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Since discovering with the help of =ArmadaRyu that Micron pens don't run when you paint over them, I've been having an insatiable urge to watercolor! I also thought it was about time I got back into the swing of the #ATC-Exchange weekly challenges, PLUS I needed to draw me a Harper because he gets no love.
He's definitely an alien, so I think he fits this week's challenge all right. 
2.5"x3.5", watercolor, white gel pen and ink on bristol.
On the off chance that anyone wants to purchase this bad boy, send me a note and we can work something out.
This has been sold! Thank you! 
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Thank you! I really do love Harper, in spite of the fact that I almost never draw him. I really should do him more, because that leaf hair always makes me happy!
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I love to draw all my characters, it's a little sad.
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Not sad at all. I'm the same way. I don't think you could EVER bore us with your incredible work.
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wow that's really amazing for having such details on such a small canvas *A* very very well done~
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Thank you!
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Very lovely! I really like the colours in this one, particularly in the sky. Hurrah for some Harper love!
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YESS, I was totally thinking I needed to give him some art-love. He doesn't get nearly enough of it.
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I really like how you do the face, and the details and shapes in the body (eg. the muscles in the arm, the material folds in the clothing, it looks ace.) Does he have leaves for hair?
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Thank you! I've actually never done such tight rendering with paint before, but all the digital experimenting I've been doing lately made me a good deal more confident in my shading. He does indeed have leaves for hair-- he's a Xelosian, which is similar to an elf except they're symbiotically connected with plant life.
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Definitely sounds like an interesting character/race
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This reminds me of Treasure Plant! I love the background! This is very well drawn! Is that wite out pen? Or paint? I've noticed a lot of people are using white out pen lately. >__>
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Thank you!
The stars done with a white Gelly Roll pen on top of the dried watercolor. I like the gel pens because they're not quite as clumpy as a white-out one, but still decently opaque. =chen-san uses white gel pens for highlights ALL over the place to great effect.
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O! Experimentation equals fun.
I like the look of it. And kinda small too. Nice detail work, then.
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Indeed it does! 
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Small can be fun at times... I was mainly intrigued by the water coloring, though. Feels like a weird challenge to take up sometime for myself.
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Wow, nice watercolors! Is his hair leaves? *_* It's AWESOME! And sure it's interesting!
Is the character yours?
You always put so many details in tiny papers like this!! I like how you did the stars! Is it white ink?
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Aw, yay! I'm so glad you like it. Yes, his hair is indeed made of all leaves. He's a Xelosian, and they're similar to elves except they're symbiotic with plants. He's mine insofar as any of these guys are mine-- Alan made him up, but I designed him. He's on Rian's crew and I haven't drawn him in WAY too long.
The stars are done with one of those Sakura Gelly Roll pens, I just used the white one. Pretty convenient!
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Yay! I love the stars and his contemplative expression
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Thank you!
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I like the atmosphere of the night sky in this work.
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Thanks!
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pfff *____* I'm in love with this
watercolours are awesome (I just started my lessons for them, I'm so eager) and I'm still in awe because this is... so small and yet so detailed in everything 
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EEEE, thank you!!
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I wouldn't have put him down as a bit of a jerk, but there you go, what do I know! I like the starry sky - I know it's an easy one to do, but it looks good
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He's not a SERIOUS jerk (at least, not in the same way that Malachi's a jerk, or even Pirossa), he's just embittered and REALLY sarcastic and has a whole lot of walls you have to break down (or bypass, or dig under) to get to know him. Once you do, he's awesome. When she became captain, Rian would have made him her first mate except for the fact that he didn't particularly want the job because it'd mean he'd have to actually talk to people.
Glad you like the sky... I wasn't exactly sure how well I'd be able to pull it off with watercolor, but here we are. 
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I like Harper! Glad you portrayed him!
He appears so rarely in your gallery...
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I KNOW, it's terrible! I did a ton of unfinished pictures of him and Rian back in the day, and a couple of them even have backgrounds! I think I might have to finish a couple.
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looking forward too see it,then!^^
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Indeed! I'm rediscovering them again, it's been a while.
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Thank you thank you, they certainly are.
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he is a very very sexy man! Rashida would just die for his cheek bones and jawline, she would be like "I want to be all over that but I cant because I got a stick shoved to far up my bum to admit I like anyone" lol.
You did a really great job on this! I love his hair its so leafy!
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Huhuuu, thank you!!
I'm really glad you like it!!
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Well I would like to see more of him!
I recommend you draw more of him
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Aw, thank you! (It looks much better in person, by the way.
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He is quite charming, isnt he?
By the off-chance, do you fancy the work of Wendy Pini as well (have we had this conversation?!)? Its the cheekbones.
I like the use of warm shadows here as well. I'm trying to convince myself to do the same.
MICRONS! 
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Aff, thank youuuu.
We have NOT had this conversation (though I know what you mean, I know I've had some conversations multiple times with multiple people). I'm actually not huge on Pini... the most of her stuff I've seen has been her work on ElfQuest, which I wanted to like but didn't because of the art. It's the giant eyes/heart-shaped faces thing, I think; I generally like more of a jaw and chin. But you're right, she does love the cheekbones (as do I
Do you have an inking tool you like better than Microns? I've used the Staedtler Lumograph pens, the Faber-Castell Pitt artist pens, nib pens, and those ultra-ultra thing Copic microliners, but of all of them I just like the Microns best. None of the mess of dip pens, more tip variation than the Faber-Castell, and they don't wear out as quickly as the Staedtler and the Copic.
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Microns are defiantly my favorites when it comes to inking but its been a while since Iβve used them, unfortunately. Before that I used crow-quills but, like you said, theyβre a mess. And I would always end up with huge blots and splotches and trashed nibs
I stop inking things in an attempt to convince myself to focus on form and modeling. My work for the most part is very linear, so I was having a difficult time painting convincing 3-d shapes. So, I stopped letting myself use inked line on paintings. I have a box full of red and blue microns that I would love to find an excuse to use but currentlyβ¦I have none. x.x I havenβt inked in so longβ¦Iβd probably lame it all up.
I do know people who use Rapidograph pens, but I think those are equivalent to the Straedlter ones. They have very little line variety because theyβre meant to be technical pens.
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Ah, yeah, I do that sometimes. For lineless form and modeling, though, traditional media has completely fallen out of favor with me; if I ever want to practice with that, I use Photoshop. I used to be diehard into traditional media, but I HATE mess and especially things like thick paint, so once I learned better how to use it, I gravitated to pristine, cleanup-free digital stuff. I've played with lineless work every now and then, but really, I'm just so in love with line that I can't see ever getting rid of it for more than just practice.
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I agree. Line: it's frickin' awesome!
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Thank you!
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