This skull was painted with oil paints. A vibrant red background was used to help create contrast between the somber grey tones of the skull and drapery.

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This drawing of three interlinked faces was created with pen, ink, and watercolor.

I started with some pen and watercolor for the upper right face. After feeling like there was no frame around the face, I started sketching in the lower left corner. A new face emerged, so I transitioned into a new face. Each face gets slightly more abstract, but I hope to incorporate more of these elements in future drawings.

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This drawing of a human face was sketched with pen and watercolor pencils.

I started sketching an interesting pair of eyes, and then expanded some shadow down to the cheek bones. At that point I was close enough to the semblance of a human face, so I added some watercolor pencils for color. After a few washes I let the water dry where it may. Here is an extreme close up of one side of the face.

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The little purple frog man face was drawn with crayon, watercolor, pen, and marker.

I was thinking about previous drawings I created with a line of color flowing down one side of the face. It’s striking, and adds a tribal feel, like that of a warrior. I like the way the crayon picked up the texture of the paper. The watercolor and marker smoothed out the hard edges, and the purple crayon around the frog mans head blends him into the page. The dark black pen helps to pop lighter areas forward.

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This character study with red eyes was created with a variety of artistic mediums which include watercolor, pen, ink, marker, crayon, paint pens, and colored pencil.

I was thinking about anime style art when I began sketching this character’s face with a pen. I initially washed over it with some watercolors to see what forms would pop out. The shape of a nicely formed skull started to become more pronounced, but I wanted more contrast. So I started to use all types of paint, crayon, and markers where I thought shadows and highlights would go. The skull faded into the background, and I was left with a much more energetic and stark image, even though color remains pervasive. Here is a detail of this character’s red glowing eyes.

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