So I finished a new piece recently, I wanted something that I could take my time on. The concept for this first appeared in my sketchbook on an October evening around Halloween. I think I even had the final all mostly sketched up that same evening. I’ve been painting and inking it in installments, taking my time on each step, I’m quite please with the result!
~Greg
In mid-January I had a desire to sit down and create a small piece. I figured I’d give myself some limitations. The limitations were that it’d be a watercolor and ink image (not a big limitation for me since it’s my medium of preference), something small (this is 5×7) and lastly that be am image featuring Basil Sterling and Lady Argyle. Before I knew it I found these characters adventuring up a mountain much like Mount Fuji. When we visited Japan we took a night hike up Mt. Fuji, beginning part way up at 8PM and hiking through the night to summit at sunrise. The experience was unlike any I’ve ever had. Even now it is difficult to put it into words. I returned from our trip with a desire to create a piece about the hike and just couldn’t find the right way to convey it. Now, almost 6 months after the fact I find the experience bleeding over into work where I least expect to see it. Perhaps I’m just going to have to settle for that, maybe in a bit more time I could even have a collection of pieces based on that climb.
For any readers out there, have you had an experience like that?
~Greg