Art: See, I don't really HATE Paul

[melisus]

Not much to say here except for the fact that I really probably should not have spent my entire evening doing this. But the urge hit me and the drawing just happened, so what can I do? I'm a slave to my creative whims.

Title: And they're having a lovely time!
Fandom: The Beatles
Character: The red-nosed wizard McCartney
Notes: When I started, I

Comments

The bus is ten miles north on the Dewsbury Road...

[glockgal]

...and they're having a lovely time!

omg the way quotes from the entire wizard sequence made way into regular friend-speak from high school to now! Even to this day, BFF will ask "Where'th the buth?" XD

ANYWAY, I'm just saying, that, you know. This demands fic where Paul is a substitute teacher for DADA during the Marauder Era, or something. Just saying. >.> At least, this is all I could think of when I re-watched MMT, and seeing wizard!Paul in fanart form only solidifies my theory.

AND NOW, THE LARCH TECHNICAL STUFF:
OMG you made the pen tool work how it should work!! Beziers still drive me NUTS, so though I've kinda learned it, I never really got used to it and went back to using paintbrush to ink. Paintbrush only starts to make sense the more you use it; at first I too was like 'wtf this is easier to do manually' as well.

But the beauty of pen tool is indeed how well it imitates actual inking brushstrokes, as if you used a calligraphic pen to ink. Plus, the lines are so much more smoother and crisp because they're vector. I really like how you did it, and if it's easier for you to use than PShop painbrush, I say go for it!! Because you have great control of it! (then I'll be inspired/motivated to do so as well; omg I'm seriously just single brown femaling you fandom-wise, fwaahaaaaa).

I think if you keep working at your colouring techniques, then combined with your style and your use of the pen tool inking, you could recreate a really ripping lentil soup watercolour 'look', digitally. *THUMBS UP*

Re: The bus is ten miles north on the Dewsbury Road...

[melisus]

Whenever I reference this movie (and that scene) NO ONE EVER GETS IT. Ugh, the people I know around me are so disappointing sometimes!

Ahahaha, yes, that would be a BRILLIANT crossover fic! Oh the whacky hijinks of Professor McCartney!

I'm glad you think it worked out! I kind of like it myself and while it's a pain to ink with the pen tool because it takes FOREVER, I like the payoff. And yeah, I need to work on my colouring techniques and find a style that suits me. (OH COLOUR THEORY, WE NEVER DID MUCH WITH YOU IN ART CLASS AND I SUFFER FOR IT NOW) My main problem is trying to find something that ends up looking organic instead of bold colours, because when I draw in black and white I layer and get all sketchy and stuff, but the moment I try and add colour all my drawings tend to lose their life.