That was a whole lot of books I just did there, and I still have so many more to go! However, I have very high hopes that all those hours making books will pay off in the end. I mean, just look at the back shelf there, I think it’s shaping up really nicely. The books have zero detail on them right now though, but I hope to add symbols, numbers, and letters to each of them. Or maybe just a bunch of tiny squiggles.
Hello! Today I got started (and made some decent progress) on a library for my wizard to hang around. At first, I was going to try to make all my lines super straight, but I ultimately decided to have fun with it and just do everything free hand! Even though everything ends up a bit squiggly in the end, it’s good practice for keeping your hand steady.
I actually have a few different things to share today. I was messing around with some gradients in Photoshop and fairly quickly threw together this Final Fantasy style wizard. To start off though, I also wanted to try some interesting text techniques with a couple of my previous space drawings. I’ve honestly never really used the “masking” option in Photoshop before, but now I think I’ll try to use it more often.
I’ve been wanting to go back and revisit some of the drawings I made at the beginning of my Year of Creative Habits project. This “Blood Weed” picture seemed to be liked by a lot of people, so I thought I would create a digital version and mess around with it as much as I could. I really like how it turned out. Though I’m a little worried it looks a little bit too Photoshopped.
Alright, Ukulele Mario is finished. I was going to draw that background that I started yesterday, but it wasn’t really turning out and so I added more detail to Mario himself today. I think he looks pretty fantastic, and a vast improvement over the original version. It was suggested to me the other day to try a maroon colored ukulele, mellow out the yellow on the frets, and add a fourth one.
I only had maybe 20 minutes to do my drawing today, so I decided to get started on some Ukulele Mario edits. Some were suggested by my cousin, Eric. The guy that originally asked for the design. I really just wanted to create a scene for Mario to be in. As I mentioned yesterday, I like the idea of Mario being on stage moments away from playing a tune.
Okay, that’s it for me today! This is two days of slacking in a row. I’ll have to make sure I set aside a few hours to work on this tomorrow.
Today’s drawing and post is all about necessity. I didnt want to draw, I don’t want to type out this post, and I would love to just simply lay here and do nothing else. You see, I went out last night and had some fun with some friends. Music, bourbon, good food, beer, excellent conversations, and wine. Now I’m paying for it. I regret nothing!
