Prints!
My computer monitor looks nothing like my phone screen, and I need to get better with colours, so I decided to go get some of my digital pieces printed today!
It was just a standard Officeworks print on heavy paper, but omg why is everything so off lol. My monitor is definitely not calibrated; everything I do on the screen looks lighter than every other devices, and these prints show it too!
I'm no good at figuring out how to make my monitor accurate though ugh zzz
Scribbling Blackbeard
Memory, no reference. Not bad but lol I fail at hairlines. It's so-so but considering I've almost never deviated from copying, I'm happy with it!
I reckon what makes Ed happy is... you.
This was such an enjoyable picture to draw. Plus, I feel I finally got the likeness of Taika in this one; it's my best representation of likeness yet! Plus hair is so therapeutic to draw, like a soothing death kind of feeling. Also omg his hand. I loved drawing his hand. I can't imagine hands when I draw without reference so I'm so happy at how that turned out too!
I was super apprehensive about drawing this because my idol once complained about drawing kissing to be the biggest, messiest challenge ever, and I was so worried it would turn out like how she described it:
But, luckily, it turned out really well!
Hooray for believing in myself!
Jeff the Accountant
Oh my goodness I cannot begin to describe just how adorable Blackbeard is with his purple ribbons in his beard and the flowers in his hair! Seriously my favourite costume!
I actually like this one a lot better than my previous picture, this one captures his likeness a lot better, though I'm still so far off.
It turns out drawing hair textures is so therapeutic, I call it "soothing death" and it's my new term for how much I love drawing hair.
I find the full picture less nice than the crop though. I think the "shrinking" makes his face look not as good.
This series is amazing.
No more yummy lavender soap
I am so bad at the digital stuff still. I mean my pencil work is still not where I want it to be, but the digital drawing from scratch is insane. It just doesn't feel as tactile still. Also, the digital versions suffer the same issue with faces not being right as I do with pencil drawings. Sigh.
But I will continue to practice aaaah.
Did I mention how hard it is to draw frizzy wavy hair? I feel like i have to shake my hand all funny to achieve it XD