Light and Dark

Well, here it is. I tried something a little different with some of the clouds, which turned out to be very helpful. When you select the Smudge tool in Gimp's toolbox, try clicking on the option "Apply Jitter". It's actually nice for blending colors at the same time you smudge.

Ended up moving the head back and shortening the neck just a little bit. It was sticking out far enough that it was bugging me, since these creatures are not supposed to have super long necks, which unfortunately is how I draw them. Talk about a conflicting idea!

I'm not sure if I'm happy with the shine on that sword or not. In hindsight, I think that focusing the bright light more so that it was shining down the center of the blade would have been good, but never mind. I've done enough on this one.

I tried to record most of the coloring process, so I'll see whether or not the software wants to play nice and give me a video to post. No promises :\

Dark...

Another one!

The lighting in this is going to need some more tweaking, as I think it's detracting the focus from the main figure right now. I already adjusted the levels some to help intensify the darkness and focus more of the silver by the hand, but......I'll work on it.

This is another of the anthro newts (or Neth) I'm excited to be working on these, partly because I will be dealing with these guys more in the near future as I write. For anyone wondering, no, this is not Nenenusa from the Rebirth Trilogy. It's an entirely different Neth.

The coloration of this one is based off of the Red-spotted newt (or Eastern newt)

Black, green, and red

Man, I hate days where you're feeling off kilter. Pretty much, I've been a slug today because I've contracted some bug that saps my energy. Wish I could blame being stupid on it, too, since I'm sure there are more productive things I could have done than to draw this :) Whatever, he makes a nice thumbnail. I was trying to do a speed drawing to test out some recording software, but it ended up taking about 2.5 hours.....not so speedy.

Haven't had as much time for drawing this week, since I've been trying to get more writing done. The last month has been woefully lacking for progress in the writing department. Plus, I've been learning to knit, a hobby that's surprisingly fun. See my pretty scarf?