My first serious acrylic painting, and my first of a human. One day, cover art dream job. One day.
Lessons learned:
- I hate canvas texture. With a fiery burning hate. Next painting will be on illustration board.
- Nervous about making rock texture? Just jump in! Oh the adrenalin...
- When it been a year and there is NO way that you're going to be able to replicate that skin tone, break out the water color pencils. They smudge under a damp fingertip and are quasi erasable.
- Also go for drawing red vines! And tattoos!
- Fineliner inking the vines really made them pop and helped define the thorns, which were disappearing into the background.
- Mixed media for the win!
The book, Elf Home, is now out both on Amazon and Baen. Go read it, it's EXCELLENT. Also, this painting is a giant pun, since the character's name is Thorne Scratch on Stone. *ducks flying rocks*
The beautiful stock is provided by the following:
Woman by Jagged-eye, who can also be found at DMAC Studios
Stone texture by ShinimegamiStock
Disclaimer: Thorne is owned by and copyright Wen Spencer. As is anything Tinker-Windwolf-Elfhome related. I just visit, a lot. More than I should. Maybe I should rent an apartment...
