Added 1 new A* page:Did a little test with the Winsor & Newton "artist grade" watercolors that arrived in the mail recently:
(That's in the episode 18 gallery, where the original or prints can be purchased.)
I'd previously tried W&N's "Cotman" mid-grade watercolors, which were quite disappointing--weak and muddy. These "artist grade" ones are their top-of-the-line pigments, and boy, they really are much more vibrant than the Cotman line. I'm quite happy with the pink and the purple; the other colors are a bit off from what I'd like--the blue's a bit too reddish, the red's a bit too yellowish, and the green's a bit too bluish--so I've ordered slightly different shades for those, and I'll hafta do another test once they arrive. Hopefully though I'm actually closing in on a useful color palette.
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Here's an intermediate state in the inking of today's A* page:
Bit happier with how I was able to keep things looser today, although I think the drawing ended up a bit more cartoony than I'd prefer to be doing. And hm, you know sometimes I think there's more energy when I let the black fills remain isolated, rather than carefully filling them in all the way to the lines--leaving that gap there kind of gives the thing a crackling energy that gets lost when I try to tidy everything up. Well, back to the drawing board--tomorrow!
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