I don’t know why but it keeps uploading it very blurry but when I click on it it looks good. Can someone tell me if it looks blurry to them?

Since it’s a part of history

Sometimes you just need to support your team.
Babushka Mermaid

This was sooo fun to do, especially the night time

Hi y’all. A milestone has been reached and I wanted to share it on here because a lot of my motivation and drive comes from the people here on svs.

One of my Baba Yaga pieces was selected to be in an exhibit at The Art League in Alexandria, VA. If anyone is in that area it’s going to be up September 12th (along with lots of others) at 6:30pm till October.

Here’s the piece that was chosen.

I was also selected to give a talk at their reception but sadly I won’t be able to travel on such short notice because of work and monies. But super happy that my progression is real.

caring for livestock, gardens, and bringing luck to all in the town, is a big job, so they deserve to end the day with a big drink. Just one is enough.
Pencil and brush pen, then scanned and colored digitally.

I decided to do an old Grimm’s Brothers story because I’ve been practicing my pen and ink skills and my style seemed to fit with those better. This was done with a pen nib the colored digitally.

Dont hunt for sport

This was so tough to upload in decent quality because of the size restrictions. I think i might avoid doing another long spread next time. (actually looking at it in a new window it looks fine so i take that comment back)

Greedy gnomes

Inked on paper then colored digitally.

@K-Flagg thank you! Im loving it too

Looney toons colors are a great choice.
I’d very much like to know what the joke is

@chrisaakins yeah that’s exactly it. I have a tendency to rush in because i want it done and it ends up affecting the end result more than I’d like.

@chrisaakins haha im glad. I’m sorry im taking my time with this. I definitely want to jump into the story but i have realized ive let the world building fall by the wayside and developing that little by little before i get into the story is really helping me think about the aesthetic and imagery that i can use when im drawing out the comic.

Ok heres the finished version of the asteroid with the retro style buildings and the colored version of the train.
Next up are the buildings on the inside!

So instead of just doing some arbitrary train, heres my train design

Ok! Major break through. I put my pencil down and started doing research and thinking more and more about what kind of design do i want to use in my comic? I kept trying to reinvent the wheel and ended up covering up parts of my art with masses of ink or lots of hatching.

So ive been researching 1950s designs because i really like that aesthetic, color palette, architecture, even their ridiculous retro futuristic designs for space ships. And i can recognize it better. Art nouveau is too much for me to understand and too difficult for me to be able to design into something practical design wise without spending too much time with it. So im going simple.

For architectural designs i think the best way i can explain the inspiration is with this image:

For cars and trains and stuff this vibe:

I think clothing will pose the toughest challenge because im not super great at clothing even after taking the clothing drawing class (might take it again)
But having something concrete will be way easier to go off of.

@Mairin-Kareli oh thanks!

@Heather-Boyd thanks these are great points.

Maybe starting with values rather than sketches

@K-Flagg thanks!

I also realized that while i like the drawing and my progress and improvements, im definitely feeling weird about something i cant put my finger on. After talking to a few people, they helped me realize that what’s missing is the mood. What is the audience supposed to be feeling other than “this is where the story takes place” I’m gonna take another pass at my work and see if i can do it again

@Heather-Boyd gotchya thanks heather. Hopefully it will be easier once I color it. Maybe I should just keep things simple with this comic. You think I might be overdoing things?