Everything I've written recently has either been submitted or is in the can for A to Z. If you came here for a story, feel free to skip the art and go to the bottom of the post, where I've linked up an older story you might not have read.
So, I started out with a large stained wooden blanket chest and a photograph of a design the customer wanted reproduced.
I had to guess at the colors to use, as well as some of the designs - magnifying the picture gave me some details (such as the fact that the horses were merely outlined; under magnification, the wood grain showed through on the pic) but the figures and much of the scrollwork were blurred.
I opted to hand paint everything, and doing those circles was tedious and nerve wracking - I don't have the steadiest of hands. Still, the results aren't bad, and hopefully the customer will agree :-)
That's what I've been working on the past few weeks. The A to Z Challenge starts in 4 days, so I probably won't post any more fiction until April 1st. I'm looking forward to it...and dreading it...in equal measure!
How about you? Are you participating? Any cool projects in the works?
If you came here to read a story, here's one you might not have read from last year: Felony
So, I started out with a large stained wooden blanket chest and a photograph of a design the customer wanted reproduced.
I had to guess at the colors to use, as well as some of the designs - magnifying the picture gave me some details (such as the fact that the horses were merely outlined; under magnification, the wood grain showed through on the pic) but the figures and much of the scrollwork were blurred.
I opted to hand paint everything, and doing those circles was tedious and nerve wracking - I don't have the steadiest of hands. Still, the results aren't bad, and hopefully the customer will agree :-)
That's what I've been working on the past few weeks. The A to Z Challenge starts in 4 days, so I probably won't post any more fiction until April 1st. I'm looking forward to it...and dreading it...in equal measure!
How about you? Are you participating? Any cool projects in the works?
If you came here to read a story, here's one you might not have read from last year: Felony