Jenny Dolfen

Star Wars: Finn (Watercolour timelapse)

The painting is up on Etsy, too! :)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/269960021/finn-original-painting

Finn-amon roll XD

Love this guy. And I'm really pleased with how the paint behaved in the skin! 

New wip of Finn

Should have done more with those water splashes!

Finn in progress

I'm actually finding myself with some unexpected free time. Yay!

I'm still working with this Nuageux paper, such beautiful textures with no effort whatsoever! 

Aaaaand the Finn lineart.

You'd think I had holidays ahead of me, sigh. (I'm really pleased with how he turned out though.)

Aaaand a third piece for tonight!

Work in progress on Paul's piece, with wintry greys, blues and teals. 

I'll be taking home thirty-five exams to mark over the next few days, but I'll try to get done as much as I can... for my own sanity, too. ;)

Finn (finally!)

After my very first The Force Awakens piece ever was Finn and didn't work out at all, I'm finally scrounging up the courage again. I just love the guy and want him to have a proper portrait! 

Patreon commission sketch: Bard

Finally getting to this month's commission piece of Bard the Bowman. This is what he's always looked to me.

That secret Valkyries piece...

... is coming along nicely. I hope I can share with you soon what it's for. :) 

Thrandu-Ren for Isabella

A little spoof I did for Isabella, after learning that Lee Pace auditioned for the role of Kylo Ren. Things sort of took off on their own from there. XD

I think that fighting style is rather unwise with those crossbars. :D 

"That hairy beast", finished

Aw. :(

I love that Wookiee.

Such fun to paint. A creature consisting solely of wavy, multi-coloured hair. A dream!

"That Hairy Beast" - colour wip 1

It's all right Kylo, you're shredded enough! XD

You must be tired of me praising new papers, but - this paper. This paper. It's a different one than the two last ones, from Moulin du Coq this time. Slap a French name on a paper and you can do no wrong, apparently!

"That hairy beast" - lineart

Spent the afternoon botching my Valkyrie painting - twice - and needed to console myself with shirtless Kylo Ren. I feel slightly better now. ;)

Laerminuial and Estel

A commission for Paul, of his character Laerminuial (whom I drew before, a few years ago) tutoring young Estel in Rivendell. Looking forward to doing this in cool wintery colours. The waterfall will be fun!

"That hairy beast"

My afternoon involved teal, ultramarine, fluff, Chewie, and shirtless Adam Driver. I can't complain. :D

In my headcanon, just as he avoids to call Han "father" and instead refers to him as "Han Solo", Kylo Ren refuses to even think of Chewie as Chewbacca, instead using the multitude of ...

Swan's wings and seafoam

Ahhhh blues and greens! Those look so lovely. Don't get much chance for those in Star Wars (unless it be Naboo). 

This paper is still gorgeous, but definitely needs a different approach - it's almost too smooth!

OMG this PAPER.

Really, last week I ordered three new papers I'd never worked with just because the names sounded nice and the descriptions sounded good. And I'm having one jackpot moment after the other. The Nuageux I used for Ben and Rey was already fantastic, but this Etival is absolutely gorgeous. I'm totall...

Eärwen, ready to be painted

I decided to make her look a little older and wiser than in the first sketch. Can't have Galadriel's mother looking like someone's younger sister. 

And behold my new name tag! After being shot down over my last one using the Papyrus font, I decided to do one myself. Hand-lettered, ...

Digi-sketch: Eärwen

Prompt for Erin, who requested "Something about the Teleri that's not about kinslaying." I gave her some swan attributes in her hair and clothes. Loads of blues and teal will ensue! 

800 goal reached! Whooooo! =D

Okay guys, I had a heck of a day. The piece of Ben and little Rey made top spots on Reddit and 9GAG today, and I've spent all day catching up with email and new orders (and ignoring some of the idiocy going on Reddit and 9GAG. 9Gag was easy; I didn't understand half of the comments anyway.

So ...

"Why are you angry?" - finished

Okay, this is way too cute. 

I regret nothing. 

Next up: Commission for Paul, and prompt for Erin! I. e., loads of Tolkien. :)

No, I will not ship them. No, I will not ship them.

Seriously, I won't. They're cousins. They don't need any shipping. But my, they're cute.

And yay for this paper. It takes an astonishing amount of punishing. You can scrape out water edges. O_o Whooo!

Stop scowling, Ben, that's some really spiffy paper.

Experimenting with new watercolour papers. This one is Fontaine Grain Nuageux - cloudy grain. It's set up to be a new favourite, at least as long as I've tested the other two of the batch I got this week. ^^ 

Seriousy though, FRENCH ART MATERIALS. Just can't go wrong with them.  Apart fr...

"Why are you angry?" - lineart

Had a very Starwarsey birthday, with three books (Visual Dictionary, Concept art of The Force Awakens, and the novel), a Kylo poster from my friend, a Lego X-Wing pilot, and well, the cake was red.  And we went to see TFA for the third time. Most fun birthday I've had in years.

I l...

- "Why are you angry?"

 - "Get lost."

Since I've accepted the theory that Kylo Ren saved Rey as a child during the massacre of the Jedi temple, there have been a lot of half-formed moments in my head. Here's Ben, already torn between the light and the dark side after constantly being fed lies about what ...

Kylo Ren - timelapse video

Enjoy! This was so much fun to paint!

A creature in a mask

Kylo Ren: "You still want to kill me."

Rey: "That happens when you're being hunted by a creature in mask."

*Kylo Ren removes helmet*

Audience: wtf?

Jenny: ❁◕ ‿ ◕❁

Ahem. 

Isabella, it may be of interest to you that Lee Pace a...

Because black needn't be boring

Yay for boundary-pushing!

Raffle Draw! Here are the February winners!

A goodie pack have won: Deanna, Amanda Read, Jess, Juhi Mendiratta, Elena Krysova!

An A4 print have won: Maarten Michiel and Natalia Olano! 

An A3 facsimile goes to: Steven Tryon! 

Erin Clark gets to give me a cha...