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Aamon Work In Progress

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• Originally started: 11/2005

• Tools: Paint Shop Pro 9 and Wacom graphics tablet

• Original Inspiration: I was trying out doing an assignment for someone doing a book, but couldn't get them to give me an acceptably worded contract. The inspiration is demonic mythology. Aamon is a wolf-headed demon with a snake's tail.

• Other Comments: This is the first time I've tried doing a fully monochrome image digitally. I've done plenty of monochromatic pencil and ink work, so I took this as a challenge to see what I could to digitally.

     The original rough layout sketch (done with my Wacom Tablet) and some basic color blocking and texturing on the head. I had it on a blue background for a while so I could make sure I didn't leave any gaps that might mess up the shading and blending later.

     Quite a jump between these two stages. I started blending the head with the more human aspects of the torso and shading the muscles. I wanted to pay particular attention to the shading on the musculature as that tends to be a very weak aspect of my art in a lot of cases.

     I did a little more work here, moving on into the forearms and lower torso. Thus far, I'm pretty happy with what's going on with the shading and musculature. There's a decent distinction in texture between the fur and skin. That was something else I was trying to convey. You'll note here that I gave him a paw pad sort of arrangement in his palm. I thought it would be a neat touch considering his animalistic nature.

     Here the forward arm is more complete and I've started on down towards the lower body. At this point, I realized that the person (who was essentially just trying to scam free use of artwork without any mention in the contract of the promises made in the original query) was not going to change the verbiage of the contract to anything near what I would have been comfortable with signing. So, rather than kill myself trying to finish this piece during that very busy time of year, I set it aside to finish at my leisure.

Gallery C Digital