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It's Monday, so welcome to another State of the Artist update!
Weekly Words
In youth we learn; in age we understand.
-Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830 - 1916
Current Project
As I said last week, I'm posting WIP pictures of "The Eastern Star," the second in the crew lineup of the
Lofty Pursuits airship brothel. I'll start with the clean line art image, full of lots of little details guaranteed to drive me nuts:
and move on to adding in base coats of the skin tone colors, gradually building up color in layers, and the border. While working on "Red Light Flights" (the first in the series) I found I'd get some pigment bleed if I left the pale border colors for last so I did it first this time:
... adding in costume pieces, again in light layers to build up color depth and intensity. I used to work straight from the final color I wanted only to realize it usually made things very heavy and blocky, without any kind of luminosity.
Next week, moving on to the background! O.o
Near Future
Not much different here than last week's Near Future plans: more Necro con prep, commission work to do, and Holiday Card ideas to consider.... Ack!
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and move on to adding in base coats of the skin tone colors, gradually building up color in layers, and the border. While working on "Red Light Flights" (the first in the series) I found I'd get some pigment bleed if I left the pale border colors for last so I did it first this time:
... adding in costume pieces, again in light layers to build up color depth and intensity. I used to work straight from the final color I wanted only to realize it usually made things very heavy and blocky, without any kind of luminosity.
Next week, moving on to the background! O.o
Near Future
Not much different here than last week's Near Future plans: more Necro con prep, commission work to do, and Holiday Card ideas to consider.... Ack!
Thank you for joining me for another State of the Artist update! Please feel free to leave comments below, a LiveJournal account is not necessary to comment here, and feedback is always appreciated, it makes for a Happy Kit!
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