Ldina Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 "Common Blue" butterfly, for my UK and Irish friends (apparently native to southern England and Ireland). All done in Affinity Designer and the Pixel Persona. DelN, Alfred, John Rostron and 11 others 14 Quote 2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Sequoia OS, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher v1 & v2, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 @Ldina Beautiful! Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.5.5. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6.7. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldina Posted October 2 Author Share Posted October 2 @jmwellborn Thank you! 😁 Quote 2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Sequoia OS, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher v1 & v2, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinC Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Nice work. The only thing I would work on a bit are the antennae. If you make them thinner toward the head and a bit thinner overall I think they would look a bit more natural. Right now they kind of stick out as looking kind of harsh against the softness of the butterfly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldina Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 @KarinC Thanks for the excellent suggestion. It does look better with thinner, more tapered antennae. 😊 jmwellborn, Alfred, PaulEC and 4 others 7 Quote 2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Sequoia OS, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher v1 & v2, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelN Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 Wow! Blue birds (Indigo Buntings) and blue butterflies! You're so lucky, Ldina! 😃 Beautiful work... Del Ldina 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ldina Posted October 4 Author Share Posted October 4 4 minutes ago, DelN said: Wow! Blue birds (Indigo Buntings) and blue butterflies! You're so lucky, Ldina! 😃 Thanks, Del....please note that the "Common Blue" butterfly is native to the southern UK and Ireland! A friend of mine saw them when she was visiting England and loved them, so I created this illustration for her. I just printed it to 8-½ X 11 inches and mailed it to her, so I'll be curious to hear her reaction. DelN 1 Quote 2024 MacBook Pro M4 Max, 48GB, 1TB SSD, Sequoia OS, Affinity Photo/Designer/Publisher v1 & v2, Adobe CS6 Extended, LightRoom v6, Blender, InkScape, Dell 30" Monitor, Canon PRO-100 Printer, i1 Spectrophotometer, i1Publish, Wacom Intuos 4 PTK-640 graphics tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelN Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 You're right. I have seen these pale blue butterflies in the UK, but they're not as common as they used to be. Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Orange Tip, Meadow Brown and Red Admirals and the common white butterflies I see all the time. Occasionally, I see the yellow butterfly (Brimstone), which is a pale lemony yellow and very beautiful... Del Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 45 minutes ago, DelN said: the common white butterflies I see all the time Cabbage White? DelN 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelN Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 Ldina, 12 hours ago, Ldina said: I just printed it to 8-½ X 11 inches and mailed it to her, so I'll be curious to hear her reaction. Let me know her reaction. I'm sure she'll love it... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelN Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 55 minutes ago, Alfred said: Cabbage White? Yep. That's the one... 😁 Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted October 5 Share Posted October 5 5 hours ago, Alfred said: Cabbage White? "Cabbage White" is a vague name mostly applied to the Large White (Pieris brassicae), but sometimes to the Small White and the Green-veined White. John Alfred 1 Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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