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Here they are\u2026 The fanart I\u2019ve been working on\u2026 Well rather than fanart\u2026 It\u2019s more like, I picked twosetviolin as reference photos? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finished this piece this morning\u2026 Let\u2019s start off on a strong note and go with my latest and best work thus far\u2026 Eddy in colorpencil. Matching skin tones with color pencil (or maybe with any medium) is hard! The mask was much easier to draw in comparision\u2026 But well it\u2019s not exactly color accurate too. Overall the colors are more saturated than the original\u2026 But not too bad I guess. He\u2019s tilting his head quite a bit in the photo, which doesn\u2019t seem to be captured here\u2026 The specs are so freaking hard to draw\u2026 I gave up trying to color match it and\u2026 Yeah\u2026 I didn\u2019t realise how off the shape was till it\u2019s too late. I mean. It\u2019s one thing if it doesn\u2019t match the reference. It\u2019s another that the left and right does doesn\u2019t match each other *facepalm*. Oh wells. Ya live and ya learn. Better luck to me next time\u2026 Maybe I\u2019ll have a better idea how to blot out the shape of fragile tiny things like frames better next time. (The left ear is also a bit weird, but not as weird as the glasses\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Considering that this is pretty much the 2nd time in my entire life that I\u2019ve done a color pencil drawing (the first one I drew was an apple), I\u2019m very, very happy with the results. Used the gel pen for some spots on the glasses, and the eyes because at the last min I messed up the blending\u2026 I didn\u2019t like how the gel pen looks when it went down, but it looks ok in the photo and looking at it in person again now after half a day, I\u2019m fine with it too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One mistake I made this time was doing the draft in pencil\u2026 Should have used my erasable prismacolor pencils dangit! The pencil left marks and though it\u2019s fine in many areas\u2026 The glasses which I would have preferred to remain say\u2026 White or yellow, ended up being a bit grey because of the pencil marks\u2026 Oh wells. Again, ya live and ya learn! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Going back in time we have another sketch of Eddy\u2026 This time in pencil. Just a quick sketch this time. I thought Eddy looked pretty gangster squating like that, plus it was a good challenge. I\u2019ve hardly draw any full body sketches, pretty much just my favourite scientist in a lab coat thing that I default to, and even then it\u2019s just standing up, and many a times I omit the shoes because I can\u2019t draw them properly. I can only draw sideways shoes, and I\u2019ve tried and failed to draw shoes in other angles. So this time the challenge was to draw a squating human, plus front on shoes. I did also try to look at the light and shading\u2026 But overall I didn\u2019t put too much effort into those\u2026 I wanted to finish it off quickly and be done with it, and move on to learning new things with a new piece, and that was what I did. Finished this off in one sitting, maybe 2 hours or less? I don\u2019t remember any more. But that is significantly lesser than the color pencil. That took me like two weeks. Obviously I wasn\u2019t working on it everyday\u2026 But it probably took 10 hours? Maybe more? To finish that color pencil piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finally we have the very first portait I tried to draw, ever. In pencil. It\u2019s also one of the first few times I tried to shade properly. I think the proportions and everything looks pretty decent\u2026 Like\u2026 It looks like Brett.. Though the smile\/grimace is a bit weird. In my defence, his smile in that insta photo *IS* a bit weird\/awkward\u2026 Which was why I chose to draw that in the first place. Kinda cute, if you\u2019d to ask me. I did cheat and turn the color photo into black and white and used that as reference so it\u2019s easier to see the shading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To think that 4 years ago I was only capable of doing this\u2026 Lol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was scrolling through my instagram accounts just now and realised that I\u2019ve really not done much calligraphy for very long now. The last time I actually \u2018practiced\u2019 calligraphy was like 3-4 years ago\u2026 I started earnestly doing a bit of brush calligraphy daily when I was in my previous job, and I\u2019ve been in my current job for almost 4 years now. I did continue for a little while when I switch to my current job\u2026 And then I did do like a doodle a day for a while, but those are really just quick, childish doodles, and nothing that I truly put much effort into. Finally picking it up again after stopping for so long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practice truly makes progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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