I'm currently doing a painting of Little Red Riding Hood, and I decided maybe it'd be fun to take pictures at various stages of completion. Actually it's a pain in the ass rather than fun, but maybe the RESULTS will be fun! Anyway, here are some process pics-- I'll post the finish when it's, uh, finished!






My sketch on shitty paper-- generally I just draw until something cool comes out and think up a concept later. I wanted to make sure the wolf looked pretty demented and Red pretty skeptical.





Inked with Microns-- my nib pens tend to stick into the Arches Coldpress. For areas that need colored outlines I wait until the end, since my colored pens are not waterproof.





Started coloring, I mostly only use red, yellow, blue, Burnt Sienna, and Payne's Gray. Sometimes I'll mix them right on the paper which gives a look seen on Red's hood. To get the speckles on the wolf, I put salt over the paint while it is damp.





Stil painting, I've moved into the pinks and got Red's skin over with. I HATE painting skintone.





Lots of progress since the last pic. I finished the base layer of paint for everything except the bed, because it's going to be an annoying gingham pattern. Started adding cast shadows like on the wolf's belly, and also added second layers to areas like the wolf's mouth. Pulled out my awesome colored pens, as well.


All that's left is the bed and final highlights using gouache! I'll post when I'm done. OMG CLIFFHANGER.