Attribution / Licensing

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

New Tools

I had bought these a few months ago and am only now getting to play with them, see what they can do.

Koh-I-Noor watercolour pencilcrayons.
They weren't my first [or second or third] choice, but given that everything else was out of stock at the time and I was on a time constraint, I figured I'd trust what the lady was telling me and add them to my bundle of goodies I was ordering.
That was back just before Christmas and now I'm finally breaking them open to see what the deal is.

I tried something different for Harley's gun.. instead of a typical pop-gun, I figured, why not a circus air-cannon, but with a wick?



So, this is a simply Harley Quinn on watercolour postcard paper.
To start, I coloured with the pencilcrayons normally- and it showed the grainy surface of the postcard. Then I dipped the tip into a shotglass of water and "painted" with it - it came off the tip like paint, smooth and rich, but didn't go very far. Then I put some colour down, dipped the eraser-end [it's just rounded, no eraser or exposed end] and blended/smoothed the colour around, which produced a very watercolour-esque style, but with much less control or precision than a brush would give. Most noticeable on the mallet and Harley's arm where the black is a lighter gray.

Speaking of precision - these are soft-lead pencil crayons but they withstand a good deal of pressure. However, "painting" with them, they blunt very quickly. I used a Copic red marker for Harley's lips.
I foresee some fun abstract art with these things.

I bought them from Curry's Art Store [online] and it's the 24-pencil set. So far, I'm pleased with them!

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Flatting

I'm not educated in the lingo of publishing, illustration or arts.
I know what I know because I've had to learn it. If you'd've asked me what a flatter was years ago, my answer would've had more to do with laying carpet than comics.

Personally, I find flatting takes the most time, and shading, blending, low-light and highlighting things are what I'm quicker at.

Below are some examples of flats, and then the finished colours.
the Kings Watch pages were provided by Nate Cosby for one of his Colourist Hunts,
the X-men pages were provided for the Chris Sotomayor course - Intro to Colouring,
and the Halloween lineart was provided by Lar de Souza of the webcomics Least I Could Do and Looking For Group..and of course, his cartooning / caricaturing.

Kings Watch flats
Kings Watch colours


Lar's line art flat

Lar's line art coloured