These two spreads weren’t trouble at all. They are nearly done save for details on fabrics and hands.
A lot of plot points occur per spread in Alamat ng Butiki - in later spreads, especially. I find myself requiring small vignettes to tell the story in more detail.
Spread 05 has the hunchback reminiscing about his mother - which is a shaky plot plant but it’s as good as it gets seeing that we only have a total of 14 spreads in which to have both the plant and payoff.
The mother’s facial features were a joy to paint. She’s the only old person in the book. I should scrounge up some references for her attire, but then I don’t feel I have much time left - maybe after I put some solid foundation on the other spreads.
The intention for both these spreads is to introduce a feeling of comfort and a moment’s peace in the storytelling. So more green and a pleasant bright blue went into pallette.
I particularly like how spread 06 turned out. The facial modelling, the overall complementary color scheme, and a bit of comedy relief with the hunchback’s nutty anime-ish explosion of affection, all were done quite well. The colors are rich due no small part to the complementary scheme and triad color going on.
One of the techniques I’ve been applying as I’ve gone through these spreads is using a brush set to overlay to achieve radiosity. I understand radiosity to be the halo created on a surface as a light strikes it. Turn on a flashlight and aim it on the floor, the aura of color around the light in that halo. So I take the overlay brush, set it to the color I feel the halo should be, and then apply it across the path of this halo.I don’t exactly know the science of it all, but make no mistake - it does wonders.
