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amalgamatedchaos t1_jaf2gc6 wrote

Reply to comment by gorneaux in Red House, Outer Sunset, Me, Watercolor, 2023 by gorneaux

Makes sense. That's what I figured. Your lines are super clean. I like your style!

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gorneaux OP t1_jaf3ao6 wrote

Hey, thanks very much!! I do appreciate it.

Used to be I inked all my lines on co dot dot dot missioned house portraits, but that was just one more inessential thing I stopped doing to speed things up. However, the guy who commissioned this one, who's a damn good comics artist himself, wanted those black lines in there to give more of the comic book look. I didn't think about it at the time, but it was the right call — the black lines help balance out that super-vibrant red (even if it also creates kind of a CAD/illustration look, rather than something painterly).

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gorneaux OP t1_jaf3kp8 wrote

Hey, thanks very much!! I do appreciate it.
Used to be I inked all my lines on co dot dot dot missioned house portraits, but that was just one more inessential thing I stopped doing to speed things up. However, the guy who co (la de dah, music playing here) missioned this one, who's a damn good comics artist himself, wanted those black lines in there to give more of the comic book look. I didn't think about it at the time, but it was the right call — the black lines help balance out that super-vibrant red (even if it also creates kind of a CAD/illustration look, rather than something painterly.

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