Character Development

Old Man Tree – January 31, 2023

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“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.” ~ Thomas Fuller

Another tree sketch created in the same session as the Spotty Tree sketch, spurred by finding an old oil painting from 1972 I had gifted to my dad, retrieving it while cleaning out his apartment after his passing in 2006..

Old Man Tree began as a normally configured tree but I noticed some facial-like features in part of the image and it quickly transformed into a tree character with craggy twig-fingered ‘hands’ at the end of his ‘arm’ branches and twisted aging trunk ‘body’.

He may become a character in an adventure book that I’m writing.

Artwork copyright Patricia White 2023.

Scribble Character sketch

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Drew this Scribble Character Sketch in the Apple Notes app on my iPad Pro and enhanced the drawing in Procreate.

I have chronic arthritic pain in my hands and right should so find it helpful to use my Apple Pencil to navigate around on my tablet. Sometimes I forget and tap the screen to wake the tablet and it immediately opens a Notes document with the drawing tools panel open. I could change this in settings but think this is a good way to remind myself to do a little random doodle or concept on the fly.

this guy, I dubbed Mal Evalent, took shape by building on a pencil sketch frame, adding ink scribbles to form the structure and features. Finally finishing with a transparent marker layer of subtle colour.

Artwork Copyright Patricia White 2023.

Melancholy girl Notes Sketch January 19, 2023

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Melancholy Girl Sketch

“Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.” ~ Victor Hugo

Accidentally tapped my sleeping iPad and the Apple Notes app opened with the set of drawing tools active, so I took it as a sign to stop what I was doing (coding I think) and play for a bit. Doodled for a while till a recognizable form poked its nose out of the chaos of pencil strokes. I dubbed her ‘Melancholy Girl’ as she gazes pensively from behind a flowing mane of hair.

Artwork Copyright Patricia White 2023.