? It has been about a month since my last post. Blogs are hard to keep up with and when you get busy, it gets hard to keep up with the blog. Anyways, that is no excuse. I have been working on my art. I have a couple of commissions that need to stay private until done and received. I also completed a new painting recently.

Best Friends

     This is the latest painting. I call it "Best Friends" as it seems that the two horses are sharing a friendly moment. The painting is actually based on a public domain photo off a copyright free website called Pixabay. I actually love this site for reference photos. It is a huge source of inspiration and worry free since the photos are free of copyrights.

Here is a link to the website for those that are interested, https://www.pixabay.com/.

     The actual painting was done on my ipad as usual in my favorite app, Procreate. I love the rough texture that I used to create the background and then added a canvas overlay in the end to complete the feel of the painting. I believe that it gives an old style oil painting feel.

     If you are interested in purchasing this painting as a print or on products you can go to my website,

http://beckysdigitalart.com/featured/best-friends-becky-herrera.html. I also have it up on Society6 here, https://society6.com/product/best-friends6341_print#s6-5748971p4a1v45. Society6 has a few more options for print products and they sometime have free shipping so it is worthwhile to check them out.

     I have also completed another long term project. This one took me simply forever, but I think the finished product looks awesome. Here is the Peacock Zentangle Inspired Art. This one is also up for sale on my website, here http://beckysdigitalart.com/featured/peacock-zia-becky-herrera.html and on Society6 here, https://society6.com/product/peacock-zia-pxt_print#s6-8016433p4a1v45

Peacock Zentangle Inspired Art

     Another project that I finished is my third installment of my favorite dog breeds series. Here is the English Bulldog painting all done. I like adding the breed name border. I think it gives a kind of harmony to the series and makes it collectable. If you are a bulldog lover, you can find prints of this painting on my website here, http://beckysdigitalart.com/featured/english-bulldog-with-border-becky-herrera.html and on Society6 here, https://society6.com/product/english-bulldog-with-border-qz2_print#s6-4797220p4a1v45. Note that I also have the same painting available without the border and name across the bottom.

English Bulldog

     I have actually been working on more Zentangle art as well and cant wait to show the final product. It will look great on the products that Society6 sells. I will also be opening a new Red Bubble and Zazzle store in the near future. I figure the more products that I can offer in the most places, the better. So stay tuned for my announcement for that to go live.

     Well I think that about wraps up what I have been doing the last few months. Hopefully I wont be so lax on the blog posts in the future. For those that are interested, I keep most current on Facebook so you can find me there at, https://www.facebook.com/beckysdigitalart/?ref=bookmarks. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Becky Herrera

www.beckysdigitalart.com
www.pixelpaintcreations.blogspot.com
Society6 Store
Redbubble Store

My new favorite art style

Zentangle Inspired Art Wolf

The Zentangle Art Craze

     With the adult coloring book craze, there has been another craze coming about, zentangle doodles and zentangle inspired art. Zentangles are doodles done following different patterns. They are always done as squares and always black and white. Zentangle inspired art, is a little more lenient and you can use the zentangle patterns to create objects such as animals, flowers scenery and more.

Zentangle Patterns

     I have done two completed zentangle inspired art pieces so far, a wolf and an elephant. I also did them digitally. Traditionally, zentangles are done with pen or markers on cardstock or fine art paper. I am a digital artist, so naturally I would want to do these digitally.

     Well I did run into a few hiccups along the way, Since zentangle art is very detailed, zooming in to get those tiny details proved to be a problem, at least in most regular art apps. My go to app is Procreate. I love its versatility and intuitive design. It is a regualr art app however and zooming in to the level I wanted, produced some heavy pixelization. I went on the hunt and found out I needed a vector app to do away with the pixelization. Enter in the app, Concepts. Concepts is a wonderful vector and sketching app. I did my zentangle wolf almost entirely in Concepts. I did hit an issue however, I hit the memory cap on my iPad Air 2 and once that happened, Concepts became very unstable and crashed. I was almost done at that point, so imported my zentangle wolf back into Procreate to finish off the last few tangles and too add color which I am currently doing. This will be my workflow for now and I will try to reduce memory usage as much as I can to prevent the crashing.

    I love zentangle art and coloring in my creations are even more fun, you will probably see many more zentangle inspired art pieces from me in the future.

Thanks for looking!

--Becky Herrera
www.beckysdigitalart.com

www.pixelpaintcreations.blogspot.com

Zentangle Inspired Art Elephant

What's New?

Latest Updates

     Well this blog post is a day late, but I have a lot of exciting things going on right now. I will be moving to a new home in a few weeks so blog updates will probably be sporadic until I get settled in the new place. I have had lots of commissions that have been keeping me busy which is awesome, but I have been a little slower working on my own projects. I should have some more time again once I am settled.

          So I have been working on my English Bulldog breed portrait. Here is the update. It looks like not much is done, but those eyes took forever because they are not shaped like normal eyes and all the folds make for a more complex subject. Overall, he is coming along nicely though will probably take a while to complete.












Next I am starting to Zentangle more. It is a perfect style for people that like to add intricate details like I do. Normally Zentangling or Zendoodles are done on paper with pen, I am of course trying it digitally, here is a peacock that I am starting to color but will take a long while to complete.

On that same note, here is a leopard gecko that I am starting to Tangle. I found a wonderful book at Joanns Fabrics the other day called Tangle Easy Wildlife Designs by Ben Kwok. It isn't another Adult Coloring book. It is a book to teach you how to make your own intricate design patterns like those found in adult coloring books. It comes with instructions, templates and inspirational examples. Best of all, these templates are copyright free and are able to be used to complete art to sell. I also became a part of the Facebook Group, Ornation Creation, which is a group created by the author and has many, many templates to choose from. I am very excited to try out this new art style and see where it takes me. 

     Anyways, lots of new things to try and a new home to go to so I will definitely be busy the next few weeks. 

Thanks for looking!

--Becky Herrera

www.beckysdigitalart.com

www.pixelpaintcreations.blogspot.com