Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Trying to Remember

This image was fun to make.  It was done over the course of two nights, so the hour count was forgotten.  It's main purpose was to help me get into the groove of things, and practice with mediums that I had grown rusty with.  I worked with pens, watercolors, and watercolor pencils.  The end product was something slightly different from what I had in mind at first.  The reference image was of very fetching young lady in a maid outfit tailor-made for maximum bonerocity.  I intended to build on the idea of the maid's frill, adding a sharper silhouette to it.  However, through a combination of a loose sketching process, and some fun coloring, it ended up with a heavier Native-American headdress vibe, which I like.  This piece is pretty big, so I had to take a camera pic, so it's hard to clean it up as much as I'd like to.  It obviously has it's problems.  There's uneveness in some of the line weights, and the coloring itself is iffy.  But, I'm not too unhappy with this.

4 comments:

  1. Wow, this is really beautiful. I cant wait to see more!

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  2. Wow, that is an extremely well done piece. I'm very impressed. I can't wait to see more.

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  3. i actually like this one very much. its stunning and minimalist at the same time. my favorite.

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  4. Wow, your paintings are so beautiful! Keep them coming ;)

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