Am I done? (Art in need of help!)

Okay, so I finally got the color laid in on the piece I've been working on lately (which was like pulling teeth to get enough spare time...)...

...but now I have a problem. I'm conflicted over whether to fill in the background and make it dark, or leave it white, or anything in-between like a wider border, lines, etc... (Suggestions abound at home, but they all conflict also - family's no help!)

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Ruby Fusion

Incomplete test-run at a black background

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hrmm a white border would look good, have you tried to color it using photoshop or a similar program? it would turn out cleaner and make the art realy jump out at ya

But all in all it's a good image, definatly go for the lighter background.

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Sadly, I have no photoshop or tablet or anything along those lines, so coloring the actual figure digitally is a no-go for me.

(Prismacolors for the win...and the actual piece is smoother than the scan - for some reason my scan picked up some weird texturing on the body that isn't evident on the actual piece.)

The filled-in background is an annoying pixel-by-pixel Paint fill.

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hrmm... So I guess it's safe to assume you no longer have the plain pencils anymore correct?


Cause if ya did I may be able to help ya out with the inking ancd coloring part

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Plain pencils, no. Ink only, yes.

B&W Ruby

(Edit: Actually...let me scour the hard drive. There -should- be an original scan of the pencils here somewhere now that I think of it...)

(Edit 2: Strike that. In true Murphy's Law fashion, the only prelim pencil that I saved was an incomplete one without facial features or hair.)

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that's ok I'll digitally ink it and color it for ya using your orignal colors. It'll take me a day or two , sooner if I can finish up a few of my other projects.

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Sweet! I look forward to seeing it.

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It's lovely.

There are some free Digital imaging packages you can try like GIMP or MSPAINT.Net. Google will be able to help you with those. Good luck!

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You have some great art, especially in the level of detail and color that you have done. I know many people feel Photoshop and computer media is the way to go, but your pencil and Primsacolor work stands out just as well.

I don't know if you've heard of her, but your stuff also reminds of some Ne'Ne' Thomas' early works.

I don't know that I can add anything - the black background provides a nice contrast to a mainly light image - but I can see where you might lose some of the small "radiation" lines from her hands, in terms of details. My suggestions might be a lighter fill color - something in the blues or greys to contrast the image while allowing little things to maybe be visible.

Anyhow, that's all I got.

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Wow. I just looked up Nene Thomas.

Thanks for the massive compliment! Her stuff is gorgeous.

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I was gonna say, don't use black. Go with a complimentary color. Yeah her body is white so go with compliment of the hair, for instance, or the boot. Since those are major eye-drawing points. Maybe a purpley or a greenish background perhaps?

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