Playing with layers

I have been trying to perfect the sketchy lines mixed with digital lines method of working. There has to be balence between the two stlyes so that the image still looks professional. Have been playing around with the different layers to see how it looks. Here are two examples of my experiments...

Little me, sketchy?

Posted a while about about developing a cartoon version of myself. Wanted to have a go at drawing her usuing this new digital/sketchy hand drawn style I have going on...

http://rosiewilman.blogspot.com/2011/01/little-me.html <---Link to first post... Not sure it works that well with this type of image. Worked for the wellspring project and the knitted cats very well I think... Any thoughts?

This is the original sketch that I worked with in photoshop.

Wellspring: which is better?

Been playing around on photoshop with my final image and have come out with two different versions... Any feedback as to which one is better?

1st version with more structure to the lines... More digital than hand drawn....

2nd version, less structure to lines... More hand drawn than digital...

Wellspring ideas development

These are the first couple of ideas for my final piece for the wellspring project. Really like it so far but still need to add text and possibly improve on the composition to allow for better text placement. Will discuss these thoughts on friday in the group tutorials...

Sink Textures

Noticed the other day that the sink in our studio has some really lovely textures inside it. I'm going to start taking photos of interesting textures I find on my travels...

Finished drawing using the sink textures :)