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About the Project

In March 2024 I purchased a set of 500 color palettes by Sarah Renae Clark. I decided off-hand to attempt a digital doodle for all 500. Am I crazy? Yeah maybe.  But it's been a fun challenge. I am able to play with digital work that can be done anywhere AND I learn about color AND I might come up with ideas I want to see in finished work. 

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Most of these will not be "finished", which is why I call them doodles. I told myself I wouldn't spend too much time perfecting details or being obsessive about the drawings. Basically it is a digital sketchbook.

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On July 4th, 2024 I finished my first 20 and started this page.  

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Palette 400
 

Where it started. I asked a coworker to pick a random number, found a muse on sketchy and did a sketch.  This was the day I decided to try and do all 500. 

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Palette 293

I really enjoyed this palette.  Also, things might get weird in this process. It's just how my brain works. It's not going to be a lot of planning it's just - what my brain does.

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Palette 022

If Portland was a person?  Another Sktchy app muse doodle.

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Palette 017

The all bold palettes can be rough to work with. I find I need at least a little bit of something dark or muted to really make things pop like I want.

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Palette 025
 

Thanks, I hate it.

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Palette 175

This number was picked by a coworker who was moving on to bigger better things. I never showed her the finish because - well. I dunno if she would appreciate the vibe my brain took with this color combo. ha...haha

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Palette 096

Unexpectedly enjoyed this palette and the finish product. Another Sktchy muse.

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Palette 236

Warm on warm - just a Sktchy muse portrait.

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Palette 224
 

Another Sktchy muse. 

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Palette 069

This is probably going to be a painting at some point. It's an idea I have had floating around in my head a long time....

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Palette 498

What in the 80's graphic heck did I do here? 

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Palette 097

This palette just screamed for something simple, graphic, and cute.

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Palette 337
 

I swear the muse this was done from was not a scary baby... I kinda hate drawing babies...why do I keep doing it????

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Palette 500

Saint Sebastian is my jam.  I love the imagery.  This was done as an homage to Odilion Redon's painting of Saint Sebastian, just with a Bambi twist.  Also I LOVE this color palette!​

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Palette 003

Warm palette, Sktchy muse, 

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Palette 305

This palette just screamed for something simple, graphic, and cute.

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Palette 375
 

Aunt Donna, but with red hair and a weird face.  This is the point where I discovered how to put a texture layer into my doodles...and yeah, this is pretty great...

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Palette 250

I enjoyed playing around with this. This is the first time I discovered textured backgrounds in the digital space. 

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I can actually make things look more natural media now and that has me STOKED.

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Palette 078

Wheatheads!

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Palette 123

Initially I hated this, but it grew on me. I like the almost glowing effect. 

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Palette 041
 

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Bunnerific.

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Palette 007

Meh

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Palette 489

Fiddling with more texture and more brushes.  Another very monochromatic palette. Basically black and white.

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Palette 264

I found my fav paper texture and brush combo so far while doing this. It's just enough tooth to be really fun to work on. I will be experimenting a lot but this combo will be back.

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Palette 333
 

Cthulu wants you. *smooch

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Palette 077

Been on a monster kick lately apparently.  This was a unique palette I wouldn't have put together myself but I enjoyed playing with it.

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Palette 257

More monsters. More awkward poses. lol

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Palette 028

This was a fun combo of colors but I just decided to do a simple floral doodle to play with them.

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Palette 317
 

Bright n fun. Eyeballs are great. 

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Palette 491

I am finding I have a lot of fun with palettes with a lot of muted tones and one or two really bright suckers.  

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Palette 27

1 fish, blue fish. Fish sticks. I need a day off.

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Palette 402

I like this moody set with a fuchsia pop.

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Palette 411
 

BIRB

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Palette 315

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Palette 406

Another head another tree. I dunno why I cannot stop doing that.

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Palette 347

This is on my list of top ones so far. I love the slash brush. I used to do similar things on my sculpture back in school - it's something I really like doing and it always comes back

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Palette 055
 

I saw a picture of a boy holding out a chicken wing on the internet and he looked - so sad. lol. Hence this doodle was born.

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Palette 180

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Palette 237

This one ended up really dark but whatcha gonna do?

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Palette 198

I wanted to try to make something creepy with very uncreepy colors. 

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Palette 365
 

I wonder how many of the 500 are monochromatic blues? Because it seems like a lot...

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Palette 009

I ended up really liking this combination of colors.  Again with the muted and the pops of brights.

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Palette 344

Classy af.  

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Palette 156

Don't ask, I dunno what this is.  But enjoy! 

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Palette 274
 

A doodle of Despair. 

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Palette 179

I really kind of like how the background turned out in this one.  This was an interesting palette.

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Palette 009

Portrait of Klimt in blues

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Palette 289

I donno.  Cheshire frog doodle?

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Palette 013
 

Actually ended up liking this a lot more than I thought I would. 

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Palette 073

When all is said and done I am going to go back and find out how many of these palettes are mostly mono-blues.  Because it seems like a lot.

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Palette 005

Look - they aren't all going to be bangers, ok.  There were a few really bad ones in this run. lol

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Palette 217

Also a piece of trash. lol. 

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Palette 117
 

Vintage Punk Superman.  He's an anti-fascist.

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Palette 428

This was an interesting combination.  I really liked the muted purple with the bright red.

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Palette 348

Beige. Everything beige.  Reminded me of my boss who lives in beige.  She let me take her picture for this.  

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Palette 372

A quick little sketch of an idea. I meant to finish this in Rebelle but ended up moving on. 

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Palette 432
 

....ya know....no.  I spent too long trying to get it right and it never got there.   I am meh with the mostly blue palettes and there are SO MANY of them. 

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Palette 143

Portrait of unit G143, one of our deputies we lost to pancreatic cancer this year.  This is when I got my new iPad Pro 13 incher.  Which is AWESOME.

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Palette 167

One of the most delightful faces on TikTok - Jonathan Heibert.  This won't be the last time I do him.  This also started the tracing reference photos.  I spend a lot more time painting and enjoying myself when the basis is set down more quickly and accurately. 

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Palette 169

I fell in love with the flame brush with this one. lol

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