A rough day in space.

Hello people of Hive, I hope this post finds you well?

My name is Jax, and for my first post on Hive I wanted to share my latest sketchbook illustration with you, this epic space scene! Check out some progress shots below, I hope you enjoy! What do you think went wrong to send our hero hurtling untethered into the blackness of space? Are they under attack, or did he leave the stove on?

Please excuse his profanity, he's having a terrible day.

I start off going over a rough pencil sketch with some fineliner, just focussing on perspective and linework at this stage.

Our poor spaceman is getting a bit too close to the linework, I want to make sure he looks as adrift as possible to really capture that helplessness, and anchoring him to the rest of the drawing reduces this effect. A quick resketch later, and he is back to looking pretty hopeless!

Now the linework is done, onto adding some colour.

I wanted to let the lines do most of the work so I just added some simple watercolour for flashes of colour. The white watercolour paint was perfect for lightening the areas around the explosions to add some illumination.

I'm happy with the results, even though watercolours are not my go to so they look a bit amateurish in places! Let me know what you think, I'm new to Hive but look forward to sharing my art with you, and basking in all of your creativity as well!