I don't even remember how many years I have been hoarding Photoshop ink brushes, only to come up with excuses when there was a chance to use them. "I'm not good enough", "It will take too long", the usual suspects. Because I am not a good draughtsman (and also because I do not enjoy it so much), I've avoided line drawing like the plague. But I love seeing ink work, and I love writing with ink so much! Writing with my fountain pen (I have many, but it's an old scratchy one that I prefer) in my journal is so cathartic that it has quickly become one of my favorite things to do. I tell you, fountain pens are drugs, man!
Anyway, I will turn 40 in a couple of weeks, so I thought there's no more time to run from the demons. No more running from drawing, no more running from anatomy, no more running from everything that I lack and stands in my way of becoming a complete artist. Channeling myself from 10 years ago, when I started on this road, and I've kept on it, alone, despite a lot of things. Time to tackle the final bosses.
I started doing today with these Yone studies of some photos I got from Pinterest, knowing that I will not get them exactly right, but promising myself that I will not despair over that, that I'll keep pushing, that I'll make it fun, no pressure.
These were, indeed, hard. Very hard. But, at the same time, I'd never imagined I would be so engaged in the process. I've been a color guy all of my life, but I absolutely loved it! The way you connect all your darks, the way you reduce everything to the bare minimum in this medium, the way you don't have to care about anything but one light shape and one dark shape! Magic, it's like I rediscovered a new way of painting, a new sandbox. Yes, I want to do this, and I want to become good at this! I LOVE it!
And with these, I can say I have drawn all of my favorite characters from League (Pyke, Yone, Ahri, and now Yasuo). There are a couple more I kinda enjoy playing, so maybe we'll get to see them in the future.
One day, I'll know enough anatomy to actually draw my own poses. For now, this is fine enough.
Props to the artists who originally designed Yone, I claim nothing but the joy of markmaking.
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