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amber eyed shapeshifter
#art#traditional art#artists on tumblr#shapeshifter#felines#bobcat#birds#owl#great grey owl#parsleydraws#parsley draws#prl#this was really fun to make!#hope to mix markers pens and paint#more like this in the future ^_^
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Puppeteer AU Fanart
(Mixed Media Traditional)
(Sorry for glare)
I am a fan of @rorydrawsandwrites 's Puppeteer AU and decided to draw some fanart. I also decided to do it traditionally because I haven't made a full piece in traditional in a little bit!
I hope you like the art!
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Materials used (for those interested):
Grumbacher Mixed Media Sketchbook
Ohuhu Alchohol Markers
Crayola Colored Pencils
Masters Touch Premier watercolors
Grabie Paint pens
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If ur reading this hi!
Likes and reblogs appreciated
Please follow for more fanart and fanfics related to TADC (specifically Caine)
#the amazing digital circus#tadc#tadc jax#tadc gangle#jax#gangle#puppeteer au#tadc puppeteer au#puppeteer gangle#puppet jax#puppeteer au fanart#tadc fanart#the amazing digital circus fanart#rorywritesanddraws#jaxangel06
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I miss this face.
Tech deserved a happy life on Pabu with his brothers & sister. Well, darn it...all the Clones deserve so much more! Why can't the Empire just clear off and let them just live their lives? Of course, we know that doesn't happen. I'm so nervous about this season of The Batch Bad...I don't want anything bad to happen to anybody! (Except Hemlock...I despise his smug face.)
I wanted to draw a super happy Tech in his casual outfit, just enjoying a beautiful day on Pabu with his handy data-pad & one of those fun-looking Pabu fruits. Pabu flowers remind me of Bougainvillea, which grow a lot in Southern California (making me reminisce about my home state). I also just wanted to draw Tech in general, as he is one of my all-time favourite Star Wars characters.
I hope everybody likes this! I enjoyed creating this piece.
Drawn with Sakura Pigma Micron pens, and then coloured in with a mix of Copic Markers & Ohuhu Markers. The clouds were done in Photoshop Elements, because I am terrible at painting clouds.
Star Wars/The Bad Batch/Tech © LucasFilm & Disney
Fanart © me, Jacqueline E. McNeese
#star wars#the bad batch#tech#star wars the bad batch#star wars tech#the bad batch tech#tech tbb#tech fanart#star wars fanart#the bad batch fan art#star wars pabu#pabu#tbb pabu#clone force 99#star wars clones#ct 9902#i love tech#i miss tech#my fanart#copic markers#ohuhu markers#traditional art#pabu flowers
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Pink Uraume 💗
Hello all! Finally getting out of my slump. I've found it really difficult to paint and draw for the past month or so, but I'm back in my groove ☺️
Since I got sick of painting, I took an interest in journaling and collaging. What I've done is either irrelevant to this tumblr or too personal to share. Of course, I fell out of it lol. One thing I did benefit from collaging is discovering and rediscovering different artists and new art that I like. I decided to recreate a drawing from Alphonse Mucha (idk the name of the piece sorry!) and made it into Uraume. There was no real reason that I made them all pink other than I just felt like it. 💕
Made with alcohol markers, pen, and colored pencil on mix media board.
Hope u like!
#uraume#jjk#jujutsu kaisen#jjk uraume#sukume#jujutsu kaisen fanart#anime#anime art#jjk fanart#sukuna#gojo#satoru gojo#satosugu#gojo satoru#alcohol markers#mixed media
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Hello Arcadekitten!!! I read the Stellamb wedding post(s) and it got me wondering about how Stella’s wedding dress would look like… I absolutely love Sweet No Death, so I knew I had to make some artwork of it!! And, because I absolutely suck at explaining things through text, here is my interpretation of Stella’s wedding outfit in traditional art! ✨💫🌟
Materials Used: Mixed Media Paper, Ink Fineliner Pens, Alcohol Markers Gel Pens, Paint Pens, Highlighter and Mechanical Pencil
Time Took: 1 week
I don’t know if you’re okay with people sending fanarts and stuff to you, but I absolutely love your work and well, I’m quite proud of this piece (even if I probably shouldn’t be lol) as I worked extremely hard on this and wanted to share it with you! I hope that’s okay ❤️
A little artist “#Deep Dive tm” because I put WAY too much effort into the tiniest details and I am NOT gonna let them get overlooked 😤 /jk
-Stella’s dress is made with her signature colors rather than white, because I felt that with her being a Star Witch and all, a species that mostly has extravagantly colorful clothes (in my humble opinion) she felt that just going with plain white on what is possibly the most important day of her life would feel… well, a bit redundant, so she opted for a more ���colored’ ballgown, with lacy gloves and a pearled veil and all. The local tailor and dressmaker is a bit confused, but Lambchop is definitely not complaining! ;) 💕💓
-(Well, that, and I also felt that the color blended WAY too much with her skin tone and changed it, but that’s my little secret hehe 👀😉)
-In my mind, Stella can make her hair look like it has a small galaxy within it! With actual moving stars and little twinkling lights. ✨💫✨⭐️🌟I think that she usually saves it for special, grandiose occasions, buuut since she’s not the kind of person who would THROW a grand, special occasion, she never unveiled it before her wedding day! (Poor Lambchop’s heart nearly gave out on the spot right then and there! 😭❤️)
-I didn’t add her usual Star hair clip because she already has like… 10 stars in her design already lmao /lh ⭐️
-As you can see, her bouquet’s… cloth? Fabric? I’m not sure what to call it… thing? The stuff that her flowers are wrapped in are Lambchop’s colors! Thought that it would be a neat visual detail… also, I can totally imagine Stella requesting that specific color scheme from the local florist! 💐🌷🌸
-Speaking of flowers… I decided to color in one of the moon daisies a little bit… differently hehe ;) It’s a small reference to the beginning of the game, where we see Stella change the color of the one rebellious moon daisy, from orange to lavender, except this time… she keeps it and uses it in her bouquet! 💖💗
-I like to think that it symbolizes Lambchop versus the rest of the townspeople… and Stella’s way of acknowledging him as a “real person”, at least compared to the others… one who is different, one who is unique… the one that she’s going to marry 💍🩷
-(it’s so absolutely sappy when she tells him so that he just couldn’t resist kissing her right then and there)
-And finally… (this is the last one I promise) I cut out the entire drawing to make it look like a potion bottle, partially because Stella is a witch, and partially because I had this cute lil idea that she stores all of her happiest memories into a magical bottle and takes it out whenever she feels sad, so that she can ‘experience’ it again and feel happier. Of course, with Lambchop by her side, she never really has to use it!💞🩷💗
-And yes, I also made the bottle have Lambchop colors as well 🐏 Just a nice little thing tying em together more visually… ❤️
…And I am SO SORRY for ranting!!! I worked incredibly hard on this piece (traditional art is NOT my strong suit, lol) but I wanted to make something special for one of my favorite games and one of my favorite game devs! So here it is, and I hope that you like it! 🤞❤️😁
(P.S: Any ideas for Lambchop’s wedding design?)
Oh my goodness this is BEAUTIFUL!! The artwork itself is just stunning!! You took so much time on it and it really shows, especially with all your attention to detail in it(and I LOVE hearing your explanations for some of the choices you made!! They're just so darling!) Everything about this is stellar and I'm in love with it, thank you so much!! ♡ ♡ ♡
Also I TOTALLY AGREE Stella would not wear white for her wedding!! Color all the way!! ♡
As for Lambchop's outfit...I think I've got it envisioned in my head but I haven't quite drawn anything for it yet! Top hat, definitely. I think his suit isn't black. Probably brown! Bowtie on the neck. His pants are more like shorts and are cut juuuuust above the knee! Still wearing long socks with garters. He looks incredibly dapper--as he should!! It's his wedding!
Hopefully he at least looks good for the photos before he decides to get any mysterious red stains on his outfit. (It's fine. Stella could clean them with the snap of her fingers, but still!)
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Day 4: Star Wars
May The 4th =]
Queen Padmé Amidala in my art style!
First time drawing her and I really enjoyed making this one!
Used watercolours, ink pen, acrylic markers and gold paint for accents on my Canson mix media sketchbook.
I hope you like it!
#shaya fury#art by me shaya fury#art#traditional art#traditionalart#traditional illustration#star wars#may the fourth be with you#detchartgames
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Naegamigiri/Naegirigami/Tonaegiri/FINE ARTS OF FINE PALS
Makoto, Kyoko, and Byakuya have artisitic abilities. However, they're better at some things than others. Makoto: He's more of a doodler and occasional crafter. Like, he's made a fake plant with a toothpaste cap once for a school project way back in elementary school though, for the life of him, he cannot remember what the project was about or even for. His doodles are primarily people and animals. Not the best doodles but not doodles that look like a toddler did it. He's good with using color pNot to be super serious with it but just because it's been a while and he wants to use one again or something. encils and just basic pens though he also has used crayons for fun. He takes eons to sketch as well and his lines are very scrappy. Also, he's done some doodling him and Kyoko holding hands or something or him and Byakuya holding hands in a notebook once cus he saw it in the movies and he wanted to try it out. And, because of that, he likes doing those specific doodles. He finds it fun to do and can tell Kyoko and Byakuya don't mind. He's a sap, dang it.
Kyoko: Perpetual sketcher. She uses pens, never pencils. She's too powerful to erase. She's also solid enough to draw with a permanent maker with confident lines if she wanted to. Kyoko rarely does this though. While Makoto's doodles are more archaic and rudimentary, Kyoko's are way more fleshed out with some shading and cross hatching if she's feeling like sketching more. Tons and tons of crosshatching. It's a nice rhythm and it helps her think sometimes though she doesn't have to do this. She just choses to if there aren't too big of stakes. Like if she's making a list for something. Sometimes has a sticky note she has on board and just crosshatches on the dang thing for thinking purposes while she writes lists for instance. Also, though she's good at drawing, she doesn't do it much due to being busy but also because she wouldn't know what to draw besides plants. She feels weird drawing people she knows but also isn't one to make her own oc's. That's not to say she can't draw people. She's pretty good which Makoto points out to her. Thus, she eventually gets more comfortable drawing her own classmates with the hopeful encouragement of Makoto since she never really thought about it before. For the most part though, she's pretty casual with the drawing.
Byakuya: He's a landscape artist at heart. He's pretty good with landscape sketches and painting. They're pretty detailed too. Is also good at architecture drawings as well and can make a mean floorplan. He likes his cool colors and likes painting snow of all things the most. He enjoys rendering it. His main painting mediums are gouache and water colors. Markers are not his thing and he mostly uses color pencils as some mixed-media highlights if he's feeling a bit more experimental. People and animals are where he struggles though. AKA, his art reflects his social skills. Badunsh! Even then, Byakuya barely draws or paints much anyway since he's busy doing the financial heir stuff. He could recreate a mean Bob Ross painting though. He's got that much skill in him.
#danganronpa#danganronpa art#danganronpa fanart#danganronpa headcanons#danganronpa makoto#makoto naegi#danganronpa kyoko#kyoko kirigiri#danganronpa byakuya#byakuya togami#naegirii#naegami#togiri#naegamigiri#naegirigami#tonaegiri#the naegamigiri rambles#text sector#yet another headcanon that got born cus it's very cute#also they need to draw each other!
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what supplies do you use for traditional?? coloring materials, pens, sketchbook, paper, etc?? looks great!!!
Thank you so much for asking! I hope you find my reply helpful! And sorry if my English is bad з:
Actually I use a lot of stuff for my drawings. It depends on what affect I want to achieve in my artwork. But every material has its pros and cons.
Recently for coloring I started using acrylic markers. Their colors are vibrant and if you made a mistake it's much easier to correct with markers. But they don't really mix together. That's why there's a difficulty when you're trying to achieve more complex colors. The color palette is limited. It's very similar to the tempera and acrylic paints. But they're mixing together much easier.
Often I use watercolors for my artworks. I like watercolor affect and more pale colors but I think I'm not skilled enough to use them. Coloring process takes a lot of time.
For the line work I was using micron pens but they're very expensive for me right now. So recently I bought simple calligraphic pen and ink. I still need more practice with it tbh but I like how lively the lines started looking.
I usually use 190 g/m³ paper. It's suitable for various materials.
Hope you find this helpful! 🌻
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my day to day materials [pictures included are my own]
I thought I should start by detailing what I use the most during my grimoire and book of shadows work, as I spent a lot of time searching for the right products that would suit what I want and wanted to use them for
my grimoire and book of shadows books were purchased online via Etsy [but they do have their own website] from a beautiful bunch of ethical creators - same base deign but changes in the stone on the cover to differentiate the two
the store is called KarmaRipon, a UK-based sustainable seller who create handmade bound books to sell among other items [ https://www.karmaripon.co.uk/ ]
For my backgrounds/designs and other drawings, I use a mix of things
* Posca Paint Markers: I have these in silver, gold, white and black in a variety of sizes. The one I recommend for blacking out pages such as in the photo is the 8mm chisel marker. These have no transfer through to the other pages and create gorgeous opaque coverage too
* Fineliners: I use these in smaller and more detailed drawings, as well as adding finer details to other pieces within my pages. I use a mixture of UniPin and EuroElement fineliners, ranging from .003 upto 2.0 thickness.
* Metallic Oil-based Markers: I also use these on occasion, however they do leak through the page due to being oil based, but the bronze colour is to DIE for! The set I'm currently using is from Pēbēeo and includes white, black, silver, bronze and gold.
For my normal writing I use a UniBall eye fine gel pen, all the look of a quilled page without all the trials of using one. Eventually I may invest in a fountain pen for my writing but that may be something I look to later in my journey
anyways, I hope that's a helpful insight if you're struggling to find inspiration for designs, materials or books whether now or in the future, and feel free to ask any questions about the supplies or the process and I will answer them as best as I can!
#tarotblr#witch#baby witch#witchcraft#witch community#witch blog#witch stuff#journal#grimoire#book of shadows#art#gothic#dark#witchtok#witchblr#beginner witch#journalling#art materials#tarot witch#tarot#magick#blog#blogger
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Hi! These are Kat and M. M is the kitsune (fox) and Kat is… well, the nekomimi (cat). That one was probably obvious because her name (not her real name) is just “cat” with a k.
I did these with alcohol markers and honestly? I think this is the second or third time I’ve colored something successfully with alcohol markers. Oh, and this white paint(?) pen I got in a tube of colored pencils.
(Random rant stuff below)
So, Kat and M are twins. Not identical in any way except their skin tones. M wears a mask that says “Anxiety Sux”. Originally, M was this… chaotic character in terms of her original design(s) (there was two other ones before this).
To put it into words, M was a mix of different things that I liked. Whether it be fandoms, daggers, or pancakes, it was put into her first and second designs. Her “mask” used to be a piece of tape that said ANXIETY for the anime/manga Komi Can’t Communicate.
I kept the “covering her mouth” thing, but changed what exactly covers her mouth. She used to have part of her skull showing on her right side for Undertale. I gave her an animatronic cat ear (on her right, again) for FNaF, and a normal cat ear on the other side.
She used to have two fox tails (still does) but one was purple because I have a Sonic OC that is a purple fox. There was a Cuphead handle, Mike Wazowski’s horn (the other horn was the handle), magic sparkles, a snake tattoo, a book on her hoodie, candy corn on her hoodie, a bunny face on her hoodie, and more that I can’t remember.
Kat, however, was based off of a picture I found on Google + Wattpad roleplays in comments. Here’s the image:
Now she’s just my inner child with part of my personality. My eyes are mostly green and brown, so I split the two colors between the characters since they each have different parts of my personality.
If y’all want a more in-depth rant on my characters, please tell me. I would love to know. If you’ve got questions, my asks are always open. I hope you’re having a good time wherever you are!
#artists on tumblr#rant post#writers on tumblr#kitsune#nekomimi#neko#neko girl#kat and m#my art#my ocs#my writing#my post#traditional drawing#traditional art#traditional illustration#traditional sketch#markers#not my art#the last picture is not mine
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I painted Sun and Moon in watercolours yesterday! :D
I learned that I still do not like using markers for lineart and DO NOT under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES use posca pens with watercolours, it mixed with the colour so much, it was not worth it. I just hope I didn't ruin the posca pen 'cause I like it. Also I kinda prefer the lighter pencil lines from the sketch with these.
But yeah, I had loads of fun which was awesome 'cause I've always hated watercolours with a passion
Also, my last watercolour thing from school for comparison under the cut
#fnaf#my art#ellery's art#water colour art#water colour painting#water colours#water colors#water color art#water color painting#sun#moon#sun x moon#sun fnaf#moon fnaf#sundrop#moondrop#sun and moon fnaf
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To: @heypilot
From: @juricha-art
Notes on piece #1:
This one was possibly the hardest to work around, since there is a pretty small chronological window where they would be able to spend some quality time together, so I'm sorry if this isn't exactly "growing up". I knew I had to include Akane though, since she was such an influential figure in K(yle)'s life. I imagine that all three of them would enjoy spending the time in the Biotope Garden. Akane would teach them a lot of things, read aloud or tell stories about her life. She was probably telling them about the meaning of different flowers and of love, and that would inspire Luna to make those flower wreaths for everyone (that one she's making is for Sigma) while Akane would take a nap on K's shoulder - she's just an old woman, after all. Considering the calla lily's symbolism, I'd say it is rather fitting for the place - purity, faithfulness, death. I tried to make it sweet and a bit melancholic. Materials used: watercolors, watercolor pencils, Faber-Castell Pitt pens.
Notes on piece #2:
This one really stuck with me, because I love those two and that timeline still gives me the feels. At first, I'd wanted to make it into just a makeshift wedding. Then - bam! - I remembered the famous painting by Gustav Klimt, "The Kiss". Thus, this one artwork was born. The story is that Sigma wanted to make something to cheer Diana up after they find out that she is expecting, and to prove his love to her, so at least if something happens, they would be together. And so he secretly prepared all those elements and clothes and rings (he's so skilled on tech stuff - and most likely chemistry as well - that it wouldn't be a problem at all to do even with scarce supplies. My headcanon is that he would also be good at sewing and such, with his fine motor skills). The environment is the mix of the Healing Room elements and also that official artwork where Diana is holding a skull and a bouquet of daisies. You can tell that I've got just a little bit carried away, lol. I've specifically left it up to the viewer's interpretation, so it could be both happy and angsty at the same time. Remember: Memento mori if the nineth lion ate the sun. Materials used: gouache, Faber-Castell Pitt pens, Sakura Pen-Touch gold marker.
Notes on piece #3:
This was the first out of the three I'd finished actually. I didn't want to repeat myself, so I've made them don the traditional Japanese kimonos and make Carlos go and visit Kurashiki family in Japan instead. Uchikoshi did say that Akane is an ideal Japanese woman, after all, and she certainly lives up to the title here, hehe. Guess who got drunk and is about to get an earful from his sis because of photobombing: "It wasn't THAT finger!". Carlos is very excited to be celebrating the holidays with the crew (Maria is the one taking the photo), and Junpei is just very proud of his wife and children (Rei is holding a temari ball and Quark a kagami mochi. Nova is just there being cute) . I aimed for a very light-hearted vibe here. Materials used: alcohol markers, pigment liner, Uni Posca pen, Sakura Pen-Touch gold marker and several types of washi tape (which were a major headache to work with, and I had to use tracing paper to stick them on and then cut them out. I hope it was worth it).
#zero escape#virtue's last reward#zero time dilemma#9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors#vlr spoilers#ztd spoilers#999 spoilers#heypilot#juricha-art
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first two art fights!!! my skin toned copic i used the most died after this tho so i may switch to using pencil crayons or paint for a few art pieces bc some people rly dont have a lot of options for not-pale white characters :/ i was gonna mix it up anyways tho esp since my good inking pen also died, the one that doesn't smear with the alcohol markers sniffs sniffs.
anyways hoping to get more done soon, its been a rough start of the month with the whole unemployed thing really hitting hard now
#my art#artfight#art fight#team vampire#team werewolf#i have 3 more revenges i wanna do for sure and then hopefully ill do some more drawings#txt
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"We are the ones who guard the power. We are the middle, the beginning, and the end." - The Daughter, from the mural (Star Wars Rebels)
I've watched the season finale of Ahsoka three times now (1st was by myself, 2nd time was with my son, and the 3rd time was with my Mum). A certain scene near the end of the episode - after a realization of what it was - made me think back to two certain special episodes: one from The Clone Wars and one from Rebels. This idea came to me on Sunday (October 8) night, so I quickly sketched out The Daughter and Morai, then coloured it in on October 9 (Monday). I always found the "Mortis gods" or "The Ones" rather interesting. I've always liked characters that have a small or short appearance, yet their character is important. The Daughter is so tall in her human form: 2.13 meters (or 6'9")!
I hope everybody likes this. Please let me know if you do Star Wars fan art (or anything sci-fi or from Dragon Age or Naruto). I'd love to see your work! Thank you to everybody who supports my art. You truly mean a lot to me. It is what keeps me going as an artist.
This was drawn with my usual mediums: Sakura Pigma Micron pens, then coloured in with a mix of Copic Markers and Ohuhu Markers. The background is acrylic paint on black posterboard. I actually cut out The Daughter & Morai from the paper I drew them on, then glued it to the painted posterboard. An interesting way to do mixed mediums, yes? The gold paint is actually metallic & shiny in real life, but sadly scanners kill colours and metallics. (Well darn, scanners sometimes kills the line art.) The actual art piece is 11.25" x 14".
I have another Ahsoka series fan art that I created last week. I will share it next week. I had posted it on my Instagram, but Insta is horrible to so many artists (especially if you do traditional art), because the Algorithim of Doom buries your work so deep that nobody sees it. My art basically fails on Insta. So I believe that from now on, I'll only submit my artwork here on Tumblr.
Star Wars/Clone Wars/Rebels/The Daughter/Morai © Lucasfilm Animation & Disney
#star wars#star wars fanart#star wars art#sw art#sw fanart#star wars rebels#star wars rebels fan art#star wars clone wars#the clone wars#clone wars#clone wars fan art#mortis gods#mortis arc#star wars mortis#star wars the ones#the daughter#morai#star wars the daughter#star wars morai#sci fi art#space art#green haired goddess
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Dude we gotta know, are your doodles traditional or digital cause
I CANT TELL LIKE IT LOOKS LIKE MARKER OR WATERCOLOR BUT LOOKS LIKE A DIGITAL LINE ART??? HUHH?????
What filters are you using, what programs, what markers, PKEASE EXPLAIN
OMGGG HAIII!!! **waves at you** okeoke so i assume that this ask is only for my most recent poast. bc also i sometimes rarely post my traditional doodles too lol dis blog is a mixed bag but my latest post IS all done digitally and heres what i did!!
the programs i usually use are procreate and/or ibis paint (for the ipad) and my latest post was made from procreate
as u can see.. i used different brushes in both drawings lol. i change the brushes i use a lot because i get bored of one brush and sometimes just choose random shit from procreates default brushes. abbie's watercolor brushes are a free to download brush pack though that you can find with this link below!!
for the extra paper texture for le drawings i looked up a picture of paper online (this one was used below)
and then i put it on top of all the layers and set it to multiplay and changed the opacity to what looked good to me. sometimes ill instead make the paper layer darker color or linear burn. it all just depends on what i toggle and looks good to me!
and then my lines were done with procreate default brush gel pen
i hope this was thorough enough........ and if it was too lengthy well.. its better to explain too much than too little ^_^ THANK U SO MUCH FOR LIKING MEIN DRAWINGS UWAAAA!! >u< ai hope this helps!!
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YEAR OF THE GRUB - PROJECT 2: WATERCOLOR
Date completed: 3/3/2023
Craft store trips: 0
I'm a person who really values control and polish in my work, so media where you have to "let go" of your vision for a piece because of the way it works really scares me!
Watercolor is like sticking my foot into those media for later because it's close enough to creative processes I'm already familiar with (pencil, pen and ink, marker, etc) but still has a lot of ground I've never even touched.
First, obviously, I started with sketches from reference and iterating on them until I got some shapes and looks I was satisfied with. My last project didn't quite capture the annulations in the way I'd hoped, and the legs were too long once I looked at reference again.
I ended up with two sketches to paint, one as a backup in case I totally fucked up the first one. It went okay, and I think I'll still paint and show the second one later with what I learned from painting this one, but I think I'll just do it on my own time rather than as a YotG post project.
Like I said, I'm not used to painting, so this part was a lot of guesswork. I started with a wash because I'd heard and seen that it's a good idea and sets the tone for your piece, but I don't think I understood well enough and will need to go back and learn more. I probably didn't even stretch the paper right, haha! I had a lot of problems with paint pooling in wrinkles.
I don't have a lot to say about how it went from here, but I probably should have done all my painting in consistent lighting. I think this coloration would be perfect for painting a pupa, but it's not at all the beautiful milky color of a grub. I rushed this a little out of my own impatience as well as running late yet again, but you know and I know that's not a big deal. I'll take the second grub a little slower and apply everything I've learned doing this one.
THOUGHTS AND IDEAS:
I need to go back and review some basics of watercolor, including how to treat the paper so I don't run into pooling problems.
I need to use better brushes. I ran into a lot of trouble with the cheapo Artist's Loft brushes shedding hairs into my watercolors and onto my piece, making it difficult to control some of my finer strokes and generally making the process feel less pleasant.
I should work looking at reference for more than just the sketching process. I felt like by now I understood what a grub looks like, but it turns out that I was still preoccupied with how I THOUGHT it should look than what the colors actually express as.
I need to work in consistent lighting. Watercolor is an iterative process that you need to come back to a bunch of times to lay down rich color layer by layer, and if the light changes you may accidentally make a color WAY too dark and be too far gone by the time you realize to fix it.
I really struggle with color, so practicing this can only help. I want to start learning to mix palettes from a more limited selection of paints for a more cohesive color story.
Next month (this month) I'm learning a completely new set of skills, which should be ok since I have a whole week off on my own to work on it. Hopefully I'll be back here at the end of March with my next project:
USING BLENDER TO CREATE A MODEL FOR 3D PRINTING
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