The moment before you lose all your shtuff WIP

[burvantill]

I decided I like the square format. I have it all drawn out on my stretched paper on my new Incredible Art Board (thankyou again to @Lee-White for mentioning it). I’m trying something a tiny bit different than my norm. No ink. Just pencil and watercolor. I think I use ink as a crutch and I want to see how this turns out without it.

[Elizabeth Rose]

Hahaha! This is great! It made me chuckle Excited to see how the experiment goes

[burvantill]

Working out values

[Chip Valecek]

@burvantill that bottom one is the winner for me. Maybe lighten the eyes up a little.

[burvantill]

@Chip-Valecek i agree. Thankyou. These are just rough value schemes, I will definitely lighten the eyes.

Below are my color schemes. I have found that when I decide on value then move to color that the color doesn't work as well when I stay true to the value scheme I chose. I cheated a bit on some of the color comps. I used my value schemes as a guide for different color schemes through out the pic. Am I making sense? Lol. One lessen I learned in Color Theory class is the 70-20-10 split where 70% is the general non supporting area, 20 is the main supporting area and 10 is the focal point. Can I pull it off. We will see.

The bottom left is the one that I stayed true to the value comp.

[Chip Valecek]

@burvantill do you use layer modes when you are placing your colors over your values?

[burvantill]

@Chip-Valecek I do both. Color mode and just eyeballing. I normally sample the value then try and match it in the colors window (procreate). I didn’t like how dark the main boy was getting with the color mode on this one so I went off script. That just tells me that I need work on my value schemes. I’m happy with the upper left color scheme. With a couple adjustments. I started painting after lunch today.

[Chip Valecek]

@burvantill usually if the color mode is to dark i will use overlay mode and that seems to be bright enough most the time. Looking forward to seeing this one painted.

[burvantill]

Here’s my final. Just for giggles I turned it greyscale in PS and it was not even close to my value studies. Lol. Granted I was making some changes on the fly. The choice to make the path lighter than the background was a conscious one.

[Chip Valecek]

@burvantill i love his blank stare, its almost like you can here him saying "Oh Sh*T"

[burvantill]

@Chip-Valecek awesome. That is what I was going for. I drew about 10 sets of eyeballs just trying to get the right expression

[Chip Valecek]

@burvantill I think you nailed it. Great work.