This one doesn't require much commentary.Left is Lien-da, right is Kragok.
He's comforting her..., and as anyone knows who has a twin, the stronger one will commonly draw close to the weaker one, much like a dominance struggle against that which hurt the other person.
I took a highlight value of -100 on my scanner, shadow value of -100, midtone value of +100, and a gamma value of 4.0. Then, I skewed it right between the cyan values and the magenta, in terms of color tint. Since the paper is black and the pencil was white, it took them very far.
The facial values of a picture are always highly important, because if you can't perfect the face while blocking in the general body forms and shapes, it's really not a very successful venture.
Since this is just the first picture, clearly it's going to be a work in progress.
The next one is this, a highly successful piece if I do say so.
Of course, it's a family affair here, with Bernadette on the left, Jules in the middle, and Sonic on the right.The pencil wasn't as strong here, so without allowing the light focus to detract from the linework, I had to pull the highlights back down to -100, the shadows up to +100, the midtones to -100, and the gamma stayed at 4.0.
Bernadette's face here bears a sort of motherly mirth---and if I were to guess by her name, I would say she's a Hebrew in terms of religious bent. She does resemble a quiet kallehniu, and of course in her youth she would've been quite a maidel indeed. As it is, she's still very pretty, and the apron gives her a dignified cut above the rest.
Jules is another matter, one I had to take into consideration before I drew. He's not organic, so I had to make him look properly metallic and stiff..., so I gave his head shape a completely spherical workup, which is about what he has in the older Archie Comics where he appears.
And of course, Sonic is the hallmark single child of a wartime veteran family. He's playful, he's full of winsome excitement, and the stretch of joy in his smile makes the whole picture very lighthearted and lovable.
I'm really happy with the way both of my works turned out, and I hope to see you guys back here for another example soon.
---Dann
