Happy Yuletart, zelempa!

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Title: Fraser and Ray
Gift for: zelempa 
Artist:  ria_oaks 
Rating: G
Fandom: Due South
Warnings: None

Artist's Notes: You mentioned liking handmade art in your
request, so I decided to try drawing a romantic colour pencil portrait
of Fraser and RayK. Then I saw your letter and you said that you like
post-series arctic romance, so I added in their arctic clothing from
CotW. :) I'm very happy with it, but unfortunately colour pencil
drawings don't seem to scan that well so the scan doesn't really do it
justice... a lot of the colour got lost in translation, even after
fiddling with brightness/contrast. You are certainly welcome to the
original, however - you can contact me after the reveal so we can set
that up.

As a bonus, since the scan was rather disappointing and also because I
thought it'd be fun, I've also included a semi-digital version. I
blurred all the pencil crayon lines then painted over it a bit. I also
added back in the light blue background that the scan completely
eradicated... It was fairly quickly done, but I quite like it anyway.
:) Hope you enjoy, and happy Yuletart!
Summary: Fraser and Ray share a moment on the Quest.

Comments

[roga.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, gorgeous! *__* Man, I really love their hair.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[zelempa.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh! How sweet! :D The previous commenter is right--the hair is AMAZING--and I love the clothing folds and coat fur, too. Fraser looks so angelic. And I like how Ray looks simultaneously pleased and exasperated. You *know* Fraser is about to launch on an irritating, kiss-delaying fable. "Well you see, Ray..."

You're right, I do love me some handmade art. :D I hear you on the difficulty of scanning colored pencils, but I think I like the predigitalized version better! Are these Prismas? You're so good with them!

Thank you so much for this present! I'm really enjoying it. :)

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really glad you like it. :) This was actually my first time doing a pencil crayon portrait so it was a challenge, but I had a really helpful book to walk me through what colours to use for skin/hair/etc. And I'm definitley happy with how it came out. And heh, interesting reading of the scenario! I hadn't actually thought of that, but I can see it...

Oh, and yes, they are Prismas, primarily. Might be a others in the mix because I have a bunch of coloured pencils from different places, but mostly Prismas.

Anyway, let me know if you want the original and I can arrange to send it to you. :)

[isiscolo.livejournal.com]

I love the textures of their clothes, particularly Fraser's fur collar! It looks soft enough to run my fingers through. Their hair is also amazing.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you think the fur collar came out okay, because I wasn't sure how I was going to do that effectively. ^^

[ieke85.livejournal.com]

Very well done! I LOVE the texture on their hair and fur collars. It all looks so soft and touchable.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you think so. :)

[kaiserkuchen.livejournal.com]

I too, cannot get over their glorious HAIR. Fraser's especially looks amazing, you have some serious skills with those coloring pencils!

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad that everyone likes their hair; I'm not crazy about Ray's (colour is wrong...) but I do like Fraser's.: :)

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

Awww it really is quite romantic! I love their warm bundled-up outfits, that only makes their closeness and intimacy all the more precious.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Hee thanks! Arctic romance, gotta love it. ;)

[amkave.livejournal.com]

That HAND is fantastic! Hands are so so so hard to draw. I mean, I like the treatment of the hair, and the texture of their skin, but for me its all about the hand.

The whole is rather sweet. And I like the original better than the semi-digital one. But that is all down to the delicate pencil lines.

Well done!

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm really glad you think the hand is good - I definitely struggled with it. And yeah, the digital one was just a quick mock-up using the blur tool and some extra painting overtop. I def prefer the original, though the scan is sadly lacking.

[wellington.livejournal.com]

I like how you did the blond one's hair. The coloring is great. A very sweet pic!

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[ani-bester.livejournal.com]

COLORED PENCILL!! (and crayon?) either way I love the look of both and what a gorgeous use of th media. Your textures are amazing and I'm envious of your technique.And the characterization is so sweet.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Just coloured pencil, no crayon. :) And thank you! I basically learned most of the colouring techniques from a very useful book on coloured pencil portraits, which I referred to constantly while working on this because I haven't worked with the medium much. So I'm glad it worked!