Fantasy Faces in Watercolor Process Photos

The Dark Crystal group set by Johnny Perez

I've been making some headway into my 31 Days of Watercolor featuring fantasy faces from mythology to movies.  If you're a sucker for seeing the art process, check out this playlist of videos that I've compiled.  I initially started this project with a contest in mind, but then I thought the contest had been deleted, I couldn't find it for a while, and then before I knew it, I was behind, and the contest winners were announced.  :-/   I mean I got some entries in in the beginning but still, it was disappointing.  But I don't want to dwell on that, instead I'm just gonna finish the challenge.  SO 31 tiny portraits of fantasy characters are still in the works, I think I'm at 23 now?

WIP drawing of "Howl" by Johnny Perez

So I wanted to get ahead for a moment so I thought I'd just do well-known characters instead of making them up like when I started.  That way I didn't have to spend so much time thinking of something.  It helped and it hurt. LOL! These characters are some of my favorites so I wanted to do them justice, so while I was just playing and experimenting more with my own characters, I was now spending this "extra" time with details and trying to get a good likeness done.  All in all I'd have to say I love doing them though, because I love having this type of fanart added to my repertoire (fancy), and I like knowing that I'm working (even for myself) on a franchise I love!

WIP Harry Potter group set by Johnny Perez

And hey who knows if I get lucky and someone from these franchises sees my work and asks me to work on them for real?! *Mindblown*  SO far I've done:

• Newt Scamander from Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Minerva McGonogall from Harry Potter
• Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter 
• Bellatrix Lestrange from Harry Potter
• Howl from Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle
• Forest Spirit from from Studio Ghibli's Princess Mononoke 
• Gran Mamare from Studio Ghibli's Ponyo
• Yubaba from Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away

and I'm now releasing:

• Skeksis from Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal 
• Podling from   " " " 
• Aughra from  " " "
• Kira from " " "

 After those are caught up I'll go to Labrynth, and the last four will be tough, because it feels like a grand finale and I have no idea what would be best for that lol!  There are still plenty of fantasy movies to choose from like Legend (which is my top contender considering its been an ultimate favorite of mine), and Lord of the Rings (YAS!), and Game of Thrones, and Pan's Labrynth (OMG I will have to do El Fauno at some point).  Something tells me that the popularity of LOTR and GOT would be the best choices for getting eyeballs on my work.  And lets face it,  I will end up doing ALL of these at some point.  Let me know what you think in the comments or social media!

Now on to some fantasy art works in progress!

 

Ok that's all for now! If you want to see more then please check back a little later when I upload another batch!  Thanks for your support guys, it means a lot!