Hey everyone! I stumbled across a cool art contest (Easy Mini Art Contest #1 - let's draw strawberries) that I really wanted to participate in! I hope my entry was finished in time! For week #1, I'm sharing my strawberry mage-boy, inspired by the mage class in fantasy MMO RPG's!
Below are more pictures of my work in progress:
1.) Here I've used pen and paper to loosely sketch my idea for the character's design. For whatever reason, I feel more comfortable with the natural feel of friction on paper.
2.) Next, I scan the pen drawing and begin creating the line-art using the original as a guide.
Here, you can see the early stages of drawing the head.
3.) Now I have clean line-art to color! I darken the background to relax my eyes while I work.
4.) Next, I lay down the "flat" or "base" colors.
5.) Then I add the shadow with small bits of highlights.
6.) It's not noticeable when not compared side-by-side but here I add glowing highlights on the head, chest, and other areas.
And here's a close-up of the face!
Thanks @jacinta.sevilla for holding this contest! Good luck to all other artists on their entries!
I hope sharing my progress has been helpful for any beginners out there! Make sure to take breaks when working to rest those eyes!
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Wowwww reminds me of dragon nest game. I love it. Thanks for joining!!!
Ahh thank you!! And thanks again for hosting the contest! I'm super new to Steemit so I'm glad I found something fun to join in on!
I am so glad you joined! The character design looks great! You should really utilize all 5 tags though. Could get you around in more circles. Maybe try #steem-cartoon and #ocd-resteem? ;D
omg Thanks for all your help honestly. I had no clue what other tags to use lol. I'll check 'em out now! And yeah I'm glad I made it in time!! I was seriously rushing last night, haha!
You're welcome! I think your stuff is really outstanding and I can see you go far on this platform. Your rushing work still looks really good though xD
That's a nice character! It has the rpg feels to it xD
Yayy thanks! That's exactly what I was going for, haha! I'm so inspired by RPG's and I'm glad the idea of it got through the drawing. And thanks for the follow! Followed ya back!
Yeah I love rpg games and this character makes me want to see him move hehe.. And no biggie, I am looking forward to your future posts! Thanks for the follow back! :D
I'm already getting attached to the point where he needs a name! Aww thanks, I hope I can keep making drawings you'll like. Looking forward to your future posts too, hope I don't miss 'em!
Yes! A name will be perfect..soon his friends will join him too haha 😏. I'm sure I will like ur future drawings :) keep up the good work
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STOPThis is sooo cute, i loved it! You made took a look of the contest because the work art shown is very original! Well done!