Art: The knave

[hrymfaxe]

Artist:hrymfaxe
Title: The knave
Challenge: short challenge, deck of cards over at pulped_fictions
Genre: General
Rating/Warnings: G
Summary: Nothing up his sleeve
Artist's Note: Watercolour and ink on hot press watercolour paper. I love this horizontal format - it's so much fun to play with.







Colours used were cobalt blue, dark red, cadmium red, yellow ochre and indian ink.

Comments

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

I love this! He's so perfectly poised. And that vivid splash of red is the perfect touch. Thank you!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I had a lot of fun imagining all of him that you can't see in this painting - and I really like the red too.

[ca-te.livejournal.com]

Oh this is really so well done! I love the pose and the colours!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. It was a lot of fun to do. :)

[katyhasclogs.livejournal.com]

Oooh... nice. :)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[javidan.livejournal.com]

LOVE LOVE LOVE

The cropping, the expression in the hand, the muscles in the arm, the implied movement...

The 'broken' lines in this add a nice touch to this---not sure how to explain but it works!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!! Drawing hands used to scare me like nobody's business, but I have always loved how much expression there is in them, so I stuck with them. Still some way to go, but I'm so happy you see it here. :D

And line-weight, broken lines etc are also all something I'm very much into. It worked well in places in this piece, which made me very happy!

[javidan.livejournal.com]

I want to be like you when I grow up. :)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

LOL!

I only wish now that this painting wasn't done on a small piece of leftover paper... Might have been fun to frame and hang. ;)

[wildeagain.livejournal.com]

that is a truly cool thumb.

from this small glimpse, i don't trust him at all. he ripped off his shirt sleeve and wrapped it about his wrist. clearly he is unscrupulous.

there's sense of movement in this and i'm not sure what's causing that. maybe the balancing card.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

The thumb is my favourite part too! Does it remind you of anyone? ;)

I think he is very untrustworthy. Look at that smirk, and you are right that treating his clothes so oddly, is also a sign that something is wrong...

Thank you for stopping by, bb!

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!

[chococoffeekiss.livejournal.com]

Ooh, he's lovely. And a knave. And what a throat!

*swoons*

Reminds me a little of Gambit, from the X-Men. But handsomer. ;)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you so much! He is lovely, but be careful of his knavish tendencies. ;)

Yes, Gambit - I thought about him as well when I was drawing this. I was a big fan of him back when I read those comics.

[train-lindz.livejournal.com]

I love the hand! It is just so... Handy.

The muscles on the arm really pop, too.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Yes, handy hand is handy. That makes me very happy and please. :D

The muscles are Boyfriend Faxe's favourite part. He thinks I was sneakily drawing him.

[tiegirl.livejournal.com]

Wow, if you were sneakily drawing Boyfriend, you are lucky! (And I am not drooling!)

Seriously, you are so good!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I did make him pose for this so I could see how the arm looked, so it's not enirely unreasonable. ;)

[wildeagain.livejournal.com]

Should you be encouraging this kind of flattery?

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Not really.. Let's hope he doesn't read this entry. lol

[wildeagain.livejournal.com]

If he does we have put him in check.

[iamweebles.livejournal.com]

Oh I love this! How can you make someone so sexy by only showing his arm and his hand and his neck?

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I have a huge love of the male body, and I'm sure it shines through here. ;) Hands and arms are sexy. The neck too.

[bright-blonde.livejournal.com]

oh man, so cool. of course the art is technically beautiful, as always. i really like the crispness. also, he looks so badass, i want to meet him! (nice arm, mmmmm. lol)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Yes, this was kept crisp and clean - I love lineart.

I'm sure he would be a very interesting acquintance too. ;)

[zia-montrose.livejournal.com]

This is really engaging! I like the left/right balance and they way you used to the red to break the tie. And there's a lot of tension in that card. I also like the way you shaded the arm. Very nicely done. I need to remind myself to use unusual aspect ratios like this more often.

Ahhh, figure drawing again this morning! We started with 1 min warm-ups. (He said he was being kind not to give us 30 seconds since we're newbies.) I'd've been more gobsmacked if you hadn't warned me, lol. I felt like I was in an artistic slump this morning, but I came away with a decent pose or two.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh thank you! What wonderful feedback. This is exactly 1 to 3 ratio and I love both the horizontal and vertical versions. They are a challenge regarding composition, and I'm so happy you think it works here. (Regarding the shading, and another reason I love watercolour, the pale pink shading and the violent red armband are the exact same colour, only with very different amounts of water in them ;))

Oh! I'm glad you had warning beforehand!! lol! And I know all about being in a slump - but it's nearly always worth it to keep going. :)

[zia-montrose.livejournal.com]

the pale pink shading and the violent red armband are the exact same colour

I hadn't realized that, but that's a great way to harmonize.

Yeah, I agree, it's great to be forced to draw even when you're feeling 'off'. Otherwise, I'd have lolled about this morning. ; )

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

The range of hues in one single colour always astound me.

hehe, having classes as a good way to force yourself too. I can procrastinate like nobody's business. ;)

[epithalamium]

I agree with everyone else, but you know what I really liked here? The smile on his lips. It just looks so knave-ish!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Oh I like that too! I'm really happy with how that turned out. Thank you. :)

[sspring92.livejournal.com]

so jealous! I can't even draw a straight line! I'm hopelessly geeky, I saw this and though Oh, Gambit for X-men!

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Gambit certainly entered my mind as well, though this is not him. Same qualities though. ;)

[tierfal.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS. It is beautiful and dynamic and gorgeously simple, and I think I went O_O! and then *___* when first I saw it.

I wish I had a more coherent comment, but I really just want to get back to staring at it. XD

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I went O_O! and then *___*

I love that! :D I was attracted to the simplicity of this design too, and I'm glad you think I pulled it off. Thank you!

[klose.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is incredible! I love the 'framing' and the poise and my mind is going crazy wondering what the story behind the picture. (I'm reminded slightly of Gambit from X-men, who in my mind is cool & awesome, so I think it's a good thing. *g*). I'm deathly jealous of your artistic skills. :D

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I love it when people tell me that my images makes them think there is more than just the instance you see on paper so this comment made me very happy! (I love Gambit too, so I'm definitely taking it as a compliment :))

[devilledluck.livejournal.com]

This is lovely work! So mysterious, and that red band around his wrist is placed beautifully. (And I love your icon too!)

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! So nice to see you here, bb. :D

[devilledluck.livejournal.com]

Awww, glad to be here! 8D Am slowly catching up on everyone. ♥

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

OMG, I'm so glad jobey_in_error mentioned this in the pulped discussion - it's Wow-worthy! I couldn't understand how I missed it, but looking at the date we were away then and I must have skipped by it when trying to catch up with the f-list.

Anyway... Love the strength and muscles in that hand, the strength in that throat and those sexy splayed fingers. Plus his obvious delight in his own cleverness, lol. Lots of stroies about him flooding my brain right now.

How are you?

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

Oh for goodness sake, I still can't type properly. I'm trying to cook dinner at the same time as commenting, but that is meant to be 'stories' as you might have guessed. Dinner's not going that well either, lol.

[hrymfaxe.livejournal.com]

I hope you saved dinner! :)

Thank you for looking over here, and leaving such a nice comment. This is still one of my own favourites, and I sometimes forget how I did it, or even thogught of it... Do you ever get that feeling with older pieces?

I'm ok. Just got back to Burkina after spending the holidays in Denmark, and I'm pretty exhausted from the travel. So work is going to feel really long today... How are you?

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

With regards to dinner, it is fortunate that Mr. G likes his chicken well done. ;)

This is still one of my own favourites, and I sometimes forget how I did it, or even thogught of it... Do you ever get that feeling with older pieces?

Definitely. I rarely re-read stories once they're posted, and when I get reviews on the really old ones, especially those that didn't get many in the first place, I have to stop and think what it was all about, let alone what I was thinking about the characters at the time. Those early ones are nearly six years old, and there has been a lot of water under the bridge since then. Or a lot of intentional memory loss by the author.

How are you?

Okay, thanks. Lots of ill health in the family, so the hols were a bit chaotic, but I'm trying to write like a mad thing whenever I can and not get too diverted by LJ. Famous last words!