Such an Ugly Child - twitter posts

While I was working on the new painting for San Diego Comic Con, I tweeted the progress.  Here are those pictures, run together...

Here is the sketchbook sketch that I started with, the finished sketch of the girl, the ents added to the sides - all put on board and the first brown down.  This did take me a couple of days.  I got Sabrina to pose for me and set up the lights for two good shades of light on her face.

Filling out the ents, I wanted them to be very simple in color as a kinda of background element.  With the girl frisketed off, I still wanted to show the girl even if wasn't getting any work done on her.  Darken and beard.  I knew I wanted the root beards, and it took me a while to be brave enough to put them on.

Once happy enough with the ents, I peeled the girl and started on her flesh tones.  I put on the contrasting blue side light and Sabrina decided she was a frost giant.  Did a little work on the branch design over her head.

Working on all the pretty hair.  It started to look like fire, and I didn't want that, so I did the poor man's frisket (post it notes) and made certain they were curls, not flames.  She's beginning to look good.

I did that nice trick with the plastic wrap to make a design on her outfit.  There are lots of little details that are being picked out now - so they are hard to see.  The last picture, her pupils are in - meaning I am done.

There!  It's tilted because it's just a photo from the cell phone.  A close up of the girl just to finish things off.
Happy.