This was going to be a complicated piece, lots of figures, architecture, magic, shadows… y’know, the usual.
This is a private commission. I worked out some pencils after abandoning the digital sketch… well, not completely abandoning. I printed out the digital sketch as a non-photo blue, because (thanks to Clip art studio) I knew I had the proper 3 pt perspective I wanted, as well as the rough shapes where I wanted them. Yes, that is 3 pt, not 2 pt… just the 3rd vertical is waaaay out there.
I thought I would share the blue line as you can see it is kinda of an eclectic mess… but despite that, I knew where and what I wanted to do as I moved through the piece with pencil. I punched up the second image with contrast/levels.
Final will be digital. Colors will be tans and grays for the most part, with Feltrin’s magic “rainbow” being as chromatic as I can get with blues and greens to pop off the background.
Several folks wanted to see some work process stuff… so I thought this might make them interested.
Looks great! I have never been artistic, so I’m always in awe when I see stuff like this.
Brian, glad you liked it. I have been doing art for decades… it has been a slog and I still feel like there is so much more to master. The quest to do better art never ends (while alive).
As usual, you never fail to impress me. Great work.
Aw, thanks Damian, thanks for taking the time to write such nice things.