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i was inspired by one a member's line work in my guild :3 i haven't been drawing much...haven't been motivated enough and been tired due to being sick or work or a combination of the two. but tonight i actually got a little drawing started (it's still a wip):



been checking out stuff on different japanese fashion styles. this one is himegyaru. actually...thinking about it, it might be kind of fun to try and do a whole bunch of different styles like this.

sometimes if i'm tired of refining my lines i'll start plotting out what i want to happen. in this case i filled out some areas in black to see the play between positive and negative shapes. i wanna create some interest and contrast with some of her hair and accessories. still not quite sure how i want to render it...but i'll get there when i get there :3

photoshop.

At first it was hard to tell what was going on with her hands, but on closer inspection it makes sense. For some reason I want to see this in lime. :U

I think she meant she wants you to carve this into a lime.

I meant to make the parts that aren't black lime or lime+the complimentary colors, but just having lime playing a strong role in the image might look really cool.

making the lines different colors might be a possibility...but i don't think i will be rendering it full out since i just wanted to do something with lines and shapes. i do have one in the works that i've been digitally painting:



i made a lot more progress than this, but i was too lazy to put another WIP image.

i haven't been feeling burnt out with the painterly one...which is strange because normally it's the other way around. but it's always nice to have variety :3

slopii - thank you for the comment. i adore her work, even though i don't use her stuff as reference or influence :3

once in a while i'll draw a guy. but truth be told i'm a lot more interested with the shapes of the female figure...but i know there's always room for practice! i probably would be more inclined to do so if illustrating and doing conceptual art for characters was my main thing. i normally just do this stuff to kickback and wind down from the normal everyday stresses of my job :3

i will seriously take that into consideration when i'm feeling adventurous and feel like stepping out of my comfort zone :3 thanks muchly for your comments!

actually it can't really cripple me, seeing as the skills i use for my job doesn't really lie in that area. and i do alright with commissions when i've got free time to do so (and even then, i'm not totally adverse to guys...but i do let my commissioners know where my strength lies). i draw what i draw because i like it, and it's my recreational area to differentiate from the stuff i normally do for a living...even though there are still some parallels (like design and composition, etc.). i feel i'm entitled to draw what i like for a hobby since i still get practice in general areas like coloring and line work that i can also use for subjects that aren't necessarily women...and it's not necessarily essential that every artist is able to draw everything. :3

approximately 8.5x11" at 300 dpi. i had initially sketched this out on a piece of card stock i had lying around at home. my friends and i sometimes go out to starbucks or something to sketch for a bit. breaks the monotony of working on the computer all the time :3