Ranarh's Art Blog

My art recently caught the attention of friendly writer Adrien Scott:, who just did an interview with me for Squidoo. We talk about inspiration, motivation, and advice with a feature of some of my artworks. You can read it here: http://www.squidoo.com/art-features-jennifer-s-lange

I created these two resource packages, "11 patterned pen brushes for Corel Painter", and "5 stellar nebulae backgrounds". You can download them on my deviantArt account ranarh.deviantart.com , both are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License, so you can use them anywhere you don't make money with. Have fun with them!

To make certain that a pattern has correct perspective, you will have to paint it by hand. But here are some techniques to make your life easier if perspective doesn't matter so much. Using Brushes as patterns I arrange the brush settings like this: I then use the Pinch and Bulge brushes from F-X carefully to match the perspective. Advantages: by adjusting the spacing or colours (or Color Variability > From Gradient) you can make many different versions of the pattern. You can use any brush type you are comfortable with. Using patterns as... well, patterns You can capture anything as a pattern in the Pattern Panel. Patterns can be used with the Fill Bucket , Pattern Pens , and as Clone Source , making them quite versatile. Capture patterns intended for lace and such as masked patterns to preserve transparency. Painter handles making seamless tiles nicely under check out pattern . Advantages: the Fill Bucket's great for fabric patterns or buildings....