There's loads that I need to do at the moment - replenish my stock of cards, clean the house, laundry, plan meals, shopping, Dad's laundry ... and the list goes on. But, today has been one of those days; you know, those days when you just really cannot be bothered to do the mundane. So, once his nibs was dropped off at school out came the colouring pens.
I bought a colouring book ages, and I do mean ages, ago. It's one of those that is printed on what feels like cheap copy paper. Luckily, this particular book is only printed on one side so it doesn't matter if the pen bleeds through, I wasn't sure if it would take alcohol markers because of the quality of the paper but I was pleasantly surprised with the result
You can see some areas where the paper just couldn't take it and the blending is a bit patchy but what I'm really pleased with is the hair. It looks stunning (even if I do say so myself) and I'm very happy with the shading as, other that a few lines there wasn't much in the way of shading in the print.
I did the face with Kuretake manga markers but I found they did struggle to blend a bit. The pink on the cheek is a promarker that was an afterthought - the straw that broke the camel's back so to speak. The rest are of course my trusty Spectrum Noir markers. Bit gutted that my CG1 pen has since run dry whilst I was in the midst of colouring another picture 😢
I also fell in love with the steampunk lady from Sheena Douglas' Time Traveller collection. I've only done her once so far but I'm looking forward to playing some more
Not massively happy with the hair on this lady but it's not going to be a chore doing lots of practice, I find her just mesmerising.
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