Color study update!

Here are some color studies I have been working on lately. I have been experimenting with printing out sketches I posted earlier onto watercolor paper and playing with the style and colors. So far I pretty happy with the results, the printer I'm using for this is working well, the inks don't really run when I hit them down with washes of watercolor as long as I don't start off to heavy and I don't print the lines too dark. I think I have found a nice balance so far. Also I wanted to play with what the final color of the cat would be. Its a black cat, but like the real life animal he was never completely black, rather shades of brown to make a rich black color. I may play around with him more but for now it works for me.

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http://www.threadless.com/submission/359566/Cat_thulhu

Cat-thuluh

Oops, well been busy for a while there with other projects and vacation and all. Well..I do have something to show now. Here is the project I did for the Fool's Mansion Art show in Salem. The theme was H.P. Lovecraft, and I did a fun little experiment with scanning my line drawing and tweeking it in Photoshop and printing it on my watercolor paper so I could paint and keep my original drawing. It worked out pretty well, the ink from the printer did smudge a little bit at first, but once I had enough layers of paint on that stopped. I think I'm going to try playing with this method more, I still need to find the right balance.