affinity designer Illustration My 2021

[Don Lee]

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. 

 

 

[Alfred]

Happy New Year, Don, and thank you for sharing some more of your wonderful drawings!

[William Overington]

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]

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.

[Don Lee]

04 Gezhi Building

Another view of Gezhi Building. 

[Don Lee]

 

05 The Shadows

The railing of the overpass is fence-like. Fence-like shadows highlight contrast between light and shadow.

[Alfred]

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.

[walt.farrell]

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.

[Alfred]

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. 👍

[William Overington]

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

 

[Don Lee]

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.

[Don Lee]

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.

[William Overington]

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

 

 

 

[Alfred]

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)?

[William Overington]

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

 

[Alfred]

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!)

[Don Lee]

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.

[Don Lee]

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.

 

[Don Lee]

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.

[Don Lee]

11 The Butterfly

I shot this butterfly with my Sigma macro lens.

[Efvee]

谢谢妮 ！

[Don Lee]

12 The Ant

[Don Lee]

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. 

[Don Lee]

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.

[Don Lee]

16 My Reading Time

Last year I read 22 books on my kindle.