Art of Jan 2020

That's me hugging my favorite tree! At Brigham Young University Idaho. The bright colors and clear shapes inspired me! The digital illustration-cross-painting was done in clip studio, while referencing the photo.

I first took note of the basic shapes with a light blue pen-- resized the jacket, added extra wrinkles to the sleeves. 

I filled the shapes with big blocks of color, selecting colors from the photo and then adjusting them to be even Brighter. I then blended in the colors of the jacket and the highlights from the christmas lights.

A traditional painting I did for my Grandma! After I scanned it in I blurred the girl in the background on the computer.

I was particularly proud of the hands for this lantern girl, but the colors of her kimono jar too much with the purple-black sky.

Hope you're having a great day! I write this post as COVID-19 climbs in cases and deaths. There's a lot of spook about it from talk show hosts and other puppets-- all we need do is be smart, follow good precautions, and look forward with a brightness of hope. 

We should be informed, and take this pandemic seriously. 

Remember that God our Heavenly Father knows who you are, where you are, and what you're going through. It will be okay. :)

My Art, My Progress

Manga and Chibi art, August 2019 style!

Chipping away at those 10,000 hours! I'll never stop getting better at my craft!
My chibi webtoon, Not-So-Generic, has been such a motivator for me. I draw episodes as often as I can and get great feedback.
Here are a few of my favorite chibi expressions from this summer's episodes:

Because I've been drawing Not-So-Generic for 2 years now, I can see just how much my anatomy and style has improved! Here is a quick comparison between a 2017 chibi and a 2019 one:

And here is a chibi I just LOVE. I drew this wonderland-like character for a friend of mine on an artists (and novelists) forum.

Though I love chibis best, I also love trying out new styles and drawing, of course, manga style!

That's all for today friends!!

WIP anime bird fairy

I did the line art and then thought: Wait. I don't have to draw her cleavage for her to be feminine and gorgeous. I can do whatever I want. I can promote modesty. And she can still be beautiful.

I really love the quality of the line in this drawing. I love G nib pens because of their fluidity. For a while I used the turnip pen on CSP, but now I've returned to the G pen because of the LIFE that the variety of thickness gives to a drawing.

Turnip pen: Very uniform, great for control of line and width. Like a technical pen.












G pen: Wide range of widths without changing settings, gives depth.

Here's a better look at the colors and finished look of the bird girl. I had fun playing around with opacity and color vibrancy to give the dress a schiny look!

And last but not least, after consulting some experts, I found a gold, teal bird on google images. Never underestimate the importance of references and the internet's photo gallery.

Shading in CSP

I like to color in my character with the base colors instead of isolating the skin, working on that, and then moving onto the next section. If you start by filling in all the areas you can make sure the colors you chose go well with each other.

Only three colors are shown here, all about the same value. Because I make sure not to leave gaps in my lines I can use the fill bucket for my base colors, by creating a layer underneath my lineart layer, and selecting the "refer other layers" option on the fill bucket settings.

This allows the fill bucket to sense the lines on the lineart layer without having to actually color On that layer.

After selecting my colors, sometimes changing my initial choices, I add shadows. To give my characters a more "alive" and bright feeling, I try to use shadow colors that are deeper instead of darker.

For this guy I wanted a very warm color scheme, so both shadows and base colors have a lot of yellow in them.

And then I just touch up with some highlights! I use a LOT of shadows, but when it comes to highlights, more is less for me. So I just touched up his shoulders with a low-opacity yellow, and lightened up his hair with a light orange. 

To make his skin pop a little more I took the pencil tool and a orange red and lightly colored the tip of his nose, his elbows, and under his eyes.

Not So Generic

We've finally reached the end of season 2! A finale saying goodbye to my best friend, Prins. He's going on a 2 year mission, during which he'll put away his normal life and hobbies to serve and teach others of Christ.

And me? I'm leaving too. Moving west for college! Season 3 will be my new adventures as a young single adult in the cold of Idaho :`D

Link to episode on my webtoon:

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/not-so-generic/s2-end/viewer?title_no=79375&episode_no=85

A few of my favorite panels:

Check out my webtoon for wholesome, sad, funny, crazy adventures! :D