Bunnies in grass

Series: The Daily Marker Art Card #23

I’ve coloured this digi once before, but that time I used my Inktense pencils. I want to like this Copic version more than I do and the really annoying thing is that I’m not quite sure what’s wrong with it.

Up close, I like it, but from a distance — and especially on Instagram on my phone — the big bunny looks wrong. I think it’s a combination of things:
– there’s not enough contrast to give proper shape to the face, the little bunny has more dimension
– I’m not happy with my colour choice, even after adding black Glaze pen to the eyes, they don’t stand out
– the dotted texture does exactly what I intended it to, I just don’t like the effect on the face

I’m trying to decide whether I can fix it without making it worse, because I’m really happy with the little bunny and I’m definitely happy with how the tall grass turned out – it’s just the bit in the middle that could be better… And yes, I know I am being super picky…

Copic markers:

big bunny – E71, E74, E77, E79, R35
little bunny – YR24, YR27, E37, RV04
ground – E43, E44, Y28
sky – B0000
grass – YG63, YG67, G94

Supplies:

• digital stamps:
  Digistamp boutique – Bently and bunny
• dies:
  Marianne Design – ATC
• colour:
  Derwent XL graphite
• pens:
  Sakura glaze – black
• embellishments:
  Tim Holtz idea-ology – clippings stickers
• paper and card:
  Neenah Solar White 216gsm
  black card

This image was coloured for day 23 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge on 7 July 2019