Hello Steemians
This is an experiment with pencil and colour pencils, my 1st entry into the "Learn To Draw With Friends" - Week 5
Contest by @tonyr, the link to the contest is shown below:
https://steemit.com/ltdwf/@tonyr/learn-to-draw-with-friends-week-five-ltdwf-45-sbd-in-prizes-to-be-won
For those who are not familiar with it:
Essentially, tonyr provides 3 pictures in the contest link (along with the image credits). There are Amazing Art works on the contest, and you can either submit one of your drawings or vote on other participants' drawings.
For the 1st entry, I have attempted the option "Streetfighter!!"
(referring to the picture shown in the link above)
I experimented with some colour pencils again and below is my attempt.
Here are some close ups of my drawing attempt:
Thought that it would be interesting to incorporate the hashtag 'ltdwf' (Learn To Draw With Friends) somewhere in the drawing
I have many progress pictures and I thought that it may make the post too long if I include all the progress pictures. Hence, I decided to create an animated gif out of a series of the progress pictures.
This decision was made after I saw the amazing animated gif created by @ckurtish in his post.
I thought that it was a great idea of showing several progress pictures and saving space at the same time.
Therefore, this "Learn to draw with friends" art contest truly lives its name as I learnt from @ckurtish to incorporate the progress pictures into an animated gif.
DRAWING PROCESS (ANIMATED)
Below are some main progress pictures, and I will include some descriptions to explain the thought process
To start off, I began a rough sketch in pencil.
There are some great drawing tutorials created by @giuatt07, @ckurtish and many others.
My preference is the "relative approach".
What this means is that I first establish what I want to have in the center of the drawing paper, by looking at the reference image.
I would then create a rough sketch, and then other parts of the drawing would be relative to it. For example, if I start with the eyes, and now I want to draw the gloves, I will ensure that the top of the gloves are around the same level as the eyes. Once the gloves are established, I have another reference point, to assist me with where the arms should be. It is a fine tuning approach and soon the drawing would start forming.
This technique requires a lot of use of the eraser as you need to fine tune it. However the benefit of it is that you will start to establish a sense of the proportions and be able to apply it faster going forward.
At the moment, it still takes me a long time to apply it, but I am willing to practice more and hopefully improve.
At this point, I am more or less done with the pencil drawing. This is where the experiment with colour pencils began....
I prefer to complete the majority of the normal pencil part first and then start using colour pencils.
I wanted to try something different with the shadows in the background.
Hope it came out okay.
And this is it:
If you like this post, please upvote, resteem or follow.
Thanks for your time and have a great day!
I Love Art. Gaming and anime arts are my Favorite ones...!! You have done it Perfectly.... Really... Appreciated..!!
I love anime art too..!!
There are some amazing fanarts on Steemit by other artists, be sure to check them out. I also enjoy drawing some fanart, if you are interested I have created some fanart posts. Have a great day!
Thanks jadoon00 for your support! Have an Awesome day!
Perfectly done!!
Thank you very much! Really appreciate your support.
Wow this is excellent work!
Thanks thecryptofiend for your kind words and support! Have a great day!
You're welcome!
:[) @apprentice001 you surely are the master now!!
What a fantastic post!!
This has everything a quality process post could want. Great writing,great explanation, great series of pictures, great gif and great drawing!
You've done an outstanding job here mate. :)
Thanks for incorporating the hashtag as well in that great style of yours. I'm really happy for you mate. :[) :[)
Thanks tonyr for your encouraging words as always! Glad that you like the post. Hope that hashtag came out alright. "Learn to Draw with Friends" Art contest is a great idea. I thought that incorporating the hashtag into the drawing could perhaps let more users know about the contest as it is a great initiative for all users to interact with the community. Have a great day!
It was perfect @apprentice001! Thank you! :)
You did an excellent job. My attempts to draw always fail haha, My spiders will look like ants or flies
Thanks lizzyb for your kind words! There are also times where my drawings look different from what I intended to draw and I had to start again. However, I think that with practice and dedication anyone can improve their drawings. If you are interested, there are some great posts on drawing tutorials created by "Learn with Draw with Friends" participants such as @giuatt07, @ckurtish and many others. Maybe have a read through when you get the time. Have a great day!
Thanks, I will check them out, Have a great one yourself too :)
Thanks! Glad to hear. When you are ready, try submit a drawing to the "Learn to Draw with Friend" Contest as it is a great way to interact with the community. Look forward to see your entry in the future.
Will do 😊
Woooo really cool drawing!!!
Thank djynn for your support! Have a great day!
Have a good day!
You did a really great job on this one, I didn't even notice the "LTDWF" at first. Very slick.
Thanks ckurtish for your kind words! I thought it would be interesting to include the hashtag somewhere in the drawing and chose the gloves. You had a great drawing and animated gif in your post and I upvoted it. Look forward to your future posts. Have a great day!