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Hi there! Welcome to my art blog! My name's Vicki, I'm 28 and I watch things and draw stuff. Head over to @happybirthdaykiddo for my other blog.

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Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.

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also use Nightshade and Glaze to protect your artwork and images!!!!

here's a link to Nightshade

here's a link to Glaze

best combination is usin Nightshade then Glaze on your images. Glaze creates a protective layer and Nightshade poisons the A.I. software.

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anyways here's astarion i'll be taking no questions at this time

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Quick sketch of my new favourite show 👀

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“Friends don’t lie.”

So it took me 10 months to finish this. Yeah, I know. I started it after Season 3 and then proceeded to get so busy that I didn’t even have time to think about drawing. But hey! I finished it before Season 4. 

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this is a very rough wip but hello yes i'm alive i've just been on holiday and binge watching netflix

[alouavic]

hey i absolutely love your style and admire all the detail you put in your work, would you mind sharing your usual drawing process? Im curious!

Oh wow, thanks so much! It’s always nice to hear that what I call ‘just finish the piece already’ other people call a ‘style’. I don’t know if it’s as noticeable to other people but because each piece takes me so long I feel like my style evolves with each drawing.

When I was starting out I tended to draw an outline first and fill in the piece that way (below is an old WIP from 2017 where you can see the sketched outline). I use Photoshop to draw so this would be the top layer and then I’d block in the colours underneath that on a different layer until I had enough detail that I didn’t need the outline layer anymore.

Now that I’ve grown more confident though, I actually just go straight in with blocking the colours in and then rubbing it out/moving them around until they’re proportional to the reference photo. I’ll make sure the entire canvas is filled in with at least some colour that’s roughly proportional to the actual photo (a good example I have of this is my Spider-man drawing). I don’t spend too long on this because the next step I do is create a new layer and proceed to draw over the entire thing. The first layer basically acts as a foundation so I can confidently start to add in more detail and shading.

From there, it’s a process of spending longer than I probably should in the ‘Actual Pixels’ zoom of Photoshop and getting really detailed and then zooming out and realising I’ve spent two hours drawing a tiny section of the picture. It’s a constant battle in my head between wanting to be loose and creative and wanting everything to be perfect. I think this is largely why the style of the backgrounds in my drawings vary so much because I can be looser and do whatever I’m feeling in the moment. These backgrounds also tend to be built up on at least three different layers and different blending modes, but it’s more of a trial and error than an actual process, honestly.

I think the only other consistent thing that I can tell you about my process that might be of help is the brush I use - this chunky chalk brush is basically all I use along with some other textured brushes to add depth to the background etc.. Oh, and when I’m drawing in details I always do the eyes first so it looks more like the person I’m actually supposed to be drawing - that’s what I was taught you were supposed to do in art class at school anyway.

Anyways, that was a much longer reply than expected but I hope something in there is insightful! I will leave you with this gif of my Captain Marvel piece:

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“I have nothing to prove to you.”

So it only took me a month and a half to finish this - I’ve finally found some free time to invest in it and I’m pretty pleased! Now I feel like I have to draw something from Endgame...

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Messy 1-hour sketch because I don’t have time to do anything else right now. Will I make this a full piece? Who knows? Not me!

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What’s up, danger?

This has been nearly finished in my WIPs folder for ages now and I’m still not fully happy with the execution (I’ve never drawn so many damn buildings) but this scene really inspired me.

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Kinda want to do a series of sketching my favourite all time characters but

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(WIP) Spidey bells, spidey bells, swinging through Midtown…

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Another WIP of this one because I feel the need to update - honestly don’t know how long it will take to finish and my mental queue of things I want to draw is getting long  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I'm still here!

Sorry for the absence everybody! University became very stressful in the past month or so and I couldn't work on anything else. But I finished this week! Which means (once I recover from this cold) I'll be able to get back to drawing.

On another note, no, I'm not leaving tumblr because of the ban, but if you are one of the people who are, you can find me on my Instagram (@alouavic)!

Festive wishes to all,

Vicki

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Quick drawing of the moment Benedict Cumberbatch broke my heart (3 hours)

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I have three thousand screenshots of this moment because every time I see it my heart breaks, but now I can delete all those and just look at this beautiful picture when I feel like stabbing myself in the heart

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@the-painter-and-the-poet that's exactly why I wanted to draw it! Maybe a bit sadistic of me, but Benedict does moments like these so beautifully, I couldn't resist!

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WIP || So I am very much back on board with Doctor Who with Jodie Whittaker, binge-watching David Tennant’s era in between to get me by. Oh, and drawing this, I guess!

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Another year another birthday present! Like my Lady Gaga drawing, this is a little outside my usual area of work but Chanyeol has been a pleasure to draw!

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“Let him do what he wants. He’s entitled… I killed his wife.”

What better to test out a new tablet than this face? It took me a while to do because just looking at it made me sad tbh, but I do like how it turned out!