Keeping track of progress on creative projects
Oh so close! I predict that the next Poe ghost will see the end of our good friends Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.
The wider of the two tech pens loaded with red ink managed to clog up around halfway through. I note that its red was a shade or two lighter after I got it unclogged and replaced the ink.
One thing I like about art is that even the trash is pretty.
Every time I use gouache, I tell myself that I’m going to do a second pass and even out the brush strokes. And every time I don’t do it. At least for now, my excuse is that I’m teaching digital graphic design again, which leaves me with an inclination to be more analog on the weekends.
At this point ghost fans will be familiar with the color scheme. This time it’s Holbein acrylic gouache Carmine, Scarlet, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre and Jet Black.
Also the shape and color of the leaf remind me of a lobster claw, which might be at least in part because I’ve been playing a game with lobster claws in it.
Back to the recent theme: broken leaf, reds (Tombow 845 and 905) on earth tones (Tombow 977 and 991) with a mid grey drop shadow (Tombow N49).
Leaf Ghost fans in general and fans of Poe Ghosts in particular may have noticed that the Poe entries arrive once out of every three times. That’s mostly due to Instagram’s three-per-row gallery of past posts. So if one in three is a Poe ghost, they line up.
It also keeps me moving on the sketchbook with the Poe series in it. This is #23, and the book has 100 pages.
This ghost memorializes the five teeth I just had removed. This seemed like the perfect leaf for the occasion, and the colors matched the mood (and the autumnal weather today) as well.
Copic colors: E57 Light Walnut, E43 Dull Ivory, R39 Garnet, R29 Lipstick Red and N8 Neutral Gray No. 8.
Okay, now Poe’s just drawing it out. Like he’s being paid by the word. Honestly, this guy is rarely at his best when he thinks he’s being funny.
