Structural Self Portrait

Watercolor and micron pen on cold press paper with some contrast in PS. Just kind of an abstraction of myself. (I would even go so far as to call it a self-portrait.) I'm planning for this scene to play a role in my book too.

And nope, it's not any kind of amusement park equipment, though I can see why you might think that. I like blending the whimsical with the structural, and that combination almost inevitably ends up having that vibe.

This one took longer than any of the others I made this Fall. This is because I started with a rather mechanical line drawing using micron pen, which I based on a 2D/3D mockup I made beforehand. Then I built it up in thin watercolor layers, and finally finished it with contrast adjustment in PS.

This is one of the few pieces that I think looked rather similar to what I had in my head.