Colouring styles and techniques(digital)

A more realistic and detailed approach, I was most intrigued by how they did the reflective surface and putting bright light sources where the water meets banking, however I do not think this would be useful for my comic because I still think a simplistic style would suit better.

Very thick lines and a very drastic difference in colours chosen, mixing warm and cold colours can sometimes be risky however the contrast seems to have doe

Very aesthetically pleasing and somewhat realistic painting style, the smoothness is beautiful however would be tedious in terms of a comic formatting.

great advice for making comic panels, I made the mistake of using lines on their own before so finding out about the add panel material option in layers and the divider tool to make the gaps in the panels, it has this overall clean and professional look however for my comic I do not think I need to go outside the lines.

A rough but enjoyable sketch, I particularly like the face as it gives this very angry look as it is supposed to display his displeasure of being asked about his missing hand before the flash back, however I have been suggested to rearrange the panels as the flashback scene does not make much sense from an outsider prospective.

I have made the necessary changes to make the comic a little more understandable however I think it is missing something important as there is alot of white space and lack of emotion somewhere so decided to add more panels to both make it easier to read and better looking.

I had a bit of a hard time trying to work out if the top panel should have very straight unnatural line work on the cages or to draw in my own, quite wonky lines which, to be honest felt like it gave a friendlier approach to the comic. on asking a few people what they thought would look better, all 3 suggested the hand drawn lines instead.

Here is my finished(hopefully) piece, Using striking white and black speech bubble in the back ground for the last panel to make it more dynamic and so it wasn't just a coloured background, for some reason i had the bright idea of doing the white before the lines and wasted quite a bit of time just trying to outline it.

I am overall happy of this comic, i find it busy and quirky while i have been trying to get different angles in the panels so i dont feel like i repeat myself, although the rabbit has remained the same throughout I think my message of 'listen to instructions' was shown through this as well as showing the quote 'that rabbits too cute to bite' which was what the comic was based on.

 while starting this new comic about the quote "that rabbits too big for our cage but the babies aren't" so i was trying to display it in a way that would be similar yet different to the first, most likely though colour and number of panels(soon) but I got into colouring the little girl quickly as I worried about making her look odd seeing that I dont draw kids very often, I think her face needs alot of improving.

I based the kids clothing off this dress and trouser combo, the bright pink is stereotypical of little girls.

I got skin tones from the girl on the very left which seemed to be close enough to the original quoter.

I have added a little more to the comic and also corrected the girls face, I am very happy with it at this point

A current work in progress trying to combine texture and cartoon, the rabbit may look super serious while i love the lining of his face I don't like the texture so much, I still think block colouring looks better for comics than this texturing

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Abby Diamond

Fig 1(Abby Diamond, art.britishbirdlovers.co.uk)

 Fig 2(Abby Diamond, art.britishbirdlovers.co.uk)

All of Abby's work is visually stimulating with her variety of colours, sometimes similar tones of the same colour portrayed almost violently(possibly related to her passion for hardcore and punk music as suggested on her deviantart profile http://finchfight.deviantart.com/ ) or completely different colours that are not aloud to merge together, creating these stunning images, however my favorite part of her work is the etch work, the lines are of different thicknesses, some necessary lines to show detail but a lot of exaggerated lines which actually act like an illusion to the eyes giving the sense of movement which is very pretty indeed.

 Fig 3(Abby Diamond, deviantart.com)

I do thoughroughly enjoy the white space in her bird drawings but her land mammal artwork seems to somewhat lack this,which although it is a shame they are still stunning images, Fig 3 is a 'wip' or work in progress so has white parts still in, but a lot thicker and more vibrant colour is at work here.

Her technique is to use waterproof ink, then a mixture of markers and watercolour gives the colour its vibrancy.

interesting insight into how quickly rabbits can multiply as well as some quirky(and some not) facts about them, a sudden jump into the air followed by a mad dash is actually a sign of happiness and is named a 'binky'.

I saw these rabbit garden décor at wilkos and found their designs simplistic and kind on the eyes similar to how I would like my stories to be portrayed,

Primary Souce

Almost interaction between a half blind Harvey and a curious Alice, however soon as Harvey realised she was there he ran off as fast as his stubby legs could take him, very comical.

Alice cleaning her face, a good sample image I could practice drawing

Blackberry and Hazel, slanted eared twins.

A good example of a rabbit hiding her ailment, Molly (Bella's daughter in sketchbook) was showing signs of leg pain in her run but as soon as she was put somewhere she did not know she pretended she was fine, treatment of painkillers and plenty of  check ups.

Different angle with Harvey displaying his back and scruffy coat, he could smell thornberry rabbits on me and became very curious