Sad horse for #sketchbook #inktober

Day 4 of the Inktober Challenge. #sketchbook #inktober

Day 2 of the Inktober challenge.

Day 1 of the Inktober challenge.

I've set up a new online store! 

After years of saying "Hey, that would make a great shirt", I've decided to try my hand at exactly that. There is nothing too fancy yet, but I plan to keep adding items as I come up with new ideas and creations. You can visit the store here: http://www.galloree.com/shaysmith-5478.htm?page=1

In this video I'll show you the basics of creating lines in Affinity Designer. This video briefly covers both the Pen and Pencil tools and shows you how to manipulate your lines with the node tool. I will also show you how to change the styling and color of your lines.

Took a little time to sketch out a scene from the story of Legendary Wings. Here, we see Lilith (formerly Lily) shoving Silas through the window of her top floor suite.

I've started playing with an application called Storyboard Pro. It's a phenomenal piece of software (though the sales experience could use some improvement). Here is a preview of a storyboard that I created over the last couple of weeks. There is currently no sound, but that's because I would need to get permission or licensing for the song that I've created this storyboard around.

For as long as I can remember I've had an interest in science fiction and fantastic stories. Ideas and stories that have percolated on my mental back burner. Some are abandoned, others have morphed into new ideas. One story in particular has persisted and I've taken small steps towards creating something worthy of seeing the light of day. While this post won't delve into too many details of that story, I'm going to try to make this the first of many glimpses into what I've been working on.

You can use the Artboard feature of Affinity Designer to create storyboards. Find out how by watching this quick tutorial.

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