I've learned two things from this project. 1) The cardbord holder methood works much better than free handing it. Most of the picture looks slightly off-kilter. Things that should be at one part of the picture are slightly above, and a few colors don't line up right. 2) Be careful when using yellow ink. Especially on dark background. Something about it makes it come out splotchy, like a sponge instead of a solid color. It looks a bit messy and slightly ugly on a few copies.
However, I must say that it turned out looking much better in the final product than I had expected the free hand print to. After I placed down the yellow layer, I was worried the rest had been mest up. But the next few color layers covered most of the mess from sight. I also like the contrast between the darker colored brown and purple forest in the back and the more vibrant looking chimera in the foreground. I wanted to go more in depth with more colors, but time was not on my side so I switched to every part being one solid color. The texture lines shine through and add a sort of shading to the different parts of the chimera's body, as well as the trees and leaves behind. And the slightly shifty look that the offset layers give adds a nice style too.
However, I must say that it turned out looking much better in the final product than I had expected the free hand print to. After I placed down the yellow layer, I was worried the rest had been mest up. But the next few color layers covered most of the mess from sight. I also like the contrast between the darker colored brown and purple forest in the back and the more vibrant looking chimera in the foreground. I wanted to go more in depth with more colors, but time was not on my side so I switched to every part being one solid color. The texture lines shine through and add a sort of shading to the different parts of the chimera's body, as well as the trees and leaves behind. And the slightly shifty look that the offset layers give adds a nice style too.