Yeah it's a little hazy there - I was going to re-shoot the photo, then looked again and realize I kind of like the look ... go figure. I will have to do the finishing touches on this piece and get another photo of the final thing, but this will do to go on until then.
The portraits of the Younglings of Dunnottar are also works in progress ... rough pencil sketches with colors added, similar to this process - pencil, seal, tint, seal, pencil, seal, tint, seal ... ad nauseum, ad infinitum LOL !!! Not really; it just seems that way!
Most of the portraits have their first tints; everything is experimental, learning as I go along here ... Merri, for example is going to get her mother Alianora's hair instead of the straight hair the sketch shows, just because; Diann's tinting needs toning down and touching up - her hair's too bright; Dothann's is going to need its hair fixed; Corrbed, however, may well be finished as is - I'm afraid to touch it for fear of messing it up ... Brann and Rua are still pencil sketches. So all you get to see here with any color is Corrbed - the others might shoot me if I put them up before they're ready to go. When they are ready, the current plan is for them to go onto the cover photo with Dunnottar centered among them.
Here are the pencil sketches of the Younglings:
My Lord! Look at the eyes on that boy! Not his natural color here - those are even more stunning.
These are my current works in progress, and joy it is to work on them!
