Still raining... too cold for the pool. :(

[aruarian_dancer]

So I drew some more... I should clean the house and do the laundry, too, I suppose. XD
Here's my new OC Stephanie the Siamese as Madam Red from Kuroshitsuji.  MeeeeOw!  lol  I can already tell that I'm going to have lots of fun with her.  She's great! ^_^ 

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[liralen]

She *is* great.

And it is too cold for the pool. *sniff*

[aruarian_dancer]

Thanks!!

The sun has come out! I think I'm going to go freeze my buns in the pool now! XDD

[liralen]

The sun's still not out, but the boys have gone to freeze theirs off. I'm going to be a wimp and ride the exercise bike in the basement.

[aruarian_dancer]

We had the window of opportunity that was maybe 2 hours. Now, we are having another thunder/rain storm passing over us. I just got inside in time for the wind to really pick up... Oh, well, we can use the precipitation for sure. XD

[bftly]

Stephanie looks fantastic as Madam Red!! The colour red looks great on her, out of curiosity, how do you get that light brown effect around her nose?

[aruarian_dancer]

Thank you!!!

The pencil sketch was scanned, and I "painted" over it with the Corel Painter's "watercolor round" brush to give the color. I "painted" cream first, then put the "brown" over.

When I do these in a cleaned out version, I usually mainly use "soft chalk" throughout for most of the coloring.

[bftly]

I just love how the brown on her nose looks so natural and how it fades towards the outer edges...

Do you prefer/use to actually do artwork by hand or on computer - or both?

[aruarian_dancer]

I was actually pleasantly surprised, when I got my tablet, just how similar digital drawing still is to pencil/pen on paper. I hand draw everything on the tablet, using Corel Painter. I don't use any line making tools that create perfect curves and straight lines. Everything that I've done so far could have been done on paper with traditional media. What I like about digital art is that it affords me the all-powerful "undo" function, so I don't waste my time or supply when a mistake is made. And having "layers" to work with, instead of single canvas, makes things so much easier.

I still do all base drawing/initial sketch with a pencil on paper because I like the resistance of the pencil lead against the paper surface. Stylus on tablet is too smooth.