tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1790927073241666582024-03-28T00:54:39.448+01:00Ranarh's Art BlogFantasy/Sci-Fi Art and Illustrations, Fine Art, TutorialsRanarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.comBlogger267125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-88634296252926579702023-09-07T16:41:00.006+02:002023-09-07T16:43:24.680+02:00 It's really over - New Blog<p>I know a few weeks ago I said "this blog has been resurrected", but alas, it's really dead now. Maintaining an image-heavy blog with this tech has been gruelling, so I migrated to Wordpress. You can find my new art blog at <a href="https://jenniferslange.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://jenniferslange.wordpress.com/ </a><br />Hope to see you there!</p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-74071379040297210852023-08-01T15:41:00.003+02:002023-08-01T16:42:41.836+02:00One hundred dwarves<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4pB74xuYBEr6DNbpxczB26E2cQk_vnYPpOXtXqBN46bepVEbB3uznRS_AayFGtB_9ZcVgtKU0z_64tUbP4bHaus9hLqpLCJ95zjwu9gGtii_OIZJx7eROI9qO7uGLpEFMVTIpjqBL19_V2swoOeU2dnMp5R0MvpPhBzUccmMehfe79Aw5xGnIg33C1E/s3000/Zwerge_Kleidung_002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="3000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4pB74xuYBEr6DNbpxczB26E2cQk_vnYPpOXtXqBN46bepVEbB3uznRS_AayFGtB_9ZcVgtKU0z_64tUbP4bHaus9hLqpLCJ95zjwu9gGtii_OIZJx7eROI9qO7uGLpEFMVTIpjqBL19_V2swoOeU2dnMp5R0MvpPhBzUccmMehfe79Aw5xGnIg33C1E/w640-h384/Zwerge_Kleidung_002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Last year I was hired to create fifty illustrations including the cover for a puzzle book. The format was unusual because it was going to be triangular, like a mountain, because the overarching story between the riddles was a tribe of dwarves trapped by the magical queen (a bearded lady with a golden hat). Sadly, the book wasn't made, but I am still proud of the works I created for it.<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3TWLUwKL3YoJuiS0BcW2w2UlwgC6OiO37J6nVhRiFoX1wkrhIs-eokPGcC98Tbl4FgpYAol5XBDp-4UrK2mcAbCJjJV97aefk-j-aCwir48Vyyh3xgSrV_wVEWlpzb0uvuWaJmjme0VJcOgINdCWCZ9zw57dhnIYL74I3dL40zALIj6BlKlhKDmdXLQ/s3508/Urzwerg.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="2480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3TWLUwKL3YoJuiS0BcW2w2UlwgC6OiO37J6nVhRiFoX1wkrhIs-eokPGcC98Tbl4FgpYAol5XBDp-4UrK2mcAbCJjJV97aefk-j-aCwir48Vyyh3xgSrV_wVEWlpzb0uvuWaJmjme0VJcOgINdCWCZ9zw57dhnIYL74I3dL40zALIj6BlKlhKDmdXLQ/w283-h400/Urzwerg.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My first drawing to get the job of a dwarf. You can see my dwarves aren't actually very small. I enjoyed giving him some biker accents, because I imagine dwarves to be a lot like truckers and construction workers.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> The design is still recognisable in the main protagonist Günther, who is younger and cleaner than this guy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxYQbEUVTMXhKxiaRclrbxFp7uArV8NPbWYjcUTGsjfWQehN_X31m2zgESGFswbRq_5fYtx9sfnMXe0Cjq5ozSLhTaAAKhqUbOm8PlEVY51oT0KNc9kVDzifHu7M6xg2YD2b3kzP1KPKKeqZ_-qoLTRUqeefvojw19qWSZvohUz6TwKSnQq6X6Uu9kGk/s7692/Zwerg_Stilvorschl%C3%A4ge_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7692" data-original-width="5714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHxYQbEUVTMXhKxiaRclrbxFp7uArV8NPbWYjcUTGsjfWQehN_X31m2zgESGFswbRq_5fYtx9sfnMXe0Cjq5ozSLhTaAAKhqUbOm8PlEVY51oT0KNc9kVDzifHu7M6xg2YD2b3kzP1KPKKeqZ_-qoLTRUqeefvojw19qWSZvohUz6TwKSnQq6X6Uu9kGk/w476-h640/Zwerg_Stilvorschl%C3%A4ge_001.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><p>When we discussed the style of illustration for the book, I came up with a few options. Everyone loved the idea of fully coloured acrylic illustrations; since it was to be the publisher's first book, we decided to go with black and white traditional ink in the end, with colour accents to help with the riddle solutions.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVL2T8uUgb9wQx4mzMBIqICLtRW4UZIhKNMhuhuIZctGh_OFK-3m0TWjoURVL5mikyTkk7raQ155MwXHdsPDXh6iEPwvRi-tswzOkWblio-yvMfmZg6l5vcixGZAgQlsIIwmSREG0uxW04Db39Qnuw2qxCj35RaUqi3j-fEqJVqAkidpWmZaPUi1kTpY/s4825/Cover%20and%20Designs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4825" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVL2T8uUgb9wQx4mzMBIqICLtRW4UZIhKNMhuhuIZctGh_OFK-3m0TWjoURVL5mikyTkk7raQ155MwXHdsPDXh6iEPwvRi-tswzOkWblio-yvMfmZg6l5vcixGZAgQlsIIwmSREG0uxW04Db39Qnuw2qxCj35RaUqi3j-fEqJVqAkidpWmZaPUi1kTpY/w398-h640/Cover%20and%20Designs.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br />My first cover ideas were design only, featuring triangles prominently. The publishers asked for something more figurative, so I drew some more ideas. When the black and white style was settled on, it was decided the cover would also be greyscale.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Z2LBtHmezaszo0hK0vtzl-IV-hjHliWPZEwSjZMCxJiRIhWd4y7xEWpxDn7b0pRBWGiLn3eFlABiVesAISXBDq3aOumMct16SF92E3iKpGZLU4aqeWDaHl_9PiKKhE5lkU67NeRytupTwefcsluCvS6pR8UWmWgZjqcZdnVczPwFPN2ikDZJny0Hx-Q/s800/G%C3%BCntherTusche1b.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Z2LBtHmezaszo0hK0vtzl-IV-hjHliWPZEwSjZMCxJiRIhWd4y7xEWpxDn7b0pRBWGiLn3eFlABiVesAISXBDq3aOumMct16SF92E3iKpGZLU4aqeWDaHl_9PiKKhE5lkU67NeRytupTwefcsluCvS6pR8UWmWgZjqcZdnVczPwFPN2ikDZJny0Hx-Q/w266-h400/G%C3%BCntherTusche1b.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><p>The dwarves are a tribe of one hundred, the riddles have to do with the queen giving them hats of different colours and asking them to sort themselves. There's always a difficulty added - nobody can see their own hats or only their own hats - and I had to look out for that in the illustrations. The hats were designed so their complexity corresponded to the difficulty of the riddle, and complementary colours chosen for each pair of two.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEf1bHTmrIb3IBxKiINrlPUM7Ke-M6Yvyd-72Q6vIlMH5fMQioMjLFWTedk9Lh3DDltlxv6TJM4S3z-YMcEl-VHxHcZWmHjqe8X-4-Lz9Ry34TXsj5k_bGl2gitxDJEwP8DaNR6pzZgrfE-iW2BpeFMuaSSnSLT9NIMEPhVItei1F91z26a6nViNrx7c0/s2000/M%C3%BCtzen_Designs_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1917" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEf1bHTmrIb3IBxKiINrlPUM7Ke-M6Yvyd-72Q6vIlMH5fMQioMjLFWTedk9Lh3DDltlxv6TJM4S3z-YMcEl-VHxHcZWmHjqe8X-4-Lz9Ry34TXsj5k_bGl2gitxDJEwP8DaNR6pzZgrfE-iW2BpeFMuaSSnSLT9NIMEPhVItei1F91z26a6nViNrx7c0/w384-h400/M%C3%BCtzen_Designs_001.jpg" width="384" /></a></div>Besides Günther, there were only two other dwarves that had to be recognisable, and I created a few loose designs to choose from while drawing.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVkZZa0uUhnvB224hK-9mXIEtp2DAFzTg4UgH8304ERS7kicY72M9NNX38-Ilymx7B5LTB_5ZRxELDQ45buS7GVd6Sy_CS5vkJwy74QiyLDvmfsAYzmBnnoIpO9bxk8lVUq9w6iYMUSqg65e0Fe0Bzcsy1iw2tfb4zkK2qW6v-AEIs5vWo7JtbNVjcVQ/s3000/Zwerge_Kleidung_002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="3000" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVkZZa0uUhnvB224hK-9mXIEtp2DAFzTg4UgH8304ERS7kicY72M9NNX38-Ilymx7B5LTB_5ZRxELDQ45buS7GVd6Sy_CS5vkJwy74QiyLDvmfsAYzmBnnoIpO9bxk8lVUq9w6iYMUSqg65e0Fe0Bzcsy1iw2tfb4zkK2qW6v-AEIs5vWo7JtbNVjcVQ/w640-h384/Zwerge_Kleidung_002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqUmYdDjvbE7pJLPiuIpwGcwZ6vuMq53qITfSyv7MwgLM3CWbWVAOyqTU6WQOceF0kEKmPkykdBfrnKpVY8zHfkMM-S4VOGmkRrxvhvXOOU3ERUPuYPy-o9x-7xjDeXKZb3GzLdPbWlUhNUJ02dyJHz-UPIa5UioxI0RzZge4mL85KW2pPAR_IdC7huY/s3000/Zwerge_Kleidung_002a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="3000" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqUmYdDjvbE7pJLPiuIpwGcwZ6vuMq53qITfSyv7MwgLM3CWbWVAOyqTU6WQOceF0kEKmPkykdBfrnKpVY8zHfkMM-S4VOGmkRrxvhvXOOU3ERUPuYPy-o9x-7xjDeXKZb3GzLdPbWlUhNUJ02dyJHz-UPIa5UioxI0RzZge4mL85KW2pPAR_IdC7huY/w640-h388/Zwerge_Kleidung_002a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p> </p><p>One of my favourite things was the magic queen on her sapphire throne. I went through a few ideas until I found something fitting; she spends the entire time on her throne that is cut from one giant sapphire, so she had to look good sitting.</p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiUsMZiMCcJL5sl6jZMVpwrwmUKpa2S_6iTgL1ZI_aONfWJzM8Og-IbA0X4KdmHgUlPLKtntg7_Wx-fRpfZyYAnNq7hFyhzkNJXnG2JaMYfrG5XebnDMckgJ8G9pmIzl_pcTuMWaK35RJcLB3H49DHRjbtFut_9tEH6bdaxnwdSbCewXOzBPIJUmNy_s/s3000/Thron_001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="3000" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZiUsMZiMCcJL5sl6jZMVpwrwmUKpa2S_6iTgL1ZI_aONfWJzM8Og-IbA0X4KdmHgUlPLKtntg7_Wx-fRpfZyYAnNq7hFyhzkNJXnG2JaMYfrG5XebnDMckgJ8G9pmIzl_pcTuMWaK35RJcLB3H49DHRjbtFut_9tEH6bdaxnwdSbCewXOzBPIJUmNy_s/w640-h238/Thron_001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarKfG6ZgbpK7Llfo970aLAJjM60vsfpDMi5aDZLEBKQk8SihskmXwQoctISB0_-boRTGnXDyGfHSy-KTDSXDyvYOUCelIPWwOWRCpCLDegtFGD7sBDdB2HfKFT-vfnayWLhSsNDbx2_X8_7J6wIHmmTinJ490wVW6Gx6WDehopnmZ5TL0noduMkyGkgo/s2500/Zauberk%C3%B6nigin%20Designs%20Lineup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2500" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarKfG6ZgbpK7Llfo970aLAJjM60vsfpDMi5aDZLEBKQk8SihskmXwQoctISB0_-boRTGnXDyGfHSy-KTDSXDyvYOUCelIPWwOWRCpCLDegtFGD7sBDdB2HfKFT-vfnayWLhSsNDbx2_X8_7J6wIHmmTinJ490wVW6Gx6WDehopnmZ5TL0noduMkyGkgo/w640-h362/Zauberk%C3%B6nigin%20Designs%20Lineup.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>For each illustration, I created two loose thumbnails for the publisher. I modelled the chosen one in Blender, and overlaid the format mock-up with its large safe area margin using PureRef. I then drew over it in Photoshop and traced it from the monitor, using 30×40cm paper, to be printed at half that size. I drew with ink pens in various widths, then painted loosely with diluted Indian ink, using sponges and salt to create extra texture and white acrylic ink pens for highlights. Coloured spots were used with pure inks.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFNMJMIGMltJ81cdJ5fshQoY6wQb6ycCHT_2SqQvhqI_ftg1eGqNBFDqABGDs7wEOMPAJnJVdJn4QXrLZ-IBmTi2To_gBYx9zFoUJzN740IOrSdDkndBWKs5_eJYBasYQoS9eBmgnY5QPIKqVodVDrbDx7KG9LJih85KEs2-sK_wR1Wu6dbdp3SRRXU4/s4500/R%C3%A4tselbuch%20Abschnitt%203a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="2654" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimFNMJMIGMltJ81cdJ5fshQoY6wQb6ycCHT_2SqQvhqI_ftg1eGqNBFDqABGDs7wEOMPAJnJVdJn4QXrLZ-IBmTi2To_gBYx9zFoUJzN740IOrSdDkndBWKs5_eJYBasYQoS9eBmgnY5QPIKqVodVDrbDx7KG9LJih85KEs2-sK_wR1Wu6dbdp3SRRXU4/w377-h640/R%C3%A4tselbuch%20Abschnitt%203a.jpg" width="377" /></a></div><br /><br />Icons were to be used to indicate if the next page would be more story, help to solve the riddle, or the solution. We chose miners' lamps with traffic light colours for this.<p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaD-Ey97q-dIfObKvX2SB1FQS4L2Jxb-filfTnqaBKtety2YeMWAx6bYQqF-6qB8UJ0te4h2LhQvMqy8iD9YHtgbHeIUHkR5wrCYB4_B5Fr3Pk0f0Jin_ewG4v7MFzc6qs4vF0_Tw3Othi0qrrPnKeRhXqPV_AyQnnpkqeI_HROKdAJtbIhNBivzs18c/s1200/JSL_100Z_Icon_Lampe_Final_Aus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="1200" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzaD-Ey97q-dIfObKvX2SB1FQS4L2Jxb-filfTnqaBKtety2YeMWAx6bYQqF-6qB8UJ0te4h2LhQvMqy8iD9YHtgbHeIUHkR5wrCYB4_B5Fr3Pk0f0Jin_ewG4v7MFzc6qs4vF0_Tw3Othi0qrrPnKeRhXqPV_AyQnnpkqeI_HROKdAJtbIhNBivzs18c/w400-h194/JSL_100Z_Icon_Lampe_Final_Aus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The final task was to also create the portraits of the author and illustrator in the same style as the book.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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here, or the author Lara Karolina at hallo@larakarolina.de Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-40745375402604150512023-07-30T17:47:00.001+02:002023-07-30T18:25:31.810+02:00 Speedpainting '19 Dump<p>While I didn't manage nearly as many daily (or should it be often?) environment sketches as the previous year, I still made some. Here are a few of my favourites.<br />Working in bulk is beneficial in several ways; it makes one feel less unproductive when they are piling up, one can get short ideas out quickly, and on the improvement side, doing many of a kind both trains doing it well, and shows up weaknesses. <br />Later I repainted several of them in acrylics to get the hang of landscapes better, because it seems I do more landscapes digitally and more portraits traditionally. Almost all in different formats because I had precut papers I wanted to use up. If you're intereted, some are <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JSLArtShop">available in my Etsy shop</a>.<br /> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCqAv-Xvokyih38Io2QrPguU33c5_bfGQLlL1VH8Z254TSYSreuDpJjODSC15EEHk6ET9vj0cjHs7E3lYEM0VwCqh-t-ljUSINDInYyk1sp7sNsdIiwi-5eTLHQKifjNlEUQBTSs82KdcqDJleYD_ZT-LQYY5Vhf7eN4_fZO5QrYTRcHlVtM5_x-Wdcc/s1200/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez1_Fischfall.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1200" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCqAv-Xvokyih38Io2QrPguU33c5_bfGQLlL1VH8Z254TSYSreuDpJjODSC15EEHk6ET9vj0cjHs7E3lYEM0VwCqh-t-ljUSINDInYyk1sp7sNsdIiwi-5eTLHQKifjNlEUQBTSs82KdcqDJleYD_ZT-LQYY5Vhf7eN4_fZO5QrYTRcHlVtM5_x-Wdcc/w640-h454/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez1_Fischfall.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Why are they calling it Fish Falls if the fish don't fall? They
jump." - "Jumping is upside-down falling. They just thought a three-word
name would be too complicated to remember."</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnZIFKFR5uflnlEeI6lvPfonf0rFqsIYzOO-W6Xnr1SQdNaNi6fdLj_7AQ0U9jymisXi7ss_F2VAZDkAWiX9sQ2UWJTJ9GS9A0WuWQeHnDQmp8i_70lp7f8bYlIydr6xxbgB0KIOFs-4xqtGTCaIXg-i-4RfZVQtFiimKglpdgsbQBtodi8CvKVt3AH8/s2000/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez8_Morning%20Run.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="2000" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnZIFKFR5uflnlEeI6lvPfonf0rFqsIYzOO-W6Xnr1SQdNaNi6fdLj_7AQ0U9jymisXi7ss_F2VAZDkAWiX9sQ2UWJTJ9GS9A0WuWQeHnDQmp8i_70lp7f8bYlIydr6xxbgB0KIOFs-4xqtGTCaIXg-i-4RfZVQtFiimKglpdgsbQBtodi8CvKVt3AH8/w640-h448/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez8_Morning%20Run.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>They said that ages ago there had been four-legged, furry animals
that accompanied kids on their kite runs; but with the Earth having
suffered Extinction Level Events thrice since those alleged creatures
existed, it was impossible to tell if they had ever lived at all.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uUY26ThSi68tucE01A9OTsUdKl7ghfMi8pQw5ACj1N37d8l_Y0YBbcK8XTAGwTUp0HDV5s_5B9pOMybkZ8_vmkGKGUuUHUQzxG3g-DiHilLUmv-zQ6HH_olXt7JkBOX5vF44Uz-ImfHWDyEUjOtQ1_rhSEOXFMfGbXDIDhdWxAILsOOE9w2lAgXTSh0/s2000/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez11_Newcastle.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="2000" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4uUY26ThSi68tucE01A9OTsUdKl7ghfMi8pQw5ACj1N37d8l_Y0YBbcK8XTAGwTUp0HDV5s_5B9pOMybkZ8_vmkGKGUuUHUQzxG3g-DiHilLUmv-zQ6HH_olXt7JkBOX5vF44Uz-ImfHWDyEUjOtQ1_rhSEOXFMfGbXDIDhdWxAILsOOE9w2lAgXTSh0/w640-h406/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez11_Newcastle.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>When Newcastle neared its one-thousandth anniversary, there were many
jokes, but the name was of course correct in regard to every other
structure in the realm being at least four times as old.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtG4ntIqQ4k44MoFDfDMdssPimMJfS9O17qEaNXZ7mGmoDKBMuZFHPs4cAWJcDNf2RZrfvl1DUHbofZcdpmCIEuPo-y9KFcXcJ0G36hOFSCW7NYDLdBqluAgZvV2MGQujBiRJ3CVaimzK6iJ3YLlis2dDH8FfNlkKWupIz7QhKYvd_fktT16VEvspoiY/s2000/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez20_Cubes.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="2000" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtG4ntIqQ4k44MoFDfDMdssPimMJfS9O17qEaNXZ7mGmoDKBMuZFHPs4cAWJcDNf2RZrfvl1DUHbofZcdpmCIEuPo-y9KFcXcJ0G36hOFSCW7NYDLdBqluAgZvV2MGQujBiRJ3CVaimzK6iJ3YLlis2dDH8FfNlkKWupIz7QhKYvd_fktT16VEvspoiY/w640-h310/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Dez20_Cubes.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All the cubes had turned into only smaller cubes, so eventually the
natives had stopped trying to smash them, but still made it a point to
not accept the angular tyranny.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PDXEbHePmu9cgyj4gpgvtu9CiP0fnSknUITEkhZP1hVf_o7mnzpIJ6l8Mb3_Qx0SXKPdomnFfx1QMAeIMvpmoTDy1F3XfcWeME9WYzmfGLQTOSoaOvP74gV3UjKtH-JXmMFFelIfuULPqcMO7WPgfJMP39SF8w5bB00_M-BNKDTaAz7Ta57Uk3rWQqI/s1200/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Juli22_That%20it%20had%20to%20come%20to%20this_Alternate.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="1200" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PDXEbHePmu9cgyj4gpgvtu9CiP0fnSknUITEkhZP1hVf_o7mnzpIJ6l8Mb3_Qx0SXKPdomnFfx1QMAeIMvpmoTDy1F3XfcWeME9WYzmfGLQTOSoaOvP74gV3UjKtH-JXmMFFelIfuULPqcMO7WPgfJMP39SF8w5bB00_M-BNKDTaAz7Ta57Uk3rWQqI/w640-h302/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Juli22_That%20it%20had%20to%20come%20to%20this_Alternate.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The tale of the Fire Knights known as the Steadfast was used as a
cautionary one, against those who claim to follow their heart but do not
achieve civilized results. The Knights' Council developed a practice of
self-observance bordering on paranoia after their re-founding because
of them.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JdxQUREp0FePP45mLqgvCgZUBmFaKX6mH0p7ettXCeNFGmuYTx7oZ48SHqAAT4DNMn6NBUXJauoLgdFCf5D0UjPnazca7c-FCuDNcLUd0tyok3-FadZrOqRExE2lBAvczwVVkBCk4K69lN0ebY-DkqjH0RDqCX3MhdnRfvShSFlEfSdicj4_U0qqAns/s2000/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Sept7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="977" data-original-width="2000" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4JdxQUREp0FePP45mLqgvCgZUBmFaKX6mH0p7ettXCeNFGmuYTx7oZ48SHqAAT4DNMn6NBUXJauoLgdFCf5D0UjPnazca7c-FCuDNcLUd0tyok3-FadZrOqRExE2lBAvczwVVkBCk4K69lN0ebY-DkqjH0RDqCX3MhdnRfvShSFlEfSdicj4_U0qqAns/w640-h313/19%20JSL_LandSpeed_Sept7.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>To those in the caves living in the tumultous outside had always been
inconceivable, while the outsiders never understood how they could live
in the dangerous confines under the mountain. Yet, both had always
lived in harmony, on any day other than the First Day of Spring.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-53424460425989059652023-07-26T20:53:00.005+02:002023-07-26T20:53:24.327+02:00Texture Quest IV<p>Several things aligned for this set of sketches - I was on a Star Wars spree after finishing Jedi: Survivor, was hunting for new fun ways to paint, and had expendable material lying about, and so upon deciding working with coloured backgrounds, I sketched jedi, of course. I need an airbrush (something that sounds so cool, but I only have ony roome to work in that isn't so easy to air while I work, and I have the feeling tht spraying a fine mist of paint will somehow, inexplicably, get into my breathing air as well. I heard airbrush artist complain about way more sinus problems a few years in, so workplace safety is a concern). While I love looking at very colourful artworks, mine are typically very saturated but lack variety, something I hope to fix with this method. The experiment continues!<br /><br />Each sketch is more or less the size of a postcard, the backgrounds are heavily textured from previous experiences; many have paint flakes in them or thickly-dried paint caked on (and some had ground coffee, I think), on either paper of foil. Yes, plastic foil. Not always with a perfect covering so those are painted on the back with black acrylic ink - making them sticky on both sides, hooray - and at least one is backed with orange paper.<br />They were originally used to create textures to be used in digital artworks: I spooned leftover paints into office foils, kneaded and pushed them, then scanned them. Some were cut open prior to scanning. Because I never like throwing anything away that could be artsy material, I later cut them to small pieces for occasions like these. On this small size, heavy texture is a curse, but at least it prohibited noodling at details, and I worked with brushes no smaller than a #6, I think. Some turned out nicely; the ones I prepared specifically better than the old, messy ones. I like [line 3, fourth image] because it has a colour texture close to what I had in mind. [Line 1, fourth image] also has something I like with the coloured cloak. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINNzMXo4eEgmquaMcb3z0SA8BNWXLdQ2QEo7UVMELaY3LlvNNZ_Q3YPmCcipt44486PkZVTHmRuP7BJPL3e1Bn-AG-gDhr3K3o13VMR_R0MFiCUzVrn1E7jSbuMqDVHndc03m1BXinr2BCNZufLr7XrP8MpKfFfJleeJahXQj7kpdiMQlVtcW6NgPSQE/s3000/Jedi%20Skizzen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="3000" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINNzMXo4eEgmquaMcb3z0SA8BNWXLdQ2QEo7UVMELaY3LlvNNZ_Q3YPmCcipt44486PkZVTHmRuP7BJPL3e1Bn-AG-gDhr3K3o13VMR_R0MFiCUzVrn1E7jSbuMqDVHndc03m1BXinr2BCNZufLr7XrP8MpKfFfJleeJahXQj7kpdiMQlVtcW6NgPSQE/w640-h508/Jedi%20Skizzen.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-9525936491138584502023-07-25T18:47:00.001+02:002023-07-25T18:57:22.014+02:00"Five cats" painting process<p>Once upon a time I thought cutting my own mats would be beneficial. I no longer remember what made me think that, other than that they would be immediately available instead of going through the somewhat irritating process of ordering them from my art supplier, at the same cost no less. Worse, I found cutting them nearly impossible with clean cuts, and being impatient, I returned to ordering my mats like a sane person. Leaving the mat boards, 60×80cm black boards with white core, unemployed. I had read about people using them to draw and paint on but the foamy core made me sceptical. Still - nothing ventured, nothing gained, and I used a mat board for this painting, to be entered into an international art magazine's competition (sadly I was not chosen as a finalist). <br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3d5hG4PrU0Ppwl7yzIvqdsVUrM9-bkxi9NOpzNuN6FCkq6vsOP1sKQrsY_yUhFmpZz35KcqHL95mcnWLTA619NryuPwoSdMetQ2tVvUIdyu4K9mZbC6dvUWuM8lwN337LBZn6MRerkh1aQyAo6cyOFY--RfcdozdGvy7uA0_FO9yiQ-j78-493r1iBA0/s3600/JenniferLangeFiveCats.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="2572" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3d5hG4PrU0Ppwl7yzIvqdsVUrM9-bkxi9NOpzNuN6FCkq6vsOP1sKQrsY_yUhFmpZz35KcqHL95mcnWLTA619NryuPwoSdMetQ2tVvUIdyu4K9mZbC6dvUWuM8lwN337LBZn6MRerkh1aQyAo6cyOFY--RfcdozdGvy7uA0_FO9yiQ-j78-493r1iBA0/w458-h640/JenniferLangeFiveCats.jpg" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>While the format seemed nice at first, for easier storage and handling, I cut it to 50×70cm.</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHT6RxA1sqjH2ncDwtpYg5NwYtUZng33E96sgqwZvo3pRaqAB8YuYBaHfKsrwSEuxtEEAduhGQ7U26BHMjvWt2T2lyc7_8h5lYjxI98471OxIY046juenqGkLPFMFehaCB0wnypz2RpbCQMzQ0OC9pVwiikk26-j5SoRIz6IqbgP4ezzw4AjTt1rvnuw/s800/green%20sl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="746" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHT6RxA1sqjH2ncDwtpYg5NwYtUZng33E96sgqwZvo3pRaqAB8YuYBaHfKsrwSEuxtEEAduhGQ7U26BHMjvWt2T2lyc7_8h5lYjxI98471OxIY046juenqGkLPFMFehaCB0wnypz2RpbCQMzQ0OC9pVwiikk26-j5SoRIz6IqbgP4ezzw4AjTt1rvnuw/s320/green%20sl.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Some time ago I went into the habit of collecting my leftover paints
into a jar for further use, and use the greenish grey as an
underpainting, mixed with gesso and a bit of water. Three layers is
enough for me.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The painting is based on a quick, moody sketch I made a few weeks earlier and revisited with more detail and lighting. I then made a 3D model in Blender, using a DAZ character and a few free models and kits I found online. These models are never really fancy because there is always a 3D technique I am not entirely familiar with. I am usually reluctant to even show them, but let's dare something here. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWu47LtrKK04mP_k8DSUm--SRB7kOGE4sdWBZ9thWlX5oecWtCF-4fmn7DmuKGuY17qnjT3n_RdiRNL2SKy83GVs46aTJE_hKgAFOFmmuZWQQLyLaqgrUxpeK1rQJIheZTWQNE6RhTA9Khz9Fy34fWNL4X9d4fui3K1ixNTdm3Tfs7bsHcoqoq0Y-63w/s1200/Katzenhexe%20Render%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="897" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWu47LtrKK04mP_k8DSUm--SRB7kOGE4sdWBZ9thWlX5oecWtCF-4fmn7DmuKGuY17qnjT3n_RdiRNL2SKy83GVs46aTJE_hKgAFOFmmuZWQQLyLaqgrUxpeK1rQJIheZTWQNE6RhTA9Khz9Fy34fWNL4X9d4fui3K1ixNTdm3Tfs7bsHcoqoq0Y-63w/s320/Katzenhexe%20Render%201.png" width="239" /></a></div> <p></p><p>The face is a feature of DAZ to transfer a likeness to a character model. It has its drawbacks - smiling portraits for example are difficult because DAZ has its own expression parameters that don't always allow to change the expression very well - but overall it's very useful if you tend to draw faces the same every time. Finally I shoot some photos of me draped in a blanket for a dress to get nice folds and collect some cat photos (I have several cats but of course you never have the ref you need, and cats are notoriously bad at posing the way you want them to). A not too detailed drawing and colour sketch are created in Photoshop, and I use a newfound free tool, photoraze.com, that cuts the drawing into pieces for printing. After taping the pieces together, given the medium dark underpainting, I use tailor's white transfer paper to transfer the drawing with a ballpoint pen.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqYqw8Rl_WBwfPXAjQbPHeOET39QEiaK1Nm98OuncGmTlAEFziiqVOlNL9Wp-n1L_Ymeiziva0ZcVrmmOcKr8Cg7XI_L8GfjMsZfWmms5vNLT1BIGpkgX6a_cNvg4mn_NoWih6pyymoMSu98mummZlaGo6_p1a7ujQKPJyYMGuTP__juvFVHInZhQl7A/s1200/skizzen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1200" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqYqw8Rl_WBwfPXAjQbPHeOET39QEiaK1Nm98OuncGmTlAEFziiqVOlNL9Wp-n1L_Ymeiziva0ZcVrmmOcKr8Cg7XI_L8GfjMsZfWmms5vNLT1BIGpkgX6a_cNvg4mn_NoWih6pyymoMSu98mummZlaGo6_p1a7ujQKPJyYMGuTP__juvFVHInZhQl7A/w400-h280/skizzen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I know many painters start with the face because viewers are so drawn to it. I often think I should too, but to be honest, the face is rarely the most interesting thing to me and I tend to slack off on other parts if one takes so much effort, so I start with those parts that are in the highest danger of being slacked off on. I add first washes to the background and mossy rocks, and use a diluted dark mixture to put in the branches before I lose them. Some of the darkest darks are added to the characters as well. I work on these parts for a while, making the odd stroke on the dress or cats every now and then.<br />The rocks are painted by stippling with old hogs-hair brushes and almost unmixed combinations of greys and browns. It's a bit thicker than it needs to be, but a little impasto is okay. The moss is from adding wavy lines with a filbert and dragging the paint into the shadows. I rarely paint this wet on wet but rather wet on damp.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprXxs0P-XxrfcWiWOQGWrw09AkyP6Bck0HgdrRk3lCjoFFTJ0AbYZhkHAUth3RfHrukxJi48lwDYM8dzeffvrZ-Q7CqCf89j0yT-oSZ1t5OuxpwKKZfEutWKSA2EuY0f4yxdZ_PVmucwtcg7wAZygCh1vQk6jR4YHkCMyWq5ZzBIs5v7Jd-fWOkAG_oY/s1543/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1543" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgprXxs0P-XxrfcWiWOQGWrw09AkyP6Bck0HgdrRk3lCjoFFTJ0AbYZhkHAUth3RfHrukxJi48lwDYM8dzeffvrZ-Q7CqCf89j0yT-oSZ1t5OuxpwKKZfEutWKSA2EuY0f4yxdZ_PVmucwtcg7wAZygCh1vQk6jR4YHkCMyWq5ZzBIs5v7Jd-fWOkAG_oY/s320/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail%203.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>I re-transfer the folds when I lose them and work a bit on the cats. Still unhappy with the background gradient, and I mask the trees to make more of an effort. So far I have made barely a stroke on the skin and am amazed how flesh-like the grey looks against the dark greens. Talk about simultaneous contrast doing the work for you. <br />With the background nearly finished I turn towards finishing the characters. There's something wrong with some of the cats' features or paws which I correct, some bits are added to the moss, fallen leaves and other details I attack whenever I find them. I want to add gold ink to the characters, and paint the areas with yellow ochre first as a base.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighHsKZS5e0Os7DdiB08605_95aurnv3tHv_4D0McQk1LkecVmcmqFX9Omo0J4NgibAzd6N74b5KIkCRT5fgilZEgWmDbhEMcddcGzpwvltqHVYfZKykWyVKOOp162nBoiSvhcmPcJldcNHgxiN3a_BgPm65YFHZkr0Z9xa3R0kFygHC1LOXOvPx6O1TQ/s1747/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1483" data-original-width="1747" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighHsKZS5e0Os7DdiB08605_95aurnv3tHv_4D0McQk1LkecVmcmqFX9Omo0J4NgibAzd6N74b5KIkCRT5fgilZEgWmDbhEMcddcGzpwvltqHVYfZKykWyVKOOp162nBoiSvhcmPcJldcNHgxiN3a_BgPm65YFHZkr0Z9xa3R0kFygHC1LOXOvPx6O1TQ/s320/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yClHSIObFFcnLmX-Z5-B8qEaB_iReovogwd2ezeVkCPJzZhxLsinBMd4GDyVJDJ2su6FxbRAD9fTPDvE_a0dfs8q3DFrJ8tzyCCi0l2C_dRqlJBAXo-PgelAh2nE1HdFN_1SoMxDUiFL7_uoMd6zPnHi_lgOzWdXXlsOhpG2SaUprRG1A-i6LEVIiLc/s1944/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1662" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-yClHSIObFFcnLmX-Z5-B8qEaB_iReovogwd2ezeVkCPJzZhxLsinBMd4GDyVJDJ2su6FxbRAD9fTPDvE_a0dfs8q3DFrJ8tzyCCi0l2C_dRqlJBAXo-PgelAh2nE1HdFN_1SoMxDUiFL7_uoMd6zPnHi_lgOzWdXXlsOhpG2SaUprRG1A-i6LEVIiLc/s320/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail4.png" width="274" /></a></div>Finally, the face gets all the attention it needs - as such things often go, it takes some nudging. Technically, larger formats mean you can paint the detail bigger, but to me it seems to always mean I cram in so much stuff that the details end up tiny again. I struggled to make it a habit to take my time towards the end. I love having finished an artwork; in the past that often meant rushing to the finish line when I should have taken more care. And it is terrible to look at something I did last week, knowing I did not do all I could.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLq_7LiZ3C81P7rdE9xIzzkdhrByTdqiGVjLjRe4_0IYRzJKlPht2F7v8oavRmKDIQ5D0IaR3-Pqg-epOTZWVGw5-4qWMEy9xClP8te0TLXYbUIZrX9TupaEq6ysvy12GZILhGqtG594QzL3ZZr5G-H1TWpV3-OfbnRHSRBC5mFDL7ENzMdbPq9ujfw8/s1038/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLq_7LiZ3C81P7rdE9xIzzkdhrByTdqiGVjLjRe4_0IYRzJKlPht2F7v8oavRmKDIQ5D0IaR3-Pqg-epOTZWVGw5-4qWMEy9xClP8te0TLXYbUIZrX9TupaEq6ysvy12GZILhGqtG594QzL3ZZr5G-H1TWpV3-OfbnRHSRBC5mFDL7ENzMdbPq9ujfw8/s320/23%20JSL_FuenfKatzen_Final%20detail1.png" width="308" /></a></div> The final step is adding the jewellery and gold ink. It's much more liquid than the paints and almost gets out of hand on the face but I manage to catch it in time.<p>Scanning this takes effort by walking around my scanner with the board. Six pieces are stitched together, re-opened as RAW file for colour corrections (scanning in pieces often make the single bits look slightly different). My biggest challenge it to take out the visible brushstrokes that are over-pronounced from the scan. And here we are!<br /><br />Bottom line about the mat board: it's actually a good canvas. I had only used a small sheet before this painting and found that very slippery, but better gessoing got rid of that problem. It didn't buckle at all, which my very wet painting style often does to the thickest of cartons otherwise.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM9IaDqZEWnbtcltMcYq0v9O3lUpBlLV2MENZYAZs1r8poQvft3uJVnauUiVTacomtoe_sJWlm7SBk7BPpYZkAol9f2x9jPytNPAoDYhmcuKQpxDqZ0AlsSJyKI-w6pdfUXyUksubkzDwjm73DgUYNty8I3Bl1xfqQSGtKEOAdu5ArJUxfM0zmx44VhA/s800/FuenfKatzen_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="572" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeM9IaDqZEWnbtcltMcYq0v9O3lUpBlLV2MENZYAZs1r8poQvft3uJVnauUiVTacomtoe_sJWlm7SBk7BPpYZkAol9f2x9jPytNPAoDYhmcuKQpxDqZ0AlsSJyKI-w6pdfUXyUksubkzDwjm73DgUYNty8I3Bl1xfqQSGtKEOAdu5ArJUxfM0zmx44VhA/w458-h640/FuenfKatzen_GIF.gif" width="458" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The bright stripes on the sides are the tape with which it holds to the board.</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-27647416284574108772023-07-24T18:35:00.000+02:002023-07-24T18:55:56.169+02:00 Sons of the Singularity and I<p>The first image I created for Sons of the Singularity, a publisher of roleplaying games largely with Cthulhu and Lovecraftian content, and published with the gumshoe system for detective games, was actually in 2018. Since then I have steadily worked with them on several books on extraordinary images with art deco style or strongly limited palettes, even was tasked with a cover once.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-4FLDyio8YOPo7oK54yphTflGmUCr8Y9pb0O205uRoC6semeFOBbHWKm3JGTB9QwzW8IcahHxV_JibvTegMI63HABSBQk8l2Dm3V8nzYz6MoOMO0i4FE7Naf06lVnDnOdzJsJPVcxpHTeixnLdDPfddLih7D1NbDWEktU6hclNAGyVojvgk-533bh5c/s2131/19%20JSL_SotS_RationalMagic_DinnerParty_Final_1000px.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="2131" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-4FLDyio8YOPo7oK54yphTflGmUCr8Y9pb0O205uRoC6semeFOBbHWKm3JGTB9QwzW8IcahHxV_JibvTegMI63HABSBQk8l2Dm3V8nzYz6MoOMO0i4FE7Naf06lVnDnOdzJsJPVcxpHTeixnLdDPfddLih7D1NbDWEktU6hclNAGyVojvgk-533bh5c/w640-h300/19%20JSL_SotS_RationalMagic_DinnerParty_Final_1000px.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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When I sent some of my artbooks to family, one uncle called because he was mesmerized by the raven drawing. It's a 10×7cm charcoal and ink drawing I did on one of those small tryout pads for testing papers. He wanted basically the same thing but bigger, and I drew this 50×38cm, adding gold acrylic paint with a palette knife, and sent it off.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL69TLM-WatqGVHWW4OF0eKs_Xps2lcfwaRb8IqAXIcMmBJ6SRAoZRqFrkgV6oD2vnApjiYO3B8eAUT5wcIvL_RfdXPFrtgdK15Aokz8INo7ugsoJ6EcrZj3ogJZrvxGn9MSugqtijFiGL5i-EDTFTYgJHallgOCpGhn3LSQNaPO1zsnkZ2-lCqdyrKnw/s1239/Gekr%C3%B6nter_Rabe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1239" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL69TLM-WatqGVHWW4OF0eKs_Xps2lcfwaRb8IqAXIcMmBJ6SRAoZRqFrkgV6oD2vnApjiYO3B8eAUT5wcIvL_RfdXPFrtgdK15Aokz8INo7ugsoJ6EcrZj3ogJZrvxGn9MSugqtijFiGL5i-EDTFTYgJHallgOCpGhn3LSQNaPO1zsnkZ2-lCqdyrKnw/s320/Gekr%C3%B6nter_Rabe.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMxVhxGxdoKTg_NWDLPyCA46SPIA9YO2_cV5WzR7jRrA_dXy4R15PTCE6q_CiKZqhCELnI6TgjZXzXVDlEx0Uo0kQRX2V4GWUJFAxnmXudRc_Xn4vPqjxZ_SVZDufq4xHpwNbfwesRjpivEYt2hTTVzYEv5NvHPYKqbso86SVOnkc1RlOKduBa_LGPZ0/s800/18%20JSL_OliversRabe_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="800" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYMxVhxGxdoKTg_NWDLPyCA46SPIA9YO2_cV5WzR7jRrA_dXy4R15PTCE6q_CiKZqhCELnI6TgjZXzXVDlEx0Uo0kQRX2V4GWUJFAxnmXudRc_Xn4vPqjxZ_SVZDufq4xHpwNbfwesRjpivEYt2hTTVzYEv5NvHPYKqbso86SVOnkc1RlOKduBa_LGPZ0/w640-h488/18%20JSL_OliversRabe_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-46340775466923277552023-07-20T19:28:00.001+02:002023-07-20T19:28:07.520+02:00 Fantasy Maps<p>I answered a job ad on a website that was looking for illustrated fantasy maps. I do maps fairly quickly so I imagined it'd be your typical black and white book page, as much Middle Earth as can be of course. What we actually did though were large scale maps of known franchises. However, there were not many as the client and I quickly lost contact with each other and the producer apparently went out of business.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkNJtEPZYhZ7btOq01Z1b7pUyOo2GAoWqGZ0rmW7_BymoRnRVOv31ltS5kzUq9jOKddF0oEQ0MgpPnxXHUFTpIoXYTJcq7vsqtbhuHnaFaDmSQqqGGdy7cRE6ZfO8xDsvZ96kRvqYscEqvHOUrJV_W0afE4LfAmlkKLFQ8Xm8rJjTawnCDOjLheIltlE/s2000/19%20JSL_Stoneflask_Witcher_Map_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkNJtEPZYhZ7btOq01Z1b7pUyOo2GAoWqGZ0rmW7_BymoRnRVOv31ltS5kzUq9jOKddF0oEQ0MgpPnxXHUFTpIoXYTJcq7vsqtbhuHnaFaDmSQqqGGdy7cRE6ZfO8xDsvZ96kRvqYscEqvHOUrJV_W0afE4LfAmlkKLFQ8Xm8rJjTawnCDOjLheIltlE/w640-h426/19%20JSL_Stoneflask_Witcher_Map_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NjyiXvOUcZ0YQ6J3wbgmzj1RSG-inJHWmwJlTk8YmTRQaWfiJ7ea6pv1dFd_hseF06wqS_MgYlQ8SJttWzQJ_JtS4v0IxoC62bL0qAf-FDcioQo02qvvDb_NuaTvH2dpOdDnjrVeaCRBw_yETf0FAhL7UT2oJgNkLKS2oDXXXJIGm3RLa8aVBlUj8zo/s2000/19%20JSL_Stoneflask_Redwall_Map_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NjyiXvOUcZ0YQ6J3wbgmzj1RSG-inJHWmwJlTk8YmTRQaWfiJ7ea6pv1dFd_hseF06wqS_MgYlQ8SJttWzQJ_JtS4v0IxoC62bL0qAf-FDcioQo02qvvDb_NuaTvH2dpOdDnjrVeaCRBw_yETf0FAhL7UT2oJgNkLKS2oDXXXJIGm3RLa8aVBlUj8zo/w640-h426/19%20JSL_Stoneflask_Redwall_Map_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WUzu3SItUTLTSEYxmv0_Yckag84UEhPvHj4AwUlAEcdjpOMsuiMqlQVUTxrpeyyJLlH_kPO2emTAsq77wsFPGmhdBQ3GuDNT9PTtH77ZrF8uCwORLBCMuGcY5UxvsmOWJ5AX57_aXv79Xu6ixDldbfLmrjkeqSpfwC7kf9s_FNgGagcRXzYnkmGQL4Q/s2000/19%20JSL_Stoneflask_Phantasia_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-WUzu3SItUTLTSEYxmv0_Yckag84UEhPvHj4AwUlAEcdjpOMsuiMqlQVUTxrpeyyJLlH_kPO2emTAsq77wsFPGmhdBQ3GuDNT9PTtH77ZrF8uCwORLBCMuGcY5UxvsmOWJ5AX57_aXv79Xu6ixDldbfLmrjkeqSpfwC7kf9s_FNgGagcRXzYnkmGQL4Q/w640-h480/19%20JSL_Stoneflask_Phantasia_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgDDve8kdCA4J415Qs6GETDIjRN6gxzgS_NHnLXwWeWjFAbCJicDiFZ4Q5acOPi3pGExkPQpEYO4RA1UniJ9bT5xwiTvQ_uCBQFwuyBUkqrBff1vWCjlbkG0MPj8rPj8XRTonKcjBmEMX8XdlsGuwYZU7K-VWjg7IvE7dc7pjvWVwS--Ym7BcZFud5N4/s1000/19%20JSL_StoneflaskStudio_Somewhere_in_Neighvada_Map_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="1000" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgDDve8kdCA4J415Qs6GETDIjRN6gxzgS_NHnLXwWeWjFAbCJicDiFZ4Q5acOPi3pGExkPQpEYO4RA1UniJ9bT5xwiTvQ_uCBQFwuyBUkqrBff1vWCjlbkG0MPj8rPj8XRTonKcjBmEMX8XdlsGuwYZU7K-VWjg7IvE7dc7pjvWVwS--Ym7BcZFud5N4/w640-h372/19%20JSL_StoneflaskStudio_Somewhere_in_Neighvada_Map_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-61372901332161667042023-07-19T20:15:00.001+02:002023-07-19T20:16:44.135+02:00 Speedpaintings of '18 Dump<p>In 2018, I still had the time to do a daily speedpainting/sketchy something, almost exclusively environments, wrote a tiny story of a few sentences for it, and done - creative itch scratched. I loved doing those, but somehow the time is lacking these days and I am busy doing so many things that I spend a spare hour on those. I haven't been able to do as many and as regularly since then; I hope that will change because it is very satisfying to have this large heap of pieces done after a few months.<br />Some of my favourite pieces from that time:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmTIG15XbfEfjI9k5-GiZFfuIejEWaiIgZK65JgdvGDQulHIkovnFx-UEujwfSf16XEVwXGmihgAD6bk6PmIhb2vttoLOD8yqFGaZqCemgaKqInCuAi89ePVmArw0UXzjZSBtF7xnc78QbQMLg3_Ig0DAmyHEf9N17Wn_BqbfDHCAsfN1GTIpiiPQZiE/s2000/18%20JSL_Speedy_Juni1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="2000" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmTIG15XbfEfjI9k5-GiZFfuIejEWaiIgZK65JgdvGDQulHIkovnFx-UEujwfSf16XEVwXGmihgAD6bk6PmIhb2vttoLOD8yqFGaZqCemgaKqInCuAi89ePVmArw0UXzjZSBtF7xnc78QbQMLg3_Ig0DAmyHEf9N17Wn_BqbfDHCAsfN1GTIpiiPQZiE/w640-h236/18%20JSL_Speedy_Juni1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There were some small drawings in my A5 sketchbook in a grotesque style I had been admiring (and would love to do more often), and one large drawing I was very proud of (and even sold shortly after, when it was still a small miracle for me every time someone bought an original from me). It's charcoal and chalk on 43×61cm, and with that also one of the larger drawings I had done then. The dusty medium wasn't ideal to get all the fine detail in, the pieces by other artists are typically done in graphite, which again I do not like very much. I blame those rotten office pencils I had to start doing art with because my grown-ups couldn't care less about proper pencils and there was nothing else in the house. I managed to create another large drawing like this for Month of Fear the following year.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiua6Ebi4p_i5rCQNlQui2EbGXkhgwNymvvxPhmDjbcTZKddRBC-DobE6zbVYKshGVHR2vJlbg_6izXFZLDo_bgg3IelIFdqsjZPmaCvN1vRJ_cYGiXLhzuhvQvujb_KyXLfMFxs5qssCmGk5O2DdObHV_6X4UMcSkUzLvQ6yGqHLo4FJl6NDtXWw_bmCU/s2000/18%20JSL_MerMay_12_Strange_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiua6Ebi4p_i5rCQNlQui2EbGXkhgwNymvvxPhmDjbcTZKddRBC-DobE6zbVYKshGVHR2vJlbg_6izXFZLDo_bgg3IelIFdqsjZPmaCvN1vRJ_cYGiXLhzuhvQvujb_KyXLfMFxs5qssCmGk5O2DdObHV_6X4UMcSkUzLvQ6yGqHLo4FJl6NDtXWw_bmCU/w456-h640/18%20JSL_MerMay_12_Strange_Final.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtd0aApXeJiVbE3fyvA5CosjpByjW-SVADEPoUVEVN7qIrzRMCZqC-eFsSFeQD2Ey9wIQB6F77EVSBusr-aTiqehyPNJPGQq6J1F5xPU0fnjFJx9ujZdBFYhxwZmiCAVJNHG-SbBmNPWlVJnfSywbLzVpsNuH5GVYo8mfPaVhuUaCg2sAQ3TnbB_zL1o/s2334/mermay%20week%201.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2334" data-original-width="1968" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVtd0aApXeJiVbE3fyvA5CosjpByjW-SVADEPoUVEVN7qIrzRMCZqC-eFsSFeQD2Ey9wIQB6F77EVSBusr-aTiqehyPNJPGQq6J1F5xPU0fnjFJx9ujZdBFYhxwZmiCAVJNHG-SbBmNPWlVJnfSywbLzVpsNuH5GVYo8mfPaVhuUaCg2sAQ3TnbB_zL1o/w540-h640/mermay%20week%201.png" width="540" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WJ-HsyIlYuWthu5Mmuq1ZVzCZlkFkGQusS2WJFTw8P5gtrpZKgAu39B1rj-zZ6tjQDqTFzzGGSsQ55d_k5PX-DiazFF0GetVgCtpp2NRv_wAi2bWFKLY2GuxXXCTWlIEdi_gaocaMGANrQQdC3hJfq2tU-DzCcshkDBiCcmmXonZcwTwaGsj6Xw_bts/s2653/mermay%20week%202.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2653" data-original-width="2289" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0WJ-HsyIlYuWthu5Mmuq1ZVzCZlkFkGQusS2WJFTw8P5gtrpZKgAu39B1rj-zZ6tjQDqTFzzGGSsQ55d_k5PX-DiazFF0GetVgCtpp2NRv_wAi2bWFKLY2GuxXXCTWlIEdi_gaocaMGANrQQdC3hJfq2tU-DzCcshkDBiCcmmXonZcwTwaGsj6Xw_bts/w552-h640/mermay%20week%202.png" width="552" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXwBcJEXT8PqfRmExhAmom127ndUC3-Lc5fJlTMDFpfRHb2rBQNhI7adVj00rDSJDQmhciMEv3gMXcslno6yPeBJdrlGcavxVjRCXIdbFIhe4wrYtH0Iej33Sgykz47LOaCuyjhI69y5DPbcWJJqspZgxsSFnb5hGa8UjqJDniF_6eRjDNQcGRBtNq3g/s2190/mermay%20week%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2190" data-original-width="1727" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXwBcJEXT8PqfRmExhAmom127ndUC3-Lc5fJlTMDFpfRHb2rBQNhI7adVj00rDSJDQmhciMEv3gMXcslno6yPeBJdrlGcavxVjRCXIdbFIhe4wrYtH0Iej33Sgykz47LOaCuyjhI69y5DPbcWJJqspZgxsSFnb5hGa8UjqJDniF_6eRjDNQcGRBtNq3g/w504-h640/mermay%20week%203.png" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXsBfXf80UA1keVPnrToDm2Oco3-OR-GM_OZmr2XrJ42I0Pvk4FbSUy7KzHtPdre55wNJnpQ_-YvoSFTKr-7Ow5INevDytnzEuH2_DVNCjpn5jX1IgWzt-fLgw2qlVbHYhFwWGa_GRmtPhgwpqg7uBXqEEzfcdFnKLMxI5TNOtAw_cU_-wHgq22M1mPI/s1965/mermay%20week%204.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="1965" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghXsBfXf80UA1keVPnrToDm2Oco3-OR-GM_OZmr2XrJ42I0Pvk4FbSUy7KzHtPdre55wNJnpQ_-YvoSFTKr-7Ow5INevDytnzEuH2_DVNCjpn5jX1IgWzt-fLgw2qlVbHYhFwWGa_GRmtPhgwpqg7uBXqEEzfcdFnKLMxI5TNOtAw_cU_-wHgq22M1mPI/w640-h524/mermay%20week%204.png" width="640" /></a></div>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-91542019652376981782023-07-17T18:27:00.004+02:002023-07-17T18:28:32.184+02:00Funny D&D Illustrations?!<p>I almost never do anything that's funny out of my own volition. Which is weird. But I have the theory that cool images, impactful images, the kind I want to put into the world, are not typically the funny kind. Obviously funny memes and images are memorable, but they're not what I seek out. That doesn't mean I can't do funny! A D&D game master asked me in 2018 to illustrate a bunch of weird beholders, not with the classic dozens of eyestalks but with ears or mouths, and here we are. They are absolutely disgusting.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9g-rh5pLnI0zJpQlxuCZiFn8foNZ5ltZ1ZIXBaWoB1Es3bJVPza33J8ItFVZOoO0u8_0F8sL-qHi3K3wFFc7IycnWroPoz7QnbOkraL6NZk1ccgFFQ5Kw_fYpq0f2-Curna-kOYaEUW--oanfGf00g8ombYYK9kAHmGxDddLSMdFdOhL11S1e6zzO-8/s800/18%20JSL_Hammerberg_Darxgorn_Beholder_Arms_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="566" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji9g-rh5pLnI0zJpQlxuCZiFn8foNZ5ltZ1ZIXBaWoB1Es3bJVPza33J8ItFVZOoO0u8_0F8sL-qHi3K3wFFc7IycnWroPoz7QnbOkraL6NZk1ccgFFQ5Kw_fYpq0f2-Curna-kOYaEUW--oanfGf00g8ombYYK9kAHmGxDddLSMdFdOhL11S1e6zzO-8/w453-h640/18%20JSL_Hammerberg_Darxgorn_Beholder_Arms_Final.jpg" width="453" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbtb8E198eg0vrKjYjBqwPjLHWVGk2jXs8ZpqvnSaKjPVbnvq8vmdXuV6dx_Q_TyVILP1Rn9qqNLzE5Chw2Kji0O6PC3CZ8KPlB8bcmWN-_lbwpPr-SsOvQkMcoaQ3JynOyEVIn-lKA-30pxtH1qyQRWX3Zq7ed_bXjhGqwiLQ-_7x7mscBJnz31QeIJU/s800/18%20JSL_Hammerberg_Groxnard_Beholder_Ears_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Just as often though, I do birds. They are great for trying something; they have simple shapes, are often colourful, and many are cute. <br />There is a surprising (or maybe shocking, given the quality of some) amount of materials around my studio that are nearly worthless, or at least no longer wanted, and whose mere presence irks me sometimes. I want to get rid of them, but I can't make myself throw them away, so the goal is to use them up; productively, if possible. The papers I bought for small charcoal drawings, the kind I do on conventions, are nice but some are better and some less so, and the less-so ones had to go. At the same time I had water-soluble oil pastels that were not quite so convincing, but I hadn't worked with them often, and fortunately also had a box of nice Faber-Castell oil pastels to supplement the former. </p><p></p><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBx_khQ7xm3pCcSs_9QI2YCw5XYAWiTlcrvV4kJQKQitmJhW4sYoL-btpCkkc-uJ6H9olh_o5HKr7nHO-fKT2fL44s1KoveMIkVj-y7MznTDBFkMNFt-9z5jNSlPCJufhrWHLZPvOLu1kh7uJpIE6KS2dM59DZC-sbR_VT8nwrzzerihLJ1KaI07VB0g/s1280/colourful_birds_with_oil_pastels_by_ranarh_dekweka-fullview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1280" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBx_khQ7xm3pCcSs_9QI2YCw5XYAWiTlcrvV4kJQKQitmJhW4sYoL-btpCkkc-uJ6H9olh_o5HKr7nHO-fKT2fL44s1KoveMIkVj-y7MznTDBFkMNFt-9z5jNSlPCJufhrWHLZPvOLu1kh7uJpIE6KS2dM59DZC-sbR_VT8nwrzzerihLJ1KaI07VB0g/w640-h302/colourful_birds_with_oil_pastels_by_ranarh_dekweka-fullview.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The oil pastels drawings are available in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JSLArtShop">my Etsy shop</a>.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />I made a ref board from both nature documentary screenshots and great nature photos. The papers are loose A4 Fabriano Tiziano. I even got my significant other to start drawing the kea that I finished! It is pretty obvious that great reference makes for great drawings. I tried some trees with the same pastels but the fine detail was impossible to capture and I didn't like the results much.</p><br /><p>During December '22 my art supplier's website had an advent calendar that among others offered a watercolour travel box. I had never had pro quality watercolours so that was necessary to get. It was a mind-blowing experience - my school supply watercolours from the stone age obviously don't hold a candle to artist's quality paints - and I completely fell in love with watercolours. Another series of birds helped try a few things; I started with blue budgies and later added some other birds as well. Mostly painted on the same paper I used for my small fantasy ink drawings but also snippets found in the drawers, and the top tier paper is the carton envelope of scratching board - yay for high quality supplies.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijOTm1zxN3H4a76nkMErml41EqY8t7IQYmU9BJXASh4T6NulyF_ZHFAbhrEZxYNoZBrSceCc6TALum6pfxzkihIa2rgpMUNVzGyFSoZV3Ydb-1kZk7KBi55BdXq8o5vk_QaN8bUn7PR8vm3TgYgrmcFKtoVz-6zsoZZp1lAcJYdNrI3jA1LXKtyndwaQ/s2500/Watercolour%20birds%20April23%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="2500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjijOTm1zxN3H4a76nkMErml41EqY8t7IQYmU9BJXASh4T6NulyF_ZHFAbhrEZxYNoZBrSceCc6TALum6pfxzkihIa2rgpMUNVzGyFSoZV3Ydb-1kZk7KBi55BdXq8o5vk_QaN8bUn7PR8vm3TgYgrmcFKtoVz-6zsoZZp1lAcJYdNrI3jA1LXKtyndwaQ/w640-h480/Watercolour%20birds%20April23%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h88LkKJ4zgRE3n9ot4Y8gaIdCvOoLQ5hfOkts9eyYRIJXAoIbdLlX3WNcsTNUxIpv4idHnmAEFMhpmSUb6sPYm4fTe_n8rwOqfGVmGvdcTZ2LRz2Yrq6S62x-UiEUygNg9ZcsU-8ivTCIW2jN3FVCLshuLxXKfgbxL3DcwdRz7mdBjjyd4XrQCM4dpM/s2500/Watercolour%20birds%20April23%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1875" data-original-width="2500" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h88LkKJ4zgRE3n9ot4Y8gaIdCvOoLQ5hfOkts9eyYRIJXAoIbdLlX3WNcsTNUxIpv4idHnmAEFMhpmSUb6sPYm4fTe_n8rwOqfGVmGvdcTZ2LRz2Yrq6S62x-UiEUygNg9ZcsU-8ivTCIW2jN3FVCLshuLxXKfgbxL3DcwdRz7mdBjjyd4XrQCM4dpM/w640-h480/Watercolour%20birds%20April23%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-64433562015061951412023-07-14T20:30:00.000+02:002023-07-14T20:40:45.739+02:00The Texture Quest goes on<p>Another test how to create textures I like with a tad of graphic elements or abstraction. I rummage through my drawers and find these three sheets of paper that were left from who knows when. I quickly create a few drawings on them by putting them up to monitor as a makeshift lightbox, and tape them down with gummed tape after wetting them. <br />I start with washes in watercolour, and it turns out the paper isn't just bad, it's AWFUL. It soaks like a sponge and is very easily bruised, so there's nothing to do but push through.<br /><br />My subjects are a simple portrait of an elderly woman, playing with the idea of autumn (of life), medusa (for which I created a ten-minute model in Blender), and cluster headaches (because I have a morbid fascination with illnesses, they are described as the worst pain there is, often centring around one eye and temple).<br />My tools are everyday brushes, #6, #12, and #14 rounds (although being from different brands, the #14 is much larger than the twelve), and a #24 filbert for large washes; spray bottle (mine is from the hairstyling aisle), cling film out of the kitchen for effects, acrylic marker, coloured pencils, and masking fluid to protect small areas.<br /><br />Then I forgot to take images of the first stages, naturally. I start by masking off the flower and leaves in Headache and Autumn. <br />For Autumn, I drew in the tree shape after making a circle for it to fit in, with a rigger brush and a mixture of burnt umber and black, then go into the face with the same mixture plus raw sienna with a fairly small brush, and a greyish blue for the shirt. I wash the same-ish mixture into the image from the upper left corner and spatter some of the tree mixture by tapping a brush on my other hand.<br />Headache gets a few washes on the face in diluted black, a strong black gradient in the background. I then drip diluted cyan ink with a pipette and tip the board to make it flow. I spatter red/umbra and drip some of it and add reds to the face, then wash the cyan ink over the entire image, doubling up in the bottom area. I add some diluted white acrylics to make the proverbial flames appear white-hot in the centre.<br />For Medusa I wash in some shadows on the face with only black, heavily diluted, then add greyish umbra and the cyan from Headache, including some pure blacks. I spatter with umbra. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENveIm6JSA8qah1Mce4ZkA1ZDojNY_7LIB8siYCbQ5p_JQhX61gafesLqUIDkTGRQG4OFphuEp41dr-R2R9wmbliNLR2228OMQ1nraSJSJZI0ez8kXArWUrY9IhgtoW_6o-LOhyU25eWnzwvtHm467qEloAopFejxQX773-iM5wgPgkwZ-1rXK2uRQHU/s2000/Headache.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1851" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENveIm6JSA8qah1Mce4ZkA1ZDojNY_7LIB8siYCbQ5p_JQhX61gafesLqUIDkTGRQG4OFphuEp41dr-R2R9wmbliNLR2228OMQ1nraSJSJZI0ez8kXArWUrY9IhgtoW_6o-LOhyU25eWnzwvtHm467qEloAopFejxQX773-iM5wgPgkwZ-1rXK2uRQHU/w592-h640/Headache.png" width="592" /></a></div>What I wanted from the spattering was the typical pattern of a fairly sharp splash with some drips around it, and soften them as I choose with more water from brushes and the spray bottle. That didn't happen, so I went a little nuts with the spatters to see if anything cool would happen from just a lot of it. You can see the paper being ruined by, well, nothing really. I think I tried to pick cat fluff off the wet paper (there are four indoors cats living with me. I cannot tell you how often I need to pick cat hair out of my paints and brushes).<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRN-ttTNC33CToZnvW78sJNFpvpw7D-CGcqMg4HPlu0f_Fw1tT8bHXyAJrB5n1KcCCM2e3izNMUpqun51DFp9xpn_gw81MyczAW-9u71Ls3KOaF4srM7V2NMlKdXG9rhoh5VxT-otz8u3NriXOVwlbnwaoyaoBhSQVTXdhT1qiYL-96aA2G1T7eze1ag/s2000/Herbst.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="670" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRN-ttTNC33CToZnvW78sJNFpvpw7D-CGcqMg4HPlu0f_Fw1tT8bHXyAJrB5n1KcCCM2e3izNMUpqun51DFp9xpn_gw81MyczAW-9u71Ls3KOaF4srM7V2NMlKdXG9rhoh5VxT-otz8u3NriXOVwlbnwaoyaoBhSQVTXdhT1qiYL-96aA2G1T7eze1ag/w214-h640/Herbst.png" width="214" /></a></div><p></p><p>I add more white acrylic to Headache and cover it with cling film to dry with texture. I repeat that step until satisfied. It's a technique I learned for watercolours, but it works just fine with acrylics when handled carefully so the film doesn't dry into the paint and won't come off; with sufficiently diluted paint, this has not happened so far. Medusa gets some highlights using a #2 brush with white gouache, part of my watercolour box. The good thing is that I can re-wet and drag the gouache around, since the soaky paper makes controlled painting difficult.<br /><br />I let it all dry overnight, then add some strokes with coloured pencils (watercolour pencils would have been better, but with the many accidents, I really didn't care if the waxy pencils would refuse taking on watercolours). Then I spatter white acrylic and previous mixtures all over the place. Rubbing the masking film off in Headache has the expected result of tearing the paper, so after a quick wash in watercolours I go over it with acrylic in white and raw umbra to tighten up the fuzzy edges (cluster headaches are more frequent in phases, with periods of no episodes at all. I heard they were more frequent in spring and autumn, hence the flower and fallen leaf). The peach petal in Autumn is drawn with coloured pencils only, and I add some white lines with acrylic marker and french curves.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_4ob7uQPz7V-lDw-uoJuPLiP0TCd7p4WDJucK7cXd2zrd6XJH-noedr5mzA0x5NOHiCyOdeqVYxT1u2c-6vzxJifNGBhmgXVTkULuytoClXRrBBpmvEkrSBOmtEtETjF65ZivStHi1TUN1ernF3McmcyjEYTQCDaRbrQwFKCA-mnS_XUK1hDcqtwR14/s2000/Medusa.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="885" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_4ob7uQPz7V-lDw-uoJuPLiP0TCd7p4WDJucK7cXd2zrd6XJH-noedr5mzA0x5NOHiCyOdeqVYxT1u2c-6vzxJifNGBhmgXVTkULuytoClXRrBBpmvEkrSBOmtEtETjF65ZivStHi1TUN1ernF3McmcyjEYTQCDaRbrQwFKCA-mnS_XUK1hDcqtwR14/w284-h640/Medusa.png" width="284" /></a></div><p></p><p>Finally, since I am confident trying to get the gummed tape off will not work, I cut through the tape and tear it off against a ruler for nice deckle edges. <br /></p><br />Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-15122303737380497922023-07-13T18:30:00.000+02:002023-07-13T18:47:24.154+02:00 Smaugust '22<p>The Smaugust challenge asks to draw one dragon per day during August. I've long wanted to participate - for some reason, despite being mainly a fantasy painter, I have almost zero dragons in my body of work - but with Inktober coming up the following month I was usually busy doing things for that. When AI became a huge thing last year I fiddled with it for a bit and created my Smaugust pieces by overpainting AI renders from different models. I am interested to see where the law debate about AI in general and generative image creation in particular leads.</p><p>There are GIFs for many of them to show what I used and how, but I think many are outdated already; if not detailing technicalities about the models, I'll make another post with the process GIFs.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEjoyA6owmAGi7tbedt2cB9Q0vuujjqtzB_V5_LctvKw9B0j_qvz6yfyJcXlUdiAWnPlfl0ThgnzltRK_Aq_I6LL1CKQS_MYdAHAdca1Qp4kZ31tIobKpH10ShqOkXVAR8X4o062nrn3sW_qd0VI1RBEwumEfubrQOJdUx3iJBAp8ts7Qg_weEMzThSc/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%202%20-%20HighSeasWyrm_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEjoyA6owmAGi7tbedt2cB9Q0vuujjqtzB_V5_LctvKw9B0j_qvz6yfyJcXlUdiAWnPlfl0ThgnzltRK_Aq_I6LL1CKQS_MYdAHAdca1Qp4kZ31tIobKpH10ShqOkXVAR8X4o062nrn3sW_qd0VI1RBEwumEfubrQOJdUx3iJBAp8ts7Qg_weEMzThSc/w640-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%202%20-%20HighSeasWyrm_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The high seas wyrm</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEosH2R4AKsQqsz64rx3OJDk_NOwujdFfCsFzdJBpGJR13-jFr08R8Jpx_gwabeLk9ggZV71NaPxuWyIT0gv5r-7sen3C0YTJHHNe0vR87ZNfsv8yGL9RWziM-fi4ji_CBelz9oijKn0PU18uVDdfGhBcSCSnPA6PCjV_m6tgY6TI8HHKkbh_bXb6ecY/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%203%20-%20TheProtector_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEosH2R4AKsQqsz64rx3OJDk_NOwujdFfCsFzdJBpGJR13-jFr08R8Jpx_gwabeLk9ggZV71NaPxuWyIT0gv5r-7sen3C0YTJHHNe0vR87ZNfsv8yGL9RWziM-fi4ji_CBelz9oijKn0PU18uVDdfGhBcSCSnPA6PCjV_m6tgY6TI8HHKkbh_bXb6ecY/w640-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%203%20-%20TheProtector_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The protector</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxUch7ixFKfJpXt_Jzez-F4--AqerjAGdhcK-a0gtJU95TYFvxGimSPCEriaErwriuNVPfn6c8AvsITifJ9fZYI25v8v3wPlZq9WUugJN3rNbvdcvMAsTGRke_eY2YdncFCYVj03YfkD6g-i-1-6PTNMv4efaKbVn55GBnvZbBFHXP_BgqlRrVhrPhJA/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%204%20-%20Snapdragon_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxUch7ixFKfJpXt_Jzez-F4--AqerjAGdhcK-a0gtJU95TYFvxGimSPCEriaErwriuNVPfn6c8AvsITifJ9fZYI25v8v3wPlZq9WUugJN3rNbvdcvMAsTGRke_eY2YdncFCYVj03YfkD6g-i-1-6PTNMv4efaKbVn55GBnvZbBFHXP_BgqlRrVhrPhJA/w392-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%204%20-%20Snapdragon_Final.jpg" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Snapdragon</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY7WpFin2KZf-IFqIzOqBu4LcMCtSt0ztbA4Bt_K9NG7EFcwBrjEFFswtINEX0Mmurcdl2mq4tiVjAHpg8JTINr0NyGYOjuWvrzO8EA3FSASphFeUZ5KS-0iW5j2rAa16PHIrHJ21EXAXZtOPgnjtxVOCLLv8zcZvO5EYFtDDSOIHT07QYEMDXrTGNs8/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%205%20-%20Red%20Rising_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1217" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixY7WpFin2KZf-IFqIzOqBu4LcMCtSt0ztbA4Bt_K9NG7EFcwBrjEFFswtINEX0Mmurcdl2mq4tiVjAHpg8JTINr0NyGYOjuWvrzO8EA3FSASphFeUZ5KS-0iW5j2rAa16PHIrHJ21EXAXZtOPgnjtxVOCLLv8zcZvO5EYFtDDSOIHT07QYEMDXrTGNs8/w390-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%205%20-%20Red%20Rising_Final.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Red rising</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroinLxnV-JAp96WT0uDMJ_KT-rr1vQJQpwp2toJtNOn7_xO3kGMDYw9vXvqb4cn8mmEpSifsOyxu1QA8mZdCVVnoKFswxjU-wFvOVcbBXSDMMaQd7g_bbCVc50HORDVMwnr1b7xpGFBihFNo6clHRysIGZpcwdXX9L0pjlxPWVlqocz_WCtwbD8Au-uI/s1200/22%20JSL_Smaugust%206%20-%20Desert%20Swimmer_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgroinLxnV-JAp96WT0uDMJ_KT-rr1vQJQpwp2toJtNOn7_xO3kGMDYw9vXvqb4cn8mmEpSifsOyxu1QA8mZdCVVnoKFswxjU-wFvOVcbBXSDMMaQd7g_bbCVc50HORDVMwnr1b7xpGFBihFNo6clHRysIGZpcwdXX9L0pjlxPWVlqocz_WCtwbD8Au-uI/w534-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%206%20-%20Desert%20Swimmer_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Desert swimmer</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3peSxbKLNYI3SEQOLQu13D7SDsPi-Nx7IOukjxOhvD3J8h4qFA5j2pS8G7Uuts6hA-tQDZpyeYxG0o4ZPujHSCSe7u1EyP8WDmov23uxhWeSvVE0OOxo2LTpg0aMPKuDl_QNQuUvbSj3IQqw0IIsDcrijGDCLrp4ERsbvh6qVll8Pk3CaEGPYzat0lk/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%207%20-%20Fire%20of%20Creation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1263" data-original-width="2000" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3peSxbKLNYI3SEQOLQu13D7SDsPi-Nx7IOukjxOhvD3J8h4qFA5j2pS8G7Uuts6hA-tQDZpyeYxG0o4ZPujHSCSe7u1EyP8WDmov23uxhWeSvVE0OOxo2LTpg0aMPKuDl_QNQuUvbSj3IQqw0IIsDcrijGDCLrp4ERsbvh6qVll8Pk3CaEGPYzat0lk/w640-h404/22%20JSL_Smaugust%207%20-%20Fire%20of%20Creation.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fire of creation</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1zjMpalWZdCsqKiGRZ7zdrm-JM3c1bJCHLVkm-I74OSX4TBwKX9Sn4fXMTceivha3DfN4Ibp4YjWlf3ilk4xI9DvCZhWLsltxYC_Wy--MLZ06-xMDs6cIlc5I93NB6_xLQuGtyIGducQnbDWiMqGP1aNYeyegPvIZ0U-Z1ABYBl_4nNZ5WN5pc2HXNg/s1800/22%20JSL_Smaugust%208%20-%20Master%20of%20the%20Fiery%20Serpents_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1zjMpalWZdCsqKiGRZ7zdrm-JM3c1bJCHLVkm-I74OSX4TBwKX9Sn4fXMTceivha3DfN4Ibp4YjWlf3ilk4xI9DvCZhWLsltxYC_Wy--MLZ06-xMDs6cIlc5I93NB6_xLQuGtyIGducQnbDWiMqGP1aNYeyegPvIZ0U-Z1ABYBl_4nNZ5WN5pc2HXNg/w640-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%208%20-%20Master%20of%20the%20Fiery%20Serpents_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Master of the fiery serpents</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHykZ0hWX6Qe7tqUG7LGt05f2hEQaqQbYP9kdog1XkbJ-AjM56epZFDuFyvHUYgamjyh7UfY15T_VIyGhJjItniGYAb0vvItGZBEe3UTitt4X56elsJppiei9UDAeJcoPvG6EgOJCKnNo6oUksq9V_ocS1vVNECtSX7AmMBjBmf7kBZsjRq6zWJWRmxg/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%209%20-%20Stranded.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="2000" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVHykZ0hWX6Qe7tqUG7LGt05f2hEQaqQbYP9kdog1XkbJ-AjM56epZFDuFyvHUYgamjyh7UfY15T_VIyGhJjItniGYAb0vvItGZBEe3UTitt4X56elsJppiei9UDAeJcoPvG6EgOJCKnNo6oUksq9V_ocS1vVNECtSX7AmMBjBmf7kBZsjRq6zWJWRmxg/w640-h388/22%20JSL_Smaugust%209%20-%20Stranded.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stranded</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHr17kefdKSqy_DfiurW2682HVaoC_FP_qLrSdgXLoYR2YB8oLNzcKBmdDE13btNasn5OUCOEhIET0Mv1SBEQnFncv5O2aPq7ASYDUfdx1-w_deuTqWf-zoC1FYwWgXZJa3HD8AdFspEPRW1rvFGbSz3reZMoowU1FsmumyTtmugyQHedwzLtMhkG4BM/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2010%20-%20Westward_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1412" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifHr17kefdKSqy_DfiurW2682HVaoC_FP_qLrSdgXLoYR2YB8oLNzcKBmdDE13btNasn5OUCOEhIET0Mv1SBEQnFncv5O2aPq7ASYDUfdx1-w_deuTqWf-zoC1FYwWgXZJa3HD8AdFspEPRW1rvFGbSz3reZMoowU1FsmumyTtmugyQHedwzLtMhkG4BM/w452-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2010%20-%20Westward_Final.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Westward</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZglo18z0KBwJnmR148WAylczajUCLWmuKRDx0Axhv1KZ2V8NR3bE7O0kdkz3pzCwfNLc-IKJww0eB1Fp_YfD24XFHyuLfswAVLUy58A96sZH0r0qmJDQyINgEAuW4R5E19z2WblOgHVV-EYpPIy45Y4eMW3SouEa0uEbVt73W6bCuKZW3P2FFZjUGEL8/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2011%20-%20Into%20the%20Fire_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1577" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZglo18z0KBwJnmR148WAylczajUCLWmuKRDx0Axhv1KZ2V8NR3bE7O0kdkz3pzCwfNLc-IKJww0eB1Fp_YfD24XFHyuLfswAVLUy58A96sZH0r0qmJDQyINgEAuW4R5E19z2WblOgHVV-EYpPIy45Y4eMW3SouEa0uEbVt73W6bCuKZW3P2FFZjUGEL8/w504-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2011%20-%20Into%20the%20Fire_Final.jpg" width="504" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Into the fire</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsaIu5AvGir9KKyBB095XTG02Gil-06PA8Qxa5wz4eC4Oxf-LhMs3PgWnVJhefnWcGrNVK0EfL9gOplNzHaeuzJXZOOJywoNMoHMh8HvUfQKCLAGj9An_W_tACROFRwUViqAqiJxiiIbz21oEen6QCHmUanovrmFszSUpr1Pox2X8brlNOx8pC28iLvQ/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2012%20-%20Scout%20Dragonriders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsaIu5AvGir9KKyBB095XTG02Gil-06PA8Qxa5wz4eC4Oxf-LhMs3PgWnVJhefnWcGrNVK0EfL9gOplNzHaeuzJXZOOJywoNMoHMh8HvUfQKCLAGj9An_W_tACROFRwUViqAqiJxiiIbz21oEen6QCHmUanovrmFszSUpr1Pox2X8brlNOx8pC28iLvQ/w534-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2012%20-%20Scout%20Dragonriders.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dragonriders</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-abHTgQRpQEZr1PCR8WbwFjTA_SG3Qn4-a83KlOALuJAH4sKDi0g2hSUzmCiqvJtKEgeX723nF4AeSBk65LMyBVRJ1WXcnXtqHmp0apJ8NY-G8U5oGkb2m0qJTGR8_H0vpeaJVuSCrB-qePPjvyBLRJQpxR3B5iElTGIJocTJYkPCN0hwrX_31ROvwg/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2013%20-%20Primordial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1123" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-abHTgQRpQEZr1PCR8WbwFjTA_SG3Qn4-a83KlOALuJAH4sKDi0g2hSUzmCiqvJtKEgeX723nF4AeSBk65LMyBVRJ1WXcnXtqHmp0apJ8NY-G8U5oGkb2m0qJTGR8_H0vpeaJVuSCrB-qePPjvyBLRJQpxR3B5iElTGIJocTJYkPCN0hwrX_31ROvwg/w360-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2013%20-%20Primordial.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Primordial</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cVDPfkTkcgxMl4NSgUAvQFSQqxL7qqQNlYEfr8p5MAaaMSm-HjpSd_8Ttl9IjY2EwrTrdKflba62nU94ILVDECTSienITdNjIFpUJBnT2RW4S-VCyxYrZ5VjoHR8hqU8Yh2Gx25qdONPmQKORT_BgKniARhTlGGme3bX_qB8jKEyCpk0koyUQBPN8wI/s1200/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2014%20-%20Roadtrip%20with%20Mom_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1200" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-cVDPfkTkcgxMl4NSgUAvQFSQqxL7qqQNlYEfr8p5MAaaMSm-HjpSd_8Ttl9IjY2EwrTrdKflba62nU94ILVDECTSienITdNjIFpUJBnT2RW4S-VCyxYrZ5VjoHR8hqU8Yh2Gx25qdONPmQKORT_BgKniARhTlGGme3bX_qB8jKEyCpk0koyUQBPN8wI/w640-h444/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2014%20-%20Roadtrip%20with%20Mom_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Roadtrip with Mom</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h9izX9DtdSr7WWMCZejhA2v-WhGbsLuVTgsuRDSNhuktQs-e2mD35KwZZXjcmaEFnb2ICYZ5dSrp7VNfevT5ibI4YsPSiL3JBkD3Ukz1j_9vPsdb90qPOKmH5YtXbDij8n4otTEdU7bRv0lQAweg64gMTDZfGRSHLb9V7sT_DsmBlryyboFy4J0P1UM/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2015%20-%20First%20Fire_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="2000" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1h9izX9DtdSr7WWMCZejhA2v-WhGbsLuVTgsuRDSNhuktQs-e2mD35KwZZXjcmaEFnb2ICYZ5dSrp7VNfevT5ibI4YsPSiL3JBkD3Ukz1j_9vPsdb90qPOKmH5YtXbDij8n4otTEdU7bRv0lQAweg64gMTDZfGRSHLb9V7sT_DsmBlryyboFy4J0P1UM/w640-h374/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2015%20-%20First%20Fire_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>First fire</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CZLls8ciJ0bOVKFbkfixr2-pllx6yWRkPcTI8ArVUN-VqT9rXmP6QJT5gOX_AnNw9H3bmdB98wmzpPDnBiXWx4IICS4q7WEF8cNixz4X6zLkKB7w6alSCdWNANoU0YfkvYua8CY8lDCRnHa6L6Gt2PLI-17HWYxsFi2uYlVVInhokxDXYWTwt8fGn1w/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2016%20-%20On%20a%20Pile%20of%20Gold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1323" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0CZLls8ciJ0bOVKFbkfixr2-pllx6yWRkPcTI8ArVUN-VqT9rXmP6QJT5gOX_AnNw9H3bmdB98wmzpPDnBiXWx4IICS4q7WEF8cNixz4X6zLkKB7w6alSCdWNANoU0YfkvYua8CY8lDCRnHa6L6Gt2PLI-17HWYxsFi2uYlVVInhokxDXYWTwt8fGn1w/w424-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2016%20-%20On%20a%20Pile%20of%20Gold.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>On a pile of gold</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j63qxock__LM7ryHiOzEJj7dg66G-_Y_l4JGDxbdFQjT1Hg5ib8AUtl48_JGVURN05e31UdRTzBJx1MZKRyZhVDpjdVPtPzpdDsK7FptHcL6Rb9PyYgeTT7OdaeNhLki0anxjvZdt-4owEd9mzHsVQ-vdUohMlhDh-ZmgiTntFgzlqSgd7ORUP5NP9g/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2017%20-%20Curled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3j63qxock__LM7ryHiOzEJj7dg66G-_Y_l4JGDxbdFQjT1Hg5ib8AUtl48_JGVURN05e31UdRTzBJx1MZKRyZhVDpjdVPtPzpdDsK7FptHcL6Rb9PyYgeTT7OdaeNhLki0anxjvZdt-4owEd9mzHsVQ-vdUohMlhDh-ZmgiTntFgzlqSgd7ORUP5NP9g/w426-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2017%20-%20Curled.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Curled</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb_opry2iSwTrb-PUyMhageVMygvvJ3XlkO72M6zxCiTnvET5wiEOBrZUFI0N7WiPIt0cBIBTdeiU62dFnk3s2HrWDUR57soOISnxKWuWoJOVSgMJcfHnPkUY-8bkpOdhvxHa6XdeM2Brgu0YoeIZxVXYWKj7UvahcZJJURHcqxs55FJH0iTFQT_oaZ0/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2018%20-%20A%20God%20Comes%20Calling_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLb_opry2iSwTrb-PUyMhageVMygvvJ3XlkO72M6zxCiTnvET5wiEOBrZUFI0N7WiPIt0cBIBTdeiU62dFnk3s2HrWDUR57soOISnxKWuWoJOVSgMJcfHnPkUY-8bkpOdhvxHa6XdeM2Brgu0YoeIZxVXYWKj7UvahcZJJURHcqxs55FJH0iTFQT_oaZ0/w534-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2018%20-%20A%20God%20Comes%20Calling_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A god comes calling</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RvnAO0Tl6dEzVteQjEruoxL6vnW7_ZKZKnArjik_Do3nYQAY7Bl8_gWLCLqEzjdibd8_XKdwuUHcV-1KaqF_hxfnmahLIA7--CcOP-zP0o-IvMEeEKCZ6B0oG8FFnD2VWni3lUi0vx87ye9s1KE2FVtLd7txeywbF8JTkOaE8nDWft33lU7CR9wCLJw/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2019%20-%20Visit%20to%20Yggdrasil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-RvnAO0Tl6dEzVteQjEruoxL6vnW7_ZKZKnArjik_Do3nYQAY7Bl8_gWLCLqEzjdibd8_XKdwuUHcV-1KaqF_hxfnmahLIA7--CcOP-zP0o-IvMEeEKCZ6B0oG8FFnD2VWni3lUi0vx87ye9s1KE2FVtLd7txeywbF8JTkOaE8nDWft33lU7CR9wCLJw/w534-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2019%20-%20Visit%20to%20Yggdrasil.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Visit to Yggdrasil</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvNNAI_w2KxQ6C5Giu5Ttx_-X8za8hV5CiMXzD1xFPsr0yK5hgiWXT5V2GG596JcOzItcXfIFjThH1rxTJAM3PLZWi7kUmcB54qLCZbkBfVmmgeFVdu6JTXCtJfelLW0dOAkG-IO87Dfpru2fl19xsGjoSsUO-ZC28INQjUqjBdTAUv75-lL4PmLJ0sU/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2020%20-%20Festivities_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1219" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvNNAI_w2KxQ6C5Giu5Ttx_-X8za8hV5CiMXzD1xFPsr0yK5hgiWXT5V2GG596JcOzItcXfIFjThH1rxTJAM3PLZWi7kUmcB54qLCZbkBfVmmgeFVdu6JTXCtJfelLW0dOAkG-IO87Dfpru2fl19xsGjoSsUO-ZC28INQjUqjBdTAUv75-lL4PmLJ0sU/w390-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2020%20-%20Festivities_Final.jpg" width="390" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Festivities</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdvKXY2ClKbF-XNJIHnOFlnGFik8MbAAPMN-EGYJPjI0eOvaQxgpzBFT4jrnBo-OZNJngXgtFY4iUDX9r9NGtZG4NsH65QtMvk_EawVNrNIPih-d9k8K5AvW9qzgMqTDMwL_Hr4ad7u4TqeQf2jvGQ9EmZO1JYQRvIgQ3JNLmv7W81nW5E8wLKKxL8uw/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2021%20-%20Crowned%20Cobra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1739" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHdvKXY2ClKbF-XNJIHnOFlnGFik8MbAAPMN-EGYJPjI0eOvaQxgpzBFT4jrnBo-OZNJngXgtFY4iUDX9r9NGtZG4NsH65QtMvk_EawVNrNIPih-d9k8K5AvW9qzgMqTDMwL_Hr4ad7u4TqeQf2jvGQ9EmZO1JYQRvIgQ3JNLmv7W81nW5E8wLKKxL8uw/w556-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2021%20-%20Crowned%20Cobra.jpg" width="556" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Crowned cobra</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBzjAAP9aWVXIex8q7pJ3c4zBygvuMDbNkLJjNGbGwdFBn4I25Y-lXOmXbWImtolnFcz_5LjRrHa_PqIQVQDVaWtzzd5okqisnnANSiA75tWhdw5k6PTUiqPWruUXe3X4WDgjyy6_ZISZ2DTi54NJo_VXOpSW-ctrc16LExNoHg973mKDqjyCgJ2Jpys/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2022%20-%20Baroque%20Bronze_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1331" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBzjAAP9aWVXIex8q7pJ3c4zBygvuMDbNkLJjNGbGwdFBn4I25Y-lXOmXbWImtolnFcz_5LjRrHa_PqIQVQDVaWtzzd5okqisnnANSiA75tWhdw5k6PTUiqPWruUXe3X4WDgjyy6_ZISZ2DTi54NJo_VXOpSW-ctrc16LExNoHg973mKDqjyCgJ2Jpys/w426-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2022%20-%20Baroque%20Bronze_Final.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Baroque bronze</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlz1DkaMWqQAq2VieJQ7111asCaBKfliCUssxpwQpIXIRsLJGx_Lm5fX7lDdAI5mA0hWXvzE1b6GhqQrE3ML5v0AcUOGAaseVfU2SVYDy0IA5OzsXwOT53omfp4pnrII48C99qhHZXU7aN4lsjmvQ8rWfxtpvSBouR0qzWFAXlTbP1HFkqo0K2rXpSClw/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2023%20-%20Black%20Hatchlings_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlz1DkaMWqQAq2VieJQ7111asCaBKfliCUssxpwQpIXIRsLJGx_Lm5fX7lDdAI5mA0hWXvzE1b6GhqQrE3ML5v0AcUOGAaseVfU2SVYDy0IA5OzsXwOT53omfp4pnrII48C99qhHZXU7aN4lsjmvQ8rWfxtpvSBouR0qzWFAXlTbP1HFkqo0K2rXpSClw/w534-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2023%20-%20Black%20Hatchlings_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Black hatchlings</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaqEpaneykBPZp4HQ0vYLm_ZECu2XN08zL8ySUPvbY3SvtnfUFaHLMjESjuQSLt-BTy1OiimDzc4nTwWMIUnyYTfF2ezD9NaEaDLkuN0pvEh18pyriM1Y5sADcothtyEAP-9eXkQQfiwjvZdPeiCcXQam1cTK9tJ-S31T0X8_jIQjbpkRp82iDo-5T_I/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2024%20-%20Dark%20Moon_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaqEpaneykBPZp4HQ0vYLm_ZECu2XN08zL8ySUPvbY3SvtnfUFaHLMjESjuQSLt-BTy1OiimDzc4nTwWMIUnyYTfF2ezD9NaEaDLkuN0pvEh18pyriM1Y5sADcothtyEAP-9eXkQQfiwjvZdPeiCcXQam1cTK9tJ-S31T0X8_jIQjbpkRp82iDo-5T_I/w640-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2024%20-%20Dark%20Moon_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dark moon</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp4nqkpr8qJp3ZqQrBPZ1b_glki0HfedQ-FuEGpbxx7YNSZVZ1gZpKCYnuHqP7UpCn7SmDtBVNh1hbv0a4oZARG66KlFtxGIQjAQlaRowifqbDdlqVVdNEva0f9r3yoGBnoOiFEnsxKkCdCMGzW4jDoRYVDeciAtAq8MFIfBBKWCpbNx9HzmrB3X1GYY/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2025%20-%20Dragon%20Knight_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1714" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsp4nqkpr8qJp3ZqQrBPZ1b_glki0HfedQ-FuEGpbxx7YNSZVZ1gZpKCYnuHqP7UpCn7SmDtBVNh1hbv0a4oZARG66KlFtxGIQjAQlaRowifqbDdlqVVdNEva0f9r3yoGBnoOiFEnsxKkCdCMGzW4jDoRYVDeciAtAq8MFIfBBKWCpbNx9HzmrB3X1GYY/w548-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2025%20-%20Dragon%20Knight_Final.jpg" width="548" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dragon knight</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1_fjipNW4dwcZq-kbNDYvfyrNoUU7NruokTzNSTj04-o6jMU0173R39FTBA6KxWnCpJejFT3COua7dTzn3ApPzghr47QPZIkkssClKfz7qTHHMHx20xbEr6icTmArPPb5T1b_WoiGy3bffDdZBOlIcDS3w34QySL4-1FQJFpZ4khe8xiZSnrtcOYLhE/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2026%20-%20Dragon%20of%20Eternal%20Life_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1273" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1_fjipNW4dwcZq-kbNDYvfyrNoUU7NruokTzNSTj04-o6jMU0173R39FTBA6KxWnCpJejFT3COua7dTzn3ApPzghr47QPZIkkssClKfz7qTHHMHx20xbEr6icTmArPPb5T1b_WoiGy3bffDdZBOlIcDS3w34QySL4-1FQJFpZ4khe8xiZSnrtcOYLhE/w408-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2026%20-%20Dragon%20of%20Eternal%20Life_Final.jpg" width="408" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dragon of eternal life</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ozu6wuxLbQoxGD-Y8r4uXkhBtaYGAOssptHdaxYlOKWZ5qBzFZWIGESL8itlJru3K5m4h6SixUyMPf9l7oZXqEtt9B0WcMsbEhJWa8ng1gjYueJuJH2rN3w5WK8JrziAPeGeqgOrPQP7ZnZP6nbPm1tV_lo98Kceb4jawjCCmkIBror6KgizPYPFLpE/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2028%20-%20Knights%20of%20the%20Green%20Flame_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1845" data-original-width="2000" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Ozu6wuxLbQoxGD-Y8r4uXkhBtaYGAOssptHdaxYlOKWZ5qBzFZWIGESL8itlJru3K5m4h6SixUyMPf9l7oZXqEtt9B0WcMsbEhJWa8ng1gjYueJuJH2rN3w5WK8JrziAPeGeqgOrPQP7ZnZP6nbPm1tV_lo98Kceb4jawjCCmkIBror6KgizPYPFLpE/w640-h590/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2028%20-%20Knights%20of%20the%20Green%20Flame_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Knights of the green flame</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OtnRdqzyJANkrI_oM9KCSzN4ROB43Jmff5IWKd4G337_MzhRR-ZVq60FYnNKMz_T6lxCkqq5YLLtnT77CavRtVb_X4jrLHxMd0IWIcS3n83gMMa7lMV2CtsJZCJ7XVQRoovxQ1hJSl5eBsrbOVItk1jIVfX5Hlny4kLykm2z9mo3Lh2R4oXTQhDgxpY/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2029%20-%20Colourful%20Naga_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1222" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_OtnRdqzyJANkrI_oM9KCSzN4ROB43Jmff5IWKd4G337_MzhRR-ZVq60FYnNKMz_T6lxCkqq5YLLtnT77CavRtVb_X4jrLHxMd0IWIcS3n83gMMa7lMV2CtsJZCJ7XVQRoovxQ1hJSl5eBsrbOVItk1jIVfX5Hlny4kLykm2z9mo3Lh2R4oXTQhDgxpY/w392-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2029%20-%20Colourful%20Naga_Final.jpg" width="392" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Colourful naga</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWLi0aI_L1XDe8FnDkIhSQL0BoyGI3Ta1XAJ3mzHw9P1ei4V16WIIOGXMnezaRB19hZ8jBDFnIB6orRxVOsPlsuE1I07Ie4In2pM1zHU7mbG6eTeJjV6koU0ORy69fyZ8_pYcZzcmt_5mD_8VVVmGNnItomGzi0DtXxgL34MuL8GOVQI9MIJLDDFQwvs/s2000/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2030%20-%20Lionlike_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsWLi0aI_L1XDe8FnDkIhSQL0BoyGI3Ta1XAJ3mzHw9P1ei4V16WIIOGXMnezaRB19hZ8jBDFnIB6orRxVOsPlsuE1I07Ie4In2pM1zHU7mbG6eTeJjV6koU0ORy69fyZ8_pYcZzcmt_5mD_8VVVmGNnItomGzi0DtXxgL34MuL8GOVQI9MIJLDDFQwvs/w640-h640/22%20JSL_Smaugust%2030%20-%20Lionlike_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lionlike</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuxzfg84s3Z4io6I7wCAqm_rL22O5XWtQ1hTbexP0ZeuZLKKO4rZbVvrqwDEZaACvA4gEn6zPjFWF0TyduLvZ41HYC3GM5ZaPhuKIU_NcNQYIbaDphXGU8dzaqnNMRd6t9ep8LGJfy3DmfZj5LfNmdBqvZWfrywCTF4dHhob8jkePKWZdO5d-SjVF1aU/s1200/Smaugust%201%20-%20Cutesy_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="737" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuxzfg84s3Z4io6I7wCAqm_rL22O5XWtQ1hTbexP0ZeuZLKKO4rZbVvrqwDEZaACvA4gEn6zPjFWF0TyduLvZ41HYC3GM5ZaPhuKIU_NcNQYIbaDphXGU8dzaqnNMRd6t9ep8LGJfy3DmfZj5LfNmdBqvZWfrywCTF4dHhob8jkePKWZdO5d-SjVF1aU/w394-h640/Smaugust%201%20-%20Cutesy_Final.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cutesy</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /><br /></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-53742696056283875222023-07-12T20:56:00.000+02:002023-07-13T18:45:54.019+02:00Abstract-ish portraits<p>In an order of art supplies I was accidentally sent the wrong kind of sketchbook. It's an A4 hard cover with strong binding that won't even open fully. As I always do, I work best on materials I don't respect. I started using it for portrait studies, using up old paints I no longer wanted, then tried different media. The good thing about having it all in a sketchbook was that I didn't have all those failures (because most of them were) flying around loosely so I would throw them out right away. I paint on the right page and make notes one the left: my media, date, time taken, if it's from reference, and the problems - application too wet, mixtures not working well, things like that. The diary effect is considerable, I know when something is too rushed because that day we went to the movies for a long anticipated film or something. <br />Thirty pages in or so, of ninety, I set it aside for a while. When I picked it up again a few weeks ago, I was ready for more abstraction, and tried what I could when the paper fights me at every turn. In any case, I tape a plastic foil under the page I paint on and also create a border with the tape to not soak through. For these sketches I used masking tape, masking fluid, I spattered, drew, brushes, flicked, used a mouth atomizer (yay for new art thingies :)), I dripped inks, hatched with coloured pencils, sprayed water, used rulers and collage. Some are going in the general direction of what I could imagine doing more often. In many cases things went horribly wrong (paper ripping is my least favourite but happens often in this sketchbook), but that's what you do studies for. I haven't yet done any with a decent amount of time, just making marks and combining colours over the faintest of line drawings. I am not great at finding shapes in chaos - so many wonderful artworks are created by making abstract marks, then painting over them, but somehow I am not particularly comfortable with this approach - so I am trying this for now.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqgDBy35rsa3Zq6VcHv2LnoD8VolZLRNOrnQWuiWP3iBfY1_3AE6HeLuwJJC8NzshoUrG4that34CapCaRKqzttygyAPcjr6GMwNOFUtGCeeENCdIl3tVZ1IZN26RSepqsUTBOy2X9tTDwDQnp_F3eZTl3pgssud8nKWmmfs1VGuHJJDJmGW0uAiTMS4/s1000/Abstraktionen%20Juni%2023_0002_Abstrakte%20Portr%C3%A4ts_WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="707" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqgDBy35rsa3Zq6VcHv2LnoD8VolZLRNOrnQWuiWP3iBfY1_3AE6HeLuwJJC8NzshoUrG4that34CapCaRKqzttygyAPcjr6GMwNOFUtGCeeENCdIl3tVZ1IZN26RSepqsUTBOy2X9tTDwDQnp_F3eZTl3pgssud8nKWmmfs1VGuHJJDJmGW0uAiTMS4/w283-h400/Abstraktionen%20Juni%2023_0002_Abstrakte%20Portr%C3%A4ts_WEB.jpg" width="283" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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often inspired by whatever media I am consuming at the time - in these pieces you will find a lot of GRIS inspired ones, for example. My go-to medium for them is ink, that I started using because of the Inktober challenge and have become rather comfortable with. To not overthink matters I tend to use leftover papers, not all of which are suited that well; these are torn from a colouring block that well-meaning people gave me for a birthday once. So most have a serrated edges from their perforation, some I cut to proper square format (don't you hate it when they give the paper format without the perforation, you think, 'nice, it's square', and then you tear them out of the spiral block and end up with a just-so-not-square-any more sheet? Maddening). At least there are many of them, I am still making my way through the second block; they buckled a lot under my very watery approach, so I eventually taped them face-down onto board and cut them off when they were dry to flatten them.<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1v-ziZqKYMb23ZNfwBBDOMBtUvOiIyTCSPwDem_G9BMmhEGugPEBGd5nA4ch7enVge0AAczsmfyQlIi1BYm9KhpT92bMAnD0BNnXLR9xyaG0fCxgn-3Foky9rC5suNPiZbWYxHheb5aRuYc6TGCMscP1tuT1aZ4Ae-DbQSKt5KdZNZUR01GLPVOyw1Q/s2000/Tiny%20inks.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1413" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1v-ziZqKYMb23ZNfwBBDOMBtUvOiIyTCSPwDem_G9BMmhEGugPEBGd5nA4ch7enVge0AAczsmfyQlIi1BYm9KhpT92bMAnD0BNnXLR9xyaG0fCxgn-3Foky9rC5suNPiZbWYxHheb5aRuYc6TGCMscP1tuT1aZ4Ae-DbQSKt5KdZNZUR01GLPVOyw1Q/w452-h640/Tiny%20inks.png" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The rounded borders I create with circle rulers. The top left one uses
leaf metal; second row middle has glow-in-the-dark paint on the moon,
border, and moth; second row right has a border of washi tape, just like
the samurai's clothing in third row left; the bottom row right one uses
glitter. That tends to come off when the drawing is moved and ends up
everywhere.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGfHg_X0vG92qm1T7khooNTCzq9YDV4EbDc3IGy23P0M-VYxdyYNO9mH7rjZo59eC_nwbhsP28mbKAyBpkhrrAwEIQPE3Od4yVSg1u56Vdoc3eMp5DPtXgx_rNSXaM7VR4Daracm1CHoh-SIbhVLzvIwJ2SxqUhhBK3Iu6adwPnMN5q-etsFkf6O2CWo/s2000/Tiny%20inks2.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1898" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsGfHg_X0vG92qm1T7khooNTCzq9YDV4EbDc3IGy23P0M-VYxdyYNO9mH7rjZo59eC_nwbhsP28mbKAyBpkhrrAwEIQPE3Od4yVSg1u56Vdoc3eMp5DPtXgx_rNSXaM7VR4Daracm1CHoh-SIbhVLzvIwJ2SxqUhhBK3Iu6adwPnMN5q-etsFkf6O2CWo/w608-h640/Tiny%20inks2.png" width="608" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>This set is from '21 and uses lettering rubber stamps and letter
stencils to add little messages, something I have been doing for a while
because I like the addition of something to think about to a simple
image. They are all ink drawings with the exception of the top row right
one, which is inks and water-soluble oil pastels of fairly low quality
that I was given. Fun enough though. The samurai has an Alice in
Wonderland quote and the middle one quotes Cloudy with a Chance of
Meatballs.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKxCcq7YVj9ys3iIyzI2fz6WGvMLWv6QRysNBUcjly4z5vddcfIojFpKEaYcyhRnQoNnqzF8JN2Ej0_pRqZXnoe12WGqYHFa_QsEeIeQ9WCMrm1qtchtcmDKseU_zxRUrm417PF-kMS2QkB5oiBbJcNfoej4slEVhO49YnDmmWf1-bsR9u_09IEobeBw/s5066/MaiPourings1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5028" data-original-width="5066" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKxCcq7YVj9ys3iIyzI2fz6WGvMLWv6QRysNBUcjly4z5vddcfIojFpKEaYcyhRnQoNnqzF8JN2Ej0_pRqZXnoe12WGqYHFa_QsEeIeQ9WCMrm1qtchtcmDKseU_zxRUrm417PF-kMS2QkB5oiBbJcNfoej4slEVhO49YnDmmWf1-bsR9u_09IEobeBw/w640-h636/MaiPourings1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A set of very rough pieces created from leftovers of my pouring phase in
summer '19; pourings are beautiful but waaay too abstract to be fun
forever, and I have been using them as background or collage elements. These are drawn on playing cards - a good use for old sets, after all
they are broken if even one cards is faulty - or snippets I used for
pouring tests. All are collages from
pencil or ink drawing on regular paper. It does add something extra to
have such a lively background.</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiZMsvgFqdp4mgZIXUbF-aeYTnXRNziotHgQOqk8z8maiDoLW1PvM1BiYD4930bMivq-c4ClWqT4cVd95ic5AnK6w6a3ntuQ-YxyrHXP_OR5M-ZkQ0jHrl8gnQwY-0WK3uLJaD10NAC4C_iz32icp1h4thSsQyGko8kNJhQC1OWA4H9MXTGw-ZEMtx_Q/s2500/Lettering.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiZMsvgFqdp4mgZIXUbF-aeYTnXRNziotHgQOqk8z8maiDoLW1PvM1BiYD4930bMivq-c4ClWqT4cVd95ic5AnK6w6a3ntuQ-YxyrHXP_OR5M-ZkQ0jHrl8gnQwY-0WK3uLJaD10NAC4C_iz32icp1h4thSsQyGko8kNJhQC1OWA4H9MXTGw-ZEMtx_Q/w460-h640/Lettering.png" width="460" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><br />Lettering, or rather, messages are something I like using in small
pieces - for larger, more complicated ones they seem too much - for
which I use stencils and stamps, because frankly my handwriting is so
awful I can barely read it myself. There is often a paragraph between
two parts of the message. All of these are roughly postcard size except
the found poetry one with the red umbrella.</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-52870799871189091972023-07-09T20:26:00.006+02:002023-07-10T20:27:33.797+02:00McQueen Novel Covers<p>Aaron McQueen is a fantasy/sci-fi writer I have been working with since 2019 on various projects; initially he hired me to illustrate the two weekly serials he was writing at the time, and we have since moved to novel covers that I also create the typography for. The serials were lots of fun to do, albeit at a breakneck speed of two per week (I also redrew some previous covers). Therefore they were done in a fairly sketchy style. "Exiles" was a fantasy setting with some non-humans and a high power level; "Tantalus" was a science fantasy setting about cadets training to fight off an alien invasion with magical technology. I actually read all of it, and Aaron was a very forthcoming collaborator. They were published via the author's Patreon page.<br />Some of my favourites from both serials:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5VHnxlfbVGkILH7Kp0Nlz7L5aJWiMSprz_CPfV_0vUtfpXf76gVk5tyOWSe0QTQbJ63ON6QCSs_-gh869RpdZTloPGc3v4jXuTQhQa02IR2GCtpJFq3VClafMeytuFZI73d8_vQn0PtPWjKSJFJF5scEAMJYzpb5DXEbxT5qH8zyW2-C7FaS4Syld4w/s800/18%20JSL_McQueen_Exiles16_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="618" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5VHnxlfbVGkILH7Kp0Nlz7L5aJWiMSprz_CPfV_0vUtfpXf76gVk5tyOWSe0QTQbJ63ON6QCSs_-gh869RpdZTloPGc3v4jXuTQhQa02IR2GCtpJFq3VClafMeytuFZI73d8_vQn0PtPWjKSJFJF5scEAMJYzpb5DXEbxT5qH8zyW2-C7FaS4Syld4w/s320/18%20JSL_McQueen_Exiles16_Final.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3mV8Q_DeywiFAE06Kp_zp_xMkg-Mpk_grhgFLt0JoWzd4FHnYYh_cxLkwO4BOUrWOjNJoSj3rUBkurrDfaIp0nTCqpcOjcV2EggYcWnp100U1NUtnVO1YhNq4u-d3CadT5B6zFu93fXBqcJo7HAx6-51DyYDFqi1TOMNWVOfrYnHuT2c7QG5OKnUqnY/s800/18%20JSL_McQueen_Exiles36_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Foxglove even got a repaint later because we wanted a different prop and I took the opportunity to also fix other imbalances. One of the things I have always found hardest working with clients is to not include elements they wish for even if they don't go well together so I had to learn thinking hard about which ones work. The Foxglove series was rebooted as "Seasons of the Harrow" under the author's other publishing name, Charlie Shannon. I just finished last touches on the third cover for Wilding Reach after Rosewood Born and Sisters of the Path.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9hi4AoTx52UKVjcMWVDlGL1xIJOrtfSNhaDbaomf2nsNTOCiVoMf3Zzl4kfFOYidp0QVtX1wTXXTkn-scL6NMXv0kGt0lDlvQjM9m1bp7eybdh9FHoMDwwZlN6NVAb3WIX_RJXDHNAUXr2RRFob0TOK6V9Ss4sybM8o0g-OUQS8T15AJ7GAfaUeTJVM/s2000/19%20JSL_McQueen_Foxglove_Final_Image.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9hi4AoTx52UKVjcMWVDlGL1xIJOrtfSNhaDbaomf2nsNTOCiVoMf3Zzl4kfFOYidp0QVtX1wTXXTkn-scL6NMXv0kGt0lDlvQjM9m1bp7eybdh9FHoMDwwZlN6NVAb3WIX_RJXDHNAUXr2RRFob0TOK6V9Ss4sybM8o0g-OUQS8T15AJ7GAfaUeTJVM/w452-h640/19%20JSL_McQueen_Foxglove_Final_Image.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First cover for Foxglove<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbwSYj-SNNoQK0rQCoWS8HvNJWzzn-E-hSX2UNf2rBvpAlOSojvahDr14eVjhWALksNvQTgquBmYGCdAv-TqowO_RVI6_lHw-H6wfuQE-HUn3h3K6QvSJAlg0yQg9613CU7_glWamRcAwnwC0aPt7QTmiTCBY52aKkLNNAbhcPX0zEdyVNbPg9UNNyss/s1200/19%20JSL_McQueen_Foxglove_Fix_Final_Layout.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="848" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbwSYj-SNNoQK0rQCoWS8HvNJWzzn-E-hSX2UNf2rBvpAlOSojvahDr14eVjhWALksNvQTgquBmYGCdAv-TqowO_RVI6_lHw-H6wfuQE-HUn3h3K6QvSJAlg0yQg9613CU7_glWamRcAwnwC0aPt7QTmiTCBY52aKkLNNAbhcPX0zEdyVNbPg9UNNyss/w452-h640/19%20JSL_McQueen_Foxglove_Fix_Final_Layout.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Revised cover for Foxglove<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Pg2nrWrj7kwsjQfDYaR9HOueL90FMO1xddotar_KyUpDbaKz8_uGwA4XPltIiG-RJdvOD7pMqMEPAEi5EFp2q9VAUez_kIYNbbWbvHyeamXJ1bJpO8uDJZ8s4SDSXyW1HyfWAndlplz4MZQDNacqJBkXm5B5H9t0dEoaYUt5GcaMf-dSnUCwzTw1w4c/s1413/19%20JSL_McQueen_Iris_Final_NoLayout.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1413" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Pg2nrWrj7kwsjQfDYaR9HOueL90FMO1xddotar_KyUpDbaKz8_uGwA4XPltIiG-RJdvOD7pMqMEPAEi5EFp2q9VAUez_kIYNbbWbvHyeamXJ1bJpO8uDJZ8s4SDSXyW1HyfWAndlplz4MZQDNacqJBkXm5B5H9t0dEoaYUt5GcaMf-dSnUCwzTw1w4c/w452-h640/19%20JSL_McQueen_Iris_Final_NoLayout.jpg" width="452" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Queens of Iris (front of wraparound cover)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BkyfL_ZBIirVt3PWpj5G_gW78pi9C05bHYdNsgUK7xLmjK-rTt8-dAvQKezQfauF_Bn4XS72OEJD1ejwcvf6uRqffh8l32TxQA3HYfNDCJGx55eUQ4X1ZSDRmZPks8cvnTMvTkbrQgIwXKZKeuFVN56_VtprcuUttwoL5D8-6t8zMqzUTddb9zPuiIk/s2000/20%20JSL_McQueen_Balero_NoText_Final2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2000" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_BkyfL_ZBIirVt3PWpj5G_gW78pi9C05bHYdNsgUK7xLmjK-rTt8-dAvQKezQfauF_Bn4XS72OEJD1ejwcvf6uRqffh8l32TxQA3HYfNDCJGx55eUQ4X1ZSDRmZPks8cvnTMvTkbrQgIwXKZKeuFVN56_VtprcuUttwoL5D8-6t8zMqzUTddb9zPuiIk/w640-h474/20%20JSL_McQueen_Balero_NoText_Final2.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Balero Affair<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZHVvUvEQ5L_vvBiBs3uBbzhc7Owas7hSmK-cc0vdTFGdscCz-hi-9nSbIZGJOlvY3aJG4NZJqZVpLlf2O7tAuBVid_SC9k_PRJYTwtT4qThshahyVKlGj7vFJl-OsfFsJDnikyuAHd0obRUfnZU6RDvF-rXNtA320A8BONCVLJ9bgAs7PCageXRWGTI/s1200/21%20JSL_McQueen_Rosewood_Layout_Final_NoText.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1200" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZHVvUvEQ5L_vvBiBs3uBbzhc7Owas7hSmK-cc0vdTFGdscCz-hi-9nSbIZGJOlvY3aJG4NZJqZVpLlf2O7tAuBVid_SC9k_PRJYTwtT4qThshahyVKlGj7vFJl-OsfFsJDnikyuAHd0obRUfnZU6RDvF-rXNtA320A8BONCVLJ9bgAs7PCageXRWGTI/w640-h454/21%20JSL_McQueen_Rosewood_Layout_Final_NoText.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rosewood Born<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0zW-4qGVo2xxN0JTkuzDs2GTfgaEoCTt7D7enhrdMdPeUWHi5QH-3FIQANs-p5wJDQE0JiO67YtwWPc2NM6t9qHjEjrm_kwoC1nkIlVUAN5g80Ozn61cdjR2Oa0oKA-7sMIrQn5G9_vyCpwvfrJaxa-CgXRHGB0OiAmGAvan6u-DJaWpcUah-JMu1to/s1200/Sisters_014.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="862" data-original-width="1200" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY0zW-4qGVo2xxN0JTkuzDs2GTfgaEoCTt7D7enhrdMdPeUWHi5QH-3FIQANs-p5wJDQE0JiO67YtwWPc2NM6t9qHjEjrm_kwoC1nkIlVUAN5g80Ozn61cdjR2Oa0oKA-7sMIrQn5G9_vyCpwvfrJaxa-CgXRHGB0OiAmGAvan6u-DJaWpcUah-JMu1to/w640-h460/Sisters_014.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sister of the Path<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-17687747505159785102023-07-08T19:05:00.000+02:002023-07-08T19:05:25.759+02:00 Horror Novel CoversI have been working on the series of horror novels for Christopher Brewer since 2018. Most of them have titles that include "Dark", but I don't really have to take care of any layouting since the author is commissioning me from his own pocket; it's entirely unsure if the publisher will use the artworks, but fingers crossed. Nevertheless, I am having a lot of fun because our collaboration is quite creative. They often show the main protagonist Alice in danger, the depictions are very symbolic and I am to include certain elements taking cues from tarot and mythology. The greatest challenge certainly is that I need to show horror story artwork without making it unshowable despite subjects like cannibalism, child abduction, and abuse in marriage. Going all out gory might be simple, but I enjoy finding more subtle yet creepy ways of showing a visual synopsis. The next highest challenge is the format, which is much more "stumpy" than others. I haven't read any of the books ;)<br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Mxmo9lRw9vwCSONg5jsGi3tx7SzlrTMzijSNF28Du4XgltiR_ZLDI_bxn7oRSM96f_G7aFgVHXph9mEbjXXMsZwQxAYHkT-5teUI8DyiKzHEPFGHORUtlN7K1GXuuWksIwpNH9KSXHx5qM_tqASA40cYoyFLbsvusqxkL4DCvE0ETmiPi1W-hMauZig/s2000/18%20JSL_Brewer_DarkFeast_Cover_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Mxmo9lRw9vwCSONg5jsGi3tx7SzlrTMzijSNF28Du4XgltiR_ZLDI_bxn7oRSM96f_G7aFgVHXph9mEbjXXMsZwQxAYHkT-5teUI8DyiKzHEPFGHORUtlN7K1GXuuWksIwpNH9KSXHx5qM_tqASA40cYoyFLbsvusqxkL4DCvE0ETmiPi1W-hMauZig/w534-h640/18%20JSL_Brewer_DarkFeast_Cover_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br />My first cover for the series, Dark Feast, whose main theme is cannibalism. I was asked to have the Aztec god Xipe Toltec make people doubt if it's a bad thing. I included a lot of cooking and eating items and animals, dressed Alice in a tablecloth and have her wear parsley over her ear.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTM1Z1N33KNqsZh1H0nJ6D5tH1tkFKz8QftQk4kKC6XekVKtCLJJI3-Ge5Ryh1hb1w-3RthoERID7JgSbxUjHnvNbIzr-vVZ-XxHoEtGLbxwGI4qtO4i8cwnrbD2xnvfkAsRNsbeVEbpWVnmAujxRQIV59HagzT0Jeh8GOAuVp5Hhibx8237W15ILRUKE/s2000/19%20JSL_Brewer_DarkMambo_Final_2000px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTM1Z1N33KNqsZh1H0nJ6D5tH1tkFKz8QftQk4kKC6XekVKtCLJJI3-Ge5Ryh1hb1w-3RthoERID7JgSbxUjHnvNbIzr-vVZ-XxHoEtGLbxwGI4qtO4i8cwnrbD2xnvfkAsRNsbeVEbpWVnmAujxRQIV59HagzT0Jeh8GOAuVp5Hhibx8237W15ILRUKE/w534-h640/19%20JSL_Brewer_DarkMambo_Final_2000px.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><p></p><p>Dark Mambo has a drug addict dance with Baron Samedi from voodoo tradition. I love people dancing but it's all about movement and any one moment standing still can look silly; it was much easier with the couple though. Using abstract patterns for her hair and jewellery was a highlight, and adding the little dolls that leave the question who's in control over whom here.<br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjVYu34cABkH1LtTCQgKibsiXx0OE3N5HyQGzS469w4PaGdMRaUo5BtG_zYo7GphdduDD8EmFspJhtVrJVJS2V8o48KZhRtDbUwWqx0s1nSYExS4gHzrDlBhGFaA3WHu9gMgFWulRyDj8yRE-SyiWLQuY66ZzG66x9zNcOKe1SfQlW2_2WUPNVYI6jYo/s2000/19%20JSL_Brewer_ADarklingSonata_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1668" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjVYu34cABkH1LtTCQgKibsiXx0OE3N5HyQGzS469w4PaGdMRaUo5BtG_zYo7GphdduDD8EmFspJhtVrJVJS2V8o48KZhRtDbUwWqx0s1nSYExS4gHzrDlBhGFaA3WHu9gMgFWulRyDj8yRE-SyiWLQuY66ZzG66x9zNcOKe1SfQlW2_2WUPNVYI6jYo/w534-h640/19%20JSL_Brewer_ADarklingSonata_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><p></p><p>A Darkling Sonata is about a monster in the winter woods taking children. We thought about making it look like a popular horror movie based on folklore but decided instead to personify the forest as a sort of fairy king. It was scary to abstract the children so much, into birch twigs with faces that Alice tries to hold tightly while they're being plucked away. The playing card composition with the two characters blending into each other was very nice to make. I still have plenty of unused sketches from this one that I hope to work into final paintings sometime.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMq_yEScrmx6A2os9j--ycFfGqYHDJKBU4iyar6J08OO6wkYpMuY9ATG_hWUMbn3EZd-uR1TG2uJf-2NRX9Q-E7qYNf81uP2Y1mpk2CpdPFVFNGTJm51C9o-H2aVk16sZ55TL51tmVico3TEEs7o627WTK1I5gqumvAgQdrRISUgt9bYa2Jn8XDkMWys/s1200/21%20JSL_Dark_Vows_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMq_yEScrmx6A2os9j--ycFfGqYHDJKBU4iyar6J08OO6wkYpMuY9ATG_hWUMbn3EZd-uR1TG2uJf-2NRX9Q-E7qYNf81uP2Y1mpk2CpdPFVFNGTJm51C9o-H2aVk16sZ55TL51tmVico3TEEs7o627WTK1I5gqumvAgQdrRISUgt9bYa2Jn8XDkMWys/w534-h640/21%20JSL_Dark_Vows_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><p>Dark Vows deals with Alice attending a friend's wedding in the Mediterranean, and of course things go awry. It was one of the first times I used a 3D model I made as reference. Painting the dresses was both easy and difficult - choosing which folds and drapes are necessary, and detailing it without losing my mind from the embroidery and lace. The harpy bird signifies wrath, the two cups are from tarot.<br /><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnX3hb8GcA9PbFWPAilaKlDGrdGZF48b19jXGGQkfz9SAis6ZJMJWm6t56gHLFRTIxfy30-LVy-6LoeJhx7-1fJQrQUpoXKIuE3JXBtDNw2gjcyD7mB_qpTcbKs-SzSfoRKjW8UyB4RsiXG8CbiaDxS1-PHuBriurSknCvTLQmuR4ycwSqo_yMx9EH56M/s1200/23%20JSL_Brewer_DarkWeb_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1001" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnX3hb8GcA9PbFWPAilaKlDGrdGZF48b19jXGGQkfz9SAis6ZJMJWm6t56gHLFRTIxfy30-LVy-6LoeJhx7-1fJQrQUpoXKIuE3JXBtDNw2gjcyD7mB_qpTcbKs-SzSfoRKjW8UyB4RsiXG8CbiaDxS1-PHuBriurSknCvTLQmuR4ycwSqo_yMx9EH56M/w534-h640/23%20JSL_Brewer_DarkWeb_Final.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><br />Dark Web has Alice face hackers taking down the entire system. We initially had lots of web and spider imagery, since it's also an IT term, but moved to something more symbolic since the river Styx was an important visual, and I came up with the idea of making it a sort of double exposure image with Alice being the river, and clutching at Charon's boat as a sign she's not helpless against death itself.<p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-21429813069103040172023-07-07T16:09:00.003+02:002023-07-10T18:02:37.290+02:00The Pear Dryad (Texture Quest III)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8mPUHFAK8UQMrAJIoAqGtmrzGKPOoLkx-4J5Hi4_cTwe3z-oJ_FyGW93ccCMuWjXdrgWXhBfh90smflluhq-2--uxXYOaQwL8a4Mq5CH-eapp-61ruy1zILsRvRllrnitjYsmbgZs64-41zchJi3Xom1x7T44v5b4oijDId7eURiWsmD-qxErURJpq8/s1200/23%20JSL_Tex_Birnendryade_FinalScan.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="876" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi8mPUHFAK8UQMrAJIoAqGtmrzGKPOoLkx-4J5Hi4_cTwe3z-oJ_FyGW93ccCMuWjXdrgWXhBfh90smflluhq-2--uxXYOaQwL8a4Mq5CH-eapp-61ruy1zILsRvRllrnitjYsmbgZs64-41zchJi3Xom1x7T44v5b4oijDId7eURiWsmD-qxErURJpq8/w468-h640/23%20JSL_Tex_Birnendryade_FinalScan.png" width="468" /></a></div><br /><br />After masking the blossoms, I start with a wash of green on the bottom that I flick pure water into for texture. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r9YtC_043pCg7P7e0OCQpa5-fOklTQdu4lZCQ-byohnRuE3kVy_j-m62Z4-R37Zo0pkvO4tWxo-AigZ60uejSMUwPNIsct8Nj63uJcims5L6sSvsu7cY4X3njC5WG0ybi75iYFmAPxxSZ5RephN4NYfBykvO4QBM8XmcV0gznj0mZRtkbTst9Z_9MVE/s4896/pear%20Dryad_0005_Background%20copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1r9YtC_043pCg7P7e0OCQpa5-fOklTQdu4lZCQ-byohnRuE3kVy_j-m62Z4-R37Zo0pkvO4tWxo-AigZ60uejSMUwPNIsct8Nj63uJcims5L6sSvsu7cY4X3njC5WG0ybi75iYFmAPxxSZ5RephN4NYfBykvO4QBM8XmcV0gznj0mZRtkbTst9Z_9MVE/w480-h640/pear%20Dryad_0005_Background%20copy.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>While adding cerulean blue to the cherry dryad, I do the same here and add burnt umber and ultramarine blue, dabbing one brush in all paints and making irregular strokes and spatters, adding many but harmonious colours. I like adding paint like this in early stages since it adds both pure colour and blended strokes. I keep the browns to the lower and blues to the upper and outer part. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivffdEMNpyCBzVtPzUW5aihjuRtP2zp598ChL2J5NPahA-54CaZj81lXXPJgqrrGnSXD3wY0u9eAQdI3Xuq4RxFgkCcySBjPN_JYVwrJ8hLTCfTbaLUEynhu1-F32UPaT51FN6VbuYbuQVXh3KVfMTOpyOag6NHMBY99-zs7enhdOSiF_lueuVMlxP23U/s4896/pear%20Dryad_0004_P1010924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivffdEMNpyCBzVtPzUW5aihjuRtP2zp598ChL2J5NPahA-54CaZj81lXXPJgqrrGnSXD3wY0u9eAQdI3Xuq4RxFgkCcySBjPN_JYVwrJ8hLTCfTbaLUEynhu1-F32UPaT51FN6VbuYbuQVXh3KVfMTOpyOag6NHMBY99-zs7enhdOSiF_lueuVMlxP23U/w480-h640/pear%20Dryad_0004_P1010924.jpg" width="480" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Onto a thin wash of mostly raw and burnt umber, I add cling film from the kitchen to dry with texture, which creates a kind of branch-y texture I like a lot. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNpCCB8wM5m_C4cERbTMipLnATyRVWtrhFZxy8Z31L4TFgvvsJuClpCP08LtERsgNz1otVrKxVtMoKNJxjSFU6JWedkcMGe3uIvImZ3mBoukVu1toa00ETEGWhr1qUXoeWImAfMN8dpe0Om0jW2lHR8cwCrj6flAzlXdcvsuxfoxpjGGCzuBb_XXgb28/s4896/pear%20Dryad_0003_P1010925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNpCCB8wM5m_C4cERbTMipLnATyRVWtrhFZxy8Z31L4TFgvvsJuClpCP08LtERsgNz1otVrKxVtMoKNJxjSFU6JWedkcMGe3uIvImZ3mBoukVu1toa00ETEGWhr1qUXoeWImAfMN8dpe0Om0jW2lHR8cwCrj6flAzlXdcvsuxfoxpjGGCzuBb_XXgb28/w480-h640/pear%20Dryad_0003_P1010925.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>I do more layers with this technique. In the end I think I should've stopped before the last layer which is fairly dark, but you never know this going on so I let it sit. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Umikc_U-WssllnJ_4gIeKSWdT_IZooKMO3BimoBHn2al3ir_ubZdWamJPKqB2THaAXc6Rs8DG-NWh3QuNdilwioRDqMMgReFh659sDIYCCTT8YCtj_YDBvea8dM0HrobXpQ1MdhHcGFUQpqh4tIUb7vE8SKWyKDViP8rUg0b9eIv8gDumL6JAxkn2BI/s4896/pear%20Dryad_0002_P1010929.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Umikc_U-WssllnJ_4gIeKSWdT_IZooKMO3BimoBHn2al3ir_ubZdWamJPKqB2THaAXc6Rs8DG-NWh3QuNdilwioRDqMMgReFh659sDIYCCTT8YCtj_YDBvea8dM0HrobXpQ1MdhHcGFUQpqh4tIUb7vE8SKWyKDViP8rUg0b9eIv8gDumL6JAxkn2BI/w480-h640/pear%20Dryad_0002_P1010929.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>I work on the face with mixtures of the previous colours, and start emphasising some twig structures and bark on the dryad's skin with coloured pencils and diluted paints with small brushes. So far I've been using round and filbert brushes no smaller than #14 and switch so something like a #12 now.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdk8xsB6-S7qAOuh8idiSCPbaVFTIga3UKFv0I7X3do6sGs6K5ohC4XFy5qQC_ZKwM7OOwSqmoJ_vvVk7d7EuNcaukX-7ia8Rd7W8_PPduD9FnK1QggYl6UndUz1g74XPrZrcqSZp51bwij7uN4exdtHHaz6OOdMJxKjS7Fb2K1dKRStcSG1NZOy62oNE/s4896/pear%20Dryad_0001_P1010934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdk8xsB6-S7qAOuh8idiSCPbaVFTIga3UKFv0I7X3do6sGs6K5ohC4XFy5qQC_ZKwM7OOwSqmoJ_vvVk7d7EuNcaukX-7ia8Rd7W8_PPduD9FnK1QggYl6UndUz1g74XPrZrcqSZp51bwij7uN4exdtHHaz6OOdMJxKjS7Fb2K1dKRStcSG1NZOy62oNE/w480-h640/pear%20Dryad_0001_P1010934.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />After rubbing off the masking film, I add washes of spring green to the leaves, ignoring the lines and splotching all around them to not make them stand out as too sharply edged. When they're dry, I sketch with coloured pencils and green ink pen to get some structure into them and the blossoms, then paint over that with the same greens as before. I shade the blossoms with light blue and add fine detail wiht a green fineliner.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5LaWjr5D1FhODI_UhXqt60z1RqxD2Qv6uBVCOItIBQ9ptzx44JlVEaPsXeEriCbY_GAmEXCa0OCJbM0dISWu7FkBD9E9JNTlrmspX-UJYoBphYsOhJKJscwF1ai-NDLAh_v7UGQLqsrSNoVRqrBVj875IuUHTmT6KoHunicd-8Go0rS-9tA3jNTd8_w/s4896/pear%20Dryad_0000_P1010935.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4896" data-original-width="3672" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5LaWjr5D1FhODI_UhXqt60z1RqxD2Qv6uBVCOItIBQ9ptzx44JlVEaPsXeEriCbY_GAmEXCa0OCJbM0dISWu7FkBD9E9JNTlrmspX-UJYoBphYsOhJKJscwF1ai-NDLAh_v7UGQLqsrSNoVRqrBVj875IuUHTmT6KoHunicd-8Go0rS-9tA3jNTd8_w/w480-h640/pear%20Dryad_0000_P1010935.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>Because the gummed tape I taped it down with doesn't come off as smoothly as I'd like, I turn to ripping the edges off along a ruler to create deckle edges. Hopefully they will look nice when float-mounted, but they are a pain to scan; I scan with a coloured paper underneath for easier separation of the edges, still requiring lots of manual touchup though. But here we are.</p><br />Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-8108440786076275172023-07-05T22:35:00.007+02:002023-07-10T18:04:32.007+02:00 The Oak Dryad (Texture Quest II)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSdw-bNhTWfeMeNBVjAwsHkPpLO3omDBdUrR71ShnrkMqpaGN-ejy6ilaMbLU34cZ-KAPqIg2Ppd-oFghoOtPKyDWmmFsFrHH8LWVMJQGsAXBGbPPMtZ6MrIPc5kT_CdClOKtQv8yw1KwJ3OB9q3xgN4VZNz5o-5r4RrHaRqEgSu8VqPnxniKVDIFo88/s2000/23%20JSL_Tex_Eichendryade_FinalScan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2000" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSdw-bNhTWfeMeNBVjAwsHkPpLO3omDBdUrR71ShnrkMqpaGN-ejy6ilaMbLU34cZ-KAPqIg2Ppd-oFghoOtPKyDWmmFsFrHH8LWVMJQGsAXBGbPPMtZ6MrIPc5kT_CdClOKtQv8yw1KwJ3OB9q3xgN4VZNz5o-5r4RrHaRqEgSu8VqPnxniKVDIFo88/w640-h452/23%20JSL_Tex_Eichendryade_FinalScan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The synthetic paper is... weird. It's made for watercolours; it does feel like painting on plastic. It doesn't soak at all, and paint lifts off it easily. I start with some spattering effects with acrylics and inks, which become muddy soon. After trying to get some other texture effects going which fails, i turn to simpler drip effects, diluted an understated cool green and brush it onto the long side while tipping the board to make it flow. Interestingly, it runs along the coloured pencil lines I had drawn, which looks nice. I work all over the piece with brushstrokes, trying to get a feeling for how much water to add and how to blend strokes. I scratch out some lines to help with bark texture with scratching knives. It's only slowly moving into a direction I like; I use a compass for some circles and find the pencil scratches down to the surface, lifting paint off. I drip some more wet paint around the place and finally use the alleged strength of the synthetic, and rub down to the surface with a rag. That is actually nice, getting the paper white back. To get going on the abstraction I am looking for, I add two circles in orange ink. Then I leave the image alone for a few days because I don't know how to continue. This is why, when working to deadline, it never hurts to start early. Finally, I decide to add white circles to suggest light and lens flares. Using a circles ruler with small gel pens, and tying string to a larger marker for huge circles, I vary the sizes and posiiton them with composition in mind, making some from dashed rather than solid lines. And - done. Sorry for only one progress shots, I get carried away when making a mess.<p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG68s43b8E5dqmHrkT3-rNrTyMn_YXHX4ksZ7S8PrEpHNUB1DRxaPvBDB_dRzKwSRxGGVVSygAEu-EwrRP-cO50eMQJyZnpvuvwKoxdGWzVeC5oPiiAMrxQ8FQQG5mqqJ8HB_MHDGuJz0saU8ILhdGiOmFWcKsFFRSTB2tPNvNJJJJp-svgx9JIKl2DY/s1000/P1010915.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1000" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSG68s43b8E5dqmHrkT3-rNrTyMn_YXHX4ksZ7S8PrEpHNUB1DRxaPvBDB_dRzKwSRxGGVVSygAEu-EwrRP-cO50eMQJyZnpvuvwKoxdGWzVeC5oPiiAMrxQ8FQQG5mqqJ8HB_MHDGuJz0saU8ILhdGiOmFWcKsFFRSTB2tPNvNJJJJp-svgx9JIKl2DY/w640-h462/P1010915.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-57156828531415209582023-07-03T20:49:00.005+02:002023-07-10T18:03:44.600+02:00The quest for texture<p>I am trying to get more texture and some graphic abstraction into my paintings. There is so much one can do with interesting tools, and I have picked up techniques like image transfer, stencilling and lots more that I want to use with more confidence.<br /><br />I choose a common subject for three different papers to see if any has decisive advantages. I love painting dryads - the modern version of people who are part tree, rather than the Greek myth murderous forest keepers - so I quickly find some references for faces and flowering trees, ending up with cherry and pear trees. I transfer them from my monitor, then draw more accurately. My papers are 30×40cm watercolour paper of my art supplier's own brand, 200g/cm²; A3 Bristol carton, 250g/cm²; and a new acquisition, A3 synthetic paper. I tape the papers to my painting board with gummed tape, wetting the Bristol one and leaving the watercolour paper as is; the synthetic paper promises to be entirely buckle-free. I work on all three simultaneously.<br />To avoid a fifteen-minute read, I will give each an own article over the next two days.<br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Cherry Dryad (Texture Quest I)</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyRIPKJ862xYz-vs_kv0LVVZwZW-t552xfep8zL9fEmN60uyjsWEfzkQ5vWONTSaNfDagtAOpmxVO3hklrM62YfktVfniMFtTf4Cwm7v1P2cyzyImhOCGki-e-mSkHQByOVJI6aNVCFA43NnNXUjBTR84-qPnQukBBcLXTE-r01L7UcFaD8UuVAI7bLo/s2000/23%20JSL_Tex_Kirschdryade_FinalScan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1414" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyRIPKJ862xYz-vs_kv0LVVZwZW-t552xfep8zL9fEmN60uyjsWEfzkQ5vWONTSaNfDagtAOpmxVO3hklrM62YfktVfniMFtTf4Cwm7v1P2cyzyImhOCGki-e-mSkHQByOVJI6aNVCFA43NnNXUjBTR84-qPnQukBBcLXTE-r01L7UcFaD8UuVAI7bLo/w452-h640/23%20JSL_Tex_Kirschdryade_FinalScan.jpg" width="452" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> </span></b><br />I start with splashing acrylics onto the paper in carmine red and a mixture of greens, both with a touch of leftover paints that amount to a greenish grey. I have found it helps immensely in making the colours appear harmonious to add even the slightest amount of the same colour all around. I then mask of the eyes and blossoms and add salt to some wet areas. Acrylics are never really soaked up by the salt but instead make these little intense spots in bright areas. <br /><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TcyOKzZuUelYypZaAGilUpzuak4Y5iq2xTppMyGBACjMUkKUMKH-muyaBL2wc11pw_94841WKyi0nPUBTEMsUYoScJUlWR8QzbeXSCrl8Xa0zi-xv2YtqQg7oc2JT79SBVMrc_DiZ7u5-V5DawAAdreFitXUlhzRElzxQYhX7wPK-syWKKfcdnQ1cjE/s1000/CherryDryadWIPs_0005_Background%20copy_WEB.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TcyOKzZuUelYypZaAGilUpzuak4Y5iq2xTppMyGBACjMUkKUMKH-muyaBL2wc11pw_94841WKyi0nPUBTEMsUYoScJUlWR8QzbeXSCrl8Xa0zi-xv2YtqQg7oc2JT79SBVMrc_DiZ7u5-V5DawAAdreFitXUlhzRElzxQYhX7wPK-syWKKfcdnQ1cjE/w480-h640/CherryDryadWIPs_0005_Background%20copy_WEB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I add cerulean blue for an impression of the sky, then work on the face and twigs with a warm mixture of ultramarine and raw umber. Normally, this gives a type of grey that can easily vary its temperature. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ps7e-GRY8_FLoKGg2_1r6oSdjtzT8-zN79ul24WW8NU6HpgyWBwwQRGsN-GIXpRuNATQu8EE6p_jfhvikS11XoJuTKENM6j7oSk7ZPOyHJ9YN1tZcq7fcRzrClPALqC8FxBXoZWRWSPp8ci7hl3iT7Jc9LyYPB3E52TK7TJc3_ESmNArMYYBRtvByl0/s1000/CherryDryadWIPs_0004_P1010922_WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ps7e-GRY8_FLoKGg2_1r6oSdjtzT8-zN79ul24WW8NU6HpgyWBwwQRGsN-GIXpRuNATQu8EE6p_jfhvikS11XoJuTKENM6j7oSk7ZPOyHJ9YN1tZcq7fcRzrClPALqC8FxBXoZWRWSPp8ci7hl3iT7Jc9LyYPB3E52TK7TJc3_ESmNArMYYBRtvByl0/w480-h640/CherryDryadWIPs_0004_P1010922_WEB.jpg" width="480" /></a> <br /></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqlYmk0ijXky_BcPxbZqgvmgMcNinitvnZqJupjcPss_KkPYl603fLcM0bNuHRUq7k2xJWvVadIOrTqyLtXBk2_gm8bUN7dlUfE6vtT05bpJ2j4O2TKrsazeLworwjueyOSOwKjQ-cw7UIHu0JB25U0zzJShBz7DUKkhuzDqF4WUTi7EklUJITp8oYv8/s1000/CherryDryadWIPs_0003_P1010927_WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqlYmk0ijXky_BcPxbZqgvmgMcNinitvnZqJupjcPss_KkPYl603fLcM0bNuHRUq7k2xJWvVadIOrTqyLtXBk2_gm8bUN7dlUfE6vtT05bpJ2j4O2TKrsazeLworwjueyOSOwKjQ-cw7UIHu0JB25U0zzJShBz7DUKkhuzDqF4WUTi7EklUJITp8oYv8/w480-h640/CherryDryadWIPs_0003_P1010927_WEB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>However, I find that this ruins things. It was supposed to be a colourful, summer image - now it's muddy and has too many colours. I tape off a triangle in the middle, cover the sides, and add crimson ink to the middle, then after it dries, tape off the sides and add cyan to them, with pipettes and lots water to make it float. I tip the board while it's wet to make drips. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qjv4WpGAraRGq5HG9FZOqrh6GOwA2US5-pvAtf497FY-kRLVtp1a0p79gKeFKs3BkAEeWx1EZbL-ogsk2Mr20GPDL09nq9pzewMM4DEApjsg-XXUUcXjtOaQEvC1ZWIM8CIb5EQFE0n-Tpb74GeapKWXyWyaauNIemXhHQhFoLwzBBNUh0wmk5n9htg/s1000/CherryDryadWIPs_0002_P1010930_WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4qjv4WpGAraRGq5HG9FZOqrh6GOwA2US5-pvAtf497FY-kRLVtp1a0p79gKeFKs3BkAEeWx1EZbL-ogsk2Mr20GPDL09nq9pzewMM4DEApjsg-XXUUcXjtOaQEvC1ZWIM8CIb5EQFE0n-Tpb74GeapKWXyWyaauNIemXhHQhFoLwzBBNUh0wmk5n9htg/w480-h640/CherryDryadWIPs_0002_P1010930_WEB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwUZT6ACv_1w_3-8JC3N4MYBcBRl2JKDNvlf84537cRwp_CoD6JCeoWkwQECG-BZFWbzWt_PTDjoeJPGEFxzpgRjY0NRB011paYojVfUZe7TSKef8vimUahoI5RI7XgjGxC1Z4wEXneexHla45WuWZD3hNo2yuyEJ-PVFeNNBBDq769S9ed_gT9x127M/s1000/CherryDryadWIPs_0001_P1010932_WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivwUZT6ACv_1w_3-8JC3N4MYBcBRl2JKDNvlf84537cRwp_CoD6JCeoWkwQECG-BZFWbzWt_PTDjoeJPGEFxzpgRjY0NRB011paYojVfUZe7TSKef8vimUahoI5RI7XgjGxC1Z4wEXneexHla45WuWZD3hNo2yuyEJ-PVFeNNBBDq769S9ed_gT9x127M/w480-h640/CherryDryadWIPs_0001_P1010932_WEB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> <p></p><p>This was scary, but I really like the result; the grey now functions like an underpainting, there is more texture, and the colours are high in chroma, with some parts of the previous work showing through. Taking off the tape blemishes the paper and tears off some masking fluid that I re-apply between the stages. Small blemishes can often be painted over with acrylics. After rubbing off the masking tape, I paint the face and twigs with matching acrylic paint and diluted raw umber, sorting out any asymmetry; not a lot of work is needed on it. I draw the blossoms with white gel pen, and finally spatter some white paint over the upper area by tipping the brush against my other hand.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_mdb_OubtdXD-b4ZyBdwRkj1dZystIAEB5I4Ih-8SJHDY6Bky5hv3Eh3y2toglBkcomVwUCEI1xmQa5k6AlJtkimMiJndHQWtpxCXSBLOPr1VTYftqkoNNYoyOAoxHcgr6886wRLvS61T7-TUp20_LHumk4T6TSYzVcMjDwOlIGHGO7bo2o-K89As4A/s1000/CherryDryadWIPs_0000_P1010933_WEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_mdb_OubtdXD-b4ZyBdwRkj1dZystIAEB5I4Ih-8SJHDY6Bky5hv3Eh3y2toglBkcomVwUCEI1xmQa5k6AlJtkimMiJndHQWtpxCXSBLOPr1VTYftqkoNNYoyOAoxHcgr6886wRLvS61T7-TUp20_LHumk4T6TSYzVcMjDwOlIGHGO7bo2o-K89As4A/w480-h640/CherryDryadWIPs_0000_P1010933_WEB.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p>I scan it in three parts, make PS stitch them together, clean up the trim, and voilá.</p><br />Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-24635663811650813572023-07-02T17:49:00.001+02:002023-07-07T14:19:10.245+02:00Giant formats<p>I am a small format artist. I like doing art on paper small enough that I can cover its whole spread by swivelling my elbow. There are some obvious limitations, when the tools are not fine enough to create the desired detail. I noticed that in a recent series of cat paintings when nothing was fine enough for whiskers (of course they can be left out at a distance. But I wanted whiskers, and it was hard to do), or when wanting drips that appear enormous on the canvas because their physical size overwhelms the painting. Working on formats that no longer fit the room is tricky. Also, storing large formats is much harder, growing to the second power instead of doubling at twice the size. And finally, the eternal question of: do large paintings even sell when collectors only have that much space on the wall?<br />There are few exceptions to this preference, even though I find myself drawn to the larger formats lately. I may draw, with ink or charcoal, on sizes around 50×70cm, which is what I can also still store relatively easily, paintings of that category being rarer. On occasion, a client will ask for larger, making sending the package all that much more nerve-wracking because no delivery people like hauling furniture-sized cartons.<br /><br />This 120×80cm canvas painting of a wolf in the creek was commissioned. I even created a faithful colour study on a smaller canvas; for the final, I had to work on the floor, shoo the cats away regularly, and sit on garbage bags I had cut open to protect the carpet. It was the first painting I successfully used sponge brushes on for actual painting. Finally, the stretchers were dismantled and sent along with the rolled canvas in a huge carton. It all arrived safely.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Slb6gHaiSdsp8ENGgcw8HJBEw_CF6BAakJebLEJD9v7CNhs0UcKslI5p0jrCWQjWuk3m_OoxOL7bTK-MDWfMQ9Z6nbMNNPG8fAhUtOX1kbp4QsIVFsWfVqAiFxC3X1QGWhXjE8V4DFrKDqTlGCG8x1AGZ9G7S29oQQOgDpz174_FW8MH142j778QpB0/s2000/19%20JSL_KristinasWolf_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Slb6gHaiSdsp8ENGgcw8HJBEw_CF6BAakJebLEJD9v7CNhs0UcKslI5p0jrCWQjWuk3m_OoxOL7bTK-MDWfMQ9Z6nbMNNPG8fAhUtOX1kbp4QsIVFsWfVqAiFxC3X1QGWhXjE8V4DFrKDqTlGCG8x1AGZ9G7S29oQQOgDpz174_FW8MH142j778QpB0/w640-h426/19%20JSL_KristinasWolf_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p>Another commission to create "as large as possible" a landscape based on a photograph taken by the client and then add elk to the lake in the foreground. The format I used was 140×100cm; the first canvas I ordered arrived with broken stretchers, and I ordered a second with my initial drawing faintly printed on from my print supplier. I propped the canvas up against my work table and worked in sections. This one too was dismantled and sent to arrive just fine.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjCEGpR4QzjvbM1qBUYD-SVdG_HMIusSxA_ahqw5TiFQ2zG4lupeuJHnRyjtaBa8yIBgRr7W1UyQjJdzEZI8AALPymqBecBB80BCtrdHMXKZOk-N9tSoYCu8iUpovdTQqLEnx55FEu-YLgQdZcsb9Zx00F1Wg-f6NZLLBvjhnex04EhpfHOicZwCIQa0/s1200/21%20JSL_ElkAtTheLake_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="856" data-original-width="1200" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjCEGpR4QzjvbM1qBUYD-SVdG_HMIusSxA_ahqw5TiFQ2zG4lupeuJHnRyjtaBa8yIBgRr7W1UyQjJdzEZI8AALPymqBecBB80BCtrdHMXKZOk-N9tSoYCu8iUpovdTQqLEnx55FEu-YLgQdZcsb9Zx00F1Wg-f6NZLLBvjhnex04EhpfHOicZwCIQa0/w640-h456/21%20JSL_ElkAtTheLake_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p></p><p></p><p>The largest piece I did for myself was this drawing for the Inktober prompt "Dig", at 100×75cm on packing paper because the crumpled look was desired. I took it out on the porch and threw everything dirty at it, spattered ink, coffee, tea, salt on it, mistreated the edges and folded it a hundred times with a bonefolder to give the impression of age. I even ripped a part and sewed it back together. The drawing itself was created with dip pen nibs and a bamboo pen using several made-up alphabets for the writing.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGeC9-QRz8TFIXL-MqbICoZmLbhWkPAJ3uj-r1kQdbD_zqggaGJh1S_x9MEZa79XQxtJjpMANYc1DYP5T173VS8Jd1WX5rf-K0fZ2sWcNt3Kc4eJTzTyc3ym7jhofKYGcWy3kDs5EnIW0MD-DfrjMQzk6QTBn_d_Yhx7QISdrjqleNVhA3D7daX4g7BU/s2000/20%20JSL_InkTober_24%20Dig_Final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2000" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGeC9-QRz8TFIXL-MqbICoZmLbhWkPAJ3uj-r1kQdbD_zqggaGJh1S_x9MEZa79XQxtJjpMANYc1DYP5T173VS8Jd1WX5rf-K0fZ2sWcNt3Kc4eJTzTyc3ym7jhofKYGcWy3kDs5EnIW0MD-DfrjMQzk6QTBn_d_Yhx7QISdrjqleNVhA3D7daX4g7BU/w640-h476/20%20JSL_InkTober_24%20Dig_Final.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p> </p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-23204429985096169852023-06-30T19:58:00.005+02:002023-07-07T14:21:47.184+02:00My Inktober Works '19, '20, '21 (twice!)<p>The Inktober challenge was one of, or even the, first challenges I ever did in 2017 after having observed it for a while. During my blog hiatus, I still worked on it when I could. I enjoy sticking to the official prompt lists, which to me is the actual challenge and the most useful part, to learn to depict things that would not normally come up when working just by oneself.<br />For purchases, contact me or visit my Etsy shop (which doesn't list all of the unsold pieces, sorry): <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JSLArtShop">https://www.etsy.com/shop/JSLArtShop</a> Already sold pieces are indicated by the red dot.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzx6JYoVA_O96Qdt8IUfovo8r9_uoZxnUYNG150xt5N1ZIJawN7R5FJ0A55uPziK7qHXuE5_RZF-uo7By7WfAqzWU4-5shOHqoY3JNysBoaMgOO9LUFSiS63TVpzffN9AjrzKzG6hkuGO1RuMkdnUtMwqNTEGS70icKC2NocRHsGJxbbaNC61IsItErI/s2500/Ink%2019.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1307" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVzx6JYoVA_O96Qdt8IUfovo8r9_uoZxnUYNG150xt5N1ZIJawN7R5FJ0A55uPziK7qHXuE5_RZF-uo7By7WfAqzWU4-5shOHqoY3JNysBoaMgOO9LUFSiS63TVpzffN9AjrzKzG6hkuGO1RuMkdnUtMwqNTEGS70icKC2NocRHsGJxbbaNC61IsItErI/w335-h640/Ink%2019.png" width="335" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/qA55gP" target="_blank">All images in larger size on Artstation</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><br />My contributions from <b>2019</b>. All of them are on 17×25cm Bristol carton and typically done with either pens or brushwork; some use collage as well, one was stabbed, another cut to pieces and then re-assembled.<br /><br /></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TjjFOvwgijut6KKWvuI6T6GVbMsA3N5BSKBKnzbJn_Hq_KP7qLyxMSmi8P5wg0mD4onDxb6KqwTLLYObjoJ3oracC8drxGK5XnYxbv2Qyp-oFFmg-u_ccPsbk1Amuh5olP7CiS2PkqD7c7wFUKf1qUv_YSJEeD19mBypIdr079u8lsYvE_r1xhwhamE/s2500/Ink%2020.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1819" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TjjFOvwgijut6KKWvuI6T6GVbMsA3N5BSKBKnzbJn_Hq_KP7qLyxMSmi8P5wg0mD4onDxb6KqwTLLYObjoJ3oracC8drxGK5XnYxbv2Qyp-oFFmg-u_ccPsbk1Amuh5olP7CiS2PkqD7c7wFUKf1qUv_YSJEeD19mBypIdr079u8lsYvE_r1xhwhamE/w466-h640/Ink%2020.png" width="466" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rA2oga" target="_blank">All images in larger size on Artstation</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />During Inktober <b>2020 </b>I made no guidelines whatsoever and drew whatever I liked, with formats and materials as I saw fit that day; the brown map on top is a metre across, the princess with crown the size of a postcard. I also used markers a lot and even included some fan art pieces, which I rarely do.<br /><br /><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br />In <b>2021</b>, I went all out and did not one, but <b>two challenges</b> using the same prompt list. One of regular, free drawings. The other to push a project of mine forward that has been simmering for a while: a fantasy world inhabited by harpy tribes fighting for the throne. So, yes, I did two drawings per day, and by the third week I wished I wasn't. The harpy drawings were based on very quick 3D models, and drawn in a sketchbook with cinematic format (I am using the Instagram images for easier collection here; they were photographed instead of scanned).<br />Therefore I had to make the "regular" challenge a little easier and chose A4 paper in portrait orientation for everything. You may notice the dandelion fluff flyers are back :)</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1o6aKYLOSOQpxtgf20TIV-AdDEVhhmYum8kPUs9zlHl4Na1UqrT_qQYuK0ceDLTMwBUvSYZDRGh95_8rvI_ZeTuPsJJdKIpUxlhwaPyDEthFkbvayxrykWBZwK6nhsSa1Axk_snJAdn6CF9Ci6XmOQSpPDK2VXwVFu51gtWAY04-NjdCfTOcT1ueRbC0/s2500/Ink%2021.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="884" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1o6aKYLOSOQpxtgf20TIV-AdDEVhhmYum8kPUs9zlHl4Na1UqrT_qQYuK0ceDLTMwBUvSYZDRGh95_8rvI_ZeTuPsJJdKIpUxlhwaPyDEthFkbvayxrykWBZwK6nhsSa1Axk_snJAdn6CF9Ci6XmOQSpPDK2VXwVFu51gtWAY04-NjdCfTOcT1ueRbC0/w226-h640/Ink%2021.png" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/EaqDn8" target="_blank">All images in larger size on Artstation</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqu92u4dq2GoO81mpeHx22a9T0aw-PFKUxCQenooiNV0TWKFtkUUdHLrjzwoHPx4UIowCMsDL1bOyGWJDg1MQr0EARyZtqsP0tTDisBVvnHTQ_ipw-R_2MRXA65atI5z8sELw2RcBrLyf_LJLKZ9tksmzvRNplNIia1Q03JAWVTMqqnnaJQNtMmD_i94I/s2500/ink%20harpies.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqu92u4dq2GoO81mpeHx22a9T0aw-PFKUxCQenooiNV0TWKFtkUUdHLrjzwoHPx4UIowCMsDL1bOyGWJDg1MQr0EARyZtqsP0tTDisBVvnHTQ_ipw-R_2MRXA65atI5z8sELw2RcBrLyf_LJLKZ9tksmzvRNplNIia1Q03JAWVTMqqnnaJQNtMmD_i94I/w320-h640/ink%20harpies.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.artstation.com/artwork/lR15WV" target="_blank">All images in larger sizes on Artstation</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In <b>2022</b>, I didn't manage to participate in Inktober. I was instead doing Smaugust - draw a dragon per day in August - which I had been wanting for a while, and that was so exhausting I didn't see myself do another challenge just weeks later. I wish there were twice as many hours in the day so I could do challenges and manage everything else, too. Smaugust recap coming up soon!<p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-5689576834966553692023-06-29T17:06:00.003+02:002023-06-29T17:06:25.135+02:00 Throned Fairy Queen (with timelapse GIF)<p>While I am catching everyone up on the past five (really, five?) years since my last posts, let's not forget the present - it is the most important time after all. Here is one of my recent fantasy character paintings. It is based on a sketch for a character by a client I have been illustrating an entire sci/fantasy world for. It was meant for the main character, and was one of several sketches we really liked, but only wanted one final image, so I worked on this in my own time later.<br />These days I almost always create a 3D with DAZ Studio for the character and Blender for the lighting and scenery. They are typically not what I consider presentable so I am shy to show them off; they are wonky messes that give me just enough information to fill in the gaps when combined with photos. Photo reference would be better but is so much harder to come by it's often a hindrance to me, so 3D it is.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpld5xe2qzAHO1uPo0xRODxAm02FxJXgYNUgMEhijWhpriV42E15i6VHW00B3F2EriK2ugKrujQ8HRP2uzsdeFuio7oc9JX87QLlatLv-tJUKvWaFIpx1KG7yNRVthhi0bgIWJMz2Kx7qd1shpWI0rH2ktu-N-fEuECw96mtoqPWG_yKNvwK8krRNzSCI/s2000/23%20JSL_ThronedFairyQueen.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1415" data-original-width="2000" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpld5xe2qzAHO1uPo0xRODxAm02FxJXgYNUgMEhijWhpriV42E15i6VHW00B3F2EriK2ugKrujQ8HRP2uzsdeFuio7oc9JX87QLlatLv-tJUKvWaFIpx1KG7yNRVthhi0bgIWJMz2Kx7qd1shpWI0rH2ktu-N-fEuECw96mtoqPWG_yKNvwK8krRNzSCI/w640-h452/23%20JSL_ThronedFairyQueen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><br />Without further ado, here's a time-lapse GIF showing some stages of the process: drawing (created over a messy colour sketch), colour work starting with the background, repaints of part like the headdress here, additional detailing, final pass for effects and sharpening. As you can glimpse, little is set in stone while I work, colours or hairdos can easily change if it turns out they don't work as anticipated.<br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXXXAh2Uf1JSXpN8lL6qs6YoqeDtNv8tzxzgYtqG774SywWmONnOSHDF9oBQTkBPsXAd4Dje_Svu1p7EbMnud1IodXV2CzmpLzqC5Wf97lZZjr7MbgmbVLmGzMS8h75G6FFuvEEjdUExUVMrq5G9iGnbZFrkJ51N0CRScQeI7qOa84Lk1MzyzQg8JTiQ/s800/ThronedFairy_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="800" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXXXAh2Uf1JSXpN8lL6qs6YoqeDtNv8tzxzgYtqG774SywWmONnOSHDF9oBQTkBPsXAd4Dje_Svu1p7EbMnud1IodXV2CzmpLzqC5Wf97lZZjr7MbgmbVLmGzMS8h75G6FFuvEEjdUExUVMrq5G9iGnbZFrkJ51N0CRScQeI7qOa84Lk1MzyzQg8JTiQ/w640-h453/ThronedFairy_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></div><p></p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179092707324166658.post-10651522802016445622023-06-28T17:16:00.004+02:002023-06-28T17:22:23.059+02:00Cats and Yellow Roses<p>A series of cats among yellow roses for which I was inspired by <a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/551861ece4b05ede7c5e9731/1585563559422-9ZY9WDUCJDMX875WCI7C/Djamila+Knopf_Home.jpg" target="_blank">an adorable illustration</a> by <a href="https://www.djamilaknopf.com/" target="_blank">Djamila Knopf</a><a href="https://www.djamilaknopf.com/" target="_blank"> </a>of her trademark quite scenes with dappled light. I was playing a lot with AI at the time and inspirations for the images with various models, then corrected them with photo references. I painted each on a different base, from book covers to mat board. They were meant as studies, not finished paintings, so I did not bother to polish them all that much. The are all acrylic and coloured pencils, with some ink pen for mostly whiskers (pesky whiskers. Painting cats big is better to have room for them and not leave them out, which feels wrong, or make them clumpy, which makes them look like plush toys). Except for the square one, they are 20×30cm.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ThQ0F9JwxVeP6vV4b_-hNoQc67P5da92nRY8L9LRF2GyxxobMp9LXePUpmJxDvNaghQAt3E2iHHkGNNpzGhAj73-P7JuxaEaxpd-Ae74cIXAok6r1nC74ptaB2_5YuVSGdZk03xtVEJizGWEFHiZkNRQhD15qntQ4Io-a0gqxJICVrGzcuA6Jn647f0/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%201_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1140" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ThQ0F9JwxVeP6vV4b_-hNoQc67P5da92nRY8L9LRF2GyxxobMp9LXePUpmJxDvNaghQAt3E2iHHkGNNpzGhAj73-P7JuxaEaxpd-Ae74cIXAok6r1nC74ptaB2_5YuVSGdZk03xtVEJizGWEFHiZkNRQhD15qntQ4Io-a0gqxJICVrGzcuA6Jn647f0/w608-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%201_Scan_Final.jpg" width="608" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the carton back of a watercolour paper block, some ink underpainting. This one also received a Daily Deviation badge on deviantart.com</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QL9X1J_F9Wk99_FQcHzKtyBnkSRgBWHsTHLcOmdhaudGr9YcjpDZyvVeIcrIaWoRwnyWTFwNX-q9wyZHZ-NHId_IFzzWhguUpTsRO-HA-DD6eO8MkygVnDapzaWngX4Of2oBBDZfSiWewCU_Vzosz6XEzAhWxMTQWR1cuoVK1GYaNMZwIYqWUNJrMxo/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%202_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="807" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QL9X1J_F9Wk99_FQcHzKtyBnkSRgBWHsTHLcOmdhaudGr9YcjpDZyvVeIcrIaWoRwnyWTFwNX-q9wyZHZ-NHId_IFzzWhguUpTsRO-HA-DD6eO8MkygVnDapzaWngX4Of2oBBDZfSiWewCU_Vzosz6XEzAhWxMTQWR1cuoVK1GYaNMZwIYqWUNJrMxo/w430-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%202_Scan_Final.jpg" width="430" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the cover of a book about Finland with the silhouette of Helsinki embossed on the front, you can faintly see it from the shadow-side shoulder to the right-hand border.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBVvNsOOcNgDVrOdRnxvikmbGfzT53xPw_F9cfBi7YKRjoteRJQBv72u9XKF1_Y4YF3G9noNOPGhK15hB0A0bFsEvmPp0EFFYyUAyEhkHY-DK2GqECYBMubUKcT8ui1LD-94ALvt2TMi-jkFq2p6RW0nuIb6wHh7yxKxHZwn3XGPlRBZxflYYJnnvdok/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%203_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuBVvNsOOcNgDVrOdRnxvikmbGfzT53xPw_F9cfBi7YKRjoteRJQBv72u9XKF1_Y4YF3G9noNOPGhK15hB0A0bFsEvmPp0EFFYyUAyEhkHY-DK2GqECYBMubUKcT8ui1LD-94ALvt2TMi-jkFq2p6RW0nuIb6wHh7yxKxHZwn3XGPlRBZxflYYJnnvdok/w442-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%203_Scan_Final.jpg" width="442" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On toned paper.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuxV2l2p1JUbIVH2R4MFpbJ9ZiS3ICBh7V-OnsUe7B74biM4hJtjhzxBa8FT1yirIHdEf1G9glvlPqd-wg80mYFt10B955KzGCOWJMcW9i58vbfySz8t3GL9ztHtjYI2F1jDqotne6szG7CcTnaLjbdyt75tI1YAFdoNqzuHiy8IBWYb0UTi3XTNo7uI/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%205_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="796" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuxV2l2p1JUbIVH2R4MFpbJ9ZiS3ICBh7V-OnsUe7B74biM4hJtjhzxBa8FT1yirIHdEf1G9glvlPqd-wg80mYFt10B955KzGCOWJMcW9i58vbfySz8t3GL9ztHtjYI2F1jDqotne6szG7CcTnaLjbdyt75tI1YAFdoNqzuHiy8IBWYb0UTi3XTNo7uI/w424-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%205_Scan_Final.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On canvas board. I typically dislike canvas structure especially on small formats.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0CcVH-MeXBTlk3QaujpEpooRmILD5TSKI-FT6m1YSeU30G6wrOeqP6D0iXBrW76dpjIgdDDL0eBosBFDQ9gbI7lScER3gYd7emoRJtvh6JMmGq3NNLyAnfGxJ7vdkJesX4R6kxujwpG8zTgPsESFtkAimtd9Fu7urMBrUl_egvE2NC9aZWOS08sHoQ4/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%206_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="802" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0CcVH-MeXBTlk3QaujpEpooRmILD5TSKI-FT6m1YSeU30G6wrOeqP6D0iXBrW76dpjIgdDDL0eBosBFDQ9gbI7lScER3gYd7emoRJtvh6JMmGq3NNLyAnfGxJ7vdkJesX4R6kxujwpG8zTgPsESFtkAimtd9Fu7urMBrUl_egvE2NC9aZWOS08sHoQ4/w429-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%206_Scan_Final.jpg" width="429" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the other cover of that Finland book. No embossing this time, but a velvety, soaky surface that needed gessoing.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEOTGx-Mni8kETl7L8yO_f4yFkjlc1RjeG5_CbCLAAgo-z1WTSafB-JMLAEBmM4tNMVcxtIZZm25oj_c1OVpnAedfrCG_tJJmi98JRoJT-loE2pshswpSnpTUlLzGBLaidpaonuEz8XFKzLgv1KbJpDRUYEEAytIk5tDHD-Pn4Frg4-24ses2xgCD3BA/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%207_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="813" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEOTGx-Mni8kETl7L8yO_f4yFkjlc1RjeG5_CbCLAAgo-z1WTSafB-JMLAEBmM4tNMVcxtIZZm25oj_c1OVpnAedfrCG_tJJmi98JRoJT-loE2pshswpSnpTUlLzGBLaidpaonuEz8XFKzLgv1KbJpDRUYEEAytIk5tDHD-Pn4Frg4-24ses2xgCD3BA/w434-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%207_Scan_Final.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On mat board, gessoed with just one layer, which made it slippery but sort of enjoyable.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmoDurIhGN8QE4oQV7Icxfx6KItBXsd6WsTmppbGxSb29JMcCiIIZxTPgfKtR2k6fpkZ8sdHX6uNz3qzl02VUkX_HyvAJ6i4yKn-91mfeTTmBmlNQVaFk16dYk6CbaVnnLZQiEcti8TvfgNjpziv3zSuY3uIvQNRjrz2ZwbjK3TSS2ws4k4BtqY2gKJU/s1200/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%208_Scan_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="815" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmoDurIhGN8QE4oQV7Icxfx6KItBXsd6WsTmppbGxSb29JMcCiIIZxTPgfKtR2k6fpkZ8sdHX6uNz3qzl02VUkX_HyvAJ6i4yKn-91mfeTTmBmlNQVaFk16dYk6CbaVnnLZQiEcti8TvfgNjpziv3zSuY3uIvQNRjrz2ZwbjK3TSS2ws4k4BtqY2gKJU/w434-h640/23%20JSL_Yellow%20Rose%20Cat%208_Scan_Final.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paper mounted to and old picture frame's back. I do this a lot to use the boards, but the cut-outs for the clamps and hangers make it a bit tricky because it dries differently in those spots.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All these pieces are available in <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JSLArtShop" target="_blank">my Etsy shop</a>, and half of all profits go to my local animal shelter. Everybody finds it awful to have diseased cats and dogs around but for some reason, German shelters are completely donation-financed (= chronically underfunded).</p>Ranarhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744282587929866368noreply@blogger.com0