Update on my long-neck monster design...

[capri0mni]

So, this is definitely a creature I want to put on Zazzle merch over at my store (Chimer(i)gons), but as I said on Thursday, I didn't think he was ready for prime time... Scanners being what they are, and computers not seeing outlines the way the human eye does, it was difficult to scan the image I'd drawn and make it clear, rather than muddy, and distinguished from the background.

So I went over it again, in pencil, and fiddled and filled in blank spots, and got the whole thing generally darker and heavier. Then, after that redone image was scanned, I selectively deleted all the bits I saw as background, and then added highlights with my photo editor's "Brush" feature, and then, lightened the whole thing up again, and was finally satisfied with this:



Then, I noticed my photo editing program had a "colorize" feature, so I decided to experiment with that, too.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

While the subtle rose-only color is classy, I think the fully colorized one is lovely! I particularly love how it give definition to the spine/scale/feathers

[capri0mni]

^__^ glad you like it. Once I figured it out, it was fun... I tried to color in the inside of his mouth, too... but for some reason, when I picked darker colors, it made the inside of his mouth look brighter (?!) so that bit, I left as plain pencil.

[smw]

I love how the full colorization makes the shading pop; under his arm and on his feet in particular struck me. So very cute.

[capri0mni]

I think that's because, in the "colorization" mode, the color is more or less intense based on the darkness of the grey beneath it (Which is why I think trying to color the inside of his mouth just did not work -- the darker the color I picked, the brighter it appeared, and it just looked wrong)

So very cute.

Thanks!