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I'm asking how you airbrush colors in layers! There looks like such a jump from one layer to the other and I want to know that whole process. Have you considered making a speedpaint video?

Hi @plaguechicken!

I’ll see what I can do on the speedpaint front. But for now I can offer some tips. With every piece, I work from the lightest and warmest color to the darkest and coldest color. Oftentimes it goes from yellow—>red—>brown—>green—>teal—>blue—>violet. The darkest color is a mixture between brown,blue and violet so I try to do that last. Not all of the pieces have these exact colors, so some are eliminated from the process but the layer order remains the same. Once I’ve finished putting down the darkest color, I can start scratching. That’s followed by another layer of airbrushing done in the same order. Tho on the second layer the darkest colors can be left out.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you’d like to hear a breakdown of a specific piece or if there’s a subject you’d think would look awesome in speedpaint form.

~lwhittie

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I forgot to add this but the peeling parts on my videos are contact paper stencils that I make myself and don’t come with the boards. It helps preserve the white layer and saves me a lot of clean up time.

Hi! I don't know if you're still active but if you are I was wondering what brand/type of scratchboard you use? I've only ever used the thin paper kind, but yours seems to be much thicker (I've also never seen the kind that peels...I didn't know that existed). It also seems to take colour much better than any of the sheets I've used, and I'd like to try it out!

Hi @jedigranger!

I use Ampersand scratchboard and clayboard. They’re composed of a hardboard with a layer of Kaolin clay followed by ink and are indeed much thicker than other scratchboards. They’re also much more absorbent compared to other scratchboards as you’ve observed.

Thank you for the ask!

~lwhittie

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This is scratchboard, which is a kind of engraving technique. In this video I started with a white clayboard that I airbrushed with colored ink. With some very sharp instruments, I’m scratching off parts the colored ink layer to reveal the white underneath and create details.

The first scratching session

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Hi! I don't know if you're still active but if you are I was wondering what brand/type of scratchboard you use? I've only ever used the thin paper kind, but yours seems to be much thicker (I've also never seen the kind that peels...I didn't know that existed). It also seems to take colour much better than any of the sheets I've used, and I'd like to try it out!

Hi @jedigranger!

I use Ampersand scratchboard and clayboard. They’re composed of a hardboard with a layer of Kaolin clay followed by ink and are indeed much thicker than other scratchboards. They’re also much more absorbent compared to other scratchboards as you’ve observed.

Thank you for the ask!

~lwhittie

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What's your process for airbrushing? I've just gotten my own airbrush and I don't know where to start

Hi @plaguechicken !

Are you looking for a rundown on how to operate an airbrush or are you looking for a demonstration on how I layer colors? I’m trying to decide whether I should make a video or not.

~lwhittie

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Another Inktober prompt I managed to miss. A drawing of Dmitri the Eurasian eagle-owl for the prompt: Flight.

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Feeling a little guilty that I didn’t complete all of the prompts for Inktober, so here’s a Rhinoceros I intended to draw for the prompt: Mythical.

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I have a lot of catching up to do as far as D&D drawings go but I started with a picture of my Kenku, Klik Klik, with his new duds that he purchased a few sessions ago.

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Hello all! I’ve uploaded all of the gray toned Inktober artwork to my Inprnt. Check the link in the replies if you’d like a print of one of these critters in your home.

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Inktober day 31: Saved by zoos. I know I drew a California condor last year but they’re the best.

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Inktober day 29: Parasite; Tongue-eating louse.

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Inktober day 28: Blue; Black-throated magpie jay.

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Inktober day 26: Eyes. These owls keep appearing on my paper and it’s making it really hard to draw.

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Inktober day 25: Blind. A little post-it fan art of Zeus the blind owl.

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‪Inktober day 24: Extinct. An attempt at drawing a Microraptor. It’s probably not very accurate. 😅

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Inktober day 23: Endangered. One of the Red pandas from the Hogle Zoo. Some of their biggest threats include habitat loss and poaching.

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Inktober day 22: Social . A pair of Spectacled mousebirds from the Hogle Zoo doing a snuggle. In the wild they huddle together in groups of up to 20 to stay warm at night.