Hey, Guess what I've been drawing

I'll give you a hint

 It's a certain kid's cartoon that's becoming an internet sensation. If you don't know what it is yet, it's My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Believe it or not, I actually do genuinely like it. It's not even a "liking it Ironically" kind of like, It's a good show. It was made by Lauren Faust, who either worked on most of the shows I grew up on (Powerpuff girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) or is married to the person who made them. (Craig Mccracken) I think two things that really make the show stand out are the characters (who are more than just sterotypes and are very likable) and the animation (which is absolutely superb.) As can be assumed, I'm really into drawing them.

Actually, drawing these characters has helped me draw a lot. First of all, my eyes no longer look both terrifying and ugly. The other major aspect it's helped me on is efficiency. I can currently draw on of these fellas in fifteen minutes if I don't take into account editing (The pictures I'm showing you are kind of old, so the same can't be applied to them, I was still getting into the groove) Also I'm finally taking advantage of all the benefits that plotting the picture out (circles, basic shapes, other guidelines) can give me. I've gotten a lot of practice with my digital art too. Before these pictures, I neglected my tablet and photoshop for a little, so practice was definitely needed I kind It's really helped out and I've even been able to apply it to other aspects of my art.

All in all, I say check the show out. You may be pleasantly surprised.
In other news, I'm back... If you didn't notice already. I'm going for a different approach this time, something that'll make me want to keep updating, as opposed to it just being a chore. I have a lot of pictures already done and show-able, so I shouldn't have an excuse for not doing an update.
(P.S Twilight Sparkle is best pony)

More than meets the eye

Well, whatd’ya know. My styles changed already. Not drastically or any of that, but enough to point out, Mostly with the eyes. Interestingly enough, Eyes are both the most integral part of my art, it’s also the part I change the most (I had to change my whole style completely when I changed my eyes for the first time.) I actually went through two styles of eyes over this week before settling on the ones I have now.




Not only that, but I also worked on shading via digitally. I had more success than I thought, but more on that when I get to that picture:

First of two side views, both were done back to back

I think I like the next one better, this ones snout bothers me too much. What you can see of the ear is nice, if only because of how it hides into the hair. Not too much to say on this one actually.

This ones snout looks much better if I ever said. The hair does look a little odd, but nothing too bad. If I keep working I could actually keep side views looking consistent (Side views used to be as daunting as drawing arms and legs are right now.) Notice in both of these pictures I used my old eyes (eyes number one.) I drew this on the same sheet of paper as the next one. The next picture was originally just an eye doodle, but I liked the eye, so I drew a head around it…see this is why my in-class doodles are always cut off.

Hehe, I just realized how much this looks like the Avatar movie Poster

Introduce eye number two (hi eye, nice to meet you.) The eyes are certainly more feline than the other ones, but looking back on it, I don’t think they’re my favorite. I did multiple other drawings with these eyes on them (which I refuse to show anyone) and they just don’t look…right on them.

I might as well point out that this face is suffering from being way too similar to a circle. I circle qualities in the face, but this one is way to…umm…circle-y.

Hey look, more stuff I haven’t ever showed you before

SNOUTS! This is a first for me. I studied up on how to draw them and attempted it. Lo and behold, it actually worked. It looks pretty nice; it was so nice that I digitized it (That’s a term on Digimon, right? I haven’t watched that show in ages.) The only major thing that bothers me is the hair. I’m not a master at hair, so I don’t know how real this looks. It’s a nice little style I think, but the presentation could use some work on it. This is also the only picture I did with eyes number two that I actually enjoy.

No, I’m not exactly sure what kind of canine it is. I guess it could be some coyote or fox or something. It doesn’t matter immensely, because if I make it into a character of mine I’ll figure it out then. I think she’s probably some desert dog thing.

I didn’t color the shirt for a reason

I have always been a little worried about digitally drawing for three reasons:

1) I recently got a tablet for Christmas, but I am not good at drawing with it yet. I think it has to do with hand eye coordination. Until I get good at it, I’ll always be a little worried about digitally drawing.

2) I never seem to pick natural colors for my characters.

3) I don’t have a system for shading.



Well, wow, I am honestly surprised by how this turned out, the shading especially. It was a mixture between using the burn/dodge tools and using a method that takes a while to explain, so I’ll just call it method purple (and that isn’t a random color by the way.) I fixed some of the hair so it looked more natural. I actually really like how this turned out. It’s easily my best digital work ever. I’m really quite proud of it. I’ve always preferred digitally drawing as opposed to inking my art, so if I get more consistent with this, I can finalize pictures via digital…Huzzah!







Why yes, I did draw this upside down…how’d you know?



Finally, eye number three, easily my favorite of all three. It’s more malleable, thus I can show more emotion with it and it’s the easiest to draw consistently (Plus I just love how they look like Dots…I love that candy <3)

It’s a little weird, how I advance in drawing I mean. Usually when it’s something that stays, I didn’t ever study it. It just kind of…came out of thin air. It was hints of inspiration. I guess it just comes from drawing almost 24/7. Hey, I don’t mind, whatever gets my art better I’ll probably do. I guess I’ll show you guys next week what strange thing I’ve done next, until then, so long.



Adieu, Adieu, to you and you and you-u-u,

Pikachao

It's all about Eileen isn''t it

Hey y’all, it’s me again (Of course it is, who else could it be, it’s still only me.) I have a lot more stuff to show you. Weirdly enough, it’s all Eileen. You know…the raccoon girl I talked about in the last two posts…ring a bell?


No?

Oh well, you’ll catch on soon enough. Well, I have a whopping four pictures to show you, that’s a new record. I’ll just show you them in chronological order, oldest to newest. So why wait, here they are:

What’re you talking about…of course I…pay attention…in German (In my defense, this was a time without any work to do.)



As with all of my doodles, some of it is cut off (Weird isn’t it.) I think it’s quite nice though. The face is a good shape and the ears look mighty fine on her. Overall, it’s rather nice. The hair was my proudest accomplishments with this though. After that sketch in the last blog I drew another picture with that hair that was hideous (No, I’m not showing it to you.) So this was a nice second attempt, even if the hair is cut off by the paper.

The second of the bunch

Unlike the previous one, I have a lot more problems with this one, mainly with the head shape. I don’t like it, it just seems off. My other ones are more like circles and look rather nice, but this one is more of an oval and I it bothers me. I don’t know, maybe I’m just paranoid (Or at least that’s what the man tells me…BUT I DON’T BELIEVE THEM.)



*ahem* moving on.

I did like some stuff on this though. The tail looks nice; I like the shape of it all. The hair is another success, especially the part that flows between her head and shoulders (Does that even make any sense?) I’m still scared to move into either legs or arms in positions other than the ones in this picture. It scares me a little, walking off into the unknown.

My first good profile view

I probably wouldn’t be showing this one if it wasn’t a first for me. For the longest time I have been unable to draw side views of my characters, so even something semi good is amazing to me when doing this, Her snout might be a little long, but I think it’s good overall. It’s a step in the right direction (what is that song from…crap, that’s gonna drive me crazy now…I don’t even know how to find out)

Technically I made this before the last one, but that was in pencil. I digitized this last.

If you’re astute (Or I pester you about it over and over again) then you’d already know that this is my new avi. If you aren’t then bah ram you. Meh, some of the proportions on this are not as good as others, but that doesn’t worry me too much. This little picture was tiny, I don’t know why I drew it so small, but I did and that caused problems. The right ear looks a little messed (that’s both the errors of both pencil and computer.) The mouth also bothers me too, it looks weird. Before I get on to the big thing I liked from this, I noticed while coloring that, with color, she looked kind of like a Dalmatian. Am I the only one? Good.

As with all pictures I do, one thing always stands out to me over everything else. This one was the eyes. Yep those puppies could only be done on the computer (unless you can draw.) I really, really like how it turned out. It’s a happy moment for me.

One more thing to note before I sign off is that you can’t see it, but the stars behind Eileen are formed into Orion. Mandatory education level reached. Three new quests are opened. Would you like to save game?



Take this; it’s dangerous to go alone,

Pikachao