Christmas Black Bear In Procreate - Episode 20
video - Episode 20
In this episode, I am creating a Christmas holiday black bear in Procreate and talking about how your own travel adventures can inspire your artwork.
We had traveled to Blue Ridge, Georgia, one year for a family vacation, and I was inspired by the mountain scenery. The cabin we stayed in was full of black bear items as black bears roamed that particular area frequently. Though, we didn't get to see any while we were there.
Creating A Christmas Black Bear In Procreate
So, I decided to create a design inspired by the mountains and black bears that I imagined lived around the cabin and what they would do if they found holiday presents and were good at delivering presents instead of potentially eating them.
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Christmas Holiday Black Bear In Procreate Transcript:
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I am Denise Palmer and I am an illustrator,
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artist and surface pattern designer working out of my studio close to the
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Gulf of Mexico where water adventures and botanical plants surround my
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everyday life.
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Welcome to these video chats where I talk about some of the techniques I've used
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to create my artwork and chat about all things illustration, art, and design.
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Hello and welcome again to another holiday episode.
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Today I want talk about how your own adventures can inspire your artwork.
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I usually love all things tropical because my home is near the ocean and water.
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But our family took a vacation recently to Blue Ridge,
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Georgia and stayed in an adorable mountain cabin.
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It was such a change of scenery and there were so many items in the cabin with
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black bears that I fell in love with the black bears myself,
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and needed to create some black bear artwork.
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We didn't get to see a real black bear while we were there,
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but I imagined what Christmas would be like with a family of black bears
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living close to the cabin.
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So I created a Christmas design with a black bear who loves fish and Christmas
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gifts at the center of the design.
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And you can see him coming to life here in the sketch with a ski board strapped
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to his back with presents a wreath, some forest greenery,
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and a pot of honey. Once the sketch was done,
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I added in his dark,
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almost black fur and all the details that capture this incredible animal in
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Procreate.
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I usually like to give my animals something fun and interesting that they're
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doing,
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and so putting the presents and everything on top of his back as if he's
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carrying it somewhere, um,
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was a fun interpretation of the bear getting into mischief.
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Using the sketch as a guide,
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I added more details with coloring in the presents and wreath and greenery,
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and of course the jar of honey. I don't know if bears like honey,
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but it was something that was not traditionally Christmas,
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so I had to incorporate it into the giftable items on the skiboards.
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Adding in the final details of the artwork,
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creating the lines on the presents,
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and bringing in the berry details on the wreath,
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brings in the holiday colors,
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as well as the last little details of the bows and the little bees
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around the honeypot.
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I added in fish and flourishing details around this bear,
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and you can see those details here in this finished design with
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the border and flourishing that create this finished design.
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I could see this black bear artwork on a holiday card or as a throw pillow
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or used on fabric as a blanket to snuggle with by the fireplace.
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I also think it would make really fun Christmas pajamas too.
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This is the artwork shown on a card that is in my portfolio,
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as well as this is a finished pattern design where I created the
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elements in a repeat, where he's got the fish,
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as if they're like on fishing hooks on his back.
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And little details that would make a fun repeat.
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I will be sharing more process videos just like this one,
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so be sure to subscribe. Thank you for watching!
