I started this dinosaur (dinosaaar for Jurassic park fans) It was great to start a “line-less” drawing from scratch. I used different colors for the contour lines to be filled in later with the desired colors. This was easy once I got used to altering color selections after the shapes were made. Though both dinosaurs caused joy in my heart to see, this initial picture was not planned enough. The triceratops in the tar pit was taking up too much space and the T-rex resided in a rather undefined field of perspective. I did enjoy making his posture reflect the “old idea” of walking fully erect and upright, with the tail dragging behind him.
However, my love for this T-rex and his sharp teeth and tiger stripes drove me to make a close up!
The Calvin inside of me wanted to have his mouth driping with thick blood and gore. I felt this would distract from his sparse pebbly skin texture and scaled lips, so I settled for some “battle damage” instead.
This Walrus competes against the T-rex for my microsoft paint portfolio favorite. The part that turned out surprisingly well was the glacial background, which boxed in the world of this walrus!
When painting this “Sitting Walrus,” I applied everything I learned during my digital dabbling. I feel it is the strongest image in my Microsoft Paint gallery. It expresses a story with its menacing but elussive shark, a compelling character ( I especially love the yellow jaundaced eyes of the walrus!) and a rich environment that compliments both.
The most amazing thing though, was being able to making a solid artistic breakthrough in a situation where such an event was unexpected!
