Ink fairy - WIP

Braxton

Really cute! For me, the character in the costume reads really well (and is a great Halloween costume idea btw!), but the fairy itself doesn’t scream “ink fairy” to me quite as much as it maybe cold? Also looking at the background, I see some drawings and stuff that could be related to the story, but I’m not totally sure?

Braxton

Also, just a thought: if the ink fairy loves ink bottles, maybe he would be really excited to see such a big one (i.e. Ellie)

demotlj

@Braxton It's a m-ink fairy I will make him (her?) blacker to be more ink-like but I decided to draw an animal instead of a more typical fairy because I like drawing animals more than people. This was also a good reason to stick Ellie in a costume!

I'll work on the fairy's expression. I think you are right that a little more anticipation or delight or surprise would be good.

Braxton

Love the idea of the fairy (not sure why I gendered them!) as an animal, especially a mink

Scharon

@demotlj this is great :)) !

demotlj

So here is what I finally came up with. I started out trying to do it with actual ink washes and dip pen but wasn’t liking how the washes were working so I went to Procreate and did essentially the same thing except digitally. I’ll probably call it done unless someone sees something glaringly (is that a word?) wrong.

(just noticed that Ellie apparently has her ink in gallon sized bottles! Or 4 liter bottles for the metric crowd.)

Braxton

Love it! The cross-hatching gives it a great atmosphere.

Braxton

@demotlj Can I ask what brushes you used in procreate?

demotlj

@Braxton Just the studio pen because I was trying as much as possible to replicate real inking. I did do a light wash at the end with a watercolor brush to just tie everything together and also put a layer of "hot press paper" on multiply after finishing the whole thing to give it the paper texture that I would get if I did it traditionally, but it's 99% black inking with the studio pen.

Braxton

@demotlj thanks!

aska

fun idea!