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I'd been posting all the WIPs for the painting I finished yesterday individually, but I thought it would be kind of neat to put them all into one piece so people could see the effect all at once. Here you can see it go from concept sketch, to the individual layers I used to create the background, the composite image I made with my lightbox to bring the whole sketch together, the composite again after the lines were transferred to the illustration board, and the various stages of applying paint to the image.
I probably should have used frisket for this, but I didn't. It was all just itty bitty brushes for the detail work, being careful, and paying attention. The darker painted images were shot without a camera flash. Near the end you can see an example of the SHINY metallic acrylic ink I added to the dress, and the last is the finished piece, which is in my gallery.
I still think it turned out pretty cool. ^_^
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I probably should have used frisket for this, but I didn't. It was all just itty bitty brushes for the detail work, being careful, and paying attention. The darker painted images were shot without a camera flash. Near the end you can see an example of the SHINY metallic acrylic ink I added to the dress, and the last is the finished piece, which is in my gallery.
I still think it turned out pretty cool. ^_^
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Like this image and want to use it? Check my Art Usage Guidelines for more information.
Category Artwork (Traditional) / General Furry Art
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 1000 x 797px
File Size 174 kB
It's astounding to see all the stages next to each other in one composite image...that is an amazing amount of work! I had no idea that sketches could be layered like that. How did the lines get from the layered sketches to the composite board? You didn't re-draw the entire thing, did you? @.@
Once I had everything composited with the lightbox, I taped the sketch to the illustration board with a piece of graphite transfer paper under it. I went back over the sketch with red lead in my pencil so I knew I hadn't forgotten to trace over anything. The pressure transfers the lines onto the surface of the board very faintly. Then after I untaped the sketch, I took the pencil with regular 2B lead in it, and went over the lines on the illustration board again so that I could see what I was working with when I began painting. It's a long process, but it works really well without having to try and copy the image over by eye.
Yep, it was a lot of work all around. c.c See, it's stuff like this that makes me get snarky when I get bitched at for having commission rates that are "too expensive". Nobody seems to realize the sheer amount of work that goes into traditional art. I'd have to ask a minimum of $150 for this piece to feel like I wasn't getting totally ripped off for my work. I spent five solid days on this. x_x
Yah; five days multiplied by six hours per day (at the least!) multiplied by USD$8.25 (minimum wage, at least in California) is USD$247.50...and that's just covering your time. How much in art supplies do you think was expended? Another USD$10-20? Going just by that, this piece would be worth about USD$260. At least. :>
But of course, the general consensus among non-artists is that All Artists are Angsty, so no one appreciates that much time and effort. :( Maybe everyone's too used to *click* flood fill?
But of course, the general consensus among non-artists is that All Artists are Angsty, so no one appreciates that much time and effort. :( Maybe everyone's too used to *click* flood fill?
Sometimes I think so. It's not helped by the glut of artists who are willing to practically give their work away for pennies. Now, that's a lot easier for digital artists who don't feel like it costs them anything to sell cheap tablet doodles made in a pirated copy of photoshop... but I can't do that. Moreover, I won't. c.c I would rather draw for free outright (and I have) than sell my work for a pittance. Now, while I'm somewhat dismayed by the trend I see in other artists, I'm not responsible for how they decide to price their things, anymore than they're responsible for how I price mine. I do get kind of cheezed off when someone comes to me and expects me to price match my rates with another artist selling at bottom of the barrel prices, though. c.c I am not Walmart. I wish more people realized that.
Some people think that giving away something for free instead of making any money off it is silly. Then again, they're probably the ones with the pirated Photoshop and/or a fully legal Adobe suite that they could actually afford because they have other jobs and aren't--gah, how do I say it--'living' the artist life?--and are just making art for attention. They make art but they aren't artists? Gosh, that sounds stuck up--and I don't 'live' the artist's life either, so I probably shouldn't be talking, and now I'm not sure what I meant to say there and don't have a better way to say it.
At any rate, I feel similarly--if something is going to be sold, by golly, it should be bought for some amount that acknowledges the effort and love and sweat and tears put into it--anything less is disrespectful to the art and artist. Work and effort apparently isn't as valuable in this age of instant digital gratification.
But I don't want to flood your comment board with complaints about prices and people. After all...it's all about the art. This beautiful and lovely and fluffy and gloriously complicated piece of art. Yaaaaaaaaar! :>
At any rate, I feel similarly--if something is going to be sold, by golly, it should be bought for some amount that acknowledges the effort and love and sweat and tears put into it--anything less is disrespectful to the art and artist. Work and effort apparently isn't as valuable in this age of instant digital gratification.
But I don't want to flood your comment board with complaints about prices and people. After all...it's all about the art. This beautiful and lovely and fluffy and gloriously complicated piece of art. Yaaaaaaaaar! :>
*lol* That's okay. We all need to vent now and again. I feel much the same. It's just frustrating trying to explain to people why they ought to pay what a piece is worth. My take on it is, if you're looking for MY work, done in MY style, be decent enough to respect what I'm asking for it, or negotiate installments with me. Don't whine that someone else's art is cheaper. I have no problem with people going elsewhere and spending their money on other folks' art instead. I just abhor the implication that I ought to drop my own prices to nothing just because someone else is.
Hehehe, and I'm glad you like my piece. I really enjoyed being able to show off the process while I worked on it. On some level, it's always about attention. Why create things if you aren't going to show them off, after all? =D
Hehehe, and I'm glad you like my piece. I really enjoyed being able to show off the process while I worked on it. On some level, it's always about attention. Why create things if you aren't going to show them off, after all? =D
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