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I promised local folks that I would do the new Neverhood meme thing during the weekend. I didn't, I got stuck reading Claymore (whol 150 chapters in close to 3 days yahoo). What I did finish though was another traditional full-background, full-colour A4 picture.

I didn't work with any references (such as in NH: An Unwelcome Visitor ), so the background isn't entirely accurate, but I hope you can see that this takes place in Weasel Arena. The bench has eyes and legs (also flowers) and it's capable of moving around while people sit on it.

Regarding the technique... First thing's first, that perspective. I drew Klaymen first and then tried to fit things around him. I must have redrawn Willie's foot six times before it was big enough. And I still don't think that the perspective is natural enough. Oh well.
After having severe trouble with my last picture NH: Don't Eat That , where I was unable to obtain dark shades and new colour just wouldn't hold on the paper, I tried a new approach. While the number of colour layers remains approximately the same (around ten), I started the shading process not with the base colour, but with the colours I use for deep shading (meaning dark brown and blue). I counted on the fact that while I can't always add darkness, I can always add colour (be it in hue or saturation). It doesn't seem like this premise was entirely correct. The first three layers were entirely irritating because I could see the colour gradually drained and the "dark" base wasn't all that dark. In short, I wasn't able to pull the colours off as vibrant as I could have. And the dark areas weren't as dark as I would have liked. But at least I have this new experience.
Lucky for me, most of the colour/darkness thing can be fixed on computer using the Curves setting.

Regarding the picture... I love Willie's hands. I believe that at least a bit of Klaymen's shorts should be visible since this way it looks like his torso is really short. Annnd Klaymen's feet looked really nice before I covered them in Willie's boots. I'm still a little sad with that.

The Neverhood © Doug TenNapel

Description
I promised local folks that I would do the new Neverhood meme thing during the weekend. I didn't, I got stuck reading Claymore (whol 150 chapters in close to 3 days yahoo). What I did finish though was another traditional full-background, full-colour A4 picture.

I didn't work with any references (such as in NH: An Unwelcome Visitor ), so the background isn't entirely accurate, but I hope you can see that this takes place in Weasel Arena. The bench has eyes and legs (also flowers) and it's capable of moving around while people sit on it.

Regarding the technique... First thing's first, that perspective. I drew Klaymen first and then tried to fit things around him. I must have redrawn Willie's foot six times before it was big enough. And I still don't think that the perspective is natural enough. Oh well.
After having severe trouble with my last picture NH: Don't Eat That , where I was unable to obtain dark shades and new colour just wouldn't hold on the paper, I tried a new approach. While the number of colour layers remains approximately the same (around ten), I started the shading process not with the base colour, but with the colours I use for deep shading (meaning dark brown and blue). I counted on the fact that while I can't always add darkness, I can always add colour (be it in hue or saturation). It doesn't seem like this premise was entirely correct. The first three layers were entirely irritating because I could see the colour gradually drained and the "dark" base wasn't all that dark. In short, I wasn't able to pull the colours off as vibrant as I could have. And the dark areas weren't as dark as I would have liked. But at least I have this new experience.
Lucky for me, most of the colour/darkness thing can be fixed on computer using the Curves setting.

Regarding the picture... I love Willie's hands. I believe that at least a bit of Klaymen's shorts should be visible since this way it looks like his torso is really short. Annnd Klaymen's feet looked really nice before I covered them in Willie's boots. I'm still a little sad with that.

The Neverhood © Doug TenNapel