July 9, 2014 Perfection

Perfection is only a perceived possibility.

How does that make you feel? Perfection is perceived in the mind of each individual and not an agreed upon thing by all. It is the imperfections that make all things perfect. It is what makes us all different and perfect in our own way.


 PERFECTION. The biblical idea of perfection is of a state of ideal wholeness or completion, in which any disabilities, shortcomings or defects that may have existed before have been eliminated or left behind.

Packer, J. I. (1996). Perfection. In (D. R. W. Wood, I. H. Marshall, A. R. Millard, & D. J. Wiseman, Eds.)New Bible dictionary. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

With that said I must tell you Cherokee will comment from time to time in my blog posts. For those of you who wonder about him, No he is not real, He is a fermentation of my imagination cause by too much caffeine which in turn causes a runaway imaginary coma. This results in a lapse of attention to detail and a blank stare which some of you might interpret as sleeping with your eyes open. Sudden movements cause awakening and not recognizing my surroundings. The left side of my brain shook hands with the right side of my brain and said we have to fix this. They worked together and created Cherokee.

In short he is imaginary and a ficklement of my imagination. 

"Forgot to mention not well." You just did it for me. Thank you Cherokee. "Welcome."

There will only be comments as needed for the images. I did not include the drawing alone since it was done over. It has changed a bit. Hah! Fooled Ya. All coloring is done with Copic markers. Here is the first image:

 (I colored the eyes because I was experiencing some bleed from the new marker. (E79))

 

As we progress you will notice that I am coloring from dark colors to light instead of the other way around. I find that by doing this I can blend and fade the darker colors more evenly and easily.

 

 Be careful to use the darker color (R01) only in the area that would be Shaded darkest. When the next shade (R00) is used, Color over the first and extend it to the next area that would be lighter than the first. Use this technique on all colors for skin tones.

The next color (R000) also is colored over existing colors and extends the shading process. Be sure to color over the eyebrows but not the lips or the whites of the eyes.

The final skin shading (R0000) will be to color all skin areas. Notice that all sharp lines are eliminated and the dark shading has been softened.

Next the lips are colored in (R83 & 85) and some eye liner (T8 & E17) added.

Color the eyebrows (T5) and add detail with Multiliner 0.05 pen. Lighten with (0) blender pen.

Add hair color (T4, 5, 7, 8) and detail with Multiliner pen. Add some eye shading (BV000, BV0000 - BV34 - C0, C1)

Finish coloring the hair with the gray markers and adding details with the pen.

Touch up where needed and it is finished.....or is it? "Looks like lady on insurance commercial." Hmmm. A little. DW wife says too much hair. "Maybe she have big head!" I can't change the hair. Copic does not erase that completely. It will show. "Start over? Not be in room with Irish if work on this one again. Maybe not just mumble next time." Wait a minute! This is my artwork. I can do what I want with it. "Delete and forget?" Nope! Used my photo editing program and Here is the final result.

If you managed to stay with us (ME) to this point, thank you. Hope you  liked the abbreviated tutorial. Not all steps are covered but the main ones are. If you know of anyone that got bored and gave up, I apologize. Complaints are handled by Cherokee. He is a ficklement of my imagination so you can guess what happens to the complaint. Remember, if it doesn't work out, laugh about it, but always LOVE THE DETAILS.
Whew! Glad that is done. Stop typing. "OK! Just Publish"