Morgana le Fey

A try for a children's book aesthetic for the face of this acrylic character painting. The concept had originally been made for a computer RPG but wasn't used, so I finished her for myself. Naturally I had to repaint her face... twice? because I got carried away and gave her regular proportions. The background was flooded with sepia and cyan ink. I had planned on using that on her face in the pre-raffaelite way, but went to opaque too soon for that - I will have to try again for the effect in another piece. The cloak's pattern is image transfer of patterned paper; at first I was upset it flaked off in some places (result of using it ion paper instead of a primed surface, I believe) but then I found it underlines the idea that this is not just a posh sorceress but has something other than her looks to care about. The jewellery is drawn in gold hue ink, the moon with an acrylic marker.
I used Rohrer&Klingner ink, Daler+Rowney system 3 acrylics, and Molotow acrylic marker. The process also includes and underdrawing with coloured pencils but here they have become entirely covered.
"Morgana le Fey", A4, acrylics and inks on Bristol carton.

To find me across the web, use my LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/ranarh