Greetings, today I’ll present to you the step by step process of one of the pieces forming part of a drawing series that I started last year regarding figurative tendency, surrounding a topic inspired on anthropomorphic lacustrine characters, such as fishes, crustaceans, mollusks, reptiles and aquatic mammals, fused with other beings that describe part of the myths, legends and stories that surround the Maracaibo Lake, on the State of Zulia, Venezuela, where I am from, and since I grew up in the oil-dedicated town of Lagunillas on its eastern coast; and I found my creative muse on stories that I had heard for a long time, and those have been commented on its shores by locals and fishermen, in reference to fantastic beings like mermaids and marine monsters described since the Colonial Period, some benign while others ponder darker intentions and love to frighten those who would have the privilege or bad luck to encounter them, just as it usually happens on the stories concerning other water beings along the world.
Those cases about fantastic animals and creatures, both extinct or paranormal, are studied and researched by a science named Criptozoology, from here comes the title of this series: “Lacustrine Cryptozoology” and the conceptual aspect of it.
The free-character composition structure, is totally founded on the work of execution, in the lightness of the stroke and the dynamism of the lines, combined one over the other, both diagonals and curves that generate rhythm and movement, giving much more expressive power to the entire work.
Formally, if we sink on the figurative relations of the piece, it describe a series of aquatic beings or anthropomorphic characters, developed through drawing as a mean of graphic and gestural expression, where line predominates as the main element on the character definition and construction of the composition, everything solved by the pen and gouache in black ink and sepia technique, which offer a huge range of hues and variety on the expressive side of the work presentation, everything done on 300gm CANSON Watercolor Paper of 45.7 cm. high and 61 cm. long.
TOOLS
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SKETCH
I start creating a base structure using concentric elements with the help of a compass and a graphite pencil ruler.
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Then, the lines that make up the circular elements emulating the shape of the gears are sketched by hand with graphite pencil.
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GOUACHE
Afterwards, a gouache with diluted Sepia ink is applied with a brush to highlight planes and deepen chiaroscuros.
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CONSTRUCTION
When the Gouache is done, forms are drawn spontaneously as well as the contours of the main figure with the stylus with sepia ink.
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Those strokes are done in order to strengthen the formal character structure and the elements that comprise it by defining it graphically.
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CROSSED LINES
Then, crossed lines are drawn over this figure, using the stylus with sepia ink in order to deepen the chiaroscuros and hues, eventually retouching with sepia gouache with a brush wherever it's required to strengthen the tones according to the planes and the depth.
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Finally, sparkles are applied with a brush to recreate the sensation of movement and dynamism breaking with the rigidity of the main character, granting him expressive force, through gestural movements.
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FINAL
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SUMMARY
José Enrique González Márquez [ @KamaronGo ]
Especial Thanks to @tesmoforia for her help taking record of this piece.
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I am in love with this! Is it, or perhaps prints of it, for sale somewhere? =)
You obviously put in a lot of effort into this, and yep! its good work. You ado a great job with the process description too. So congratulations.
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Look at how it turned out to be.. really beautiful!
You clearly did put in a whole lot into this, and your effort paid off.
Phenomenal artwork and thanks for sharing the details. Its always good to learn about the intricacies of the artwork as well. May be this is what future robotic creatures will look like. Geometric patterns add modern touch and tell use about mechanical feats achieved by humans, using that to draw a natural being, that looks scary and non living at the same time. Colour choices also add a great touch. Simply great. Thanks for sharing.
This is really beautiful; I can tell you put piles of time into it! The detail is amazing. I love the sepia pen you used to define everything too.
Congratulations @kamarongo!
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Wow ! First, well deserved up from @curie ! I can’t imagine how much time and effort you spend in this grandiose post!
So much pictures, which show the process of generating a real masterpiece!
Thanks for sharing with the community :-)
Hello i love the way you presented this post. It is very well done the little video at the start the presentation of your tools... it is keeping it very interesting. And your art is beautiful it looks amazing.
Very clean your work, beautiful details, it's amazing!
Congratulations !
It is a great piece, and I love step by steps. My question is where did you find the tools, I have a couple old bottles of ink and pens from the 40's (mostly fountain), how did you come across the variety of dip tips and do any of them have nibs? (sorry just curious)
Hi @kamarongo,
Love the very unique finished art, but the entire process and photos are unreal. So much detail you have put into the work and this post. Thanks for putting in the work.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea mixed with steampunk feels, I like this art of yours. The choice of using sepia tones really gives this the classic feels when sea exploration was at it's heights. I dig your style and some of the techniques used here are similar to what I do in line art. You're better at blending with traditional media :D