Here are a few sketches from the past week, trying to learn to use the brushes of the @flaptraps dude until he releases his new ones.
I start with the "unsuccessful" one and what I struggled with the most: a sketch of Lea playing with a feather. How can I express that fat fluffiness in ink, I have no idea, do I go for the light and shadow in the room, do I go for the fluff, do I go for the stripe textures? I went for a mix of everything. I will attempt it again, once I learn to solve such puzzles.
The eagle is from Pinterest, I think Richard painted this, as well. Obviously better than me, but I am not biting more than I could chew with these comparisons, I am slowly learning, and I'm good with that.
The last 3 are done on my iPad in ArtStudio Pro. I kept the brushes but I changed the style to something more comfortable.
The last one is just a random sketch building on top of that swallow, and turning her into a magical dragon or something, Puck from Dota.
When I get to play with no reference, that's when things get really fun for me. That's when I stop worrying about not copying it exactly from the left to the right, as there is nothing to copy anymore. (But, to be clear, I do use reference for everything, and the idea that you're supposed to somehow know how things look is absurd virtue signaling).
Anyway, back to Dave the Diver for now, and tomorrow is another day for learning. Cheers!
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