Author: Miranda Leiggi

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Planned Parenthood

I’m taking a time out on artwork to talk about something I feel incredibly strongly about.  The US government is trying to cut all funding to Planned Parenthood.  For those of you who don’t know, Planned Parenthood offers STD testing, counseling, regular health care, pregnancy testing, birth control and other medications, and wonderful advice.  All of this is done on a sliding scale.  No one is turned away for their inability to pay.  Yes, they also provide abortions after counseling.  They do so much good for women’s and men’s health.

If you have the means and are able, please considering donating to this worthwhile cause.

If you can’t spare the money, just signing the petition will help.

Thanks for reading.

www.plannedparenthood.org/index.htm

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Site News

For those observant few, you already noticed what I am about to tell you.  For every one else, there is now a contact form across the top menu bar.  You can use this to contact me with questions, complaints, or interest in commissions.  Yes, I am available for commissions.  Drop me a line and we’ll work something out.

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Mara Jade!

Mara Jade is one of my favorite characters from the Star Wars universe.  The moment I read Heir to the Empire, I was hooked.  It’s only fitting that I do her justice with some awesome fan art.  And I see no better piece to for a semi-walk through.

From pencils to  inks to colors:
This is just a super rough walk through to give you an idea of how I work.  The Pencils are rough, as I figure out the pose and proportions.  I also rough in highlights, to give myself and idea of the light source.

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I using the inking stage to take that even further, and add depth and shading.

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I color in photoshop.  I first make the ink a new layer, in which I delete all the negative space.  The magic eraser is your best friend here.  I throw in some rough colors on a new layer under the inks.  Then I refine.  I also go back to the ink layer and change my lines to soften the image.  It’s a lot of just playing around and seeing what looks best.  The final step is adding the water mark.

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New Tools

Excuse me while I get a little philosophical.

I’ve recently expanded my repertoire of art supplies to include markers.  Now I will admit I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to my art supplies.  In art classes I favored oil paints and charcoal and pen and ink, with a few brief forays with chalk pastel.  I liked the tools I was familiar with.  They were the tools of the masters.  I always thought, growing up, that markers and crayons were for little kids.  I was absolutely wrong about both of them.

I acquired a set of Copic markers in cool gray, and another set of the warm gray.  With a few splashes of sharpie thrown in, I’ve come to truly love the effect they create.    I am in love with markers.

Expect many pieces in the future featuring my new-found love.