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🕑 Added 2022-08-14 21:31:42 +0000 UTCFox goma and lion gohma. The drawing itself is from somewhere between 2014 and 2016 I think. I was experimenting with different techniques, using brush, technical pen, and a white gel pen, and laying down tones with pencil.
I almost abandoned this one completely to be lost in the "never show pile" because the perspective is off and the characters are kind of wonky, but I gave it another shot coloring a couple weeks ago and managed to get the colors to a place I like. The abstract shapes manifesting above the lion's head gave it a bit of color that I wanted, and a certain mystical quality that I wanted to capture, which was of the lion's presence altering and abstracting the environment around himself.
The coloring also allowed me to create a sort of surreal background, which is shrouded in darkness while the building is being hit by sunlight. I like the idea of the world of the goma having all manner of strange weather and skies. Magritte's painting "The Empire of Lights" in which the sky is like a normal daytime sky but the environment is dark like the end of dusk is a big inspiration. In a similar way that the goma/animal people navigate the world with impossible bodies, I want to create environments that reflect a certain "impossible but fully functional" quality.
Otherwise as far as any other themes, its a little too far back to remember. I don't know why the fox is chained, and it looks like I drew a fountain coming out of the base of the pillar, which is a neat idea which maybe I'll try and re-use somewhere else.
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bmarch
Sex magic, magical sex, potato, patatoe. ;)
Lórien Fëantur
*melts onto the floor* ; ;
And if you have any questions about coloring and inking or any other process feel free to ask and I can either answer them or try to put some kind of demo together.
Thanks Bao! I have a few other pictures I made around this time that I'm going to give another shot at.
The lighting really does make the picture!!! The natural opacity of the brush pen ink really enriches the shadows on the lion. The way you color without losing or distracting from the darkness and beauty of your inks is always so inspiring and i hope to get there someday with my own art. Glad to see this piece get to a point that you felt comfortable enough to share!!
