This was done with the same tools and style as Spring Hope. I had considered doing another two and creating a series, but I never was struck with inspiration for a subject matter.
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Spring Hope – a fairy illustration on bark paper
Almost Completed “Sword of Truth” Illustration
Again, please forgive the poor quality of the photo. This was snatched this morning on my way out the door. Good scans will occur once the illustration is 100% complete. All that is really lacking now is going through and accenting with white ink. I may try to clean up some of the edge work, or I may wait and digitally clean it up later.
Sword of Truth Illustration Progress
I FINALLY have some pictures to share of my Sword of Truth illustration. Please excuse the quality of the photos. I unfortunately do most of my painting at night, and the quality of light is not optimal for photography. They will be scanned in before being added to the poetry collection. You probably don’t remember, but a long time ago I posted this image of the pencils (darkened to actually show the image):
And here are the layers of ink as I’ve painted them.
First I painted in the sword with a mid-level gray (achieved by mixing water into the black ink only).
Then I decided that since I really wanted a dark background, I better do that next in case I messed it up. No point spending hours detailing the serpents in the background if I mess up the black background.
Here is round two of the black background! No major mistakes, but you can still see the wetness from the ink. Both these layers were done in straight ink, although I did wet my brush a few times when the bristles started to, well, get too bristly.
And here is the final layers that I’ve added.
I’m excited to have most of the basic wash done on all eight illustrations. Soon I will get to go back in and add the shading, then detailed line work with pen(s), and finish with popping highlights with white ink.
We have a title!
A novella title, that is. And it is (drum roll…) Penumbra. Here is the dictionary definition, if you need it:
pe·num·bra
[pi-nuhm-bruh] Show IPA