Mike Miller

Dreams, Drawn in Detail

Dreams

Dreams

BY MIKE MILLER

Artist, Web Designer

Colorado, USA

Painting on mobile devices requires traditional skills and a plan. Mike Miller displays a method to his madness.

A few examples in this book detail the use of a layers feature in the app “Brushes”. This painting was created in June 2009, months before layers functionality was implemented in the app, and was painted the way one would paint traditionally, from back to front on a single layer.

I start by blocking in the man swallowing the city, first as a rough sketch and then, in the next panel, add the details such as teeth, eyes, and shadowing.

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