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At Art From The Margins Art Gallery & studios opened National Biennial Outsider Art Award. I was lucky to be choose to participate there with my painting "Five Golden Fish".
So ever since @fishymom-art did the #ToonMe challenge (check her blog out omg her art is great), I've been meaning to do it. But I can't take selfies to save my life.
So until I can take a proper selfie, have #ToonMe... With a twist.
Realism isn't my go-to style, but I decided to try this cuz frankly I had way too much time to kill in science this morning.
Enjoy! And remember my commissions are open until tomorrow at 3 PM! See my earlier post for more details
“Tonight’s the night. And it’s going to happen again and again. It has to happen.”
Michael C Hall as Dexter Morgan
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Here‘s a little WIP of my Crowley Fanart! I plan to draw Aziraphale too after this. 🥰👀
Time for an update! 👋 I'm a bit tired of drawing anime (the level of detail in Kohana's coloring sheet destroyed me, lol! 😂💖), so I decided to continue the RuPaul portrait I started in February, and also to try out the new pastel brushes I set up in SAI by painting a scene from Schindler's List (one of my favorite movies 🎬✨). I'm hoping this will act as a good workout so I can better paint my entry for BeckyKidus' (DeviantArt user) Animal Drawing Contest! 😉
I was watching Schindler's List (one of my favorite movies 💖), when I had to stop the movie to take care of some business. When I came back, I noticed that I had paused it at the moment where Oskar Schindler gives his gold watch to Itzhak Stern for him to use as a bribe in order to get an elderly couple (the Perlmans) added to the list. 📝✍
This isn't only a pivotal moment in the film (and in the true story that inspired it as well 🕯️), but it also involves my favorite character (Itzhak Stern, played masterfully by Sir Ben Kingsley 👏), and some exquisite cinematography (just look at that camera work and lighting! 🎥✨) that inspired me to try to paint it in my beloved Paint Tool SAI. 🖌️
The painting took about 50 hours and was done with 1 medium/large flat brush, 1 small round/bristle brush (both with chalk texture to make them look more realistic and less "digital" 😉), and 1 very large water/blur brush (which was only used for the background, as I didn't want to blur the character so that the painting would look more traditional and less "photographic" than some of my previous works 👀).
The hardest part to paint was Itzhak's forehead and, to my great surprise, the easiest was the glasses! Which surprised me since it's the first time I've painted a realistic portrait of someone wearing them, haha. 👓🤭
🎨Art Update: I was putting the final touches to my realistic RuPaul portrait when I got sick with Covid and had no choice but to rest (I'm immunosuppressed and have to be careful with this virus 🤕). I planned to start my entry for Becky Kidus' Animal Portrait Contest after posting my RuPaul artwork, but the deadline is July 15... so I don't think I can finish it in time. 🙃
📸P. S. In the meanwhile, here's a WIP screenshot of my RuPaul painting!
📚Fanfic Update: I'm taking advantage of being in bed sick with Covid (and therefore unable to draw 💀) to finish editing the new chapter of my Hakuouki fic on my phone, so it should be ready soon! 👍 (Endless thanks to my dear readers for being patient despite the slow updates! 🐌⏳).
I spent 6 whole months working on this painting (I started sketching it in February of this year! 😆) and I'm super happy with the outcome, since I'm a huge fan of Mama Ru and always wanted to paint a hyper-realistic portrait of her! 🖌️💖
This is one of the most challenging paintings I've ever done, as I've never painted such a beautiful afro hairstyle or a sequined dress with so many details before. 👀 But I wanted to push myself to the limit since, in this era where so many people let themselves be swayed by greedy corporations that tell them that drawing on their own is hopeless and they need to rely on AI generators, it's extremely important that those of us who love human art keep on drawing on the blank page of endless possibilities that always awaits us with open arms! 📝🎨
🌈As Mama Ru once said: "Inside of us all is great power, creativity, and beauty."
P. S. If you love Ru so much as I do, go watch "AJ and the Queen"! 🙌 Is a series as emotional as it is funny and I'm still mad at Netflix for canceling it, ugh. 🙃
An attempt at realism- more specifically shading practice. I don't use references as often as I should, so I'm trying to change that. Used a small handful of references to figure out how the squiggles in the eye go, and they were a MASSIVE help when it came to highlights like *dang* those are my weakness. I like how it turned out!
Made with Sony Sketch, drew it on my phone with my finger lmao. Total time was 2 hours, 21 min and 22 sec, 5180 brushstrokes
A little something I made for my best friend in AJ paint. It’s a photo of his dog.
This is the version from animal jam, including WIPs. I later went into Procreate to do touchups with the lasso tool lol. My AJ username is Moonstar1278, which was also my old instagram username.
This is from After using the lasso in procreate. Overall this is the worst digital paint tool i have ever used, but still better than I expected. They added layers which helped, what didn’t help was the LAG, and the lack of apple pencil compatibility (no pressure/tilt sensitivity). But, I would have been shocked if they DID have Apple Pencil compatibility.
I added my signature in procreate just in case AJ considers signatures personal info.
A woman portrait with complicated lighting
Portrait of Sheriff Evans Sheriff (c) Madness Combat Did this realistic paint of Sheriff Evans! Inspired in one of awesome works from crysanthemum963
Good morning! Have this drawing of Crosshairs and Lil Spike today!
Crosshairs and Spike (c) Hasbro
Any suggestions on how to improve this like it but feels off
Shame... not all of my work is about the upside and playful side of sex. As humans, we experience a wealth of emotions. And I always do my best to capture The Human Experience. Thank you so much for your support💕
A couple personal studies of mine! Hope they went well, although I really need to work on mouths more.
Pet portrait I did for a friend??????
Tiger eyes
Some animal eyes I did for friends for Christmas 👍
Tis a falcon, a wolf, a komodo dragon, a fox, and a llama