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I wish the pic was a little bigger. I love the retro feel of the robot and the car. The fuzzy/blurryness makes it remind me of a children's book cover.

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Excellent work. Your paintings are great. How do you blend the paint? Could you explain your process to me?

beautiful piece, my favorite in your gallery! i love these slightly retro-ish colors and the whole composition. the car is so cool and i love the lighting, it's kind of hazy. impressive that you did it with acrylic too, i have a hard time with non-digital mediums... seems you've mastered both.

Thank you, yes I can explain this one. (It's different than my usual process, but one which I think I'll be using more in the future.)

- I started sketching quite small, basically a black and white silhouette thumbnail. If something that tiny is clear and recognizable, then it will work when it's finished.
- I toned the whole thing a slightly-green mid-grey.
- I did the painting in greyscale first (using acrylics, just mixing white and ivory black). This was a lot easier and faster than a usual painting. In terms of blending, I sometimes blend quickly during the short time when thick acrylic is still wet, but more often I drybrush to create an illusion of blending. For drybrushing, I think it helps that my surface has a crazy mountainous gessoed texture.
- Once it was a finished greyscale painting, I glazed watered-down colors over their respective areas. Really, the only places I layered glazes were the buildings (brick) and the robot's eye. I probably slopped around some really really watered-down browns all over the place too, and the occassional light green. The best thing about this glazing process is that, if you put a glaze down and don't like it, it's easy to wipe away because it's so watery, yet you've still got the architecture of the painting underneath.

Thank you kindly Miss Loish, but you're the master.

Thank you that was helpful. I just finished a small piece that uses a similar technique. [link]

this reminds me of Sky Captain - great atmosphere and softness.

Love the composition.

this is so nice! i luv this it's so vintage looking! great job!

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Holy Crap! That kicks unimaginable amounts of Ass!