Little Quinn is still under the weather, but in good spirits. Hopefully Drew will be back at the board tomorrow. At least I've been able to get some time in and finish up the inks for Guy and Ice. I've cleaned up some line-weight issues and superfluous blue line. I've added the star field back in place, which always makes any hologram look fancier.
David was curious as to how the whole 'black with stars' thing actually gets accomplished, so maybe a few others might like this explained as well. After the line work of the piece is completed (not so important with printed blue-line, but very important with work over graphite because the graphite can be lifted from the page), I adhere a sheet of low-tack Frisket film to the page. Frisket is a clear vinyl masking/stenciling tool used primarily in air-brush work. With an x-acto knife I remove the areas that I'll be working with, leaving the remainder of the page protected. With a toothbrush (try finding a plain, flat toothbrush anymore - it's impossible) I apply the 'cosmic cloud' effect by lightly dipping the brush into some Titanium White acrylic paint and scrubbing the brush (quickly) across the tip of my thumb. This randomly spatters fine white dots across the star field. Then with a size 0 sable barrel brush, I spot in larger stars. It's a really effective way to quickly bring a bit of realistic sky into a background.
Thanks for tuning in, we'll try to quickly get on to the next piece on the list (Monte's Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, I believe). I'm awaiting shipment from Drew of KT's three WonderWoman commissions to ink over the pencils, so stay tuned for that. I don't think anyone will complain about seeing those again!
Best,
Ray
Hi Ray, nice job and you answered the question I had in mind to ask. In my experience the best place to get a flat toothbrush is in hotel rooms as part of the complimentary kit you sometimes get!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing those Wonder Woman pieces inked!.
Awesome, I thought I might get that retort from a well traveled person. The 'travel size' brushes that you can purchase in stores are the same, but I'm a 6' 2" guy that finds those things impossible to hold in the way that's necessary. I'm very happy to find that someone offered up a very good solution for me, and now that you've reminded me I'll probably go buy a few.
ReplyDeleteDrew will send me the WonderWoman pieces tomorrow, Quinn being well enough to get back to day care. You'll be seeing KT's commissions back to the window soon.
Best,
Ray