Her hat is based on a genuine 1920’s McCall’s sewing pattern with slight modifications.
I will be selling Art Deco Catwoman and Harley Quinn prints at events this year.
Inspired by the work of George Petty and WWII nose art, I’m experimenting with painting directly on to metal. The painting is on a new-made-to-look-old tin sign that I sanded and distressed myself.
Those of you with a keen eye and a knowledge of popular video games might be able to guess what she is promoting.
I will have the finished painting for sale at Supanova Melbourne next month.
Lara Croft – Art Nouveau style poster based on the Inktober sketch I did last year. I will have this for sale as prints at my upcoming conventions.
Happy Women’s Day! Everyday!
Month of Love: Fantasy
“Fern Heart”
“The Oldest of all, the Queen of the Forest hid her heart
Under lock and blade, By frond and key”
From a very rough thumbnail this painting, along with her story developed very quickly. I found inking the tiny plant details very soothing.
I also involved in a fantastic online course for Art Business – which is turning out to be just the help I need and filled with a wonderful group of artist.
One fairly important priority for 2016 for me is to do more traditional work. Digital has so many positives but I truly love working in pencil, ink and watercolor. I convinced myself that digital was fast, easier (as in no set up/clean up, my computer and tablet are always right there waiting), less stressful (unlimited undos). But in actual fact tradition is more natural to me (its what I’ve done from the very beginning), therefore its faster and less stressful then working on a computer! And not having undo makes the work better – if I really mess up I start again from scratch and the piece is always better for having done it twice.
So with that in mind I bought some new paper and started drawing in ink again the quiet time over Christmas/New Years. Slightly missing white Christmases inspired this pin up girl.
My concept (black & white only) was translated into a sculpt by Lee Jae Chi of Zealot Miniatures. The finished product is made of resin and stands roughly 32mm high. Only 100 were produced and sadly with the master sculpt damaged by the casting no others will be made.
I decided to quickly add some color to my original concept to work out how I would go about painting her as a miniature. I would also like to make her a custom base like the one in the concept. I hope to have time to paint her soon and I really look forward to seeing how other people interpret the design!
Official miniature painting by Leigh Carpenter inspired by my color concept.
