Bronze and Knotwork

This was originally sketched back during my semester in Costa Rica, fall of 2004, on one of the deviders in my notebook. I even got it inked about halfway before it was set aside for quite some time.

I recently went through a bunch of my notebooks, cleaning them out and organizing sketches so that I can find them. This one was so close to being ready to color that I went ahead and finished it. I also learned not to try to ink on those devider things again. They don't cooperate with microns and it ends up smudging if you're not careful.

Mostly this was an exercise in coloring (and knotwork). There area few things with the anatomy I have issues with but I figure I've learned the lesson and focused on seeing what watercolors, watercolor pencils, and colored pencils would do for me.

Finally, my scanner bed is juuuuust a smidge smaller than the bristol I was working on, that's why it's a little cut off on the right and at the bottom.