The Making of Nigerian Fiction

I thought I'd do a little post showing part of the process of bringing Nigerian Fiction to life.

Preliminary sketch

Starting the first face

Starting the second face

Both faces done

My Copics!!!!!!

(I just wanted to show them =P)

My calligraphy pen which I also use for inking

Beginning the base of the owu (thread) hairstyle

Hair for second girl done

Beginning hair for first girl

Hair completed

Inking completed

Erasing pencil lines

All done!

I started this in the waiting room of the dentist's office and continued when I got back to my dorm

I was trying to decide on a suitable hair ornament for our Igbo girl

I couldn't decide so I inked first

...I ended up picking a chameleon since it's such an important traditional Igbo animal (along with pythons, tortoises, eagles, hawks, mermaids, and smelling ants)

Inking the hair and hair pins

I erased the eyes to redraw them later

Inking almost complete

All done! Yay to intertribal love!!!!

I'm working on a coloured version

=D