Beauty and the Beast Colouring Page

Disney Gallery
Beauty and the Beast © Walt Disney Company.
Watercolour brush © ColorBurned [link]
Parchment Texture © ~Geek-Stock [link]


My entry for the "Coloring Book Challenge" contest over at More info here.

Now this is different, isn't it?

I didn't set out with something like this in mind at all. I was redoing the entire lineart with the pen tool (I just couldn't have worked with that ugly low res one, no) and I tried a different setting for the brush that gave me something that looked kind of sumi-e-esque to me. Kind of, you know, compared to what I usually do. I liked it too much to start over so I ended up taking inspiration from the sumi-e-inspired style used for the Okami video game.

I know I probably focused too much on the lineart (but that's the best part!!) while the colouring itself isn't that elaborate, but I hope I'll get points for originality and effort... Trust me, the colouring had me right out of my comfort zone; I don't do things like that! I'm usually all about perfect shapes and curves made with the pen tool, but this time I only used a brush. And it was awesome.

Original colouring page: [link]
Inspiration: [link] (Okami official artwork)

Please click on "Download Image" for full view!!


It's already on tumblr: [link] Please reblog instead of reposting