itesser ink: progress, uncensored

(as opposed to the Holiday Recap which will happen (most likely) on the 25th)

Merry Christmas!

The all-important dates are upon us again, and it's currently Christmas Eve everywhere in the world, except for the special few, like Kiwis, for whom it is Christmas Day.

Although I guess I'm early in these wishes for some of the Eastern Orthodox among you. :)

Reagan and I collaborated on the gifts we gave my family. I did sketches of bunnies for my parents and sibling (and his wife), then Reagan did inks and watercolor. They turned out fantastic, so of course I didn't prod him to scan them.

On my dad's side of the family, we each draw two names out of a hat and get gifts for those two people. For my uncle who works for the USC football team, I did a graphite drawing of a water buffalo wearing a Roman/Trojan helmet. Sadly, a lot of the tonal subtlety was lost in the scanning.



For my cousin I did ducks and chicks. Reagan did the inking for me, then I added the watercolor. Surprisingly fun, that!



The fowl in the lower left was supposed to be a duck diving under the water, but I guess there was some ambiguity in the pencil work, so when the inks came back I had a rooster! :)

Labels: christmas, graphite, holiday, scannies, watercolor