Here's a budget version of a marbling effect I tried.
Instead of wet-in-wet, "water dropped on ink: effect, instead I dipped some bristol into a cooking pan of water, face down, then pull it out, tiled it, all to create some cool swirling effects.
It's pretty easy, if you type in 'marble paper' into google or youtube there's tons of better examples than this online.
What I like about it - is letting my brush or pen follow various 'pathways' the ink and water make, ones i wouldn't normally think of drawing myself.
Like this guy.
Sort of a different kind of Twout than i might usually might draw.
Somewhat gigeresque , but with some goofy-looking 1900 sam touches mixed in there,
like the little bowler hat.
You can see from the chin that it's still pretty rough and unfinished.
Maybe I'll go in and beef up some more sculpting on the over all texture,
sharpen the highlights and dark other bits too.
My overall hope... is not to render it too much that the whole watercolor effect itself gets buried by the end.
I'll throw up a finished version when it's done,
or 'abandoned'..
is more likely the right word.
I doubt any of us are ever really finishes this kinda stuff, do we?
