sigune: (Morgana Between Worlds)
[personal profile] sigune
Helloooooo! *echoes*

I disappeared. Sorry about that. I just had to take a break from the comic to do other stuff - such as finally make that birthday present for my friend who had his birthday in April, and work on a dollie that was still faceless and one that was still naked. And I felt like doing some knitting. Also I reread Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, because I saw the DVD was out and I wanted to reread the book before watching the television series.

Since I will be going back to art school next week, and if my teacher sticks to his conclusion of a few months ago, that will mean I will have to produce an old AND a new page every week, I thought I had to take some time for the other stuff while I still could.

Naked Dollie is still unfinished (I'm working without a pattern! it's terrifying! I need to take breaks to gather my courage!), but Faceless Dollie has a face now. Meet Reinette. She has nothing whatsoever to do with Gawain and co. But I adore her anyway.



Under the cut is the Really Belated Birthday Present. Noutie, should you happen to stumble across this page and not want to be spoiled, then please do not peek below the cut :p.

Henrietta Teaser photo henrietta_teaser_zpspm1fik68.jpg


Henrietta photo henrietta_web_zpsvt4fcqww.jpg

WHAT ON EARTH possessed me to draw an eighteenth-century pinup with elf ears? I have no idea! But it was a fun thing to do. The lady is actually a character from a comic I started drawing while at university. For some reason, I started to think about that story and its characters again a few weeks ago, and I really felt like drawing them again. One of the things I love about the whole thing is the 18th-century clothes... Normally I am not patient enough to draw these in all their ribbon-overloaded detail, but this time I thought I'd go for it. So there.

I am unusually pleased with my watercolour technique in this one. I rarely manage to blend my layers quite so smoothly. I also did my best to add some contrast - probably not enough, but somehow I find this really difficult XD.


So if all goes well, I should be back with new pages in September. I. e. next week. Better get cracking...

Date: Monday, 31 August 2015 06:56 am (UTC)
rabid_bookwyrm: Black and white illustration of an anthropomorphized margay cat (Default)
From: [personal profile] rabid_bookwyrm
Yay new pages!

Date: Monday, 31 August 2015 01:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lindahoyland.livejournal.com
Love your doll.

Date: Sunday, 6 September 2015 06:53 pm (UTC)
ext_53318: (Gawain and Florie)
From: [identity profile] sigune.livejournal.com
Thank you! I had been eyeing this lady for a while and I was really happy when I could bring her home. And she turned into this totally unexpected character :-).

Date: Monday, 31 August 2015 02:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orpheus-samhain.livejournal.com
Your colouring is superb :D

Date: Sunday, 6 September 2015 06:51 pm (UTC)
ext_53318: (Ned & Cat)
From: [identity profile] sigune.livejournal.com
Thank you so much!

I worked with two basic colours - usually I try to combine too many at once, but a school assignment gave me this idea of using only two and seeing where that got me.

Date: Monday, 31 August 2015 09:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cabepfir.livejournal.com
Welcome back!

It *is something quite unusual from you, but the kind of pleasing unusual! Are the doll and the drawn character the same character? It seems me so. I do love the watercolour effects, especially on her calf.

Does faceless mean that you painted the eyes and lips?

Date: Sunday, 6 September 2015 06:45 pm (UTC)
ext_53318: (Default)
From: [identity profile] sigune.livejournal.com
The doll and the woman in the picture aren't the same character, but the inspiration clearly came from the same place :-).

LOL - you taught me that watercolour effect. I finally managed to use it in the right place!

Yes, for me a 'faceless' doll is a doll whose face isn't painted (not the same thing as a headless doll, because that would be ... a doll without a head! ;P). Before I painted her, she looked like this:

Image (https://www.flickr.com/photos/26672078@N02/18266373962/in/album-72157653717840995/)

First I blushed her with powdered pastel (I used so many colours, but it doesn't really show, I think), then I painted the lines on her lips, her eyebrows and her lashes with acrylics. Oh and her beauty spots. The pastel blushing may not be the most striking part, but it's very, very important (and I love doing it, more than the acrylic part).

Welcome back

Date: Tuesday, 1 September 2015 02:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anna mette bladt (from livejournal.com)
I'm very glad to hear all is well. The ladies, both in doll-form and painted, are lovely.

Date: Sunday, 6 September 2015 06:47 pm (UTC)
ext_53318: (Gwalchmei)
From: [identity profile] sigune.livejournal.com
Thank you!

I had a lot of fun working on both.

Now I really need to make some Gawain paintings. I don't know why I don't make more Gawain paintings :/.

Date: Wednesday, 2 September 2015 12:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] psyfic.livejournal.com
Re: the drawing - gorgeous colours! Also looks very sultry. Nicely done. :-)

Date: Sunday, 6 September 2015 06:49 pm (UTC)
ext_53318: (Between Worlds)
From: [identity profile] sigune.livejournal.com
Thanks a lot!

I'm not usually one for sultry dames, but she is just that sort of character. Probably my only one XD. That always makes her a challenge to draw...

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