Hello dear friends, my...how has a whole month and a half gone by so quickly?! Well, sadly I haven't gotten much done lately due to working the Mother's Day rush at work and then getting the flu, so my short fairy tale story is yet unfinished. Good news though, I did get the drawing for it done and this long weekend I'll be working on the fairy tale again. And I'm sad that I haven't had the chance to start the blog for my book yet, so that's really delayed.
I am now Open For Commissions! My laptop is just about toast and before it dies on me completely, I want to replace it. But I need to save up a little bit more to get another one that I have my little eye on. Just email me if any are interested and I'll send you my price list, then we can talk further from there.
So this drawing here was a little tricky in deciding which colours would look best. I wanted something with a vintage look and feel to it, sort of like one of those watercolour illustrations from the 1900's you'd see in old fairy tale books. The Mermaid's hair was so hard to colour *laughs* as I had put in way too many strands of hair in the ink drawing. I wanted to look a little more blonde, but I added in a little too much brown highlights. At least with the water added she doesn't look like she's floating in space anymore. The prince looks rather crow like with all his black plumage on his helmet and his big black cape. The gold accents didn't come out so well in the scanner, and they almost completely disappear on his cape. I wonder if taking a picture of this, those would have shown up better. But I love this nonetheless.
Anyway, I look forward to getting part two of the story up to share with all of you. I'll become a much better blogger, I swear. I wish you all a happy, creative week. Cheers!
Glad you're back! Your illustration is beautiful as usual, the prince's clothes are awesome with all the detail you've put into them. Looking forward to part two of the story!
ReplyDeleteI've got to get myself more on a proper time table...*laughs*...Aww, thank you very much, Veronica!
DeleteWow! Nobody does details like you, Erin! I marvel at the patience you must have to lovingly create these intricate pieces!
ReplyDeleteHer tail is so cool! Do you research different kinds of fish or does your mind just naturally come up with all those neat fins and tendrils? I have a file of inspirational tear-outs I go through sometimes....I'm not always good at being adventurous in my designs...haha!
I look forward to reading your newest version of your mermaid tale. Sending hugs!
Cam
Awww...you so nice to me, Cameron! *internet hugs!* Not so much as patience as I just love doing tiny details. Trust me, when things take too long to finish, I do get a little anxious. *laughs*
DeleteI do actually do some research on tails...I looked at some shark tails before I did this one and just made some slight modifications on it to make it a bit more fantasy like. Oh man, Cameron...haha, I have one of those too! You should see the size of the files I have.
Aww...big hugs!
I know how you feel about not being able to update your blog because of work! I have the same problem at the moment. It's always lovely to see your work when you do update though. I am always fascinated by the amount of detail you draw. All your work is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh man, yeah! I've got some time off now, so I've got to get my butt in gear to get as much done as possible. *laughs* How's your book coming along, Victoria? Aww,Thank you. I feel the same about your work too! <3
Deletesuch a wonderfully interesting piece with all the ribbons flowing and beautiful details. just beautiful!
ReplyDeletei wish you the best with commissions and a new laptop.
I just can't seem to avoid flowing something in whatever I seem to draw. *laughs* Thank you so much, Tammie! <3 I can't wait to get a new laptop, so I'm not trying ten times just to get my current one to start up.
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