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@__@ the most frustrating piece I've ever done, with many things not going as smooth as it should be e.g. bleedproof paper that bleed, my inability to use marker blender, and most annoying of all is lack of colors. They just simply don't make the shade I want, and so had to make do with what I have to try to get the same color as in the reference.

And there's another thing I'm not pleased with Initially I planned to go the usual route of inking then coloring. However, about 1/5 into inking, it hit me that since I'm going for a realistic look, it might me better to avoid the harsh black outline and instead use color and shadow to define shapes. White ink pen help mask some of the damage done, but some places are just impossible to fix. In hindsight, watercolor might be a better medium to portray the softness and flow. Plus, I can mix my own color that way.

Still, doing this piece is a great learning experience. A lot of time I'd draw what I think flower looks like, and not what it actually looks like, and often simplify or overlook detail. Making this helps me notice lots of thing. The stem is not always round, or is simply just a gradient of green color. The color difference between inner and outer side of petals, textures, folds, and how it's not simply just one shade. A pink petal may have a streak of purple and a subtle patch of magenta, a leaf is withering and brown at the edge and so on.

Done with reference pic. It's an evian water ads in some old magazine.
Lineart: 8/28/06
Color: 8/28-31/06
Hours spent: LOTS. though much of it is just me staring at the reference pic and try to work out just how to tackle that.

Pencil piece I did as a study before marker version[link] ,work in progress [link]
Materials
Lineart: pencil
Color: Prismacolor marker. Also color pencil for outline and detail
Also: white ink pen for masking mistakes and highlight

Critique welcome. I'd like to know what I can do better next time

and last but not least..... To my mother, water lily is one of her favorite flowers.

Description
@__@ the most frustrating piece I've ever done, with many things not going as smooth as it should be e.g. bleedproof paper that bleed, my inability to use marker blender, and most annoying of all is lack of colors. They just simply don't make the shade I want, and so had to make do with what I have to try to get the same color as in the reference.

And there's another thing I'm not pleased with Initially I planned to go the usual route of inking then coloring. However, about 1/5 into inking, it hit me that since I'm going for a realistic look, it might me better to avoid the harsh black outline and instead use color and shadow to define shapes. White ink pen help mask some of the damage done, but some places are just impossible to fix. In hindsight, watercolor might be a better medium to portray the softness and flow. Plus, I can mix my own color that way.

Still, doing this piece is a great learning experience. A lot of time I'd draw what I think flower looks like, and not what it actually looks like, and often simplify or overlook detail. Making this helps me notice lots of thing. The stem is not always round, or is simply just a gradient of green color. The color difference between inner and outer side of petals, textures, folds, and how it's not simply just one shade. A pink petal may have a streak of purple and a subtle patch of magenta, a leaf is withering and brown at the edge and so on.

Done with reference pic. It's an evian water ads in some old magazine.
Lineart: 8/28/06
Color: 8/28-31/06
Hours spent: LOTS. though much of it is just me staring at the reference pic and try to work out just how to tackle that.

Pencil piece I did as a study before marker version[link] ,work in progress [link]
Materials
Lineart: pencil
Color: Prismacolor marker. Also color pencil for outline and detail
Also: white ink pen for masking mistakes and highlight

Critique welcome. I'd like to know what I can do better next time

and last but not least..... To my mother, water lily is one of her favorite flowers.