I posted several of these sketches in Facebook, but this is new this morning. The air traffic is subtler, barely a part of the visual field. I still need more practice, but I really love the direction. I should find a scanner, too; shots done with Photo Booth just don’t come close.
There are many levels to the Bellefonte landscape, and many ornamental faces for the buildings on each level. There are balconies around fourth story bay windows, stairs from rooftops to upper story porches. Decorative filigree and ornamental windows, doors and arches cover the larger buildings and even show up on homes. Street level facades could be anywhere, but looking up, there’s a fairytale architecture on the third story and above. I can see the traffic: steam powered lighter than air taxis and buses, privately owned personal balloons, docking on rooftops, discharging passengers at parties on balconies. It’s beautiful.
More mouse drawings will follow, but it’s hard to be excited about Millheim when I’m awestruck in Bellefonte. I wish I had the patience to animate- I can see it all so clearly.