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Donal Jolley
To create his “Rubber Ducky,” Donal Jolley began by drawing the basic lines with
the Pencil tool. Then with the Width tool, he adjusted each stroke so it curved gently
and came to a sharp angle at the end ( his custom profiles are shown below ). To
finalize the line work, he used the Scissors and Eraser tools to clean up the extra
anchor points that sometimes occur at the end of brushstrokes. He then locked his
line work layer and created a new layer at the bottom, into which he painted the
colors. He works very intuitively with the brushes, saying, “Usually I will open a
brush category, choose a brush, and then make a stroke with a sharp angle and a
gentle curve to see how it behaves with the color I want to use. Because many of
the strokes have a certain transparent quality that does not truly mix with the
underlying color (or white), I make sure of the stroke before I employ it. I check for
opacity, form, and how it 'bends,' because many brushes tend to give
unpredictable results at sharper angles.” Then, using his chosen default bristle and
calligraphic brushes, Jolley painted the ducky's colors, varying pressure and angles
with his Wacom Intuos tablet and 6D Art Pen.
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