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Maybe not quite Wallace and Gromit, at this point in time I'm dreaming of the day we can go outside and for friends to be together again. One friend in particular is the gorgeous skully666 who also lives in the same town as I do and since the start of our lockdowns I've only been able to briefly see twice to drop off Patreon mail in large batches. I miss seeing her and hearing her laugh, I usually feel like a dork when I'm around her, I get flustered around people I really like sometimes and feel like my conversation skills go right out the window, but we get by. XD
She had asked for a little picture of her Zeke and my Boba together on some sort of adventure since we can't be together right now, but that was as far as the prompt went. As they're both housecat sized I said it'd just be a chibi that I would do and started doodling on the iPad (if you saw my previous image of Claytons ref, this carries on from that information):
Procreate and I didn't really get along at first when I was on Boos ipad - I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong and tried all sorts of brush combos but I didn't want to alter too much so I kept to what was there as much as I could. Now that I'm starting from ground zero I've thrown myself into youtube videos and gaining as much information as possible about colouring, brush styles, layer settings and work flows that artists use to really utilize the power of the iPad and the program. The more I kept doodling the farther into this image I went until the characters were coloured and it just needed a background.
Before I got the tablet my heart had been sinking because I felt like I've severely stagnated and that no matter how much time and diving into domestika for illustration information, I was learning but I wasn't progressing. On physical paper I understood illustration, and traditional shading I know how shapes work, but I couldn't translate that into digital and it was getting infuriating. Now I'm having the chance to start over and figure it out in a new way. It may take me time to get confident enough but I'll do my best!
Zeke ©
skully666
Art and Boba ©
lapres
She had asked for a little picture of her Zeke and my Boba together on some sort of adventure since we can't be together right now, but that was as far as the prompt went. As they're both housecat sized I said it'd just be a chibi that I would do and started doodling on the iPad (if you saw my previous image of Claytons ref, this carries on from that information):
Procreate and I didn't really get along at first when I was on Boos ipad - I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong and tried all sorts of brush combos but I didn't want to alter too much so I kept to what was there as much as I could. Now that I'm starting from ground zero I've thrown myself into youtube videos and gaining as much information as possible about colouring, brush styles, layer settings and work flows that artists use to really utilize the power of the iPad and the program. The more I kept doodling the farther into this image I went until the characters were coloured and it just needed a background.
Before I got the tablet my heart had been sinking because I felt like I've severely stagnated and that no matter how much time and diving into domestika for illustration information, I was learning but I wasn't progressing. On physical paper I understood illustration, and traditional shading I know how shapes work, but I couldn't translate that into digital and it was getting infuriating. Now I'm having the chance to start over and figure it out in a new way. It may take me time to get confident enough but I'll do my best!
Zeke ©
skully666Art and Boba ©
lapres
Category Artwork (Digital) / Anime
Species Gryphon
Gender Multiple characters
Size 905 x 1280px
File Size 1.76 MB
"at this point in time I'm dreaming of the day we can go outside and for friends to be together again."
You and me both. This entire situation has been hard on my friendships in ways I still don't fully appreciate. I can only hope there's some bounceback on peoples' feelings once people are able to go out and do things without second guessing their health and safety.
As someone who recently picked the pencil back up and dived into art tutorials himself, I also definitely relate to the struggle of internalizing those lessons. Part of it, at least in my perspective, is how monotonous it gets to deliberately stay focused on the very basics. I get that it's important to build up solid fundamentals, but I think it'd do more for my morale in art to let myself attempt the things I'm really interested in more directly. I'm still debating the merits of having fun vs. putting in the groundwork with my art.
Regardless, here's to better art and better days ahead.
You and me both. This entire situation has been hard on my friendships in ways I still don't fully appreciate. I can only hope there's some bounceback on peoples' feelings once people are able to go out and do things without second guessing their health and safety.
As someone who recently picked the pencil back up and dived into art tutorials himself, I also definitely relate to the struggle of internalizing those lessons. Part of it, at least in my perspective, is how monotonous it gets to deliberately stay focused on the very basics. I get that it's important to build up solid fundamentals, but I think it'd do more for my morale in art to let myself attempt the things I'm really interested in more directly. I'm still debating the merits of having fun vs. putting in the groundwork with my art.
Regardless, here's to better art and better days ahead.
I've said it lots, but i'm saying it again.
OMFG i LOVE THIS... i've spent the last couple of days shoving it at everyone and going LOOOOOOK AT THIS!!!!
Its gorgeous, and amazing, and dont you ever for one minute doubt how talented you are, it looks like a game cover/animation still and i cannot thank you enough for how wonderful it is, and how much i appreciate you doing it.
You know i miss you, and i can't wait until we can sit with a cuppa and just talk like normal.. and you do not need to feel like a dork around me, you know i honestly spend most of my time amazed you actually like me XD
OMFG i LOVE THIS... i've spent the last couple of days shoving it at everyone and going LOOOOOOK AT THIS!!!!
Its gorgeous, and amazing, and dont you ever for one minute doubt how talented you are, it looks like a game cover/animation still and i cannot thank you enough for how wonderful it is, and how much i appreciate you doing it.
You know i miss you, and i can't wait until we can sit with a cuppa and just talk like normal.. and you do not need to feel like a dork around me, you know i honestly spend most of my time amazed you actually like me XD
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