Moar Back to the Drawing Board!
As a remedy for a sad few days, have some awesome stuff!
Day 9: Andromeda
Source. Tambako takes the most amazing animal pics, and this golden tiger is incredible.
This is not an accurate portrait of a sabertooth, nor of the Atlantean Irregulars' traveling companion, Andromeda. Nevertheless, it is A portrait. And I am pretty pleased with it. I like the eyes. Took about an hour and a half, maybe two, overall.
Day 10: Captain Savage's hairless cat.
Source. Thanks to Kinsey and his people.
I wanted to paint Captain Savage's little devil-horned gremlin cat, so I found a nice CC-licensed pic of a sphynx, and went to town. I gotta admit, I blew myself away with this one. I started out expecting to fail miserably at such a challenging subject, and . . . well. Yeah. I will go back and finish this one at some point, put some books on the bookshelf, fix up the horns, put the horns' shadows in the right place, all of that.
I am really proud of the ears. Really, really proud. Translucence is so difficult to paint. Took about six hours, though.
Day 11: Friesian in an Invisible Harness!
Source. Didn't get around to painting in the bridle.
I am really proud of the detail on the mouth, obviously. It's a really textured and soft and mobile area, and it's a challenge to convey that. I will go back and add the harness sometime, it looks weird without it. Probably put a background on there while I'm at it, since it looks awfully stark.
I am taking today off, I think. I am just tired and wrung out and I am so ready for it to be next year.
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Day 9: Andromeda
Source. Tambako takes the most amazing animal pics, and this golden tiger is incredible.
This is not an accurate portrait of a sabertooth, nor of the Atlantean Irregulars' traveling companion, Andromeda. Nevertheless, it is A portrait. And I am pretty pleased with it. I like the eyes. Took about an hour and a half, maybe two, overall.
Day 10: Captain Savage's hairless cat.
Source. Thanks to Kinsey and his people.
I wanted to paint Captain Savage's little devil-horned gremlin cat, so I found a nice CC-licensed pic of a sphynx, and went to town. I gotta admit, I blew myself away with this one. I started out expecting to fail miserably at such a challenging subject, and . . . well. Yeah. I will go back and finish this one at some point, put some books on the bookshelf, fix up the horns, put the horns' shadows in the right place, all of that.
I am really proud of the ears. Really, really proud. Translucence is so difficult to paint. Took about six hours, though.
Day 11: Friesian in an Invisible Harness!
Source. Didn't get around to painting in the bridle.
I am really proud of the detail on the mouth, obviously. It's a really textured and soft and mobile area, and it's a challenge to convey that. I will go back and add the harness sometime, it looks weird without it. Probably put a background on there while I'm at it, since it looks awfully stark.
I am taking today off, I think. I am just tired and wrung out and I am so ready for it to be next year.
X-posted from Dreamwidth. Comment count: