Hi there. I'm Cassie. I'm 348 days late to this art party. I haven't done anything art related for over 10 years. I wanted to get back into it, but I kept brushing it off because of lame excuses like not having the time. So, I'm hoping this streak will help me commit to doing something every day, even if it's something silly, small, and in this case, using a childhood game as reference. Many thanks to Stephan for showing me this art streak!
I'm back! :O
I won't be able to daily draw for a couple of weeks (at least), but I have a better tablet, brushes, and I'm following some tutorials by Ctrl + Paint so that I can learn!
So far, I'm pretty happy. The tutorials have taught me a lot in just a few videos. I'm probably going to redo the purple toned leaves, but I'm really happy with the two on the top right. As always, tips are super appreciated! :D
Decided to start over with some different brushes. I didn't like the ones I used yesterday (eye on right). They weren't bad, but they didn't really have the texture of a pencil. This brush set is definitely rougher so far. Will update as it progresses. Feedback always welcomed.
2nd upload edit: Now I think I'm going backwards rather than forwards, haha. I might just call it a day.
Can I still call it day 5 if I went MIA for a while? :P Since the sketch of the eye was my weakest link last time, I decided to follow a tutorial and give it another go. I didn't have enough time to finish it, but there's already a huge difference. As always, comments/criticisms welcome. :)
I spent maybe 30 minutes on this, haha. My day did not go according to plan, but that's okay. Just wanted to get something out there for my daily submission. Had a watercolor tattoo idea a while back but wanted to sketch it out and see what I thought. I really only had the opportunity to figure out general colors. I'll have to go in later and totally rework this - add different birds and more of them, less colors, actually make it look like a watercolor instead of just a gradient, etc - but I think it'll look pretty snazzy.
Decided to try something different (which I'll probably be doing a lot) and go for more cartoon-y features this time. Robert here is having what the adults would call a "Monday". Ideally, he'd be a full character with a scene, rather than just a "flat" looking floating head. Time will tell if that happens or not. Will update this as Robert grows. Criticisms/tips are always welcomed.
I followed this tutorial for his face. Would've liked to do different hair, but hair is my worst enemy. Perhaps another time. Robert didn't turn out looking quite as cartoon-y as their example... maybe I didn't exaggerate the features enough?
Considering that this was the very first thing I drew with the tablet while getting used to it, that I haven't drawn seriously in over 10 years, and that I was never good with facial features... I'm pretty happy. (Even though her upper eyelashes kinda look like deer antlers.) I'm sure there's a bunch of errors, though, so please point them out so I can improve in the future! (And I'll also admit that I was following other examples because I can't freehand yet.) EDIT: I know her eye is kinda huge compared to everything else. I was originally just drawing features and then decided to throw some of them together like a Mr. Potato Head.
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@Stephan Hey, Stephan. Thanks for the warm welcome! And no worries about there not being many comments. I'll probably just talk to myself via the image descriptions, haha. Perhaps it's a writer's problem that I feel inclined to write at least 250 words at all times. Ah well. :P Many of my drawings shall indeed be small and silly... but it's better than nothing at all, right? :) Next step: get the drawing tablet working!
Hello, Cassie. Great to have you here. As a general thing: Don't expect too much comments here. We are just a small community. Use this as a tool to keep going. And don't ever be shy to post something small and silly. :)
I like your Freddi. She seems like a very friendly fish.