Dandelion Union Leaders stylization project is finally done!
Took longer than expected and it has been a ride, but I can’t say I didn’t have fun.
This piece was one of my early ventures into stylization and also one that showed me, even better, that stylizing can be freeing.
My favorites are probably Elrena and Strelitzia! Ones I’d like to re-draw most are Brain and Ventus!
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Art process pictures are posted on my Art Process Tumblr
For the art process video tune in to my Youtube Channel!
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Obnoxious watermarks have become a necessity due to AI theft, so you’re stuck with them - however, there is a Ko-Fi membership available with non-watermarked art by me (still signed though)
took the emotions manticore may’ve been feeling with the whole ‘trapped underground’ thing and experimented on giving designs to them. and then i rewatched inside out 2 that evening, lol
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these last 3 were just tests because i was on a roll. i don’t think any manticore would feel aloof, stylish, or sneaky under the weight of the planet
ya’ll may know i’ve recently gotten into Billy Basso’s masterpiece Animal Well from all the arts and reblogging that has ✨plagued this page✨. i definitely spoiled myself enough to acquire the inability to play AW blind, but this weekend i managed to get the 1st ending anyway and had a grand time :]!! the brainrot has escalated a considerable amount now lmao. and even before playing the game myself, that prior schoolweek was full of animal well brainrot (as the reblogging shows). so i’d like to present some brainrot doodles‼️
these were a set of sketches planned for big things that i ended up fulfilling!! all the coloring was experimental, relaxing, and interesting, and i’ve taken away some cool tidbits and tips from drawing the silly space creature a ton. i’m real proud of this, so i wanted to share :]!
taking a character and ‘stylizing them’ into different characters has become one of my favorite things. probably why i love playing with slugcat proportions and chonny jash in general so much. there’s so many ways you can go—so many personalities you can present with just a look. sharp = scary and smart, boxy = loyal and strong, round = kind and approachable (imo). but then when you reflect that onto little design details, it makes everything look more interesting. idk, i love this page :]. especially the celestial kitty <33. they were quite the challenge to color but it turned out awesome 🌌💙💜!!
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closeups under the cut!
yeah. this post only really spoils the name and design of a boss, but there’s so much more to find!! i’m BEgging you. play animal well. love animal well. then talk to me about manticore /silly
Sorry about the ginormous watermarks, but it can’t be helped. Stylizing my OC was so much fun! I had the sketch in the sketch graveyard folder for some time - it took me awhile to get to it.
Here we have Celandia Cerwos at 7 y.o., 10 y.o., 17y.o., 21y.o. and 35 y.o.+ an added bonus of a somewhat differently stylized bust/half-body of the 21y.o. Cela.
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For process shots visit my Art Process Tumblr and for videos of the process visit my Youtube Channel
Slowly working my way throguh stylizing my KHUX darlings.
It’s been some time since I worked on this lineart, but then Strelitzia showed up in the trailer and I got the drive to draw her again.
Still got two missing - Lauriam and Elrena - but I might also redo Brain and Ehpemer...maybe, we’ll see.
I do like stylizing though. I have a problem where my brain keeps stressing out over realism and proportions so stylizing like this gives me a bit of a break from the inner critic.
Currently working on a stylization of one of my OC characters, here's an example of what kind of sketch you start with - just to show that you shouldn't be too fussed about 'pretty' or 'clean'
I was thinking about shapes and doing my best not to fuss over ‘realism’ or anatomy or even musculature. I wanted to get the ‘feel’ of the character.
I have drawn her before - in different style so I did have the details of her outfit in my head from the start.
