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A nice little surprise dawned on me today. A lot of my digital drawings are very reminiscent of the Brandywine style (although my technique still needs work).

The Brandywine style puts a little more emphasis on brushwork, and usually has dramatic lighting. I fell in love with the style a few years back while browsing through my book, Treasure Planet: A Voyage of Discovery. The Disney artists used a variation of the Brandywine style for their background artwork, though they often had to tone down the brushwork so as not to distract the viewer’s eye too much.

Perhaps I’ll play with some different Photoshop brushes to get a better recreation of this beautiful art style. The Brandywine style also uses more dramatic lighting & poses, and focuses less on details.