Welcome to Colorful Crypt!
I have been piddingly around on this forum, thinking about posting an art thread. But I really am not interesting in doing free commissions or requests, so I didn't want to waste space around here. But I discovered a grand use for creating a thread on here and that is for documenting my journey in taking 30 days to create my first large piece of art in years. I have been stuck in the progress zone on this massive drawing I want to be working on in my spare time. I figured starting an online journal in a positive and thriving online community elsewhere would really put the fire under my ass and motivate me to stay on top of my current project and future ones to come.
And I never post progress images on Instagram and Facebook. I leave those platforms for finished pieces or finished tattoos because in-progress shots, quite frankly, no customer is interested in seeing.
Well, wihout further wait, let me present my project.
Colorful Crypt is the name of my business on my business license. I am a tattoo artist who rents a spot at a shop. Because of my job, I have a big vision of tattooed people in coffins, so I wanted to make a spirited and decorated dead woman whose tattoos seem more than just ink because of their realistic nature that follows the contours of her body.
I call these potato chip flowers. In my sketchbook I drafted them very loosely with blue drafting pencil. Then I methodically make even ruffles in each petal, sometimes curling the tips to provide an interesting feature.
So now, to throw these small images up onto a huge sturdy poster sized board, I have to use a projector hooked up to my computer. since the poster has an image on it already, I tried to spraypaint primer onto it. But that was taking too long so I bought some gesso and rolled it on the board to prime the surface. I threw the image from the computer/projector and crudely traced it with a blue drafting pencil.
Originally, I was going to paint this image. But I haven't painted in six years and you can imagine the mistakes I started making. It was horrible. And when I have a very clear idea of what I want to make, I grow impatient about trying something new again and go back to my easier mediums to use. So I use watercolor pencils. I prefer them because they are less waxy in their finish and never create dust on top of the color like Prismacolors. They have a tremendously beautiful vibrancy and have a practical amount of different colors in the Faber-Castell collection. By the way, remember the put the gesso on the board as smooth as possible and sand it a bit smoother for optimal application of pinsel. Because that shit is usually used for paint.
Yep, I am spinning wheels right now and trying to get this done before the next semester of school. If you guys have any questions or comments, throw them at me!
