Don Lee Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Happy new year! Since I finished Soviet Cities series, I started another series. Inspiration form some pictures I took in 2021. It's all 4k resolutions, 4096*2160, enough to be wallpapers. 01 The Road This road is where I used to going to work every day. Under the sunshine, it looks peaceful and clean. 02 The Yellow Bike A yellow bicycle parked on the side of the road. Chengdu seldom has sunny days, so it's a good time for taking pictures. The light is excellent. Light is essential in photographs and drawings. Shadow makes them vivid. There are a lot of leaves on the ground. 03 Gezhi Building This is the building where I used to work at. To better express the volume and perspective of the building, I used a wide-angle shot. A strong sense of perspective makes the illustrations more realistic. Also, it increases the workload. AdamStanislav, Alfred, iuli and 5 others 7 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Happy New Year, Don, and thank you for sharing some more of your wonderful drawings! AdamStanislav 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Could you possibly say a little about the pictures please? For example, if a greetings card were being made with a picture on the front, what short descriptive text would be on the back of the card about the picture? William Don Lee 1 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 8 hours ago, William Overington said: Could you possibly say a little about the pictures please? For example, if a greetings card were being made with a picture on the front, what short descriptive text would be on the back of the card about the picture? William That's a good suggestion. Even a short description might help viewers to understand my illustration. I will try that. Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 04 Gezhi Building Another view of Gezhi Building. Wosven, MmmMaarten, iuli and 2 others 4 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 05 The Shadows The railing of the overpass is fence-like. Fence-like shadows highlight contrast between light and shadow. Wosven, iuli, StuartRc and 2 others 4 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Don Lee said: 05 The Shadows The railing of the overpass is fence-like. Fence-like shadows highlight contrast between light and shadow. That one isn’t displaying for me. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Alfred said: That one isn’t displaying for me. It does for me, at least on my iPad. Haven't checked on Windows. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Alfred said: That one isn’t displaying for me. Just now, walt.farrell said: It does for me. I can see it now. 👍 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Don Lee said: 05 The Shadows The railing of the overpass is fence-like. Fence-like shadows highlight contrast between light and shadow. There is a detail within the image, like a chess board yet not a chess board. What is that please? William priyagoel 1 Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 20 hours ago, William Overington said: There is a detail within the image, like a chess board yet not a chess board. What is that please? William They are just floor tiles, designed into chess boards. I think it's just for decoration. William Overington and priyagoel 1 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 06 The Apartment Building The apartment complex I lived in the last 2 years. I took a picture in the dusk, the golden moment with the best light. Alfred, iuli, priyagoel and 2 others 5 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 On 1/7/2022 at 7:56 AM, Don Lee said: 05 The Shadows The railing of the overpass is fence-like. Fence-like shadows highlight contrast between light and shadow. Interestingly, to me that picture seems to have an optical illusion look to it. It seems to me that the grey part is about 20 feet below the orange part. Yet it appears not to be as the shadows of the railings are continuous. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 25 minutes ago, William Overington said: It seems to me that the grey part is about 20 feet below the orange part. There are lots of grey parts! Just to be clear, William, do you mean the road (with the white and yellow markings)? priyagoel 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Overington Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 16 minutes ago, Alfred said: There are lots of grey parts! Just to be clear, William, do you mean the road (with the white and yellow markings)? No, the part at the right with the quasi-chess board on it. I have only really noticed the road at the left after reading your question. I cannot understand what are those orangey lines over the area at the very left. William Quote Until December 2022, using a Lenovo laptop running Windows 10 in England. From January 2023, using an HP laptop running Windows 11 in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 7 minutes ago, William Overington said: No, the part at the right with the quasi-chess board on it. Thank you. For what little it’s worth, I don’t see the “20 feet below” effect that you describe. (I don’t see any feet at all, either on the overpass or below it, but that’s another matter!) William Overington 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 07 Acacia Baileyana Purpurea A small plant on my balcony. Its' seeds have to be soaked in boiled water before planting. Unfortunately, my rabbit ate this poor little plant last summer. Alfred, Wosven, William Overington and 1 other 3 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 08 The Ferns There are a lot of ferns on the side of the road. Before dusk, the sunlight added a golden color to the ferns. 09 Taken with Sony I usually use my Sony camera or Sony cellphone to take pictures. My Sony camera has higher sensitivity than my cellphone, it can record in darker environments. Alfred and William Overington 1 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 10 The Fern Last year I tried to take some macrophotographs with my Laowa and Sigma Macro Lenses. Plants and insects are normal subjects for outdoor macrophotographs. Alfred and AdamStanislav 2 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 11 The Butterfly I shot this butterfly with my Sigma macro lens. AdamStanislav, Alfred and StuartRc 3 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efvee Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 谢谢妮 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 12 The Ant AdamStanislav, Wosven and Alfred 3 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 13 Illustrating I finished all the soviet cities series illustrations with my Surface laptop. I prefer a laptop to an iPad when creating. Because of the spring festival, job things and games, I did not illustrate a lot for the last two months. AdamStanislav and Alfred 2 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 14 Memory Cards and Hard Disk Here are some of my SD cards and portable hard disks. SD cards have variable colors, so I'd like to buy different SD cards. I don't have so many devices that need sd cards. Some of them are just for collections. Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Lee Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 16 My Reading Time Last year I read 22 books on my kindle. iuli 1 Quote Welcome to my personal page: Don Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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