#my artistic process

[wyrmspade]

a unicorn ♠ click for better quality!

[sugar-33]

Had an idea for a drawing and I think I cooked

This is NOT my design for Chara but the regular one is easier to paint in scenes like these ;-;

[mrcontro]

It's been a while, so I wanted to share my process for creating character illustrations:

I start with a rough idea, sometimes creating it with stick figures or a simple use of construction shapes.

After I find something I like, I'll push the rough sketch further, looking to match the tone I'm going for. Once I'm satisfied with the sketching, I go right into inking.

In the past, I used Adobe Illustrator to ink my lines. Ever since I got Procreate, I have not looked back. I really enjoy their Baskerville brush for inking the final line art.

Depending on the art work, I might jump into blocking the shading. For this drawing, I went ahead with the base colors.

The icing of the cake: Shadows and Highlights. With the right colors, it really makes the work pop even more!

And that's it. Thanks for reading and viewing my process!

[mostlydriedmango]

[fossilfan39]

Opening procreate and then letting it sit on a blank page for at least an hour while I play on my phone before I actually draw anything

[ixcaliber]

spends an hour drawing a thing

finally done zooms out and looks at it

closes photoshop

hides the file

never looks at it again

[aliensmoocher]

me: oooh look at that cool character, i like everything about their design and personality i'm going to draw them.

character: hey

me: okay let me just....

me: *changes their hair while drawing them*

me: yeah perfect

[witch-baby]

once i was laying on my floor patterning or something and i fell asleep and my mom asked if i was asleep and only waking up a tiny bit i told her "no i'm brainstorming"