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At the Roost

Sep 13, 2007 21:52

This picture was inspired by Fernwithy's "Marauder's Roost." It takes place right after Victoire Apparates to Teddy's island. (I keep hearing the Irish guy from Braveheart: "It's my island!")

( At the Roost )

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Comments 10

fernwithy September 14 2007, 03:38:25 UTC

What a neat angle! I really love this. Thank you for drawing it!

obsfuscation September 14 2007, 03:57:40 UTC

Seriously? Thank you for writing it. I so enjoy your stories, and this one was just a bucket full of happy. :)

At the risk of freaking you out... soonest_mended September 14 2007, 05:01:37 UTC

I lurk over at Fernwithy's LJ and found you through her link, so I didn't *quite* just drop in off the street. I do have a couple of things to mention:

1. Good grief, your lineart is gorgeous. Cloud curlicues, the boldness of the inking on Teddy-hawk, the skill in shaping and drawing-- I applaud you.

2. Colored pencils have a couple of tricks to them, some of which I'm very familiar with and some of which I'm less familiar with, but can point you toward, if you're interested in any of them.

3. Did I mention how gorgeous your lineart is? Holy goo.

Re: At the risk of freaking you out... obsfuscation September 14 2007, 15:08:30 UTC

Thank you! Inking is close to my heart, so I really appreciate your kind words regarding the lineart.

I would absolutely appreciate any tips you could give me about colored pencils. I don't use them often, and I could really tell that. :)

And thanks for coming here. I'm not freaked out at all; I like concrit and I really like pointers. :)

Re: At the risk of freaking you out... soonest_mended September 17 2007, 02:31:24 UTC

Hurrah! I dearly love inking too, especially when it's done well-- not just a quick scratch over pencil lines, as is so common nowadays, but this kind of inking (with its variable line thickness and attention to foreground vs. background ( ... )

excellent tips! obsfuscation September 18 2007, 14:46:03 UTC

Thank you for the tips! I will definitely try those out. I'm just not as comfortable with colored pencil- which seems like a great reason to try and use them more, actually.

Chemically breaking the wax sounds really interesting. Part of me thinks, though, that if you're using colored pencils, you might want them to look like, you know, colored pencils. :)

I hope we get to see the next phase in the tablet landscape. :)

miseri September 14 2007, 17:26:53 UTC

Nonsense, I think you did very very well with the coloured pencils. The colour gradations on the hawk wings are really quite excellent, and I like the way you use the pencil strokes on the grass. The sea is, I think, the only thing that hasn't turned out well, and who cares about that when everything else works?

obsfuscation September 14 2007, 19:24:27 UTC

Thank you. That makes me feel better about it. The sea ended up looking too Meditteranean at first, so I tried to make it darker and more Orkney-ish. Oh, well. But hopefully the eye is drawn more towards the top of the picture anyway.

gloryforever September 14 2007, 22:42:09 UTC

Here through fernwithy's LJ. Awesome drawing, you are indeed very talented. Do you think we could see the scanned line art?

obsfuscation September 15 2007, 01:51:41 UTC

Thanks! The line art is here:

http://s228.photobucket.com/albums/ee174/obsfuscation/?action=view¤t=tedvicbw2.jpg

I forgot that I added in the clouds after I scanned it. :)