One section of the story calls for “menacing Art Deco”. Still need to practice that. Atom looks mildly worried; that’s a good start.
This one turned out a little too monochrome – too many washes of essentially the same colors. It’s supposed to be a dim bar, but not a dull picture. The composition is too symmetrical. And that bowtie, ugh, don’t even get me started.
That’s not where he was supposed to be walking, but that’s where he ended up.
The original version was too bland; this version is too dire. Fun to really lay on the ink, though.
I forgot to paint the cigar. It looks like he’s chomping on a dry erase marker.
I abandoned the page on which this panel appeared; couldn’t get the paint to do what I wanted. It got too fuzzy, and it looks like either my scanner or graphics program added an additional layer of cotton wool. It’s cool though—the new version is drawn better.
A colorful Smithson panel in gouache and ink. Looking at this new, vibrant scan, I’m startled to realize how terrible my old scanner was.
