Project Archive: Lana character sheet

I started this character sheet years ago and finished it. :)

I really enjoyed drawing the line art. I had a lot of fun with it.

For the character, I created her like almost 10 years ago, and I have no recollection of why, what is her backstory, what world she's in, or anything. So yeah....

My fiancée really liked the design of her, and decided to make a complete race based off of her in his fantasy world, so at least she'll have a home now. :)

Project Archive: Dorothie portrait from drawcember 2015

I did some sketches for the Drawcember challenge back in 2015, but never got to properly finish any of them.

Also I'm still in the mindset of finishing all of my projects, that piled up since then.

And here's the painting progress:

First I did the line art, then made a gradient colour on it to know where the light and dark parts will be.

Then I put up the base colours, coloured the line art.

Made a multiply layer with the gradient on top, then erased the parts I wanted the base colours showing more.

I put the yellow light into the picture later on, because in the beginning it felt a bit flat.

I painted on a new layer on top of the base one mostly, but from time to time I merged the layers, so I can shape and form it however I wanted.

I later changed the skirt and adjusted the composition a bit, which means I dragged her lower on the canvas. Also did a lot of painting.

For the background I've put a gradient there, with the colours from the first steps, then to incorporate the yellow light I've got into there I've painted in the colour, set the layer on overlay and adjusted the opacity. 🙂

I also put a border around her, because I felt like it.

Later on I cropped the background, so there's a little frame of some sort for the whole picture.

And here's the finished picture:

I really enjoyed the painting method of this piece. Even though I procrastinated on it for years. 😐

🍯🐝 Honey Picnic

I did this little painting last year in may and already posted on instagram and ko-fi. I decided to post it here too. It's just a little picnic of some bumble bees with honey, some lavender and a bunch of lilacs.

This is actually one of my paintings, where I gathered references and put a lot of care into the planning. In the past I usually just winged the paintings on sheer brain imagery, which is not the best on the long run. Nowadays I tend to put in the work for the planning and pre-painting parts, so I'm enjoying the process and the end product more.