Rotten's Pocket

[RottenPocket]

@meat

I'm not sure what you mean, or how you think I do it.

Say, if we're looking at the mermaid or the dragony-demon-thingy-carrying-off-his-gal I actually draw it traditionally and edit/colour it digitally. 

I'm not overly fond of traditional means to colour my drawings because it's so easy to destroy it. 

Although in situations like the Demon where I started digitally, then printed it out to draw over him traditionally - I don't use ordinary printing paper, which is hot pressed and overly smooth. Also it's weak, like 80gsm, so if I were to apply a wet medium it would buckle. I printed him out onto a sheet of 110gsm cartridge paper before drawing over it. I imagine a smooth, but not hot pressed watercolour paper would work just as well if you intended on layering in more traditional mediums like ink, pastel and paints. Hot pressed is harder to absorb wet mediums so they tend to just sit on the surface. They're only really good for doing washes over drawings. 

I know, I'm still working extra hours and got word today that it'll stay that way until further notice so I'm glad I had yesterday off and all this evening before a 7am-9pm day tomorrow. I travel a lot between jobs so reading helps. I fell out of the habit and just felt really, blegh... unmotivated and un-enriched. Reading when I can't sketch is like feeding the mind and keeping the machine working. 

I hope that helps you.