The challenge this week for the High Hopes blog is Silver. So I took this image and colored it in with copics trying to emulate Sandy Allnock and then used Sakura metallic and glitter pens to make the stars silver.
I wanted to emphasize the silver without detracting from it so I matted it on gray. The purple came from the lowlights on his headdress. I used a cutterbee piercing bug to add interest and allude to the faux stitching on his robe, around the image and on the sentiment.
The coloring doesn't look as streaky in real life. Hmmmm....