catnapper
09-22-2005, 10:28 AM
I am doing a portrait of a kitty, where she is looking over her shoulder and you see mostly her back, but she turns around to look at you. I have a ton of pictures of this cat, but none in that exact pose... so my imagination will be working overtime to get the pose just right. She's a very pretty brown tabby with orange spots, much like my Abby.
Anyhow, the reason for telling you all that, the customer wants me to make a really nice background for it. I have NO idea what to draw! Considering how icky I feel, I have no creativity to come up with a background on my own. :o
Two of my own pitiful ideas:
~A deep burgundy velvet curtain as her backdrop
~Have her in a window with lots of sunlight
Anyone have any ideas what would make a nice background?
Oh-- forgot to mention, I intend to do the background in watercolor pencils (you draw like a pencil, then take a wet brush and it blends things together) and make the background very soft so that your attention goes towards the kitty.
All that said, WHAT should I do for the background? He considers her to be a Princess. So it needs to be something royal and beaufitul but not complicated or overwhelming.
Anyhow, the reason for telling you all that, the customer wants me to make a really nice background for it. I have NO idea what to draw! Considering how icky I feel, I have no creativity to come up with a background on my own. :o
Two of my own pitiful ideas:
~A deep burgundy velvet curtain as her backdrop
~Have her in a window with lots of sunlight
Anyone have any ideas what would make a nice background?
Oh-- forgot to mention, I intend to do the background in watercolor pencils (you draw like a pencil, then take a wet brush and it blends things together) and make the background very soft so that your attention goes towards the kitty.
All that said, WHAT should I do for the background? He considers her to be a Princess. So it needs to be something royal and beaufitul but not complicated or overwhelming.