MASSIVE VOODOO: FM: Ludo

FM: Ludo - Friend?

by Roman aka jar

Hi Jungle!

BrokenToad's last years Kickstarter about Jim Henson's Labyrinth & The Dark Crystal was a big success as the theme from the movie really makes the hearts of Fantasy Fans worldwide jump. Such unique and great characters.

I recently painted Ludo, sculpted by Lucas Pina and all I can say it that it was a joy to breathe life into this big friendly monster.

Work in Progress insight:
I took not many photos of the process on the paintob, but some and I want to share them with you.
First one, shows my basic color applications. He was pretty yellowish/ochre/brownish ...

The next photos will explain to you how I painted the eyes.
The process on the full figure already much further than the first WIP, but hey, eyes explanation are always good, right?

1. I was working with a reference. Important. I painted the full eyeballs black, followed by an off white that includes some of the ochre skintone, not much, just a tiny drop to make the white off white.

See, friend?

2. Next step: I was marking the center of my Iris/pupil with a small
black dot in both eyes (can be easily repaired if its a fail). Then I painted
the base of the Iris/pupil area with black and concentrate to make it a round
circle. If you have trouble with it, just repair with the off white.

If it fits, it fits ...

3. I painted orange on top of that, but left a black outline

4. I intensified the orange by adding more and more yellow to it
and focused painting it on the lower part of the iris//pupil

5. When intense enough for my taste I added black tiny dots again to mark the
center of the eye for the pupil ...

6. I then painted the pupil and white reflection into the eyes ...

Remember you can click every photo to see them larger, friend!

Friend?

This unique painted bust by me is for sale.
If interested to make this yours and support me in my art, passion and life, feel invited to check back with my miniatureart and art PDF cataloge on projects I got for sale:
https://www.romanlappat.com/uploads/RomanLappat_MiniatureArt_2017.pdf
_______________________________________________________________________________
You want to support Massive Voodoo?
If you like to support or say thanks the monkeys of Massive Voodoo in what they do, please feel invited to drop a jungle donation in their direction via paypal or check their miniatures they got on sale here.
_______________________________________________________________________________