December 2024
- Tools: Procreate
- Source: Real life
Art I drew for my about page. My bio was too short to justify having two drawings, so I guess I'll have to save the happier picture for another time. The first drawing is supposed to be my face in public, and the second is how I look at home... both are outfits I wear in public though.
December 2024
- Tools: Procreate + Clip Studio Paint
- Source: Angelique
- Offite: Sheezy
I did not give a fuck about that damn fountain ðŸ˜
Hmm.. Right now, after giving it a night to rest, I like the final product of the manga-style-attempt on the left. The whole time I was lining it and adding the screentones, I was dying. Lining always takes so long. Or it at least FEELS like it takes so long. And too often on Procreate (which I lined this with) the lines end up too pixelly (very likely my fault, but still). But a while back I tried to line something with CSP, and it seems whatever past skill I had in lining with a pen tablet has dissipated. I don't make enough money nor is my art popular enough to justify spending money on CSP for iPad right now, so I have to work with what I got.
I was swearing up and down the past 2 days that this is my last time inking something, especially since I've been told my pencils already look near done (you can observe the second image and make your own judgement), but I really love the ink look. 99% of my favorite artists use ink, so I have to too or I'll feel even further from them than I have to. Man.
Hope you like the boobs. Her canon name is Clavia but I call her Claudia. The gemstones are really hard to draw consistently and nicely for me.
January 2025
- Tools: MS Paint
- Source: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Inspiration: I saw someone say they love to draw in Kidpix and MS Paint for Windows XP (or 98 or something). I have a link to a desktop Kidpix, so I tried to draw in it, and felt miserable. I did not like it. Well, I wasn't going to go hunting for an older version of Paint even though I'm sure it's easy to obtain when I already have Paint on my computer. Yea, using modern Paint doesn't earn you street cred like older versions do, but I remembered this latest version has LAYERS, soooo
I drew peepee to test it out. You can't change layer opacity, so it's a little tricky for me to do lines (well, maybe i shouldn't have done the sketch in black-), but I do like that since it feels less serious than CSP I feel somehow more free using it. Weird. And the craziest thing is the crayon tool looks so bad, but when you use it to color it's actually really good, and combined with the eyedropper tool you can do some great blending!
The biggest problem is that you can't save the layers. Now, you could save a drawing and then just draw over it again later, but it's kinda crunchy looking now and I thought it'd be too obvious what's new and what's old. I had to stop mid-drawing to take a nap, and I can't nap with my computer on because the fan is loud as fuck. So yea, the drawing has many mistakes that I'm aware of, but I was SOOOO tired. You will take Felix and his uneven-ass boobs and you will like it. I like the doodle even despite the mistakes... I wonder what emotion that is that I drew on his face.
January 2025
- Tools: Procreate + Clip Studio Paint
- Source: Inuyasha
- Offsite: Sheezy
Something about this doesn't sit right with me already. I don't like it. But dammit, I had to draw it.
~4 years ago I redrew a redraw of a screenshot from hit anime Inuyasha, and I thought "I should do this again in 4 years!" I somehow remembered my promise to myself, but I was lazy and didn't start until this month. I spent 3 weeks on what was, in total, maybe a 5-hour drawing? And I don't even like it. Honestly, the background I painted 4 years ago was better, but I probably spent more time on it. I lost interest in making this look very good... I'd much rather be drawing a more current fave, not a groomer. ("But clavis and Angelique-" ssshhhh) I felt like I was being tortured towards the end, and when I realized "Well I'm not having fun anymore so this isn't for me, and it's not like I have fans so this isn't for them either," I decided to stop trying and just finish it badly. Badly finished is better than a WIP that was so close to being done.
comparison here
Top left: The screenshot
Top right: The original redraw. Notice how it's monochromatic? That's because I wanted it to be a quick little thing. I should've kept it that way. Maybe if I redraw this in 2028 I'll use a monochromatic palette.
Bottom left: His face is soo fucked bro, I can't believe i shared this online, especially after my Cure whip Illustration (which I still think is goated). I really thought I ate......... @Past me, get real
Bottom right: You already know how I feel about this one. Although I don't like it, it shows definite improvement over the old one, and that's good enough for me.