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Submitted: June 28, 2012
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Colorful Lucretiaby =Dualmask

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

After applying colors to

, I thought it only fitting to apply color to the "companion piece" I drew around the same time,

... but, it's not often I have time to do a big digital render. I was in an experimenting mood today and, inspired by great marker work I've seen done by folks like

and

, decided to try coloring Lucretia here with markers.

While still not anywhere near the quality of my digital coloring, I think I'm getting a little better at this approach. (I did touch this up a bit in Photoshop.) I have to learn to smooth out my shading better, I think, and have more of a plan before I start. Seeing the small number of favorites this is getting compared to the original suggests that maybe I butchered this just a tad...

I keep trying this whole traditional color thing because I like the hands-on feel of it and the fact that I don't have to be chained to my computer to do it. Coloring on my tablet isn't exactly working out comfortably so I'll continue experimenting. That's what artists do, right?

I wonder if I could pull off a comic like this...

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*Chizel-Man Jul 8, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Your marker work looks good to me.

=Dualmask Jul 10, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks! I'm still not as confident as I'd like to be with markers but I'm going to keep practicing, naturally.

*Chizel-Man Jul 18, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Practice makes perfect right? It seems to me that your a quick learner so I'm sure it won't take long for you to get to a comfortable spot with your marker work.

*wbd Jul 3, 2012 General Artist

Those colors look great! They're well-applied and add a lot of visual interest with their texture. I like the transitional shading on her skin (between the two solid tones)- it works well.

As nice as this looks, I think it might be prohibitive time-wise to do a full comic. On the other hand, you could probably lead with a few color pages and then switch to black-and-white, like some manga series do.

=Dualmask Jul 4, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks! I'm not happy with some small parts, like how I shaded the breastplate, but I'd say I'm 85% happy with this and confident that I'm getting a little better at marker coloring.

The thing that could make this work time-wise in a comic for me is being able to work on it whether I can get to my computer or not. Since my PC is shared, that's of some importance to me.

=SwagginDragon Jun 28, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

This is sweet.

=Dualmask Jun 29, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Glad you like it!

~Joybuzzer Jun 28, 2012

It still looks good!

=Dualmask Jun 28, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks a lot!

*suicidalassassin Jun 28, 2012

NICE! I've always liked the use of white on the skin for highlights. It's something I've always wanted to do, but haven't had the chance to try. I mostly draw black characters in my comics, and I feel the white highlights work better on white skin, y'know.

Anyway, this is dope man! Keep it up!

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