Page 11 Finished Illustration

I finished page 11 last night.  I'm quite happy with the results, especially the colors which scanned quite well.  This was fun to paint and the atmospheric perspective looks good.  The main challenge was softening the main fireball using opaques.  Opaque paint does not like to be blended using a wet brush.  You can use a damp brush but even then, the paint likes to form hard edges.  I will start painting page 12 tomorrow, I hope to have two more pages done before the winter break is over.

Page Ten Finished Illustration

Finished page ten tonight.  Creating the digital file was a bit of a pain - I had to create a lot of correction layers to make it match the original as best I could.  All the colors lean towards a yellow-green.  What's interesting with this color theory is that turquoise appears blue.  The blue jeans on the cyclops is actually a turquoise color.  The cyclops in the center has the darkest values and the most saturated colors, making him the subject.  The fox is still high contrast but I decided he was a bit too small to be the subject of the painting.  In the next painting I will have lots of vibrant blues and violets.  It should be the most colorful illustration yet!  Stay tuned.