...and not just layered band tees. Or onions.
Like, look at this horse sketch. Real crappy sketch, I know; I drew better penciled horses when I was twelve.
But that aside, this was really rushed, and I wanted to get this cool effect of a horse in the clouds, kinda metaphorically-ish--and just used three simple layers for a hybrid foreground/background. I mean, like, #1 Paint Can the background blue; #2 Spray Paint some clouds behind the horse; and #3 Spray Paint a continuation of those clouds in front of the horse.
Did I mention that I didn't colour in the white spots? I didn't. Ewps. But here's the thing: I erased them out, creating a transparent area where the background (obviously) shows through. GENIUS, I know. Totally didn't just laze out on blocking in the white while already working with a white canvas, and realizing my mistake during background painting when the horse went half-blue. *coughs*
Anyway, the colour scheme's a little loud and clashy on the original...
...so I desaturated and cooled the lighting and overall colour a little.
Kinda wish I spent more time on this one (that mane is horrendous), but can't bring myself to care about this one anymore. I'm painting my (super-duper-ultra-mega-cool) graphic novel character atm though, so stay tuned, kiddies!
Bye for now,
-nessa
