Lorraine opened this issue on Jan 22, 2000 ยท 18 posts
Lorraine posted Sun, 23 January 2000 at 3:34 PM
Ok, the sweater is drawn on, I started with fibers drawn over the figure in a criss-cross pattern like a weave. I used some pattern pens with color in them, I think like the zebra moth one, then I used the yarn pattern pen. I just looped the strokes in roughly a manner that I felt reminded me of a loose weave of a knit or crochet; I should mention that this was on two separate layers for the threads and the yarn so I could adjust the transparancy. Because I usually put a final lighting to tie things together more I put yarn strokes for trim and left it to go on for the hair and other things. I usually do the clothes first so when I do get to the hair it is done over the top of it. Since there was not a lot of area to deal with I just drew it in, if it was larger or more of the body shape was visible I think I would use the clothes then draw in afterwards because I could follow the underlying shadow and creases. Again one "new" idea that I am using is not to depend on the use of same type pens, nozzles or strokes. I am taking totally unrelated patterns and forcing myself to improvise with them; I have used glow and sparkle down real small to get some real nice detail on cloth or make the eye look at the "idea" of fabric. In other words I am using the tree nozzle to make a green stem, using the nozzle very small and painting with it. Does that make sense?