<![CDATA[Bombay Bazaar]]>Bombay Bazaar

I have a collection of about ten thousand vintage slides: half of them are ones my family (or I) took. The other half are ones I've purchased and scanned.

I use them as source material for some of my more complex pieces. This one will be a 1960s market scene from Gibraltar — except the people will be chicken people.

I have a digital collage (1 hour or so of work) that I am now carefully tracing (1 hour 17 minutes and counting)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ea8ec229-90dc-41bb-b28f-be2ce44b505c/bombay-bazaarRSS for NodeMon, 01 Jun 2026 05:34:08 GMTSat, 28 Mar 2026 05:22:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Mon, 25 May 2026 11:54:03 GMT]]>@artbysarahsammis second balcony from the right looks great!;

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/idoclosecuts/statuses/116635077427613759https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/idoclosecuts/statuses/116635077427613759Mon, 25 May 2026 11:54:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Sat, 23 May 2026 06:29:20 GMT]]>10.5 hours of work. So many tiny details in the various windows and archways.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116622475938454497https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116622475938454497Sat, 23 May 2026 06:29:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:46:40 GMT]]>9.5 hours of work now. More signs. The start of a car. The start of one of the chicken people.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116611219493880846https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116611219493880846Thu, 21 May 2026 06:46:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Wed, 20 May 2026 05:25:42 GMT]]>Bombay Bazaar - 8.5 hours of work now. I've started working on the darkest areas of the shadowed areas.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116605238806248835https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116605238806248835Wed, 20 May 2026 05:25:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Mon, 18 May 2026 06:09:47 GMT]]>Another hour ... the signs which give the name to this piece are done. The pesky wrought iron is done.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116594087551217781https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116594087551217781Mon, 18 May 2026 06:09:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Sun, 17 May 2026 05:15:16 GMT]]>6.5 hours of work now. I'm still avoiding the other wrought iron balcony. I worked on signs instead.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116588210835240201https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116588210835240201Sun, 17 May 2026 05:15:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Sat, 16 May 2026 03:48:59 GMT]]>Bombay Bazaar - 5.5 hours of drawing now. I coloured in one of two wrought iron balconies as well as a shop sign.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116582209251553654https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116582209251553654Sat, 16 May 2026 03:48:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Fri, 15 May 2026 05:18:44 GMT]]>Bombay Bazaar - 4.5 hours of drawing now. I'm treating this one almost like a watercolour. I'm intentionally avoiding perfectly straight / clean lines.

When I do these complex digital pieces it's so tempting to aim for precision / perfection but that won't work here. The source photo (minus the chicken people) is old and somewhat degraded with time. If I aim for recreating exactly what I see I'll be representing the slide and not the moment the slide captured.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116576899878809596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116576899878809596Fri, 15 May 2026 05:18:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Thu, 14 May 2026 19:47:06 GMT]]>I haven't worked on any digital art in a fortnight because I was traveling. I do sometimes bring along an iPad but this trip I wanted to focus on my watercolour painting.

Now that I'm home, I've worked another hour on "Bombay Bazaar."

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116574652107692402https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116574652107692402Thu, 14 May 2026 19:47:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Fri, 01 May 2026 05:50:50 GMT]]>I finished the lines last night but forgot to share my progress. Now I am colouring in the sunlit area of the street.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116497753727196134https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116497753727196134Fri, 01 May 2026 05:50:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:08:30 GMT]]>Tonight I worked more on the line work, the stuff you won't see once the actual drawing is done.

Save for a car and some foreground figures I am done with this step. This line work represents 2.5 hours of work, plus another 2 hours of digital collage prep-work.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116480364401555929https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://socialbc.ca/users/artbysarahsammis/statuses/116480364401555929Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:08:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Bombay Bazaar on Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:05:00 GMT]]>Three weeks ago, I was this far in the initial lining for my next street scene with chicken people. I should have shared it but didn't for some reason I have forgotten.

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