SleepyOni: Illustration! Vintage-Pulp-Reproduction-Edition!

Wherein I
reproduce the cover of the August 1957 issue of 'Super-Science Fiction' magazine. Y'know, for funsies.


So over the last year and a half (Ye Pandemic Times) one of my main meditative/calming pastimes has been redrawing vintage comic book panels, covers, magazine illo's, etc. All done with the intent of figuring out how that particular piece used line and color. Yes, this is relaxing to me.


I've always done this with brush pens, various inks, and maybe a solid color or two. But I have these colored pencils, see, and I haven't figured out how to use them yet. Doing a bigger piece like this is REALLY solid practice with both the pencils and this whole 'color theory' thing I hear people talking about. It's a much slower process than I'm used to; building up color in careful layers and trying to avoid using straight black. Also: it's interesting experimenting with how ink layers interact with the colored pencil.

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