Neverland Dragonfly Fairy - Reproduction

[Please note this is a REPRODUCTION, not an ORIGINAL creation.]


Neverland Dragonfly Fairy


First, my apologies to Mike, I said I was gonna post this like... in July 2011?? It stayed on my desk and I never got - errr... took the time to do it until now. Sorry!



Background
I saw Mike DeBalfo's pencils of Zenescope's "Neverland" #5 and I thought it'd be a challenge to reproduce and to learn. A lot I learned indeed.


Production notes
- Crazy me decided it'd be awesome to draw those fairy wings realistically, which is, by design, Dragonfly wings.
- I noticed that other artists took liberties when rendering this character, so I shorten her hairs a little, got rid of the small cap and other tiny details.


I did researches and lemme tell you that Dragonfly wings are an amazing piece of engineering. I also researched the character (which I knew nothing of before I started) just to make sure I get it right.


This piece was quit beneficial:
- I am starting to be more steady when doing long curved lines
- Hair are less mysterious dark magic
- Been able to draw some extremely tiny lines & details
- Better understanding of character sheets
- It may be pencil, but filling with 5B lead and making lines darker feels like inking. (maybe I should give it a shot for real)

"A finished piece is better than an unfinished one"




I hope you'll like it!

Enjoy!
P.S.: I wonder if people ever read descriptions...


Source: Neverland - Pencils

Permission: Written permission was given by the author to create this derivative work.
(some NSFW stuff)



Reproduction Details:
- White 8½ x 11 grainy printing paper.
- 0.5mm mechanical pencil H and 2B.
- STAEDTLER Mars Lumograph 5B.
- Primitive light box (for primary lines).
- Duration: ~Months? real time is around 6-12 hrs..

Copyrights:
- Art by *SquirrelShaver
- Neverland belongs to Zenescope Entertainment.


Comments are most welcome!

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