Added 1 new A* page:I was afraid I'd overworked the figures in today's page (well, I had) with too much colors and cross-hatching, but it's amazing what a big shady wash will do for you in with watercolors--sort of washes away/unifies the unwanted detail and makes a bold new statement all at the same time. Pretty handy! And I probably wouldn't have come up with this big washy shadow look otherwise, so huzzah for mistakes. : D
Also Merry Christmas if that's your thing! I'm taking the day off for the usual seasonal burst of hedonism, but I'll be right back at work on A* on Thursday. In the meanwhile you could check out an initial sketch (it was out of scale and position so had to erase it : P) of Selenis' friend here that I posted earlier on my Tumblr, as well as on my Instagram and my Twitter--but I mention the Tumblr first because if you're looking to kill some extra holiday time, you could check all the other stuff I stick in there, namely a lot of art and stuff by other people that I think is neat.
(Hm. I don't usually post versions of drawings I have to erase in the process of working out an A* page because--(well okay mainly because I don't like stopping to get up and fetch the phone/camera)--in general they either end up being a) better than the final version, which is frustrating : PP, or b) worse than the final version, in which case, why show them? In this case, I thought it was pretty good and maybe I *wouldn't* be able to do better, so...I dunno. It did help though because in my next version (which I intentionally didn't take a photo of, because it was a little boring : P), the knee her elbow (and thus chin) was resting on was crossed over the other leg, so it was higher, and thus she wasn't slumped over as much, and didn't look as unamused--and I didn't realize that until I thought to pull up the photo of the earlier version to compare, and from there it was clear the earlier pose had been better, and although I'd now found the correct scale and position for the figure, I should erase it *again* and--keeping the new scale and position--bring back the earlier pose. So I guess the photo was good, even if it made me go back to the drawing board yet again. : P)
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