Sometimes I Do Art

[Gl❀w]

...But only unpredictably and sporadically.

Anyways, first WIP of 2016:

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[Quad]

that's a cool luvia. i think

[Gl❀w]

Ahaha, thanks. Yeah, it's Luvia.

[Five_X]

I welcome this thread! Hopefully, it'll be seeing more art soon.

[Gl❀w]

I welcome this thread! Hopefully, it'll be seeing more art soon.

Yes, hopefully I'm trying to do a lot of art this year, so....We'll see how well I stick to it, and how much progress I can make by 2017.

Any suggestions of what you'd like to see?

[Five_X]

I have no preferences! Just draw whatever you feel like. If you're really fishing for ideas, though... draw Jeanne, I suppose?

[just Beamu]

Oh you're doing the thing.

It is good.

[SeiKeo]

I have no preferences! Just draw whatever you feel like. If you're really fishing for ideas, though... draw Jeanne, I suppose?

one note fanart requests

[Five_X]

Okay, never mind, draw the cute girl Leonardo da Vinci, pls.

[Prix with a Silent X]

You mentioned to me that you were changing her hairstyle just a little, and I think you did so, but it seems to be pretty congruent with the art in your avatar. What exactly was your process of wanting to change it? Because it still seems to work really well and to be a good likeness.

[Gl❀w]

You mentioned to me that you were changing her hairstyle just a little, and I think you did so, but it seems to be pretty congruent with the art in your avatar. What exactly was your process of wanting to change it? Because it still seems to work really well and to be a good likeness.

I started out with her classic Luvia hair and then this happened:

1) "This hair looks ridiculous on this face"

2) "There is no way I can get this hair to not look like a drag queen in this particular image"

3) "Fuck it, I'm going with her other hair."

[Gl❀w]

I'm calling it a day on this piece. There's stuff I could correct/ change / improve but I'm bored so ; )

[just Beamu]

It looks good. I like seeing these kinds of characters drawn in a realistic style.

[Gl❀w]

It looks good. I like seeing these kinds of characters drawn in a realistic style.

Thanks I'm compiling a list including Enkidu and uhmmmm the other guy you mentioned that I will have to look up lol.

But yes thank you

[Prix with a Silent X]

She's very pretty and the ribbon stands out to me. The whole portrait is really nice but the ribbon also looking realistic adds to it a lot, I think.

[PuRin0]

wow i really like how your luvia turned out

[Gl❀w]

wow i really like how your luvia turned out

Thank you!

[RossC90]

The Luvia portrait is really good! I love how you painted Luvia's face! I think my only feedback is that in my opinion her neck seems a little too thick on the left side. It doesn't curve inward and is missing that concave neck shape. Without it it makes her neck seem more masculine.


I did a small quick edit to the neck so you can get a better idea what I mean.

A good tip is to flip the canvas occasionally to mirror your painting. This makes sure your eyes don't get too used to your painting. When your eyes focus too long on a painting you're working on they get so used to it that they get a bit lazy and make you miss little things you would normally catch. This is absolutely true with drawing as well. Our eyes are jerks like that.

Either way keep the paintings coming! You have really good talent and I'm looking forward to your next character portrait!

[Walnut Sparks]

What do you use to create these? The depth is amazing; I feel like her nose and chin are sticking out of the screen.

[Gl❀w]

The Luvia portrait is really good! I love how you painted Luvia's face! I think my only feedback is that in my opinion her neck seems a little too thick on the left side. It doesn't curve inward and is missing that concave neck shape. Without it it makes her neck seem more masculine.

I did a small quick edit to the neck so you can get a better idea what I mean.

A good tip is to flip the canvas occasionally to mirror your painting. This makes sure your eyes don't get too used to your painting. When your eyes focus too long on a painting you're working on they get so used to it that they get a bit lazy and make you miss little things you would normally catch. This is absolutely true with drawing as well. Our eyes are jerks like that.

I'll actually tell you why her neck ended up that way, lol. I try to use references from people of the character's nationality as much as possible, and the person I used as a base for Luvia is Kiira Korpi, who is a Finnish figure skater. She's very petite but she does have a little stronger features in some areas that can seem somewhat masculine when her hair isn't pulled back tight. However, I'll take this under advisement since it is art and in the end I can do whatever I want to it, haha.

But thanks for the tip about mirroring- for some reason I've never thought to do this before and I absolutely have left things for awhile only to come back later and ask myself what in the world I was thinking when I missed this mistake and that mistake and so on.

Also, thank you for the complement! But I must admit it's less talent and more hard work. My friend has been sort of tutoring me for the past year and it's really made a voodoo-magic level of difference

What do you use to create these? The depth is amazing; I feel like her nose and chin are
sticking out of the screen.

I personally use Photoshop CS3 and a basic Bamboo art tablet. I've never bothered upgrading CS3 to one of the newer versions because imo there's really no features significantly different/attractive enough from what I have that I can't duplicate with slightly less "instant" methods. Sure, it's a little more work, but it's a lot less $$$. Thanks so much for that comment though! It really does mean a lot to get the positive feedback.