Another update of Inktober! Nearly at the finish line now ^_^
Thursday, 27 October 2016
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Inktober 2016: Days 10-18
A little late, but here's some more inktober! Catching up slowly and liking some of this year's drawings ^_^
Sunday, 9 October 2016
Monday, 15 August 2016
Panel ReDraw - Pearl
I've been watching Steven Universe the last year or so and completely missed the last season that aired over the last month. Naturally I've started binge-watching and completely fell in love with the song "It's Over, Isn't It" from the episode "Mr Greg".
I've noticed Steven Universe has this amazing ability to be a totally innocent kids show that can make me cry for the entire duration of an 11 minute episode. Seriously, the emotions on this show are unbelievable.
My latest batch of ugly-tears came from this episode about one of my least favourite characters, (I like her, I just like the other characters way more) singing about how she's trying to move on from her past. It's such a beautiful song and the imagery that accompanied it was gorgeous so I decided to try to redraw my favourite part. Original reference below taken from YouTube because I can't stop listening to this song!!
Tuesday, 14 June 2016
An Overdue Update
I'm finally back to blogging!!
It's been 8 months since my last post and a year since I finished uni. I've found that leaving uni left me unmotivated. I thought I could finally take a well-deserved break which turned into avoiding going back to personal projects. Before I knew it I felt I couldn't draw at all.
Friends convinced me to try Inktober and that helped a lot. I regained some confidence and learned to love drawing with inks. I had a project which kept my mind focused and I felt I had something to do every day.
It was after Inktober that I hit the worst art block I've ever experienced. I don't know why it took so long to get out of it or even why it was caused, but I finally found my way back to my roots. Paint. Good old fashioned messy paint that always finds its way onto my socks and ruins them. I haven't been this happy in months.
I was rewatching Jessica Jones while taking a week off work and realised how much I loved the style of the show. The painterly style of the opening credits was pretty much screaming at me to paint. A work friend had also been talking about how much fun he'd been having drawing on cardboard at the time. I had some cardboard lying around and this finally happened. I didn't realise how much I missed messy blending.
Since then I've been doodling whenever I can, usually in work. I like doing a small drawing on bills, it makes people smile and even if it's a really bad drawing, I feel I've achieved something.
SO. Today I was mindlessly scrolling through the internet and discovered a Palette Challenge and it seemed like fun. I've always had difficulty selecting colours for works, so having ready-made palettes would force me to use certain shades I wouldn't normally use. Hopefully I'll do more of these, it was surprisingly fun!
(Please excuse the next sappy-feelings paragraph)
The years in school and uni forced me to be motivated. They made drawing into a chore. I even started to think of drawing as a punishment, it was something I avoided. But I feel differently now. I've enjoyed getting back into art. I've realised how I'm always surrounded by inspirational people who give me the ideas and motivation I need to create art. Thank you, friends!
I'm determined to keep this up!
Saturday, 31 October 2015
Inktober: Days 25 - 31
It's been tough but I've finally finished Inktober! I've really enjoyed using a different medium over the last month and I want to keep up the regular ink drawings if I can. It's definitely given me some inspiration for new projects. Anyway, here are my final drawings!
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Inktober: Days 17 - 24
This week has been fun. I tried to go with more of a spooky Halloween theme, but it really just came down to what I felt like drawing at the time, oh well!
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