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An illustration to a story I am writing: A Gathering Stormfront. It is of a scene I haven't written yet; and when I come to write it, it may be somewhat different to how it's portrayed here.
This was an ongoing piece for quite some time. I'd spend hours getting nowhere with it, and then occasionally work on it a bit because I felt like I should. It wasn't until I was flicking through one of my sketchpads that I actually decided to get my arse into gear, and then I painted about a third of it, penned it and scanned it in one evening; which is possibly the most productive thing I've ever done. Reasonably pleased with it, but I only really finished it because I felt compelled to do it, rather than because I wanted to. It doesn't feel dark and wild enough, yet nor does it capture the magical feeling I wanted. Some of it was quite rushed and some of it consolidated too much, and there's various parts of it which I could have done so much better. Having said that, I do quite like it, and it'll look good with my story. Art © Fionn Jordan Paper, pencil, watercolour, pen Comments I like the way you did the sky on this one.
-- Im so green I re-use my toiletpaper I'm not too pleased with it, myself. The blue hardly scanned, and I was aiming for something a little more windswept. But thanks anyway, and cheers for the
 .-- How Far to Asgard? thats why I rearly do color-works...
Any time, mate  -- Im so green I re-use my toiletpaper  How cool. I like the sky and the rocky backgroudn too. The color of the sea's water is nicely done, I like all this variety of blue. Good work on her facial expression too, she looks dazed.
-- If you don't live for something, you'll die for nothing --- Hatebreed Seasons had changed , lys have fallen.. --- Augury Cheers. Although I thought the sea was too bright given the dark sky, personally.
-- How Far to Asgard?  Hmm why so little effort on the sky whereas you've put more detail onto other non focal points in this picture? The sea for example has many various tones. Is this meant to be conceptual or just lack of time spent on it?
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I like the fact that the selkie blends in with the rock, it makes her seem part of the surroundings in a way that the girl isn't-quite, which is natural. I'm not sure I would have known it was a selkie if you hadn't told me though, as the outline isn't too clear - but if it's an illustration for a book that won't be a problem as you'll have the surrounding story and text to explain it.
I like the different shades you have in the sea. I also like the little touches like the wave splashing up against the rock - you've obviously thought about this. I think that if the wave was splashing against the rock like that there would be some more spray though - you could have added some more flecks of white to make it look more natural.
I also like the subtle way you've shaded, especially on the rock and the selkie. The cross-hatching is nice - it shades but also manages to add texture at the same time. Perhaps you could have done something similar on the cliffs? Just a thought.
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