Welcome to The DROPZONE “Fight the Rapture – out of the box…
Welcome to The DROPZONE Fight the Rapture – out of the box variant – by Simon Sherry Move! – by Olechka Two amazing designs, uploaded a while ago, but they definitely deserve a feature. While you are there, have a look through Simon Sherry and Olechka’s portfolios, there is some great work in there! Drop a comment and let them know you found them on The DROPZONE!
I have been getting many e-mails asking about how I convert my drawings from paper to tee-shirts, with a transparent background. Here’...
I have been getting many e-mails asking about how I convert my drawings from paper to tee-shirts, with a transparent background. Here’s how I do it: I scan my drawings, then if needed, I clean them up by erasing extra marks and such. Then I use a photoshop action that can be downloaded here: Link This action is for Adobe photoshop only! How it works: this works only with black/white images (colored images will be automatically converted to b/w), and basically converts everything to black, but the lighter areas become various transparencies of black (this results in various shades of gray when viewed against any background). After you apply the action, you end up with two layers: background (white) and outlines (the drawing). I delete the background layer, and…ta-da!! If I choose to color the design, then I create another layer, and put it underneath the outlines layer, so that the color would go under the black outlines. Note: tweak your contrast and levels BEFORE applying the action, as you won’t be able to tweak anything afterward because your drawing will be technically all BLACK. I tried to explain this as best as I could, and hope this makes sense to everyone. / Feel free to ask any further questions!! Olga Here are some samples of my work where I used this process: 1st one is a pencil drawing, and the 2nd was drawn in pen. / / /
The Designer / Olechka is an American designer; her hometown is Redmond, United States. She joined Redbubble when she was 24, in January…
The Designer / Olechka is an American designer; her hometown is Redmond, United States. She joined Redbubble when she was 24, in January 2008. She has been drawing since she was 5. Olechka has no formal training and is a self-taught artist. Until 2 yeas ago, all her work was traditional, mostly graphite pencil on paper and lots of portraiture. However recently she got into photoshop and digital art, as well as t-shirt design. Olechka studied in the University of Washington; she just graduated in June, so now she is working as a pharmacist for a local company called Bartell Drug. Type of Work / Olechka’s work is mostly in the form of T-shirts and Artworks. Her type of works include sketches, drawings and digital art (photoshop). She uses a range of materials such as, pencils, acrylics, pen, pastels, wacom pad, watercolour pencils, graphite pencil and more. Olechka’s can be realistic, cartoon, traditional and photorealism. She does a range of subject matters, including animals such as cats, dogs, wolves and hummingbirds. Also famous people, Angelina Jolie, House (Hugh Laurie), Rachel McAdams, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Alba and Eliza Dushku. Others include people she knows, skulls, 8 balls and other odd objects. Olechka combines digital art with her sketches to make it unique and original. Photoshop is frequently used to add to her drawings and give them colour and a gradient effect. Olechka’s work is vibrant, unique, interesting and amazing. Its awesomeeee!! What makes it Appealing / Many of Olechka’s works appear to be appealing because of the detail and personality she puts into her artworks and designs. There are numerous designs that are visually appealing in relations to the lines, depth, contrast and shape. Her works also have meaning, for example Unique, the message is saying that imperfections are beautiful. Olechka also has a wide range of subjects matter, listed above. The range makes her work appealing because it’s not the same or similar design each time. Personally I love her sketches that most, especially the sketch of the woman appearing in Feel the Rush and Lady. I love the colours she uses and how they fade into one another. Other works that she has done include Move! and ROOTS. Her drawings make the audience feel certain emotions and change their mood. For example the positioning and body language in Feel the Rush is so vibrant and fresh. It gives me great inspiration and motivation. I recommend this designer to everybody. She has some great stuff ☺ Feel the Rush – Olechka / http://www.redbubble.com/people/olechka/t-shirts/3392270-3-feel-the-rush Feel the Rush by Olechka is a vibrant sketch of a woman in a stimulating pose. The drawing is of the side of the women’s face to her torso. Her posture is straight with her head thrown back, her face is pointing up towards the sky. She has her eyes closed and has a neutral expression on her face. Her is somewhat pined up with wavy bits falling out. She is wearing a necklace and some sort of top, we can’t tell if it is long sleeve or short because she has white material wrapped around her from the shoulder down and under the bust. It is obvious the woman is slim as her jaw line and collarbones are visible. The original sketch of this it is just black and white, although Olechka has used Photoshop to give it a gradient effect. At the top of the hair it fades from a hot pink into a purple, then into a midnight blue with a few strokes of a turquoise green. In Feel the Rush there is heaps of detail and shading which makes it so appealing and successful. There is use of line, colour, direction, texture and value all from the elements of design. Also from the principles of design she has included, gradation, contrast, harmony, unity and dominance. By using as many elements and principles as you can enables a effective design. Overall I think that Olechka’s designs are stunning, especially Feel the Rush, its gorgeous, check it out! Links / Her work has been printed/featured at several sites: / - http://rumplo.com/tags/olechka (uneetee.com) / - http://www.mysoti.com/mysoti/designer/Olechka / - http://www.threadless.com/profile/697297/Olechka / - http://www.teefury.com/people/783/privacy_policy.php / - http://olechka.tumblr.com/
Hello people. many of you will know fellow redbubble artist Olechka. She is a very talented artist. Im here to announce that she has been…
Hello people. many of you will know fellow redbubble artist Olechka. She is a very talented artist. Im here to announce that she has been featured on Teextile.com where her design will be on sale for one week. Note that I am a proud supporter of any of our fellow RB artists that get featured elsewhere. I think that this is something we should start celebrating as a community. Please head down there and show her some support.
I am starting to Ustream (live broadcasting) as I work on my drawings! / Today I bought a webcam did a test-run and it turned out pretty f…
I am starting to Ustream (live broadcasting) as I work on my drawings! / Today I bought a webcam did a test-run and it turned out pretty fun. For those that don’t know about Ustream, it’s basically like a chat-room where I (the host) will have a live video of what I’m working on, and I will have audio on too, so I can talk/answer questions while I work. Follow me on – where I will be posting announcements upcoming Ustreams. / I also use Twitter to post news and updates of new works. Here is the direct link to my channel: OlechkaArt (If you don’t use Twitter, you can just pop in to see if I’m there.) Hope to see you there!! :)
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