Waiting for the Night

Posted Nov 19, 2007, 9:36:25 PM UTC

This is an illustration for Chapter 16 of my crossover fan fic.

I've finished the draft of the chapter and it's been sent to my beta for proofreading. So for those of you who are reading the story, the new chapter should be up within the next week or so.

I might make a couple of other illustrations for this chapter. I was struck by a few ideas for pictures with chapter 16, so you never knowwww! :)

I made this with *gasp* traditional materials!!! I'm trying to get into using water-based media, which I have next to no experience in. I've only really had experience with oil-based materials. Anyway, this was made with watercolour, watercolour pencils, gouache, art marker and black ink on kind of crappy watercolour paper.

I post the story at MediaMiner, y!Gallery and cadkitten.com (it's hidden at MediaMiner, and if you want to read it there you have to ask me for the link). It's for readers 18 years of age and over.

Sesshoumaru (c) Rumiko Takahashi

Comments

thelarsenproject
Nov 19, 2007, 2:17:35 PM UTC
O.o Holy crap! Watercolor from you!

Looking good lady. Though I will attest that good paper is worth the cost.
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- jojo-kun
  Nov 19, 2007, 8:48:57 PM UTC
  I knowwww! Crazy, isn't it?
  
  Yeah, I intend to invest in some good paper soon (there's a big paper sale on now at my art store). Any recommendations?
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  thelarsenproject
  Nov 20, 2007, 11:43:46 AM UTC
  For really detailed stuff: arches hot press. However, If you like to "pick up" your watercolors, then I suggest a cold press 100% rag illustration board (to check this, look at the cross section of the board. If it is all white, then it's 100% paper all the way through. If not, it wll be grey in the center, and that means it's 100% rag paper mounted on cardboard, wich will not tale watercolor so well). If your using many mediums, the cold press illustration board is the way to go, but I loves me my arches. It takes layers really really well.
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  jojo-kun
  Nov 20, 2007, 11:55:21 AM UTC
  Cool, thanks so much! I'll try both of those. Any particular weight for the paper, or does it only come in one weight? I can see how Arches would be good for layering - when I was in school we used it for printmaking and it really sucked the pigments into itself. Dunno how much of a difference it'll be with watercolour paper, but it'll be fun to find out! Thanks again! ^^
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  thelarsenproject
  Nov 20, 2007, 11:58:01 AM UTC
  I lean towards buying the blocks, but the heavier the weight the more you can soak it up before it crinkles. Illustration board is normally quite heavy, so no worries there.
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  jojo-kun
  Nov 20, 2007, 3:20:37 PM UTC
  I usually apply gesso to the underside of illustration board so it won't warp so much.. and I got some plywood so I can pre-stretch watercolour paper if I need to. I'd hate to ruin the pretty edges of Arches by doing that, though.. so I'll try to get a heavier paper if at all possible. Thanks again!
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