Snail mail, ahaha

[eller]

Literally. A "postcard" (though I'll have to send it in an envelope because I don't think the paper is going to survive otherwise) for someone on Postcrossing. This person likes snails. Did I have a store-bought snail postcard? No. Am I able to draw one when I have to? Kind of. So, here's a giant snail... XD



Materials:
- paper: this is on an interesting handmade watercolor paper from India, called "Wanderings", in light brown. Layers on top of each other are not really possible, so the paper is mostly suited for more "sketch-like" work, but I like the effects the color creates on this a lot.
- fineliners: Copic multiliner 1.0 in black, Faber Castell PITT artist pen S in dark sepia
- watercolors: Schmincke Chromoxidgrün stumpf (PG17), White Nights Indanthrene Blue (PB60) and Mars Brown (PBr6tr)
- acrylic pen: Posca in white

Comments

[yhlee]

YESSSSSSS best snail mail!! :D

My sister has a snail-dragon plushie and it is the cutest thing ever. :3

[eller]

Awww, snail-dragon sounds super cute! :D

[james]

That's an awesome snail.

[eller]

Mor like a large, scary snail - but, thanks! :D

[light_of_summer]

Beautifully done! Feels very organic.

[eller]

Thank you! :)

[rachelmanija]

I love it.

[eller]

Thanks!

芸術について喋るって良いですね。

[sennashi_dorei]

Have you ever played the game of Go? Oh, somewhere out there, I once did a blog attempting to be a comparative look at chess and go. Chess is not something that I advanced greatly at, and my go skills actually also are not super amazing lol.

Ah, have a nice day.

Re: 芸術について喋るって良いですね。

[eller]

Yes, I can (somewhat) play Go, and I enjoy watching Go commentary, but unfortunately I'm not very good at it. I think it takes a very different personality type than chess. I'd be interested in the comparison you did! :D

Re: 芸術について喋るって良いですね。

[sennashi_dorei]

Ah, if I could find that blog, how cool. It was an old random project, lost somewhere in the sea of the webs.

I've done other chess like games also: tigers and goats, xiangqi, shogi.. ah fun old games.