chalk is the quick'n'dirty route & i love it. such a dirty, dirty shortcut. but it's meditative, working the chalkdust into the weave of the paper. paper is such a sexy medium. why do people fuck around with digital when they can learn something tactile? because it's no-muss, i guess. less time spent on prep & cleanup. less inclination to plan with caution? whatever. who am i to shit on a shortcut? i'm using chalk because it doesn't take thirty minutes of fucking around with layers & levels & erase & smudge & burn tools when i can just rub a piece of paper with a piece of chalk, wipe it down with a paper towel, and boom: sky. i love this shade. it's going to look fab in Azure Pantry. i'm not going to lay too much blue on Denizen, though. this is just for the facing chapter pages
(text for the chapter)
The Lazarus ink-- that's what we're calling it, now; this bottle has been resurrected regularly for a decade --is too watery for a nice drydown, so dry brush is off the table until this stuff bakes for a bit. this wasn't how i wanted to ink this piece, but so fucking what. it's a test piece. every piece is a test piece until the comix actually happen, i'll fuck around with the sea in the b/g today, prob'ly...
calling it. that's as much fuckaround as i feel like today
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