Because of adjusting to a job with ridiculously long hours and just draining energy overall, I've really fallen behind with my art. However, lately I've tried carving a space for it over the weekends so I'm finally finishing pieces I've neglected for far too long.
This one is a bit of a weird one, but bear with me. I set myself the challenge to imitate the black and white art style of Wendy Pini for her Elfquest series from the 70s, but using Chaneques instead of Elves. For those who don't know, Chaneques are fairy/goblin like creatures in Mexican mythology, who are said to have the faces of old men, bowed legs and their feet are on backwards. They are tricksters towards humans but preservers of the natural world, and they feed off of energy (or life force).
The original intention of this challenge to myself was to simplify! I always take too long with my environments, I wanted to imitate a "deceptively" simpler style so I'd go faster . . . the end result was me going "Sure, I can spend 45 minutes to an hour drawing leaves from a tree native to Tepoztlan in the foreground".
Soooo . . . I failed, ha haa.
But I loved getting to draw coatis and cacomixtles as fae familiars. Also, I based the setting on a picture from one of my hikes with my brother and nephie.
