shel's zone

https://e1.nmcdn.io/assets/pushkin/wp-content/uploads/imported-files/Wait-theres-torture-in-Zootopia_-Examining-the-prevalence-of-torture-in-popular-movies.pdf

like this sentence from the introduction alone is fucking crazy. “approximately half of adults in the united states think that torture can be acceptable in counterterrorism.” what!

I've been calling this one the Pearl Axolotl to keep track of it, hopefully that clarifies some things.

With things reoriented, i did a full drawing, focusing on mailing down a composition that reads well, and a story worth reading from said composition! I've been trying to create new characters for every card for Swords -- these three are all princesses who've gone rogue, in my mind.

This is what the transferred drawing looks like! I use inktense pencils to trace it via a lightbox and then work them into the surface with water so they don't move around.

Because of how much I needed this one to have a strong glow underneath what are going to be mostly cold colours, I ended up going in with a transparent wash of yellows and oranges so that every other colour I put on top is going to be affected by these, going forward with the painting process.

The biggest lesson for me as a fantasy illustrator that I just keep having to relearn is that the prep work is the work. Being able to paint these things on paper at all doesn't mean that I have a good drawing worth painting - I find that in the prep work.

Over the course of this project, I learned to focus on subject matter that I felt I could bring to life more robustly with gouache on paper than via my digital painting approach. The pearls in the walls on this one are definitely in that category!

"Lesbian welders, San Francisco", n.d. From the Visual Arts Legacy Collection (JSTOR)

It was fun! The big onion never disappoints

Chicago, lit. "place of the wild onion", Algonquin language groups

LAYERS

nope thanks!

and i was like, with a fucking receipt??? wtf is going on right now. if i can't return them i guess i'll die??whatever

if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??

EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!

thought of this immediately and was delighted to discover it’s the same op

I've been calling this one the Pearl Axolotl to keep track of it, hopefully that clarifies some things.

With things reoriented, i did a full drawing, focusing on mailing down a composition that reads well, and a story worth reading from said composition! I've been trying to create new characters for every card for Swords -- these three are all princesses who've gone rogue, in my mind.

This is what the transferred drawing looks like! I use inktense pencils to trace it via a lightbox and then work them into the surface with water so they don't move around.

Because of how much I needed this one to have a strong glow underneath what are going to be mostly cold colours, I ended up going in with a transparent wash of yellows and oranges so that every other colour I put on top is going to be affected by these, going forward with the painting process.

The biggest lesson for me as a fantasy illustrator that I just keep having to relearn is that the prep work is the work. Being able to paint these things on paper at all doesn't mean that I have a good drawing worth painting - I find that in the prep work.

THERES ONLY ONE NOW?????

An original piece made for the Slice of Life Rainbow Art Collective!! I just picked it up today, and I'll bring it with me to Fur-Eh next month!

you can't just leave this in the tags 😭

It's sold out and the Livestream was this past week but the video will be available in the Video Vault after the show.