Wait a minute...

I did realize that I had completely lost the original drawing under all that digital paint.  The drawing gives the character, well, character!  I quickly got rid of that paint layer and did a very light coat of paint (at 2%).  I must not lose that drawing!  For examples of what I'm explaining you can visit Todd Harris' work at http://hog-heaven.blogspot.com/ .  He only has thick patches of paint in certain areas, and then it fades off into the original line drawing.  This is the effect I am trying to achieve.  Unfortunately I'm still heavy-handed in Painter.

Self Assignment Progress

This is just light coloring in Painter.  I want to keep the coats thin so I can still see some of the drawing underneath.   I have a tendency to go really thick in Painter, and it doesn't look as nice.  I want to give the original drawing some credit.  I'm applying flesh tones as Don Seegmiller advised - with the warm/golden tons on the forehead, red in the middle zone, and cooler colors on the bottom of the face.  She's looking a bit anime-ish at the moment with the eyes, but I'm planning on fixing that.  I want there to be more depth to this little painting. 

Self Assignment #1

     I've decided this blog is going to be way more casual, since I FINALLY have an official  website.  I'm going to post works in progress and any little thing I may be working on.  Since my office job has an excess of post-it notes I have several little drawings on them.  I blew this one up on the scanner, ready to add color in Painter.  I've been reading Don Seegmiller for new painting techniques.  Hopefully I can get to this one soon!

Disgruntled Butcher

Cat Warrior

R.A.E.

This is from an idea I had for a story about a girl with such potent mind power that she had to be sedated with advanced computer equipment. She breaks free of course, and that is where the story starts.

Dorian Gray's Daughter

I am going to have fun with Corel Painter. I need a break from my brushes and paints. I will be adding more concept/character work from now on.

Ladies of the Stage

This is the original sketch. I am working on the Corel painting for it now.

Cutlass Sue

This is a character from a story I haven't started writing yet. But it's basically the traditional girl running away from home to become a pirate story.

Hawaiian Guy & Girl

This was a fun character study.

Gesture Drawings

These are gesture drawings completed in Ryan Woodward's class at BYU.

The Wild Swans

These fairy tale paintings are from my BFA final project at BYU.

The Little Mermaid

Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella and Stepmother

Snow White

Prince Charming

Flight Dream

Griffin and Alice

Father Time

Grandpa's Flying Machine

Eryn

Figure Study

Danielle