A Magical Finish

Worked off and on yesterday, on the recent pinup I sketched. I had gotten most of it done in about 3 hours time, but it just didn't feel finished to me.

So a few hours later I came back and played around with the colors, and this is the outcome.

Soooooo much better, yet it's definitely a "Close but no Cigar" for me. So I did one last play around with the colors, and got the look I wanted, added some texture. And I made two versions, one with text, the other without. "AND" two other versions that just have some sepia tones to it. But I'm sticking with the more saturated pieces.

Still can't decide which I prefer the best,  even though the text one has a very old fashioned poster feel, I think it also seems like a cute graphic novel/Comic cover. My sister demands I now actually do that with this. Sounds fun, but for now I'll just stick to it being only an illustration.

Art is © to Claire Belyea

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Gotta Love Pinups!!

I've been a fan of pinups for as long as I can remember, heck even before I knew what sexual visuals pinups were, I just saw them as pretty women who embraced their femininity. Such as Jessica Rabbit, Red Hot Riding Hood from the old tex avery cartoons, I always loved their designs. And I just love love LOVE Retro.

Sketched this in Photoshop, Normally I use a brush with the opacity on so I can slowly work up layers on my sketches, but this time around I just went with a solid brush, sometimes it helps to change technics a bit. Her hair looks like a Retro Barbie. :D I think she'd be best suited as a magicians assistant.

Painting : Concept Sketches

Two days ago I got hit with a moment of inspiration...not on a mind blowing scale, but enough to pique my interest. It's very rare for me to picture what I want before I draw it, I usually just go with the flow when drawing. Planning is not my strong suit *needs to work on that* I wish I could be lighter with my sketches...I naturally press to hard.

She will be done as a digital painting, and as the thumbnail/s depict. Sort of like a portrait, a painting of a painting...go figure. The story she is from *yes this is a form of fanart* she is more so a plot device and is good *as far as we can tell* with this painting I'm going to paint her in a different light, har har a pun.

Call it a devious "what if" depiction. I was never fond of her much anyway *save for being visually appealing when depicted* she's to much of a flirt for my taste. People are not to be used!!! But what can I say.....pretty has it's dark side.

Illuminating

Felt like getting in a little digital painting practice. Let me tell ya, translucent objects are not easy. Non the less, I liked the challenge.

Took me somewhere around an Hour and a half. So it's a speed painting...just not super speedy. But I'm surprised by how much detail I was able to get in at that amount of time.

Image Used : Stock Image