After sketching out my idea, I wanted to focus on blending color and a color scheme. I love how prisma can creative realistic yet cartoon like styles. This is what I experimented with before starting my project:
This has been the most challenging project so far, because I did not have a picture to go off of. I became indecisive and hesitant to start my project, because the only solid plan was in my mind. When I sketched this, it had a different look than I imagined. It was more cartoonish on paper. I went with this style and tried to make it work. It reminds me of a character than could have been on "Courage the Cowardly Dog", a show I watched as a kid. I thought of this sketch with just my imagination and photo references of rope, clouds, and outer space.
I am leaving this piece untitled for now. These are my ideas for the title:
1) Spaced Out II
2) Personal Space
3) Cosmic Thoughts
I also continued working with fantasia color pencil, dusty and airy textured pencils, and mixing them with prismas, which have a waxy texture and gloss. When I went to Jerry's Artarama over the summer, I was talking to one of the employees about color pencils. He showed me the different types and introduced to me the various textures and finishes color pencils have. He also said that he usually sticks to one brand per project and doesn't mix them because their textures don't match. Over the summer and in this project I have been trying to find a way to mix the different color pencils. I find that when mixed it gives a different feel. The waxy prismas help enhance certain areas, while fantasia pencils do the opposite.
In this piece I also used white gel pen to get white highlights for the stars.
Here is an example of me blending prismas with fantasia pencils over the summer: