#bluecollarboneyard

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I just want to make monsters.

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Blue Collar Boneyard

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This was an exercise in authenticity, and in patience. I wanted to approach a digital work in the same way I would have approached an oil painting or a physical drawing in the past; trying to use drawing to sculpt and create form, and to meticulously layer to create texture. 

Also, this is what 14 hours in Krita looks like! At least, for me.

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The Eye.

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I’m finding myself wishing that I had started documenting the process of this drawing from day one. It’s becoming a long process, but I’m getting excited for the outcome.

But, if anyone’s curious, this image began with these four scribbles.

I’m trying to follow some advice I got on “failing faster”. I thumbnailed four different compositions that I thought I could do with my idea. I thought the top left and bottom right were the strongest, and obviously I went with the latter. I wanted a composition that showed as much of the dragon as possible.

The trade off for this visibility, though, is that my dragon is technically in yet another uninteresting side view. And he does look good, but it’s not the most dynamic thing in the world. Next time, maybe I’ll be brave enough for a riskier pose.

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Full honesty here? I draw slow.

I’m learning to not be ashamed of that fact. I see artists on social media pushing out finished drawings weekly, every other day, sometimes daily. I don’t understand how they do it. There are likely many shortcuts in digital art that I’m completely unaware of. I still approach my work in a very traditional sense; hand-drawing every detail and line. I’m completely self-taught in Krita, I’ve not found many tutorials that deal in the kind of work that I do.

I have no idea what I’m doing.

But that’s alright. Solidarity with all the rest of us who don’t know what we’re doing. Just draw. Just keep drawing.

Also, y’all like dragons, right?

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Bone dragon?

Bone dragon.