Satyr x Swordsman Style Test (Patreon)

I took a little bit of time over the past couple days to explore some different options for this one shot. As usual I am trying to fence myself in from having too many options that will overwhelm me so here's what I'm trying to do this time.

Art Talk

I think I'm going to try a method of treating my digital tools like they're traditional ones. I started experimenting with this last summer by having brushes at fixed sizes I wasn't allowed to change to simulate having specific sizes of Microns pens for example.

In this case I added more pressure sensitivity to the Xerox pencil brush I shared a couple months ago to give it the same width range as the brush I used for Libby & Holly but I also made another version that's got a max size of 70 pixels, a real chunky boi that I'll use for outlining or decorative foliage elements, of which I hope there are MANY.

Every single time I start a new project I am flooded with this feeling of "but what if this time it really sucks?" 🙃 and I know the antidote is to set up some restrictions, trust the process and give myself a lot of room to change things as I work. Don't be surprised if you see dialog or even character names change in the dialog as I start sharing pages😅 that's just "the process," and I'm going to try to show as much of it as I can without getting really self-conscious haha.

Years ago I picked up this book at a thrift store, it's basically a printed featurette on the making of Fantasia with all kinds of behind the scenes info, but whenever I start using a lot of green and ochre I think of it because of the color palette. It's a bit of far flung reference, but I can't help being infected by the Disney influence.

Then again, it's probably not so far flung with the "centuarettes."

I'm in the process of making roughs right now and I'll have some pages to show next week if things go to plan 😎

💚Winton