Collage Art! or Advanced Colouring

If you follow me on Pinterest you might have noticed that I’ve been pinning Disney colouring pages. Well, it’s because I have a project. I’ve wanted try the technique in this video ever since I saw it before Christmas.
The basic idea is that you take a drawing and instead of colouring it with markers (etc.) you use patterned paper.
Because I’m lazy and didn’t feel like drawing, I decided to use a colouring page instead of an original sketch.
Rapunzel and Flynn worked out so well that I decided to make another & a step-by-step blog post. 

‘Cause I can. 

Scrapbook paper & markers

(The colour I used for their skin was too pink so I went over it with some watercolour.)

OKAY!

Start by choosing a simple drawing or colouring page. I found my pages via Pinterest.
This particular drawing can be found here. 

Once you've printed your page trace the design onto card or bristol board using a light box or window.

(WHOA my hand looks freaky. It'll probably haunt my dreams now...)

Once you're happy with the traced outline go over the pencil in WATERPROOF pen/marker.

(Using waterproof pens is ESSENTIAL if you're going to use water based markers or watercolours at any point.)

Okay, now trace the parts you want coloured onto the scrapbook paper.

If the scrapbook paper is too thick and you can't see the drawing underneath you can always put the print on top of the paper and cut it out. I had to do this with the Beast's jacket.

Alright! Now you can colour in whatever you aren't going to cover with scrapbook paper.
Since I don't have a nice skin tone in marker
 I decided to use my water colours for their skin and hair.

Place the cutouts onto the bristol board tracing and make sure everything fits. 

Glue it all down with a your favourite craft glue.
 I personally like stick glue because it doesn't soak into the paper and make the paper wet.
After you glue everything down you can add details & shading.
Keep the colouring page near for this!
Because the watercolours didn't work with the scrapbook paper I used my water based markers for the shadows.

BOOYAKASHA!

 You're done.

Can I just say that this project is SO MUCH FUN and that I'm going to go make twenty more?

'Cause I am.

Batman and Robin Comics

Batman's parenting style II
(I was too lazy to import it into Photoshop and make it pretty. I may yet but not yet x) )
 It is no secret that I am fond in love with a fan of obsessed with Batman and Robin.
Hey they're my thing.
You know what else is my thing? Comics! (I have a lot of things)
And lately those two things have been colliding/meshing/coming together something has been happening in my brain and these are the results:

(They have DeviantArt watermarks because I downloaded them from my account)

Batman's parenting style I

Batman's parenting style II
(I was too lazy to import it into Photoshop and make it pretty. I may yet but not yet x) )

 

 

And finally a Christmas themed one, Mistletoe. The idea came to me while I was listening to this song, goodness my brain is  crazy absurd random.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Forging of a Ring of Power

I don't know where these ideas come from. But I got it in my head that I should make the One Ring, I had all the components lying around, so why not?

The materials I had on hand were probably less than ideal. My clay was natural (ie dirt) and 60% dry. I fixed this by putting a few chunks of clay and some water in a plastic bag over night. The result? Paste.

I had several ideas about how I would go about making the ring.

1. Make it in a ring shaped mold
this failed horribly, but I think it's because of the clay I was using. It also may have had something to do with the fact that my mold was made of a bottle cap and candle wax. (You cannot fault my creativity)

2. Pipe the clay from the bag into a circle shape
The clay was too soft and did not hold its shape at all

3. Put tape on my finger and put clay on it
 I couldn’t get the ring off without it crumbling

Unabashed by these failures I decided to utilize what I learned and try again. I put more clay and water (less water this time) together, and this time it turned out better.

Forming the ring on my finger was close to the right technique so I found a lid about the same diameter as my finger, wrapped it in tape, and formed the ring on the lid.

This worked WAY better than anything else I'd tried. However, one the clay dried, it cracked. I filled in the hole with new clay and waited again for it to dry. The patch didn't bond well to the ends of the ring, so I glued it in.

Then came the painting; the first thing I did was prim the ring.

Then came the REALLY tricky part: painting it the right colour. 

It took me several attempts before it occurred to me that the One Ring has a metallic shine to it (maybe because it's metal).
So I went on Youtube to try and figure out how to make matte paint metallic. I found this wonderful lady who told me to use cheap, shiny eye shadow and Modepodge. Well that would be perfect if I had gold eye shadow and Modepodge. So instead I mixed white glue, yellow & brown paint (not pictured), and light pink eye shadow.

 

This is what it looked like once my concoction was painted on:

 

A quick Google search brought up the inscription on the ring. I copied it (poorly) in brown fine-tip marker.

Aaaand it's finished. My preciousssss!

Speed Painting anyone?

So I randomly filmed myself painting, and then turned it into a speed painting.

link to video on youtube

I was inspired by this:

http://pinterest.com/pin/522136150522583919/

Cosplay: Elsa (More pictures)

The weather is pretending that it's winter already. That means cold, and very very windy. I mean, make you fall over windy.

So naturally, I saw a photographic opportunity. And it went really well. Except for that terrifying moment when my tripod fell over and my camera, my precious three month old camera landed on a rock. Let me tell you, that was really, really scary. However my camera sustained minimal damage. Only three dents and dings. Phew it could have been a LOT worse....


What is this post about? Elsa, OH RIGHT. Okay, pictures. Here they are (oh yeah, and I decided to forego the wig, 'cause let's face it;I was just not meant to be white blond):

Let's here it for random websites that allow you to add snow!

 

 I don't know which I like better, the origonal (this one)

 

Or this one.

 

 From the back

 

 

 I really like this one. :)

 

 

Steampunk Legolas

Long version or the short version?

Long version:
Johanna made me read Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld (neglecting to mention that it's book 2 in a trilogy) So I read it, and it was World War I, only it was steampunk, and they were in Istanbul, and the book was illustrated by Keith Thompson and I loved it.
So then I felt like trying to draw steampunk, and instead I just sat at the computer and drooled over Mr. Thompson's art. And then Johanna said we should watch the extended Fellowship of the Ring, and I was like "no I gotta draw steampunk" so then she's suggested  that we draw LOTR characters as steampunk people. And of course I agreed, so while Merry was breaking things and Frodo was being stabbed I drew this:

Short version:
I drew steampunk Legolas:

 (Bad scan, soorrryyyy)

And I liked it, and Johanna liked it but she said I should try it again.

So then today I drew this: (it was really hard not to Google "steampunk Legolas" but I didn't because I wanted it to come out of my own head)

 Which I like.

That's it folks, the story of how I drew steampunk Legolas. Exciting no? No.

Hey I made a GIF!

I painted in Photoshop CS2 and then used gifmaker.me to build the GIF.

Not bad for twenty minutes of work :)

Captain Frozen

I send Johanna this picture. And then she said Kristoff as the Falcon! And I was like oh yes.
So this happened.

Booyakasha.

Kristoff as the Falcon.

Annnd then this sort of happened:

 Captain Anna

So of course I had to draw Elsa as the Winter Soldier

 

And to complete the set I drew Hans as Brock Rumlow (that Hydra hit man dude).

Which seems to be a mistake, Has doesn't really look like Hans....

But it was fun anyways (:

This is Fabulous

Seriously, I've been watching this for five minutes.

Comics

 Cartooning is another thing I dabble in. Here are three of my most recent doodlings.
Enjoy?

Thranduil's Me Time.
(A.K.A. An hour of my life I'm never getting back.)

Pencil on printer paper, coloured with Photoshop Elements 10

Canadian Spring

 Permanent marker on printer paper.

I drew a comic of my reaction to this picture:

So....

 Printed out a template. Permanent marker on printer paper.

Just a Few Drawings

 Hello again!
Thought I'd post some drawings. Maybe I'll make this a regular thing.

 Princess Anna.

 I found a tutorial for her head a shoulders, but I drew the rest.
(Graphite pencil)

 Used a picture reference. 

Not 100% pleased with Anna's face, 

but there is only so much I can do about it now :P
(Water colour and permanent marker)

Legolas selfie
(Quinne I totally stole your pose)

I was inspired by this.
(coloured pencils and permanent marker)