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Obsequiosity In reply to SeptilSix [2012-10-28 19:16:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. It's mostly vine charcoal, with some compressed charcoal sticks here and there to deepen the blacks and add highlights where I couldn't keep the eraser controlled, on cheap Wal*Mart sketch paper. The golden color is a happy accident that came from photographing (too big to fit on my scanner).

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SeptilSix In reply to Obsequiosity [2012-10-29 02:02:53 +0000 UTC]

Well cool At first I thought the yellowed paper was the original paper color! But even with it just being Walmart paper, it looks great! Charcoal was always a hard medium for me, too dark and easily smudged. But you did a fantastic job with them, so keep up the good work

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Obsequiosity In reply to SeptilSix [2012-10-29 03:20:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again. I desperately want to learn digital painting and such, but I found out quickly I also desperately need to learn value control first. (Don't get me started on color theory.) Since charcoal's pretty much nothing but infinitely variable values, I thought it be a good place to start.

But I find that I really, really enjoy it. I like that I can gradually build to higher and higher contrast and get different effects by using different objects to smudge it around (including fingertips). Plus there's just this very pretentious, "look at me being all Renaissance-y and drawing pictures with a piece of burnt stick" vibe that I enjoy.

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SeptilSix In reply to Obsequiosity [2012-10-31 14:44:22 +0000 UTC]

I've tried digital painting in the past, and if given the chance, would still like to learn. It seems a lot harder than traditional though (to me at least). But that could just be from lack of experience xD Some say it's best to start with traditional and work up to digital though, so it's good that your learning to master values and such first. And I do agree that charcoal does have a nice "olden days" feel to it

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Obsequiosity In reply to TheStorm117 [2012-10-28 19:54:10 +0000 UTC]

"Yuh kin catch more flies with honey than vinegar, but iff'n yuh want to draw flies, yuh can't beat usin' a bloated 'possum carcass." -- from The Collected Wisdom of Granny Smith

Thanks for commenting.

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Obsequiosity In reply to Peach-the-mouse [2012-10-28 19:37:25 +0000 UTC]

Family Appreciation Day is my favorite ep. Gotta love the Apple Family matriarch.

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Obsequiosity In reply to TeronVane [2012-10-26 05:11:43 +0000 UTC]

The Mature Content joke, the contemplation of your own mortality, or are you having display issues with the picture?

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