Spirit of the Forest, Autumn
8 x 10 Copic Markers
For the topic “Wings” at Illustration Friday. The Autumn Spirit has one brother – the Spring Spirit, and they have two sisters, Summer and Winter.
I was afraid to color this because I really liked the sketch. This is a problem digital artists do not face! Also, the solid green in the background was not the best move. Arrgh.
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Water Elemental Maiden Voda, 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
Fire Elemental Maiden, The Flame Queen, 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
Air Elemental Maiden, Whisper the Wind Walker, 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
Elemental Maidens for the Elementals swap at illustratedatcs.com. Haven’t quite worked out “Earth” yet. Tree Nymph or Rock Golem? Mix of the two? Hm.
That makes eight maidens complete for the 100 Maidens Project. Not quite impressive yet, but working on it. The excellent artist Richard Ewing at Visual Cogitations has recently suggested I add bodies to these maidens. To which I say, “One step at a time, sir!” (Check again about number 40.)
And next, a pair of red foxes, made by request for trades. I think I can do better and I expect to, because foxes are seriously popular and more have been requested! The smaller fellow is Sydney, a rare non-mischievous fox. While the other foxes steal things, Sydney naps. But then he will sing to them for a share of the loot.
Red Fox One, 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
Chelsea is the second fox. She was raised with cats and thinks she is a cat. Except that whole tree climbing thing. And dang, has she tried! (She climbs trees better than other foxes, at any rate.) Reference photo.
Red Fox Two, 2.5″ x 3.5″ Copics
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Shouting Fox, 8x10 Pen and Ink
Illustration Friday again! Hooray! This week the topic is “Vocal”. A couple more incarnations (in chronological order!):
Fortunately all three of these great quotes include the “AAAAAHHH” that makes it work with the wide open mouth.
When I read the topic for this week, I thought I would search yawning animal photos for ones that looked like they could be shouting. That led me to this great specimen:
The Ninety Degree Yawn by Andrew Salveson
Which led to these:
Shouting Fox Sketch
Shouting Fox Ink
Shouting Fox Frisket
Shouting Fox Color 2
Shouting Fox Color 3
Shouting Fox Color 4
I deliberately left a much finer outline than my normal, because I am usually too heavy on the outline. In this case instead of the 3.0 I probably could have gone with a 5.0 multiliner, but I decided to stop here. Of course the frame and text are digital, and the rest is Copic markers, multiliners and Micron fine liners. The font is Bolton Light.
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