Art : Traditional and Digital Journey
October 2020
April 2021
November 2022
October 2023
Before (December 2020)
When she first started drawing digital, it was hard to transfer the knowledge she knew in traditional into the digital world. Starting out with Adobe Photoshop, she tried to work with the different layers, and adding color.
After (May 2023)
However, as time progressed, she was able to grasp more so the concepts of drawing digitally. It took some trial and error to find her niche, and now, she uses Clip Studio Paint for her art pieces that could take days to complete.
Traditional
Acrylics
Black Panther
Watering down the acrylic to make the colors fade, or giving it a different texture
Oregon
A more abstract painting of the beautiful coast of Oregon
Charlie the Dog
Adding beautiful pops of color to the painting to bring in the fun and emotions that it exudes
Even on not ideal surfaces
Painted on black butcher block on a bulliten board
Charcoal and Pen
Mother Nature
On canvas board. Won second place for charcoal at the Mark Twain Art Conference 2019.
Arizona Hills
Multi-media piece, with fine tip art pens, and sharpies
A Brief Touch on Alcohol Markers and Colored Pencils
Ellyssa hasn't used alcohol markers for long, and hasn't dabbled in colored pencils much, however, she is still making efforts to learn in those areas, and taking the effort to mix the two mediums of drawing together.
Good Old Fashioned Paper and Pencil
While most of the time, Ellyssa resorted to drawing realistic with her pencil drawings, there are still some moments, where she had drawn semi-realistic or rather no where close to realism.
Digital
Ellyssa started with Adobe Photoshop, and then moved to Clip Studio Paint
Adobe Photoshop
Won 2nd Place in supple.art (on Instagram) 2k Draw This In Your Style contest (2021)
Clip Studio Paint
First CSP Full Render
Latest CSP Full Render
Not only has the composition of the pieces improved, and the emotion in them, but also an understanding of how the program works, and the difficulties of trying different styles of art.
Won the CSP 33rd International Art Contest Timelapse Award
Trying Realism in Digital
The next big step that Ellyssa took in her digital art journey was taking the knowledge she knew in drawing traditional realism and putting that into practice into her digital work.
But with time and practice, she was able to essentially re-learn how to draw realistic pieces.
It was now time, to try out fully rendered pieces, instead of just simple sketches.
Won the CSP 37th International Art Contest Challenger Award
Like a lot of art, it took time to truly establish her craft, but as time progresses, she really does enjoy it, and is able to branch out and try new and different things, like creating little chibi characters, or drawing backgrounds... every once in a long while.
(image on left) Entered CSP 39th International Contest
Commissions, Gifts, and More
Some examples of gifts and commissions that Ellyssa has done
Gifts
Commissions
