Here's some bad photographs of the final watercolor.
What I ended up doing, after being disappointed with where I was with it at this stage, I went back and drew over the entire thing in a dark blue pencil. The blue helped the brown and really pulled the piece together for me.
Here's a better quality image, the scan :
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Princesses, Monsters, and things that fly.
This painting has worked out for 3 different things, one as an original I'm pleased with for Comic-Con, to reproduce as a print, and finally as the cover of my 2009 sketchbook,
Princesses, Monsters, and things that fly.
It's taken quite a while to bring together all the work for this little book but I finished it last night and it's going to be great. Just over 50 pages at this point. It's doodles, drawings, and a couple finished pieces all in one little book.
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Here's a question for you and if you like, you can comment an answer :
For the print of this piece that I'll have, would you like to see it just the straight, original watercolor? Or a version more like the cover of my sketchbook.
Thanks everyone!
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9 comments:
Wow whoever lands this original is a very lucky person it's beautiful. I would like to see the print like the original there is more characters included and I enjoy the scene more.
Definitely "plain" for a print offering.
i'd say the original watercolor would make for a better print.
will your sketch book be available online after SDCC?
NIce. I like the deeper blue scheme overall. The previous color pass had a very James Jean Fables cover look which was fine too ;)
Lovely.
Actually, I think I might like the cover version better. It looks more like a dim, mysterious faerie forest than the original does.
One more vote for the original watercolour... it is lovely!
You can't go wrong either way - I love them both! But if I had to pick, I'd pick the cover version.
Again the paintings are awesome, I also love stories where innocence wins over evil, although is becoming a topic for many books and stories.
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