Scanned Textures for Skins

Experimenting with scanned textures from random objects, I ended up using this scaly texture for a quick color sketch of the snake. I usually save these textures in a file, with no idea what they will be used for until I drop them on my drawing screen and start experimenting. Some of them present an obvious idea right away (like this one), others are more subtle (see Tango illustration below).

The Death and Life of a Tree

DragonBird Training

Tango - Illustration Friday

Quick mixed media - I scanned some random glass objects and came up with the gray/black shapes that I used for the dancers' bodies, then built the rest of the quick sketch and colors around the glass scans. This ended up being a Rorschach image and different people will see different things, but the curves and lines reminded me of a dance...especially the curve of the female dancer's back. Submitted for Illustration Friday's "Tango" topic.

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