Summer's Art

Hello! My name is Summer and I am a Senior in Linguistics at Purdue University. I am also a hard working aspiring artist! I like to work with pencil, copic marker, and watercolor. Feel free to send me a message and talk to me! :) instagram: @summer_ghost

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Sketchtober 12- Shattered.

This is the first day I only had to do one page of sketches, so I took some creative liberty and illustrated a creature I created when I was maybe 13 years old. They’re called silhouette owls, and they are the lost souls of those beings who have sunk all the way into a deep, heart breaking depression. They are the souls that have left the body to wander the world in search for meaning, and life, and happiness. They melt into the shadows, and they can’t be touched. No one can help them except themselves, but how can they help themselves in such an incorporeal and ethereal state? They are shattered fragments of a soul, held together by the shadows of their past. Eventually, they are forgotten, and they melt away.

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Sketchtober 11- Run. I decided to do a cheetah because they can sure run! I also just love big cats :3 Another part of my sketchtober is learning to let the bad sketches be- its alright and I’m still learning. I think that's a good thing to remember to not get too frustrated.

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Sketchtober 10- Gigantic. Another obvious one, elephants are pretty big. :P I usually love drawing elephants but I was having trouble getting the forms right. For this sketchtober, I’m trying to see the basic shapes in things first and use those as a guide.

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Sketchtober 09- Screech. Decided to do owls because of the connotation of the banshee (who screeches) and owls, especially in Europe. I LOVE owls (the White Scops Owl is my patronus), so this was fun. Pictured here are screech owls, short eared owl, great horned owl, white scops owl, and a barn owl. Do you know which are which?

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Sketchtober 08- Crooked. I decided to do eels because they always seem to have crooked teeth or bodies. Despite them being probably the “ugliest” animal I’ve sketched so far, I really enjoyed doing it! Pictured here are the electric and moray eels.

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Sketchtober 07- Shy. I decided to do turtles cause they can hide in their shell... though I ended up doing mostly sea turtles :P Their shells and scales can be very intricate, it was a lot of fun to draw.

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Sketchtober 06- sword. I decided to do narwhals because swordfish was too.. basic. xD Also I learned that their tusk is actually the left canine tooth, which bursts through their head at about 1 year old. D: There are some not-so-pretty close up images...

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Sketchtober 5- Long. I decided to do snakes because they can be super long! And also kinda weird to draw sometimes. :)

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Sketchtober 04- Underwater. I decided to do sharks because they live, well, underwater. They’re also my sister’s favorite animal. There’s an epaulette, leopard, great white, hammerhead, and cookie cutter. Can you tell which one is which?

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Sketchtober 03- Poison. I decided to do salamanders because they seem slimy and almost like poisonous frogs. They are definitely very gooey to draw!

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Sketchtober 02- Divided. I chose koi for this prompt kind of because of the last airbender. You know that scene in the northern water tribe with the yin yang koi?

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Hey guys! I am participating in inktober, although I’ve renamed it to “Sketchtober” to better fit my needs. I’m late because I was waiting for my sketchbook to arrive, but I have officially caught up so I will be adding all of these to my queue! I used the official inktober prompts to decide on an animal to sketch out on one page. Enjoy the rest. :)

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A portrait of my new Dungeons and Dragons character, Xanalaea Nailo. She’s a Wood Elf Rogue, and she used to be an assassin. I’m super excited to play with my friends! :D

This was also heavily inspired by my favorite artist, @danicasills

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Necromancer witch🔮☠️

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LOVE THIS 

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Spellbook: The Beast

Another illustration for aro/ace Beauty and the Beast! This has been so much fun, though school is getting in the way of all my painting. D: @aroace-fairytales

6 hours of watercolor on Arches 150lb cold press paper

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Some Okami fan art, a birthday present for my best friend. :)

Do not use this artwork without my express written permission!

Okami (c) Capcom

I did this in 10 hours with watercolor on Arches cold press 150lb watercolor paper. 

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The Library

For Beauty and the Beast with @aroace-fairytales

7 hours on Arches cold press watercolor paper