Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Illustration Friday: "Yesterday"


This week's prompt gave me a perfect reason to complete my "1920s girl" project!  The sketch, which was posted on this blog a while back, seems like it's been sitting around forever.  I wanted the image to be soft but still have lines and edges, and black and white but still with color.  So I decided to use colored pencils, which worked perfectly I think.  

19 comments:

  1. this is so beautiful. your image is exactly how you wanted it. "soft, but with lines & edges. b/w, but with a hint of color. just beautiful!!

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  2. wow! :) I'm always impressed how clear and detailed your illustrations are. :)

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  3. Very lovely. Your line work is always pitch perfect. Love this idea for the theme. You succeeded in your 'wants' for this piece.

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  4. I absolutely love this. Damn good work :)

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  5. What a perfect solution for this week's challenge! She is beautiful. Her hair looks positively luminous, which is an accomplishment in a monochromatic piece!!

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  6. Beautiful :) I love how you did the hair! I'm so glad I found your blog, your style is great :D

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  7. This is so very lovely. Did you use ink at all, or is it just pencils? I ask because the darkest lines are so rich.

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    1. Thank you, Carin! It is just pencils, but my scan was dull so I used one of the auto-filters in Photoshop (auto-tone, I think) and then brightened it a bit. But the pencils were Berol Verithin black and Prismacolor black and peach, not graphite, because I wanted a darker black than graphite would have been.

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    2. Thanks for letting me know the specifics. I really admire your facility with line--the way all of these precise and perfect lines somehow add up to an organic and pleasing whole.

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  8. It's so beautifully done. I'm jealous, and now I miss Downton Abbey.

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  9. Beautiful. You give so much attention to the detail!
    Her hair looks so wavy…

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  10. Thank you all very much for your visits and your thoughtful comments. I'm so happy to get such a positive response to this piece! :)

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  11. That's great! It screams the Twenties.

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  12. Wow, I love this! Wonderful detail and she's got great personality.

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  13. Meh! How did I miss this wonderfulness! The frame, the pearls, the hair and that soft swirly background – beautiful.

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