#spectrum noir

[pandakong]

Capypril Day 8 - Season

Wanted to put some native South American plants in, hopefully they’re blooming in fall.

[amandassketchblog]

[alphashley14]

Leaving for a BIG vacation tonight, so I just knew I had to finish this Rickidy sketch before I left!!!

Based on Chapter 3 of @orithereticent’s amazing fic, “Purposefully Silent!”

I’ve been having a lot of fun experimenting with mediums and art styles. My last “Purposefully Silent” sketch was graphite and used various drawing pencils and blending techniques. With this one I also went monochrome, but decided to use my lineart markers to experiment with creating darkness and lightness using hatching and cross hatching.

What do you think?

[a-rose-for-gold]

So I had this really fun idea recently for a Lore Olympus AU.

I thought it would be really fun to reimagine Once Upon a Time characters as Gods from the acclaimed Lore Olympus webcomic by Rachel Smythe. (Not Greek Mythology - not matching characters with specific Gods. I mean Rachel’s interpretation and art style specifically) I absolutely LOVE that series’ art style and the way Rachel uses color to tell the story.

So obviously I had to start with my favorite character!!!

Rumplestiltskin

God of

Textiles

Fatherhood

Dark Magic

Wealth

and Deals

(He’s an old God - he’s been around and is the deity of a lot of things.)

I have also drawn Belle but am yet to color her. I’m thinking she’s going to be the goddess of learning, stories, books, and redemption, and she’s going to be all shades/tints of light blue.

What other characters/gods & goddesses would you like to see?

Also some notes about my design/thought process and some other ideas about Rumple in this AU if anyone’s interested:

I put a lot of thought into Rumple’s design and what colors I should use for him. I wanted to incorporate gold into it obviously but I thought that all gold would be more appropriate for King Midas and Catherine. (And I wanted to try for something more original since Hera in LO is all gold) That, and I didn’t think all gold would fit all of his vibes. So eventually what I decided on was this:

Rumple’s main color was inspired by amber for a couple of reasons.

I thought oranges and browns would suit him well at all stages/phases of his life, from the spinner then the dark one to Mr. Gold then Detective Weaver.

Because amber fits well with the design concepts I have in mind for Fiona, Malcom/Peter Pan, and Baelfire.

Because his coloring is inspired by amber, which is a translucent stone, he can look different depending on the lighting he’s in or his mood, which suits him really well as an ever-shifting, complicated, and at times unpredictable character.

His hands however, have been corrupted by him overdoing it with his powers, so they’re black up to the elbow. Save his fingers, which turn gold when he’s spinning.

I also had the idea that his ankle was injured in the war against the titans, leaving him with scars that hurt and bleed ichor from time to time.

Also his like “god form” when he’s angry or otherwise using a LOT of power at once is either all gold or black with gold speckles/stars. I haven’t decided yet.

And I put him in the blue outfit for the sake of this drawing because I thought it would contrast nicely with his skin.

And the sparkles around the gold straw may be a little overboard and were a last minute decision but they were ✨fun.✨ ☺️

I had a lot of fun with this and probably won’t be able to resist drawing the God of Wealth again.

[muunbear]

⭐️💖𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙄 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧 💖⭐️

[neko-my-cat]

I also got some colored pencils and I absolutely love them

[lyrarts]

Playing with the new gem tone paints.

Photos don't do it justice, and I had to brighten a little with my Spectrum Noir sparkle markers because the gem colors were not as pigmented as I expected. Opal colors had to be enhanced with a silver paint pen and a white gel pen. The black is some calligraphy ink I got for my fountain pens that does not work well for those but works GREAT as a deep black when brushed on like watercolor.

Photo doesn't quite do it justice but anything shimmer is hard to photograph anyway.

I do think from now on all shinies will be accent paints rather than main color however.

[chwiggy]

Cardinal

Me, Ink and Marker on Paper, February 2021

[Instagram]

[ID: A cardinal (bird) perching on a twig, back towards the viewer had turned backwards]