#makestuff2018

[kattra]

kitten in a teacup.

#littlethings365 #makestuff2018

[kattra]

It's been a while. I had to take a break - that's okay. About a month ago, on this page, I tried to sketch something, it didn't work, I erased and restarted a few times, and it still didn't work. So I went off and did other things. I had a camping trip to prepare for, I had a house to clean. I had books to read, crochet projects to get done. I had some existential and religious crises to work thru - it's been a while. I don't know if I'm "back" - I really wanted to try and draw every day this year, just see if I could do it, and that's already a failure - but I don't want to just give it all up, I want to get out of the rut I'm still mostly in and keep drawing, because the alternative is depressing. So here's a start: I erased the failed sketch that was on this page, and I covered it in leaves. I used to do this in other sketchbooks, cover up the failed sketches with doodled leaves, just to fill up the page. That is one of the points of this "daily" project: fill up the pages with something, hopefully something pleasing to look at. Drawing patterns is peaceful, meditative, probably something I should try more of. I was getting too serious about my drawing, trying a little too hard. I'm trying to find my groove again, so I won't say I'm "back", but I'm working on it. #littlethings365 #makestuff2018

[kattra]

Challenge: #drawthisinyourstyle // OP: @amandajtoner // Tag: #amandajtonerredraw ~ I was trying to work on this during my art rut, so there were some thrown pencils happening (I lost the ability to draw shoulders, ffs) but eventually everything clicked together and I'm super pleased with how it turned out :D I really enjoyed drawing the flower tattoos and colouring her hair~ #littlethings365 #makestuff2018

[kattra]

Challenge: #drawthisinyourstyle // OP: @jac.draws // Tag: #jacdraws10k

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Guys, I'm really proud of this one :D it turned out just how I wanted it to. I know a lot of these style-challenges have waist-up or bust/portrait size characters, but that is my comfort zone, and I wanted to break out of that and do a nice full-body illustration. This also allowed me to throw more roses into the drawing, which I enjoy doing XD

I mean, why have one rose when you can cover a girl in them?

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[kattra]

Challenge: #drawthisinyourstyle // OP: @laurabeedraws // Tag: #laurabeechallenge

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Those tattoos are so elegant and lovely~ and I don't draw nearly enough characters with freckles -- that's one thing I've been loving about these challenges, with each artist there's some new character feature I may not usually draw on my own -- tattoos! nose rings! freckles! glasses!

Why? Why not?! Yes to everything!

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[kattra]

Challenge: #drawthisinyourstyle // OP: @erikathegoober // Tag: #erikathegoober5k

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(Note: that's supposed to be a sparkler, not a magic wand. Note 2: you probably shouldn't hold a sparkler that close to your face, kids.)

Tried something a little different with this challenge, as the previous girl I drew had a very "summer day" theme, I wanted this drawing to have a "summer night" theme. Success?

In any case, I'm always happy to sketch a pink-haired girl in a cute outfit~ cheers~

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[kattra]

Challenge: #drawthisinyourstyle // OP: @thaaks.i // Tag: #thaakschallenge

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(Dammit, I didn't notice the artist changed the deadline ;-; this is why you should do the thing when you first see the thing, kids -- don't put off today what you could have done last week. This has been wisdom with Kat.)

Anyway, this was super fun! This girl really puts me in the summery mood -- makes me wish it was time for my vacation to Hawaii XD -- I recently bought a shirt with watermelons on it, and another with pineapples, and they are my fav things ever, and I honestly just wanna be swimming on a sunny beach all the time right now <3

Happy Summertime peeps, hope you've got some groovy plans going on~

#littlethings365 #makestuff2018

[kattra]

A lil dragon, because I should practice drawing animals, and what better place to start than with mythological ones, where I can f*ck with anatomy til I get something decent-looking while getting away with structural inaccuracy :D

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