About a week ago Steph (@liltoast on Instagram) posted a selfie with a 1820 hairstyle, which was later modified by Aaron (@briarboy on Instagram as well) as a Lil' Vamp! I thought it was a nice mod to add fangs and a dark eerie filter. I had been working on another drawing dedicated to Dia del Muertos or Day of the Dead, but have been a little lazy as of late...until Aaron's post! I brought out my new Strathmore pad of 14x17" paper and began sketching in pencil. I then switched to my Staedtler ink pens using the pointillism or stipple technique (lots of dots). Of course this is very time consuming and I worked on it as often as I could when I wasn't watching the St. Louis Cardinals prepare for the World Series! I decided to use colored pencils although my skills in that area are lacking. When it was close to completion, I went back to pointillism with the ink pens & colored pencils for the background bubbles. Finally, I had plenty of space under the portrait which I added Steph's Instagram name "Liltoast". I chose a gothic style lettering in calligraphy but used the staedtler pens again. So after about 6 days, she is complete! What's this have to do with pipe smoking you ask? Well, Steph is not only a IG-er but a true pipe smoker as well. She has an awesome collection of artisan pipes and often collaborates with the artist to commission pipes. Now I have to decide if I want to frame & display this piece with my pipe collection memorabilia :)
Steph
11/12/2013 10:19:06 am
Frame it for ur pipe area! U did such a good job.
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Rik Ruff
11/12/2013 11:40:35 am
I did just that :) I placed the drawing on a red background in in a black frame. Looks cool! It's in my spare room but may hang it temporarily in my "smoking area" of the garage :S
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Steph
11/15/2013 09:59:06 pm
Very cool! I feel famous hehe :D
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