Okay, so today begins my 30-day trial of training from Hell, Kojiro Hyuga style making a picture every day to improve my art skills. Day 1, only 29 to go!
I painted this today. For the first time in a long while, I used references to draw. When I use refs, I feel like a cheater. I get constantly told I need to improve anatomy, and I guess I can only do it using references. So I made Lei pose naked for me in a bunch of floor poses… After taking about 500 pictures and melting my panties, I chose this one.
And guess what… this is the first illustration for Forbidden: New Days, a.k.a. Forbidden 2. Do you remember when Lei tells Sween of a fur rug in front of the fireplace…? Heh heh. Forbidden: New Days is at 80% completion right now. I’d like to publish it in a couple of months, we’ll see. I want the first three novels out by the end of the year.
Overall, this picture isn’t bad. Nowhere where I want to be, though. I wanted the fireplace in the picture, but ran out of space (digital artists never have this problem…) So that yellowish light comes from where the lit fireplace is. The picture is cropped; Lei has an erection in the original.
The specifics:
• Time taken: Approximately seven hours.
• Media used: watercolor pencils with some touches of micromarker and pencil. Warm white 75 grams watercolor paper.
• 30-day trial: Day 1/30, July 5th 2018
• Technical notes to self: The fur rug, Supracolor in Black, sparsely painted, then gray Prismalo and then strokes in black Swisscolor. Watercolor paper of 75 grams works better with as little water as possible. Warm white + cool color=neutral result.