This was actually a Christmas present that started out as an experiment that I drew back in November @-@ I drew it a month early so I knew I’d be on time posting it for my friend and then I never got around to actually posting it.
Anyway, this is Piplup in an arctic background. I don’t do lineless digital art very often, but I’m getting used to mixing colors on one canvas and soon I’ll be able to do so without the lineart guiding me~ I find it really fun to use Pokemon when I wanna step out of the box with something cause they’re such simple creatures to draw, usually. I like to use them as practice when I’m warming up for a drawing as well since they’re basic shapes with minimal detail. In this piece specifically, I was practicing backgrounds and bubbles. I love how the bubbles turned out, but the background still has much let to be desired, I think. I was semi-working off of photos, but I also wanted to try and make up my own environment. My depth is off and that’s why I’m at odds with it, but it turned out to be a really good exercise anyway :]