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oboe-wan In reply to doughboycafe [2012-09-05 16:33:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, lovely. I'm glad it works so well for you. It's always a good experience to have a piece come out well when it's a character you feel strongly about.

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oboe-wan In reply to gallifreygrl182 [2012-09-01 23:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I'm glad you think so! Her profile is just too gorgeous, but I did my best.

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gallifreygrl182 In reply to oboe-wan [2012-09-02 00:01:18 +0000 UTC]

You did really well!!!

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oboe-wan In reply to Silhouette01 [2012-09-01 23:47:43 +0000 UTC]

I hope you have good luck tracking down some Key to Time. Romana and Four have amazing witty dialogue, I think you'll definitely enjoy it.

You know, sometimes I think Four may give Eleven a run for his money in the crazy department. But that might just be Tom Baker's crazy eyes and hilarious expressions.

All My Secrets:
The coloring is all watered down acrylics (sorry if that was confusing, the pencil is just boring ol' graphite for the line art).

Paint: Basically the same idea as watercolors; I mix a small amount of Liquitex acrylic paint with a much larger amount of water on a watercolor palette. I have about nine basic colors that I mix to get the particular color I want. Here the shading is mostly adding additional layers of the same color, so it's kinda just getting more saturated instead of "darker" (if that makes sense?), but there's some very dilute pink in her cheeks as well. Overall I really like the versatility of acrylics, that if I want to use the paint thick and not watered down for some effect, I have that option.

Paper: I flipflop between mixed media paper (very absorbent, but thin, and tends to curl and tear easily) and watercolor paper (thicker and sturdier but sometimes it doesn't quite suck up my paint they way I want it to). This particular piece is on cold press watercolor paper. Because cold press paper is rough, I have a hard time drawing directly on it. I also tend to erase a lot, which sometimes leaves shadows and grossness. So usually I draw my initial line art on copy paper, because I really like the smooth texture. Plus, it's cheap, so I don't feel pressured to get things right on the first try. Once I have a drawing I like, I scan it, mess with the black levels, and clean up any incomplete erasing in photoshop. Then I print the scan onto the watercolor paper, and paint that. The printer ink doesn't run even with the very watery paint, and I am terrible at inking, so this has been a pretty good system for me.

Brushes: I use various sizes of angled shaders for everything. I have other brushes. Sometimes I set them out. Sometimes I think about using them. But I just keep going back to the angled shaders! I like the fact that you can get a thick stroke, a very thin stroke, or a small point all with the same brush.

So that's the current status of my trial and error (with lots of error!) coloring process. I had a flirtation with colored pencils a while back, and while I love them dearly, I'm not terribly good with them. Certainly nowhere near the magic you work with the things!

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Silhouette01 In reply to oboe-wan [2012-09-03 18:41:50 +0000 UTC]

Ah. Paint. I’m terrified of the stuff. I’ve never been able to get using paint and a paintbrush quite right - and for that reason I’ve never practised much, so there’s that vicious circle effect for you. I’ve got a set of brushes and some watercolour paint, but I’ve never used them. They just sit in my cupboard and mildly intimidate me whenever I reach in for any art supplies.

Ah yes, I know well the old trick of converting graphite drawings to printer ink to prevent smudging. I scan in everything I want to colour, amp up the brightness so that the lines are as faint as I can get them while still being visible, clean up any smudges (in Paint, because I am a Techneanderthal) and resize to preference, then print it out and colour it. It’s useful because the coloured pencils tend to smudge graphite (gives skintones this horrible, dead pasty look) and the faint printer ink lines tend to vanish once you’ve coloured it. Also, if you stuff up, you can always just print another copy and start over!

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oboe-wan In reply to Silhouette01 [2012-09-05 18:52:17 +0000 UTC]

Aw, don't be afraid of paint! It can be a lot of fun. Though I can't really talk, because I'm pretty much the same way about ink. While it makes me feel a little better that I'm not the only person who's afraid of my art supplies, maybe we should try to overcome our fears? Or... just keep doing what we're doing?

Interesting that you actually lighten the pencil lines before you color! I usually try to hold on to my black lines, probably longer than I should. If I decide to give colored pencils another try sometime, I'll definitely remember that tip.

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Silhouette01 In reply to oboe-wan [2012-09-06 05:24:59 +0000 UTC]

I expect so. Guess I wouldn't really know, would I? Oh, I'm definitely for giving the scary media a shot, and if we're both giving it a shot, that would help with motivation. But that's going to have to be on hold for me for a while because final exams are looming on the horizon.....

I guess that all depends on what "look" you like - if you like your coloured drawings complete with lines, then you pick up the contrast instead of the brightness.

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oboe-wan In reply to Silhouette01 [2012-09-07 13:47:00 +0000 UTC]

Good luck with finals!

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Silhouette01 In reply to oboe-wan [2012-09-08 10:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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oboe-wan In reply to Eddie-Lou-Fan [2012-09-02 17:45:26 +0000 UTC]

You are too kind!

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oboe-wan In reply to derekmetaltron [2012-09-02 17:47:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Okay, you got me... I really love the Ribos Operation dress! I probably should've mixed it up a little and picked a different costume, though.

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