Category Archives: Eulogy WIP

Eulogy, completed

29th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

On April 2nd my Nana passed away. She and I were extremely close and spending weeks tweaking the details of this image have been part of my grief process. Now it’s done, but the process isn’t yet. I suppose that means more work on some of these themes to come. Etsy, etsy, and etsy. You [...]

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WIP Eulogy, Part 14

19th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

On the left is the first detail from a couple days ago of the definition being added to the face. To the right there are a lot of changes. I made the string more interesting, smoothed out the blush, added highlights to the skin and eyes, and cleaned up a lot of the lines. Next [...]

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WIP Eulogy, Part 13

11th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

Blocking out color. My grandmother loved white. She said on white, you can see the dirt better and, therefore, you could clean it better. Sounds reasonable to me. You can trust white. If it looks clean, it is clean. Because I’ve got so much white in this one I’m taking the string back to red. [...]

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WIP Eulogy, Part 12

10th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

Taking a moment to take a step back and get some perspective on the whole.

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WIP Eulogy, Part 11

9th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

Beginning to bring in the shadows. The look of light starts with painting in the lack of it.

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WIP Eulogy, Part 10

8th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

nother bird perches on cage for some foreground bird-age, and I’ve added the hand. I’m hoping that’s a natural enough pose for “clinging to cage bars” Hands are so much fun to draw. Sometimes I sit and gaze at my own for a little while. Is contemplating your thumb more productive than contemplating your navel?

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WIP Eulogy, Part 9

8th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

The hearts of birds free and otherwise have been added and I’m pretty much happy with the iron. Some of what I did will be hidden by the hands but I don’t care because having created the thing in it’s entirety is something I cannot regret. String/shoelaces have begun to make their appearances as expected [...]

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WIP Eulogy, Part 8

6th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

I just really wish I could give her a call.

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WIP Eulogy, Part 7

5th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

My grandmother had a wrought iron wall piece for hanging pots and pans, that has very much inspired the way I’m rendering this. Starting to come together, I think.

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WIP Eulogy, Part 6

4th

Apr. × ’10

By Radio

If you want to avoid drawing lots of lines, don’t make something like this:

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