{"id":231,"date":"2026-09-12T09:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T09:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/?p=231"},"modified":"2026-09-15T08:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:49:32","slug":"rita-aryu-as-lila-pitts-from-the-umbrella-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/12\/rita-aryu-as-lila-pitts-from-the-umbrella-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita Aryu as Lila Pitts from The Umbrella Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" src=\"http:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rita-_AF-Photo-lcrop-final-1000px.png\" alt=\"Painting of Ritu Arya as Lila Pitts. Crossed arms in a black jumper looking directly forward.\" class=\"wp-image-230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rita-_AF-Photo-lcrop-final-1000px.png 1000w, https:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rita-_AF-Photo-lcrop-final-1000px-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rita-_AF-Photo-lcrop-final-1000px-768x507.png 768w, https:\/\/robblackburn.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Rita-_AF-Photo-lcrop-final-1000px-600x396.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really enjoyed the Umbrella Academy Series on Netflix and I felt that Lila Pitts was a really interesting and compelling character, actually one of my favourites of the series. Despite not being a part of the main crew as it were. Anyway this one I started following the process of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.domestika.org\/en\/courses\/3252-pop-culture-character-painting-in-photoshop\/course#course-teacher-new\"> Sam Gilby on Domestika<\/a> but I soon branched of after the initial lessons. I struggle to keep focus! Also, I didn&#8217;t use Photoshop. Don&#8217;t think I will ever go back to ADobe products. This was done in a combo of Krita and Affinity Photo v2. I eventually settled on Affinity because it&#8217;s more similar to photoshop and the masking is more intuitive to me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoyed the Umbrella Academy Series on Netflix and I felt that Lila Pitts was a really interesting and compelling character, actually one of my favourites of the series. Despite not being a part of the main crew as it were. 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