Saturday 10 October 2015

Survivor Neema - painting

I was determined to have another bash at painting black skin. I was very disappointed with my first attempt so last night I moved on to the Survivors and Neema. I had some fun researching Neema when I first unboxed Toxic City Mall.

She is a great model and this became more apparent as the painting began.


The skin colouring has worked much better this time around. I was much bolder in my approach and layered from dark through 3-4 highlights before knocking everything back with a dark wash. I then returned to the model and picked out some more of the top edges. I am much happier with the outcome. There is still some work to do but I think that we are going in the right direction.

I may even consider including Neema in the 6 man Survivor crew. She does seem to be unique in her play style. Emmmmm ........ but who to drop, more pondering ahead.

This whole Zomtober idea is great. It provides a real focus and as a result there is lots of painting going on. I got more done this week than in the many previous months.

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  1. Glad to hear Zomtober is proving beneficial. Like you, I find it helps me get focused having even nominal deadlines. :)

    I think Neema looks great. :)

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    1. Thanks. I am happy with Neema myself, a big improvement.

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  2. Neema looks stunning, you've certainly worked hard on her.

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    1. Thanks. The skin is much improved, that pink top is just not doing it for me though. I think that the washes are not proving the contrast that I need and the pink itself is not good enough on the highlight. I may have to make a bold change. We'll see.

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