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...into whatever medium I'm working with. Timonium exemplifies these rare and welcome occurrences.
When I last photoed Timonium, I had glued up his final wig and then enjoyed how much he reminded me of Jareth from Labyrinth.
I've been laboring intently over him yesterday and today. I did his ears and his face in a limited palette of Prismacolor watercolor pencils [French grey 20%, French grey 50%, black and white] and some diluted snow white acrylic paint.
Comments:
Watercolor pencils make mouths so much easier, as I can wet my brush and push color into the creases between lips!
I've finally figured out my faceup style: sketchy and impressionistic, but also bold and stylized, in narrow palettes. I don't do subtle!
Now painted, Timonium looks much different. At first, he seemed like a neutral alabaster statue. Originally I thought I would give him a relaxed mouth, but I decided to stick on a smirk, just to see what would happen. Suddenly he came alive with devilish attitude! in contrast to the smirk on my Jareth doll -- a playful, devious one -- Timonium's smirk is dangerous and quite possibly malicious. The word that comes to mind when I look at him is chthonic.
Yes, he's supposed to look like the Goblin King. I was trying to capture that threatening, powerful allure he evinces when he enters Sarah's room, sneering, smirking and sparkling.
He was originally going to be avian and more grey [and possibly blue], but he obviously wanted to be grey/black/white instead. This starker palette accentuates his pallor, making him look kind of cadaverous.
I put the red choker [a string from Jareth's shirt] on him because he needed a choker, and I couldn't find a black one. I like the dark red accent enough that I'm contemplating doing his fairy feets in the same dried-blood color. Maybe splatters, as if he's been walking through blood. He strikes me as that kind of person. Probably drinks it too.
Anyway, onto the pictures....
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When I last photoed Timonium, I had glued up his final wig and then enjoyed how much he reminded me of Jareth from Labyrinth.
I've been laboring intently over him yesterday and today. I did his ears and his face in a limited palette of Prismacolor watercolor pencils [French grey 20%, French grey 50%, black and white] and some diluted snow white acrylic paint.
Comments:
Watercolor pencils make mouths so much easier, as I can wet my brush and push color into the creases between lips!
I've finally figured out my faceup style: sketchy and impressionistic, but also bold and stylized, in narrow palettes. I don't do subtle!
Now painted, Timonium looks much different. At first, he seemed like a neutral alabaster statue. Originally I thought I would give him a relaxed mouth, but I decided to stick on a smirk, just to see what would happen. Suddenly he came alive with devilish attitude! in contrast to the smirk on my Jareth doll -- a playful, devious one -- Timonium's smirk is dangerous and quite possibly malicious. The word that comes to mind when I look at him is chthonic.
Yes, he's supposed to look like the Goblin King. I was trying to capture that threatening, powerful allure he evinces when he enters Sarah's room, sneering, smirking and sparkling.
He was originally going to be avian and more grey [and possibly blue], but he obviously wanted to be grey/black/white instead. This starker palette accentuates his pallor, making him look kind of cadaverous.
I put the red choker [a string from Jareth's shirt] on him because he needed a choker, and I couldn't find a black one. I like the dark red accent enough that I'm contemplating doing his fairy feets in the same dried-blood color. Maybe splatters, as if he's been walking through blood. He strikes me as that kind of person. Probably drinks it too.
Anyway, onto the pictures....
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