Coloring with character.

[treehat]

I stumbled across a tutorial by Les McClaine earlier regarding how to color "like a little old lady." It's quite a bit of fun, with interesting results. It's all about replicating that era of sloppy, off-register printing. I tried my hand at it:


It's not great, but it's really quite fun to do. Compared to the normal version, however, it's got tons more character:



Now I'm considering coloring all Kitewinds like this. But I don't think the story lends itself to that style of coloring. Pity. It's such a fun style.

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[octan.livejournal.com]

That might actually not be so bad for Kitewinds. 'Course, it would be even more fitting if it were illustrated more like those soap opera comics. Not that I see myself ever being capable of pulling that off anytime soon.