Yesterday's studies

Behold--tiny color studies of figures and portraits as well as some quick gesture drawing.

For the past three days being my first real study of color I'm very happy with the result, and how by the end I managed to build up some of these backgrounds intuitively. Can definitely see my progress, and this is good knowledge to use in comic work/finished pieces.

The gestures are fine. I also went to a park and did some trad quickdraw, which I was less happy with. Guess I'm no Rembrandt.

I need to study expressions DESPERATELY--right now my drawn faces are way way below my standards. Going to hopefully start that tonight and finish tomorrow.

Also I drew a butt a couple months ago and forgot about it lmao

Quarantine Studies

I'm still on that grind...I'm gonna do it, I'm going to become a great artist!

Done these studies over the past couple of days. I've been doing studies traditional as well. There's a lot I need to focus on, but the big thing I've been trying to improve upon is gesture and form.

Also, color! I'm still a baby at color. It's like trying to learn to draw all over again. Did some "tiny studies" from ctrl paint to try to internalize it. Working on the same but with figures/portraits to learn skin tone.

I want to do another full piece soon. In the meantime these are some sketches (maybe about 1hr each) that I did this morning after tuning into some InCase streams.

Damn, now that I'm looking at it, their right leg on the right image is actually broken, like broken broken. Damn.

Need to study: gesture, esp. NSFW gesture. Asked about how to study NSFW on an InCase stream and he suggested to set up a slideshow app for gesture drawing using porn. I did a little of that, but untimed. Timed is key. Also practice expressions!

Sketches

Catching up, after neglect

Alright, I started letting this fall by the wayside in mid-October? And this is supposed to help document my growth--so let's work on that.

Mid-November:

Never finished it. Very cute, surprisingly good left hand, but I was disappointed by the face, the head, and importantly, this process. Really, really big fan of these InCase-style highlights though. Also I adore the way her pussy looks here.

(I know I rely on Case too singularly as an inspiration, but since getting a twitter I've diversified my inspirations a little, shut up.)

December:

A sketch that was good enough for me to polish up. I'm doing the same sort of highlights and shadows here. These hands are trash, and I had to reshape and resize her head a bunch once importing it into Clip Studio. Other than that, a fun sketch. But those thighs...I wanted to draw a thick trans girl with a dynamic pose but I should've done more creative work into making her thick than just making her thighs thicker than her torso.

Was in a femdom mood recently. I feel like this is the best work I've done in my life. Obviously I see some things I could've done better (funky line width, not sure that's how hips/armpits work, highlights/hair are kind of mushy... I'll stop there) but I'm seriously proud of this.

Some of my main inspirations for the creative choices I made here are @BoxOfWant and @taamyra.

January (i.e. today)

Twink with a sword! I'm standing up, chanting. Twink with a sword! Twink with a sword! I'm on top of the table now, shouting.
A fun, quick sketch, messy as hell.

So here's the takeaway: I'm still bad. Or, at least, I'm not yet making the kind of art that compares with my initial inspirations. I need to improve in gesture, workflow, perspective, anatomy, thinking with forms, hair, composition, framing, style, color, etc. etc. etc..

What excites me is that looking back at myself from last year I can see a ton of improvement. Even since the summer, I can tell from looking at my first finished work--compared to what I can do right now, it looks very flawed. Here's to another year of growth!

October 12, 13

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October 9-11

I did 10 as well but not posting it just yet.

This had a good concept but came out poorly. Turns out painting is important and lineart might not be able to do all jobs. Or maybe I'm just not good enough yet.

I'm really happy with this one! Kept it simple, did some basic painting, looks really good. Her head is kind of silly-looking though, not a huge fan of how I stylized her eyes.

October 7 & 8

Happy with the second one, not so much with the first, yet again.

October 5 & 6

OK. Good dick but flubbed the shading a bit.

Love this one, I had a good time doing it and it came out well.

October 4

OOH BOY I'M HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING UP AND IT'S ONLY DAY 4
Tbh I quite liked this one, I think I'm making a lot of improvement.

EDIT:
I like this version better

October 3

I'm catching up! Pure lineart here, cross-hatch shading. Practiced using a pose from https://line-of-action.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/

Transgirl--but it's the spooky month

October 1&2

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1HS #4

This is about as high-effort as I get
Some thighs!

I cannot believe how good this turned out. I cheated again and just gave myself a little more time...and then it was 1AM.
I gotta get some sleep, I'll write some takeaways tomorrow.
EDIT: I forgot