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Elsie in the woods

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Well professors and classmates both have been telling me for many a semester that I need to find a way to combine painting with my inkwork. Frankly I've never been able to connect my paining in my mind with efficient illustration, but they all seem convinced. My recent noir illustrations were an attempt at that....it didn't work out. So I'm biting the bullet and just painting on my inks.

This was an absolute pain to assemble in photoshop cause my scanner here is A) bad and B) small.

Breifly, my process, cause it was an experiment that happened to work out: did my inks on 1 ply bristol, scanned it, then soaked it for about a minute and then stapled it to homosote, and painted on it. Good for you, bristol!

I like this enough to keep experimenting with it, I think.

Also thank you to tir-ri who inspired me with [link] when I was frustrated and uninspired.
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Aside from the technique, of which I don't have a clue, I like the colors, the composition, and the idea. It's a very good illustration to take one into a story, e.g. who is the girl, why are their glass objects hanging from a tree, why does she seem surprised?