ICYMI: Iusta in another new dress & Damon’s Little Helper
Posted on Twitter today: I played with a sampler of QoR watercolours today (instead of getting the next comic done–but it was something I could do while thinking through the next complicated(!) steps in the plot).
QoR paints are made with a synthetic substitute for gum arabic, a binder traditionally used in watercolours and mostly sourced from one type of acacia tree in Sudan. I’ve heard that the synthetic binder is used in art preservation, but that disqualifies QoR paints from joining my ancient palette, even as a substitute for something poisonous 🙂 The paints needed some finessing to work nicely on the sketchbook paper. They wouldn’t be my first choice of paints, but some artists like them. I’ll keep playing with them until my tiny sampler runs out.
These are photos, not scans, so the colours and proportions are slightly different in each Iusta image.
(click ’em to see larger)
I like Damon’s little helper, heh. kid’s heart’s in the right place… ;-P
Just think of what Damon could get away with walking through the marketplace with his sticky fingers and an innocent-looking little distraction at his side.
Justa is looking a tad….ah…thick down the middle.
Too many fig rolls perhaps?
Fig rolls. That’s what the kids are calling it these days.
Iusta looks older in those pics. Like she’s about 30 years old.
Water retention is a B.
I agree; it’s not just that she looks sturdier (which is a nice way of saying “Maybe you should pass on the seconds on the dormice next time, Iusta…”. Her face is more formed, and her expression less ingenious. She’s more of a woman, less of a girl.