For my fourth concentration piece, I chose to do a second Japanese mythological being, the Hone-Onna. It translates to 'Skeleton woman', a woman who seduces and lures men into her home and sucks their life out through their fingers. They are depicted as thin women who reveal themselves as a skeleton once they catch their prey. The picture is of this creature luring a man into her home, revealing some parts of human flesh and others just pure skeleton. I did this piece in ink and pen. I really enjoyed this project because I don't usually work with pen and ink, and it always comes as a struggle to me. The hardest part of the project was the shading with the lines of the pen, in many places I was afraid how dark/light something should be in fear of making it look too busy or jumbled. I thought it was going to be too much detail so the viewer wouldn't understand what was going on. The easiest part of this piece was the outlining at the beginning, mostly because I knew where everything was supposed to go.
First, I sketched out my basic idea for this project, I knew I wanted the figure to be in the middle, because in my opinion bones/skeletons look very nice when done symmetrically. After cleaning up the rough sketch on the watercolor paper, I began to outline the most important parts in Micron pen. That way, I could see the project much easier. Afterwards, I began to fill in the parts I knew were going to be pitch black, such as the bones in the back and some of the folds in the clothing. Then I refined the values by using line-shading on the hair, skin, and bones. I used a pilot brush pen to add weight to the outline of the body and hair. The very last thing I did was add in the background, since that was one of the more difficult parts. I decided to add in the Japanese panel walls on the sides, as if her house is being opened, and made the interior just a casual home as she's luring the man into it. I really enjoyed this project because I liked how it came out.
First, I sketched out my basic idea for this project, I knew I wanted the figure to be in the middle, because in my opinion bones/skeletons look very nice when done symmetrically. After cleaning up the rough sketch on the watercolor paper, I began to outline the most important parts in Micron pen. That way, I could see the project much easier. Afterwards, I began to fill in the parts I knew were going to be pitch black, such as the bones in the back and some of the folds in the clothing. Then I refined the values by using line-shading on the hair, skin, and bones. I used a pilot brush pen to add weight to the outline of the body and hair. The very last thing I did was add in the background, since that was one of the more difficult parts. I decided to add in the Japanese panel walls on the sides, as if her house is being opened, and made the interior just a casual home as she's luring the man into it. I really enjoyed this project because I liked how it came out.