NAARMAMO - Day #1
So, Day 1 of NAARMAMO, and I had no idea what to do. I was, to paraphrase Edmund Blackadder, more stuck than Sticky the Stick Insect when he got stuck on a sticky bun, and hoping I could somehow make a better show of it than last year's rather less-than-impressive total of four drawings...
...and I still need a bloody scanner. :P
However. After an hour spent scribbling aimlessly on the pad...upon rereading today's post in naarmamo , I saw once more someone's rather lovely painting of a camel I had earlier admired: and lo, I instantly declared it CAMEL TIEM.
So, here we go. Freehand, with a screenshot from The Four Feathers used for reference, photographed to the best of mine and a wheezy, vampirically battery-draining camera's ability...soldierboyo on camel. (I know I have repeatedly bitched about the inclusion of red coats in The Four Feathers, but if they can operate entirely on Rule Of Pretty, then so can I.)
Colour is a tad smoother and darker in the original, there are a few wee cock-ups, and the Martini is too short ['cause I am not terribly gifted in the whole rendering-things-in-proportion area]. And it really shouldn't take umpteen radio episodes' time of Yes Minister and Don Camillo to draw and colour a very uncomplicated picture. But overall, I'm actually quite chuffed with this. Especially the camel's expression. XD
...and I still need a bloody scanner. :P
However. After an hour spent scribbling aimlessly on the pad...upon rereading today's post in naarmamo , I saw once more someone's rather lovely painting of a camel I had earlier admired: and lo, I instantly declared it CAMEL TIEM.
So, here we go. Freehand, with a screenshot from The Four Feathers used for reference, photographed to the best of mine and a wheezy, vampirically battery-draining camera's ability...soldierboyo on camel. (I know I have repeatedly bitched about the inclusion of red coats in The Four Feathers, but if they can operate entirely on Rule Of Pretty, then so can I.)
Colour is a tad smoother and darker in the original, there are a few wee cock-ups, and the Martini is too short ['cause I am not terribly gifted in the whole rendering-things-in-proportion area]. And it really shouldn't take umpteen radio episodes' time of Yes Minister and Don Camillo to draw and colour a very uncomplicated picture. But overall, I'm actually quite chuffed with this. Especially the camel's expression. XD