Yesterday I started a 30-day drawing challenge, because I haven't been drawing consistently for ages (or I'd start a drawing, doodle/sketch for a while, get bored, and stop working on it). So, for the next 30 days, I will be drawing (and coloring!) 1 picture a day.
The only twist for me personally is that I'm restricting my drawing abilities to the Wacom tablet (I have a Bamboo Fun that doesn't get near the use it should, hence I'm not very good at it. XD). No starting from a pencil sketch or photograph--it all has to start and end from scratch on the tablet.
So with this being day 2, I've got the first two drawings finished...
Day 1: Yourself
This was started last night around 8, hence it's a bit of a rush job. The style is reminiscent of a graphic novel I was writing/drawing a couple of years ago...the story fizzled out, but the art remained.
The coloring was done by using the pen tool and brushes at various opacity...nothing super special.
Day 2: Favorite Animal
Yeah, yeah, I know...everyone knows I can draw horses and that I stinking love them. XD I used to have an Arab filly this color, with the rose-grey dapples (she started out as a bay, and progressively got lighter. I never cut her mane and tail either, so both were incredibly long and thick and black/dark dark brown with reddish highlights.)
I colored in all the base colors by using the pen tool, and then used the dodge/burn tools for the shading.
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On a side note, am I the only one who is totally psyched for The Hunger Games? 8D I've been listening to fan-written music for the movie, and dang. I'm getting excited for this, folks. I couldn't put down the book when I got my grubby little mitts on it, and read the entire thing in one sitting. It was that good.
And because I can, here's a link to the music I've been listening to all day. It's the 'unofficial score', fan-made and such, but it's really, REALLY good.
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| http://hungergamesmusic.weebly.com/the-music.html |
so those books are worth reading? I'm going to have a lot of reading to do over the summer.
ReplyDeleteI've only read the first one--but I highly enjoyed it. I haven't read a book I enjoyed that much for ages.
Deleteeveryone seems to be talking about them and enjoying them. I think I may just look into them. :)
DeleteDo! I will warn you, though, it's very sad and intense in places...
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