Ben Pannell

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For the colour collective challenge this week. My Neighbor Totoro is one of my favorite movies, and it’s about time I put my own spin on it. About 4 hours.

Warm up for today. Theme was “Label” so I made a beer label. Of course I did. Around an hour.

Warm up sketch before today’s work starts. Theme was Simon and Garfunkal and I thought the titles of their songs was a good jumping off point. Here’s the Sound of Silence. About 45 minutes.

Been a while since an update. Here’s a portrait as a hotdog for reddit’s sketchdaily. About 45 min.

experimenting with backgrounds and texture.

This took a lot less time than usual. I did a basic value painting and laid shadows and two layers of color set to soft light. I like doing it this way as it fits with all the watercolor painting I used to do. Even turning off the lines, it looks like a watercolor to my eye. Fun to paint as I don’t usually do cityscapes.

Dad’s waiting for his turn at the barber shop.

A Rapunzel sketch to start the day off just right!

A villainous mermaid.

The scary story!

The Little Rusty Knight. This was really challenging and fun!

A bunny burglar stealing the jeweled egg of Ahen-Clucks. Happy Easter everyone!

A wheat mage. They make wheat!

The mint chocolate-chip mountain climber!

Mountains somewhere in France.

A Sky Pirate! For the weekly colour collective challenge, this one being bluebell. Really enjoyed making this as it was challenging, especially that wheel!