Katherine's Attic by Kelly Paal
unique digital art inspired by nature and imagination
This is a commission piece. They wanted Yggdrasil on wallpaper for their iPad. This took me over 8 hours over a few days. I really worked to keep it close to how a tree would look in nature but I wanted that look of tapestry or illustration from antiquity. I’m so pleased with how it…
Here is the second video of this series. Part two covers underpainting and finishing the skin color and hair.
I posted this finished piece on social media a few days back and thankfully I recorded nearly all of it. I have sped up the video so you don’t spend hours watching me work. Here is part one of Elf in Thought. Enjoy. Please like and subscribe to my YouTube channel if you want to…
Sometimes I wonder where my ideas come from, this piece came into my head complete. It was a rush to complete it before I forgot the finer details. Years ago I used to write short stories and stories would drop into my head complete too. So this is called “Trapped.” I was going for a…
Whew. Okay, this one is done, maybe. Do you ever have the problem of having too many choices? So I’ve been working on this piece for a bit now. The landscape photo is mine. The woman is from a stock file. I had no issues working her into the scene she was perfect for this…
I spent so much time on this piece. Not because it was difficult. It wasn’t, not really. I had a solid vision of what I wanted to do. I was inspired by a favorite anime of mine and wanted to take one design aspect from it and create my own composition. I probably go to…
Sometimes my own pieces are just things I want. I want a castle in the woods and a pet dragon soaring high overhead. Not joking. Anyway, I had a bit of a rough patch, not that I couldn’t create it’s that I was created so much. Starting so many pieces but struggling to finish them….
Katherine’s Attic by Kelly Paal I love being out in the forest. Nothing brings me more joy. And one time while out I may or may not have captured a photo of a rare forest dragon. She said her name was Charlotte and to keep her location a secret. Charlotte the Forest Dragon by KatherinesAttic
Have you ever been inspired by an anime or manga? I’m a huge anime and manga fan. I recently discovered an anime called Ergo Proxy. I highly recommend it. It’s beautiful and intellectual and lovely. So I decided to create my own version of Vincent’s ship The Rabbit. I didn’t want to copy directly because…
Katherine’s Attic by Kelly Paal Yeah, the title of this entry is the title of the piece, well its long title anyway. This piece was the first one that came out EXACTLY as I had envisioned it in my mind and it took sooooooooo long. And that’s okay of course. Normally my work for my…