scifi

Well I've gotten back to work on this Doctor Who painting.

As I stated before, it was a mistake to include all of strips in the scarf in my flats. It made it more difficult to select areas and make adjustments. To correct that mistake, I have repainted the Doctor's scarf as a neutral gray. This will allow me to select the entire scarf in one click.

So for the next few days, I'm going to be filling in the highlights and shadows. Once that's done, I get to hand paint the texture of the scarf in a new layer. I've tried to think of any short cut that I could use, but nothing has really worked. The texture has to change on the angles, stretch, and shape as it drapes across different parts of the Doctor's body, and the floor.

Perhaps I should have chosen something a little less difficult when experimenting with a new technique, but hindsight is always 20/20.

This pen and ink illustration was created for fun several years ago.  At the time, I was thinking that the best place to hold the 2001 WorldCon would be the moon.  That lead me to the idea of astronauts taking pictures with the monoliths from 2001. 

In case you can't read the button on the monolith, it says, "Hum if you're sentient."

My shoulder is now feeling well enough to draw again, so I have painted in the flats for the fourth Doctor parody. For those of you that are not familiar with the term, the flats are solid pieces of color that cover an entire shape. The hat and coat are one solid color. The pants are another color, and the trim is another.

I might have made a mistake here, but I'm not sure yet. Since the scarf was made of four or five different colors, I painted out the strips in flats. Since the flats are used to select the sections of the painting later, I may have created more work for myself. I'll now have to select all of the individual scarf sections to select the entire scarf. Of course I thought of this after I was almost done painting the scarf.

It has been said many times. Art is a learning process, and I am no master.

When I look back at this sketch, I don't think I didn't redesign much. My Ming is very close to the classic portrayal of him. I guess that is part of working out sketches. The more you do, the better you get.