Sketch
Decided to sketch in brown this time since I'm planning to paint this one. (Also, oops - just noticed I posted this one flipped horizontally >_>;;)
Sketch 2 Pose Change
Haha how did the title autofill know what I was up to? Decided I really hated that top hand and it made no sense to be showing off a pearl, so changed to a knife and zoomed out a bit to show more clearly the mermaid-y-ness. Ran out of sketch time for today, so mitten hands for everyone!
Linework
After working on this back and forth (I flip canvas a lot when I'm drawing) I noticed that I kept thinking this was the "right" direction, so I've decided to leave it. Faces changed a bit with linework. Still trying to decide how I want to color. I was originally going to go straight into painting from sketch 2 and then changed my mind. Not sure yet how I want it to look with colors. >_<
Your sketches are so clean and have such nice flow!
thecapturedspy Thank you! I've been working to improve my line quality and posing/compostions over the last year or so, so that's really nice to hear. It's so hard for me. OTL
I really like their faces and how flowy their poses and hair are <3
starmasayume Thank you. Hopefully they retained some of their charm after lines! I sometimes think my stuff loses something in translation between sketch and line, but I've yet to figure out exactly how to go straight into painting. I blame all the manga I read in my impressionable early 20's. LOL
Ahh I know exactly how you feel! It often feels like I lose something I liked about a sketch when I do the lineart. I really like the lines here. I would comment the mermaids look less "sweet" now and more like sirens that will pull men down to the depths... ;)
starmasayume Haha I draw so much stuff that is either cute or sweet, that when their faces took a dark turn during inking I decided to go with it. ;P Having fun with sexy/dangerous instead!
Your current colors are very calming :D Though I agree that it might be worth exploring more options for contrast! Would love to see a black and white take at it! Once place I might try making darker is the bottom third of the background to give the ocean a deeper look. I like the contrast going on in the background in the top third with all the water reflections, though (and the little fishy shadows!!)
As with jojostory , I'd definitely push the contrast a bit more to make them pop out! c:
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