More Commission Progress!! :) (DONE?)

So I've added the background now, and the coloring is pretty final! The background is a mix of my own watercolor textures and some photos of the teacup ride that's altered in Photoshop...

Looks like the JPEG is still a little too bright, though. Their shoulders and the background got a little blown-out. I will have to re-look at that and maybe adjust Levels... ;)

Commission In Progress!! (For A Friend)

I have been doing some work on a commission for a friend at grad school, and here is the progress! She gave me a photo of her and her boyfriend on the teacups at Disney, and I am creating a mixed media illustration for their new place/ her boyfriend's birthday. The story behind the photo reference is that they closed on their new place while waiting in line for the ride! So cute.

So far I have completed a graphite drawing of their portraits, and I have colorized it and painted into it a bit. It is very light color with some of the pencil strokes still showing, and I like that look. I think it suits Disney and my experimentation with style. I'm considering a few options for the background... I will either do a photo collage of her own snapshots from Disney, or I will substitute some Disney textures (from her photos still) for their clothing (see the red areas in the sketches). I'm also playing with blocking out the clothes with white, because it really makes their happy faces stand out.

Still a lot of work to do, but it's coming along!!