Forest Creatures 2.0 is a personal project. The first painting was made earlier for one of my ex-clients (who eventually became a very close friend) to commemorate our cooperation, which successfully lasted for 2 years. The painting Forest Creatures 1.0 stays in a personal collection in Ayr, Scotland, UK, and the second one stays with me and decorates my working space.
Sometimes I like filling the whole space of paper sheet and this was the case. I was much inspired by Kiwetin, a beautiful board game. And also by daily walks with my dog in the forest, where I see hundreds of different species. The idea that there are little creatures who are responsible for everything going on in a forest seemed wonderful to me, and I favored to bring it to life.
I used mixed media - watercolor paints and black gel pen, which gives more control and helps with color delimitation.
In case I'm occupied with a serious project that needs all my attention and I have to use nothing but Wacom tablet, I prefer to do the quick painting ones in a while - just to be sure that my hand remembers how to use a paintbrush. I decided to depict Melo the Converter the next morning I watched 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets'. I liked this cute creature so much! Pure watercolors without outlining.
This time I just wanted to practice using waterbrush and create something nice and funny. What can be better than depicting animals? I thought it would be nice to have few ready-made works for December in my social media portfolio.
This illustration was made all of a sudden. The picture can be easily called the character design, as the same day, the client confirmed that this girl matches all his desires excellently, notwithstanding that I had to provide him the digital (not watercolor) portraits of twins :D Later I made both of the girls, but I like this portrait a lot. Pure watercolors without outlining.
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