I wasn't happy with the colour scheme in the last attempt - too dull - so I gave it another start. You probably know how much I dislike doing scenes in the dark, which is a pity, as about 60% of my favourite scenes take place between the Darkening of Valinor and the first rising of the Sun, haha. I've often been accused of do...
2020-02-05 19:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm trying out my new toy: a glass pen! It's fantastic for very thin lines, even with masking fluid, so I hope this'll come in handy here.
Still got some tweaking to do, but... yay.
I'll get to my backlog of messages tomorrow, I promise!... And now to bed! And now to bed!
2020-02-04 22:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
... and sharpening my pencil literally every minute.
... and questioning my decision to put them all in plate armour. Artistically and historically. But I can't pass over the opportunity to show off the sort of craftsmanship that shortened Fëanor's twelve-year exile. XD
2020-02-04 14:56:43 +0000 UTC View Post
... probably ever. Certainly since Hannibal's crossing the Alps. Still only on the third figure!
And that's only the lineart. Though I think I may just pick out the patterns in places where the light hits - there's a huge chance of overworking this, certainly.
2020-02-03 18:17:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"Then his sons raised up their father and bore him back towards Mithrim. But as they drew near to Eithel Sirion and were upon the upward path to the pass over the mountains, Fëanor bade them halt; for his wounds were mortal, and he knew that his hour was come. And looking out from the slopes of Ered Wethrin with his last sig...
2020-02-02 11:18:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Four hours in, I'm still at this stage of the sketch! O_o
BUT it was a great idea to get the groundwork right. The humourous photo I showed earlier ended up not making it in, as I hadn't bothered to take all those ref photos from the same angle, so the first sketch was scrapped before it took off (after about two hours ...
2020-02-01 15:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
*Husband enters room" "Have you seen my-"
Pause.
*Husband slowly backs from the room*
I asked the Union of Maedhros tiers and up to help me choose my next piece - and it seems that the Prophecy of the North, the death of Fëanor, and “Utúlië’n Aurë" are hot on the list! I had some fun with my body-kun figurines yesterday again. My daughter fell about laughing at the dramatic death scenes playing o...
2020-02-01 09:33:00 +0000 UTC View Post
"Then in defiance of the Orcs, who cowered still in the dark vaults beneath the earth, he took his harp and sang a song of Valinor that the Noldor made of old, before strife was born among the sons of Finwë; and his voice rang in the mournful hollows that had never heard before aught save cries of fear and woe." <...
2020-01-31 07:50:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Not much time to draw today, but I hope to finish this tomorrow!
2020-01-30 06:50:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Something I've never really tried before, but I really like where this is going. Heck, after twenty-five years of considering it, I might at some point paint the Music of the Ainur. =O
Here's the beginnings of the painting! I want to make Fingon's surroundings extra bleak, and have his song visualised as the only bright thing in the scene, casting some light on his face. I'm really happy with the first stage here and hope I don't botch it.
Also, trying new paper AGAIN. Fabriano this time. ;) Hence the...
2020-01-29 11:12:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Now I hope I can pull off the swirly stuff in the background. I actually started doing a little colour study in between conferences today.
Fingon <3 <3
2020-01-27 18:03:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Fingon upon Thangorodrim, being badass. He carried that harp for miles and miles, and he's going to use it.
The swirls will hold some veeeery faint Valinor scenes, in a warmer and lighter colour than the rest.
I haven't posted as much as I ought to have - I had to start over (from the lineart) yesterday after ruining it Thursday afternoon after many hours of work. (Word to the wise: Don't try painting 1mm tack ornaments while teenagers are standing beside you bellowing about their phone games not doing what they should. His chargin...
2020-01-25 08:39:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It's my day off, and that means aaaaaart!
And printing. And post office. And grocery shopping. :)
2020-01-22 12:24:11 +0000 UTC View Post
I was in bed sick all last week, and things had just piled up on my desk - twenty-five exams on my desk, mostly - and I somehow tore through them all in a such daze yesterday that I somehow failed to process that I had actually finished them, so today I sat down at my desk gloomily resigning myself to more marking - and reali...
2020-01-20 17:23:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I told you I was getting a ton of art ideas from the Prancing Pony Podcast - here's some of them! I spent the day with my daughter and her friends celebrating her birthday (very late; it was in September) at a farm. While the girls played in the hay barn, I sat in the warm party room drinking tea and drawing. Definitely a goo...
2020-01-18 18:22:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Just to let you know that the original as well as prints are available! The image is pretty small, so it's printed smaller than other prints you know from me. I'm also printing it on smoother paper, as the rough paper I usually use makes it look unrefined and ugly. Not just the top, I mean. ;)
2020-01-09 16:47:00 +0000 UTC
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Watercolour and white gouache on Bockingford cold-pressed paper, 16x21 cm.
I love these weird watercolour lightsabres. I tried for a long time to do lightsabres in watercolour, but when I did Kylo Ren's for the first time, I realised that irregular was the way to go for me - just go for a totally different visual langua...
2020-01-08 21:18:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Seriously? I don't know how I feel about Palpatine being back for Episode 9. But as he is absolutely devious fun to draw and paint, I'm fine with him. XD
2020-01-08 17:14:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Is it all right to post Star Wars stuff without spoiler warnings now? I assume that hasn't seen the movie yet is probably not worried about spoilers.
I do plan to finish this one today (it's my day off today, so I was able to do the lineart this morning). Because OH BOY is giving the Prancing Pony Podcast giving m...
2020-01-08 14:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
"Stand together"... die together.
And interestingly, they did both die in that encounter. ;_;
Veeeery rough digital sketch, about 20 minutes. I hope this piece will be fun and quick. One day of holidays left! =O
Maybe you remember the very first pieces I did of the SW sequels, four years ag...
2020-01-05 19:23:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Edit: Final colours and nicer background. And look! Birdie!
I'll probably keep fiddling with these a bit more, but on the whole, I think this is what I'd like to do with these!
2020-01-04 19:15:18 +0000 UTC
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I've been carrying these around mentally for months, and finally got round to finishing up the designs! I'm really proud of the Rings, and will echo some of the Silmaril colour schemes for their interiors.
Top is Narya, which passed from Círdan to Gandalf. I chose the Sun as a major element in it, being a more be...
2020-01-04 10:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of stuff on my workbench, and on my mind, starting with a visit to the optician on Monday and telling him that my new glasses aren't really good for reading or for drawing; and him replying, "With your eyes, you shouldn't really be doing either of these two."
That was a shock all right. It doesn't change anything ...
2020-01-02 18:12:43 +0000 UTC View Post
There's rather more stuff in here than ought to be posted on Christmas Eve, and some things are pretty unfestive. Please know that I'm okay, despite it all.
The main thing is that my eyes are getting worse. I've had a pretty pronounced astigmatism since birth, and as soon as horn-rimmed glasses went into fashion in the ...
2019-12-24 07:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post
