A woman in a high-altitude pressure suit holding a skull inside a helmet.
When I saw the ref from @trueref.bsky.social, I had to put a pressure suit her. Probably won't do much good without the gloves and boots though.
#TrueRefDT012 #drawing #watercolor
A watercolour drawing of a blonde woman wearing a blue shirt
I think I'm finished with this one. Knowing the right time to switch from using watercolour pencils like watercolour paint to using them like normal pencils is a skill in itself.
#watercolor #drawing
A cat doing what cats do and getting in the way.
"Forget it buddy, it's dinner time." Ref used for the cat and feet.
#watercolor #pencils #drawing #catsgettingintheway
A watercolour drawing of a blond woman
Work in progress. I borrowed a small plastic cutting board from the kitchen and tried using that to mix colours on. Works pretty well, though I wonder why I don't just use regular watercolour paint at that point.
#watercolor #wip #drawing
A woman sitting on a blanket
Trying more wet-on-wet with the watercolour pencils. From ref.
#watercolor #drawing
A woman having her hair done up in braids.
I'm gonna call this done. I was having so much fun with the hair I ended up overworking it. Oh well.
#drawing #watercolor #pencil
A work-in-progress drawing of a woman having her hair braided
Still fighting with the watercolor pencils. Trying a more basic, Zorn-y selection of pencils and being more brave with water. From ref.
#watercolor #wip #drawing
People wearing hivis vests
Fought with this some more. Doing swatches for every possible colour combination would run through all my paper in no time, so plenty of guesswork but I guess that's part of the fun, right?
#watercolor #drawing
Some people in hi-vis vests
A million swatches later and I think I'm starting to understand how these infernal pencils work. The ref is a photo of some volunteers from a street festival long ago. I can't remember their names but I recall they were reliable.
#watercolor #drawing #wip
A woman wearing a coat
Another go around with the watercolour pencils with textured paper this time. The difference between each pencil's saturation when wet and dry is diabolical. Makes it hard to know how much to put down. From ref.
#watercolor #ink #drawing
A woman with blue hair
A first attempt with watercolour pencils. Definitely a change of pace from pen and ink though I'm happy with how the likeness turned out. From reference.
#drawing #watercolour #ink
ChatGPT
I always figured that any of the "AI" products being forced into our lives would look exactly like Shoggoths if given physical form. Nice to kill another pen, anyway.
#ballpointpen #drawing #ai
A lay standing by a bike
Got around to putting screen tones on this. I bought an official Deleter knife to cut them and it does make things easier.
#indiaink #screentones #motorcycle #drawing
A woman standing by a bike
Work in progress. My method of drawing humans from ref doesn't work particularly well for mechanical things. I can always fall back on a vague knowledge of human anatomy to work a pose out, not so with a motorbike. I must've redone the wheels 20 times.
#indiaink #drawing #motorcycle #wip
Three views of a lady in the mechanical counterpressure suit kitted out for long duration wear.
Concepts of mechanical counterpressure space suits always show them worn as an outer layer, but I think they'd be considered underwear. I see this one as meant for long duration wear in a harsh environment, hence the invasive waste processor and IVs for nutrients.
#indiaink #drawing #screentone
An illustration of a drink menu featuring some rowdy students.
An digital illustration I did for the menu of a back-to-school themed charity cocktail event a while back.
A couple admiring some of the Elgin Marbles
From a recent trip to the British Museum. Those ancient Greeks certainly knew what they were doing. The Brits too, but in more of a looting priceless historical artifacts kind of way I guess.
#ballpointpen #drawing
Vintage drafting gear
A ticket to the Cat Cafe
In a year when I've been inundated with AI slop Christmas images from friends and family, it seems more important than ever to hand make all my cards.
#drafting
Hilda lounging on a couch with a pack of cigarettes and a couple beers.
Inspired by pinup Hilda and her physics-defying onesie. This time of year, all I'd like is to set up on the couch with a few cans and listed to records all evening but somehow I feel too lazy even for that.
#Hilda #ballpointpen #drawing
A spooky skeleton in the forest with a spooky Christmas tree.
Even skeletons want to celebrate the holidays, I suppose.
#drawing #ink #deleter
A lettering scriber with all the bits intact.
A first, sad attempt at using said scriber.
A Christmas present to myself: A vintage lettering scriber. I've wanted one of these for ages. A Muji ballpoint pen cartridge will fit the scriber which makes practicing a bit less intimidating at least.
It's too bad they didn't make left-handed versions though.
I bought a 50 pack of that same Clic eraser in 2008 or so and am still making my way though them.
A work-in-progress image of a woman on a couch with a skeleton floating over her and some cats
WIP. I hardly ever remember to stop and take photos of things in progress. Also, I heard that extreme angles of faces are a meme or something right now. I hope up-nostril counts.
#ink #drawing #skeleton #cats
Love how clean your inking is!
A face and hands
Killing two birds with one stone by covering the parts of the drawing you don't like and finishing an old bottle of India ink.
#drawing #ink
A lady robot next to her car
I assume the mighty AE86 is the car of choice for robots everywhere. Probably should have used a ruler for all those straight lines. Oh well.
#ae86 #gynoid #drawing #deleter #ink
An astronaut and her coffee done in India ink and screen tones
Still on the astronaut and Deleter screen tone kick. The ref is from @trueref.bsky.social and was really fun to draw.
#truerefdt0010 #drawing #ink #deleter
Love the way you use markers
The aurora from May 10th, 2024
I'm jealous of all the aurora photos popping up. Nothing but rain in my neck of the woods right now but at least the weather cooperated for the big geomagnetic storm last year.
I love the fluidity of the figures!