I finally finished the painting for page 4. I especially had fun with the bottom left panel. Here is the first shot we get of the cave beasts. I like the darks around her. I always like getting nice darks with watercolor. I'm often tentative to go real dark, but once I do I'm always happier. I could go darker everywhere, but all those layers slows me down. It's fun to start seeing this story come together.
I was taking a long time painting each panel because I didn't have a color template for the boy, so I had to figure out which colors to use for him each panel. To help with this I made a quick color sketch of him and wrote down the colors I used for each part of him. Now I just paint by numbers, basically. Much faster.
I've not done a final color design for any of my characters yet. I was going to kind of figure them out as I go along. The next main character I'm introducing is Robel. I've got his design down, but not his colors. I now know to do a color sketch first.
Now on to pencilling the next page.
looking great, really liking those dark panels at the bottom.. actually ads to the tension of the situation.
ReplyDeleteive found some European comics here in L.A. and a few of them are first print.. its a good idea those character color references.. ive notice a allot of color changes on some of the stuff im reading... and although charming on its own i sometimes loose track of the characters and who they are simply because theyve changed shirt colors at random moments