Butterfly race WIP
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@demotlj I really like the thumbnail in red, I think it is getting there. I think you need to keep pushing this composition. I love the reference you brought up of the mouse because we get a sense of scale from the fact that the mouse overlaps the horizon that the cows are on. I think you can use this same principle in your drawing by having the butterfly directly covering up some of the horses. right now it's covering some of their feet and I think that is because you dont want to cover the horses, but remember, Skippy is your focal point (That's my assumption) and if he covers horses thats ok!
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@andersoncarman Good point about Skippy covering the horses. I tried developing the other scene but am not liking the way it is going and keep coming back to the thumbnail in red (the horses thundering down the track). I think I'll switch to playing with that one some more now and see where it goes.
This morning before work, I was so tired of trying to figure this out that I drew this:
I'll get serious again about it tonight though. Thanks for your encouragement.
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After lots of failed sketches, here is the design I am going with. On to clean up and inking.
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Sketch 2.0. Nest, tracing it onto watercolor paper to ink. (The butterfly is gray just so I could move him around on a separate layer and he would cover the horses.)
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I did a quick line and wash of part of the detail of my final drawing to see how it would look. I’m using a dip pen which is new to me, and I can see some things in the drawing and inking that I need to change but in general, I like the look.
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Looks great! I like the feel of the racers. Can’t wait to see it!
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First inking pass. (Why is it you only see all of the tangents after you've posted something?!)
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First watercolor wash. I’ll darken the values and add details in the next pass. I’m trying to do this all traditionally but I already see some things I’ll have to correct in Procreate. Sigh.
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Here is my final (?) piece but I'm trying to decide on cropping. The first is the full thung and the second is cropped. Any thoughts?