Part of my over-ambitious Christmas card project. Here is the .kra file, flattened:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/overflow/kerstkaart2010/koningen.kra

and the thing it was the best and most manageable part of, with layers:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~bsarempt/irina/overflow/kerstkaart2010/voorkant.kra

Everything licensed cc-by-sa, of course.

I found a photo of two people riding camels in the desert, flipped the picture, cloned one camel and drew over it on a transparent layer because I can't draw camels by myself. (See, this is what I've been wanted to do with Krita for a long time, and it actually worked!)

Pixel brush, sumi-e brush, and spray brush for the sand.

Merry Christmas to you too!!
It looks like oil painting, I like it very much!!! Hoping to see the whole project complete!!
Go on!

Actually, I decided that the whole project was too ambitious (can't draw mountains any more than camels) and cut out the good part (this) to use as our Christmas card. Next year, I'll probably come up with something entirely different.

irina_r wrote:Actually, I decided that the whole project was too ambitious (can't draw mountains any more than camels) and cut out the good part (this) to use as our Christmas card. Next year, I'll probably come up with something entirely different.

But you can take a photo with mountains, put a new layer with 50% alpha, and paint over the photo. Then delete the photo layer, and you have a beautiful drawed montains XD

Just noticed your post in the Galler now Irina,

Nice! I like your creative approach to getting the hand drawn, yet fairly realistic look you were after. The contrasting yet complementary colors of (what I'm presuming are) the three wise men's clothing gives a really fun, striking effect.

Thanks for posting!

The imagery is very nice. The minimalistic 'look' of the whole is stunning. If you were to 'add' anything, a Christmas star in the upper right corner - leading the three wise men - might me the way to go (no pun intended).

sinozzuke wrote:But you can take a photo with mountains, put a new layer with 50% alpha, and paint over the photo. Then delete the photo layer, and you have a beautiful drawed montains XD

Well yes, but the card has already been sent-- maybe next year!

Snowhog wrote:The imagery is very nice. The minimalistic 'look' of the whole is stunning. If you were to 'add' anything, a Christmas star in the upper right corner - leading the three wise men - might me the way to go (no pun intended).

I was going to make a very wide card with the wise men on a road, following the star to the mountains, and cutting the wise men out because I couldn't draw mountains inadvertently got rid of the star too! Just plain forgot to put it back.

Snowhog wrote:The imagery is very nice. The minimalistic 'look' of the whole is stunning. If you were to 'add' anything, a Christmas star in the upper right corner - leading the three wise men - might me the way to go (no pun intended).

For next year...I'd have the Christmas star on the back of the card...

Really nice work though, I'm sure whoever got your card was filled with the Chrissy spirit from your creativity and style.