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Nicole-Marie-Walker β Sunnyside Simba - Complete
Published: 2013-02-25 14:20:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 3358; Favourites: 293; Downloads: 16
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Tumblr | Etsy | Facebook | Flickr | PinterestThis measures 8 x 12 inches and was painted on canvas paper. It's an interesting surface to work on but I think I'm going back to my smooth watercolor paper for a while.
Thanks to Houndofthenight for the use of this photo.
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See some of the progress of this painting here:
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Thank you <3
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I love that mottled texture you created for the bg! How did you do that, if you don't mind me asking?
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I don't mind at all! ^.^ It is layers of drawing ink. I would put a layer of colors on, let them bleed together and make fun shapes. Then I let it dry and take a water bottle and spritz water over it, heavily is some spots. I then let it dry and the water slowly drying pulls up the ink and leaves even more textures. When that dries I take more ink and use a toothbrush to splatter it all over the painting, then let that dry. When there are several layers of ink already dry you can lay on bits of watercolor, acrylic or more ink to get even more textures, the paint moves around freely and it's really fun. I then take a small paintbrush and accentuate areas I like and adjust areas I don't. Sometimes I splatter even more water on for more textures if I'm not happy with how it looks or I want something more.
My process is very hard to explain because it's very erratic. Maybe I will do a sample tutorial of my ink texture sometime.
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Oh no that makes perfect sense to me! I'll definitely have to try that out! That sounds like its a blast to do but very time consuming! That's awesome!
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Beautiful! These colors in combination with that pose of the little lion cub are amazing! I love the details you've given here and there in the picture, it adds to the already being beauty
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I adored simba so much growing up and you've done him much justice with this!
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He just can't wait to be king. ^.^
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I really like your style! The white just adds so much to it!
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you're welcome!
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I really like the way this one came out as well! To be honest, I don't know if I ever want anybody to buy it. O.o
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I really like how you made the angle for his vision.
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I really have to give credit to *Houndofthenight for the awesome photo! I just saw the pose and loved it.
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Yeah, it's astonishing. ^^
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Thank you.
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Your artwork is always so amazing and this is no exception, this is really beautiful
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I noticed in the progress piece that the cub's eye was covered in red. What did you do to change the texture for something smoother and striking?
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Do you mean the actual inside of the eye? Or the area around it? Or the whole eye area including the eye.
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Inside of the eye. The process piece of the eye seemed darker than this version.
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Oh okay, yeah it is. Drawing ink is really easy to pull back on the canvas paper, so I used a wet brush to pull some up then added some purple to the eye. Used white ink for highlights and black India ink to darken up the darker bits.
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Whoa, that's an interesting perspective.
I love his shiny nose and eyes <3
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This came out beautifully! 
I am curious, what media do you use for adding in the white sections/fur strands? Is it acrylic paint??
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I've used acrylic paint and gouache in the past but I'm currently using white ink. I actually didn't know white ink was a thing until a few months ago!
I both love and hate the canvas paper texture. XD
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Ah thank you! 
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