Monday, April 02, 2018

Ogre from Mythomorphia

I'm fast running out of pictures from Mythomorphia that I want to work on. Does anyone out there know of any other artist or illustrator putting out awesome works to color in? Or shall I go back to drawing my own pictures?

The ogre was my choice for my next piece because of its single subject of focus. I have skipped coloring in Kerby Rosanes' pictures that I think are too fiddly - three thousand objects in a panorama, like the woodland one with an assortment of squirrels, mushrooms, hills and wood nymphs. 

I picked this for its single subject of focus. 
I decided early on that I would render the ogre's battle gear in a mix of rich earthy red-browns using my Prismacolor set. Anything that struck me as bone or ivory, I colored in using a cream/ivory shade. Stuck for a contrasting color for the trim on his suit, I went with a strong teal. The color combo fairly pops. 

Once again, the background was my Archilles' heel. I was losing focus by then, and wanted it done quickly, so I pulled out my Derwent aqua color pencils, and proceeded to fill in a wash of pale blue, lilac and peach.



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