As you can see - we're busy here getting the wrinkles out of our new site and new artistic identities, Smudge marks & Engel Werks. Please pardon our mess as we get things up and running once again!
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A Great Day to be Flying!
This is a little 7"x 9" quick color test I did a while ago on new material/ working surface we're starting to carry at University Art but are uncertain if we will continue to. The material is not a paper or a fabric but is instead a plastic. It is very thin. Very rigid, it give some of the nastiest paper cuts around, and has a finish similar to a rough drawing paper. It will accept oils, acrylics, without requiring a layer of gesso be applied. It will take water media like watercolors and gouache, pen and ink plus marker, along with traditional dry media like pencil, charcoal, pastel and my favorite color pencil. On top of all this it suppose to be an acid-free archival material meant for long term use.
My opinions. Well I have only tried a few medias with it but so for it has not failed me. It is trickier to draw on compared to traditional surfaces like Bristol board or watercolor paper; however I found it pretty easy to get color pencil down on the surface and I could vigorously rub and blend it with Gamsol. As far as markers are concerned it definitely will take them. In fact it takes them almost to well. Applying my marker underpainting for this piece I could literally watch the color get sucked into the material. This caused the colors to take on a rather subdued pastel-like quality when it was done. However the color did not bleed beyond where I had applied it.
My usual tricks for using electric eraser to do lifting of color worked, and applying gouache over the finished color pencil was no problem. All told I'm willing to experiment with more.
The subject matter is just some random image that went wandering through my head while I was getting ready to use the material. It does have a nice almost story book quality to it.
Ebin to Battle!
Finally finished the mate to May, Ebin to Battle. Just in time for FC. Was really happy how his armor came out. All shiny and metal like.
Will make a shirt out of it later. Too busy setting up for con atm to do it now. If your at the show, please come by and say "Hi"! I'll be at the radio table helping out and promoting my new book, Bureau of Mana Investigation vol.1.
Just a heads up - if you've ever though about buying any of my prints now is a good time. DA (my print host) is offering free shipping for today only!
Sorry I've been so quite for a while now. Lots of stuff happening in RL I have had to deal with lately. But now, I'm trying once again to get back on my feet. Spending today going though my stuff and trying to organize my site as a one-stop-link-hole to the different shops and archives that I have out there.
Also been thinking about doing some review of a lot of the anime I've been watching recently. Don't know if anyone's interested. be mostly reviewing whole series that is available over here for sale or for legal streams. It's still an idea on the burner anyways.
Off to do some work!