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Character: Prismacolor® colored pencil on Strathmore(r) drawing paper
Layout (Background): Reeves® acrylic on Strathmore(r) acrylic paper coated with Liquitex® black gesso and clear gesso over Prismacolor® ebony pencil and white charcoal. AmericanPainter® brushes
Collaboration of Character and Layout: Paint.NET® program; version 3.5.10
Statement:
Most of the work I did on the Character and Layout separately was mostly traditional while the collaboration part was what I've done digitally. I've always wished to show him the best of my interpretation to Mike of his characters after all at least I read his stories of Alecrast and his erotic encounters during his quest. To take part, I submitted a piece of Alecrast to prove my understanding of that vision of majesty, where in his role of royalty he promotes his divine appearance albeit his spontaneous sensual magnitude among females of diverse kinds. I may not yet know how to...well besides getting point from DA.
Techniques:
A) I started to trace over with drawing paper softly with an H pencil. First I made a palette for each part of the character to capture the desired outcome so to apply that lighting and shading mechanism with complementary colors. To make highlights possible as I could, I pressed some areas with a 2H pencil, leaving white streaks. I use a lot of hatching effects and repeated strokes to create a furry texture; to make shading I used complementary colors. Dark receding colors are colored in with the opposite color to make a grayish color. To create highlight I press hard with any bright color that is possible, and I use except white for a blending effect by burnishing.
(B) for the layout: I improvised a layout for a bed onto which the character can rest well. Then with white charcoal I drew in softly for a good block in of color in a coat of mostly matte medium for a translucent image as a step toward thick applications for detailing. My trick of bringing two colors in one stroke was inspiration of Donna Dewberry, in which two dabs of paint on each edge of a brush are applied for a gradation.
(C) for the collaboration: I placed the painting as the Background panel, before I placed the scan of the character. It took me so long to erase the background around the pencil strokes even the small spaces, then I tried angling and expanding so that the character blends in well with the surrounding layout, specifically as if he's cozying in behind the pillows. Then I used the Soft Portrait filter to five him that godlike appearance along with the Glow filter. The trick was to erase some so the pillows stand out in front unless I adjusted Opacity level. For the glans, I saturated within and highlighted it so to show his sexually inclined innocence. Lastly I lassoed around little by little for Blurring filter to convey illusion of photographic space, and sharpening a couple for close up. all I can remember so far.
Hope you like it!