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EDIT: Here it is painted. I've been working hard! I still intend to add things to it via photoshop (small effects here and there) as well as smooth it out but over all, this is the general idea....The corner up by the Red Queen needs some filling, dont you think? Probably gonna add something there as a background element with photoshop, but yeah...sorry about the poor photo quality at the moment!

Bi-Weekly Draw Fest: Candyland

Next theme is "Candyland!"

Not necessarily the game but I wanted to bring to mind that sort of just childish fun visual so I decided to go with that name for the theme.

Size: 9 x 12

Specifics: Anything candy related, preferably along the lines of it being a whole other world..

Due: Feb 10th

Notes: Have fun with it!

Every time I get close to you...

So this is the art I created for Kathy. I hope she likes it...I'm interested in seeing how the Giclee prints turn out. I got a notice today that they were shipped this morning FedEx Ground so I should get them approximately....never, lolz. Or so is the word around the water cooler.

I really hope she likes it though. It gave me unexpected problems throughout the process, which was random, lolz. I busted the drawing out without any complications whatsoever, but then when I went to paint I had giant "*points at paper* NANI!?" moments, lolz. I put the words in there cause...they worked! Her face was like, "is she sad, is she happy, what is she? WHAT?"
and that was the end result -____-

I've had a slow couple days due to some uh, obsessive behaviors >> but I'm hoping to get it back together today xD I finished the ink for my Cheshire (finally, ahaha... ) and hope to get it painted if I don't get too retarded in the process. I also started a Mad Hatter but that was epic fail for some reason so I may play with that some more, as I don't wanna do much of anything on Bi-Weekly until its open to everyone. Don't wanna be unfair!

Anyway...click the title for a wonderful video and rather relaxing song. =]

Ladies of Wonderland

Okay, so, Im actually rather happy with the watercolor process so far, the tragedy lies in my scanner. It cannot scan in a non blurry piece for the life of it, so i'll have to take all my images in to be scanned in clear before I can do any computer editing, which is a downfall. Anyway, heres what I got so far...

Subject One:

The White Rabbit

Heres the (albeit) horrible scan in of my White Rabbit. I fiddled very briefly with the saturation in the computer, but have yet to give it full attention due to the low quality of the scan to start with. I cant decide if I want to add some digital effects in via photoshop yet or not. Im rather enjoying the texture to the piece however.

Subject Two:

The Red Queen

When I first started sketching ideas for the queen, I had her very sultry, but soon decided against that. She needed to be sexy, but not too much, which I felt would be expected of the Queen of Hearts. But she's not just a normal queen, is she? Shes flippin' mad. So I have her more coy than my initial sketches, with roses and mini crowns floating in the back. Unsure on colors yet but leaning towards deep rubys, golds, and blacks. Some purple tones. This will be a very saturated piece.

Subject Three:

Alice

Heres my Alice. I wanted her outfit to be very sexual to contrast the little girl image of Alice, but I kept her face a full mask. It will be painted start white, with rose colored cheeks and lips, to play off that child image everyone has. Her corset will be that beautiful baby blue, while the frill, bow, and most likely the stockings will be white. Hair is blonde of course. Unsure on background colors ...thinking a wash of blue...? So far this is my least favorite of the set. Unsure what it is exactly, but something isn't meshing to me.

Color suggestions welcome!