I'm in good mood
One cold night I was shrivelled up in bed. When I woke up the next morning, my arm was so sore that I could not move an inch. I had slept wrong. But, well, I was glad it was not my dominant hand.
On the other hand, my illustration work is going well. Since last week's newsletter, I have completed two color illustrations as of today. It has been going at a good pace and I am happy with how it turned out.
New Illustrations
February 4. I was particularly pleased with this illustration. This underwater representation is what I wanted to draw. After I posted this illustration, I celebrated with sake. It was that good.
February 7. This fan art is an attempt to finish quickly. I have omitted or changed some steps from my usual color illustrations. This is the "rkgk" method that I have been working on for a while now. I'm getting a handle on the process, and I'm getting faster and faster at getting the finished product to look good.
I also made a pencil sketch on February 6, the day before this one.
Looking Back
I look back at the review notes I keep for each illustration I draw. This time, I tried to change the procedure of drawing an illustration.
Illustrations that pack multiple poses into one screen. I like this kind of putting together an idea. But the more I cram in, the more work I have to do. The trick is to only bring forward the parts that I want to convey and hide the rest by skillfully layering them on top of each other.
I worked on it once I forgot about my usual approach. Normally, I would have a foundation color, shadows, and highlights, that's all! But when I felt like I wanted it in this picture, I put the color on a regular layer at that time. I put pinkish reflections in the hair, or a lighter color where I didn't want it to stand out. In doing so, I applied different colors to the same layer as I went along. I'm not very good at this because I can't redo or adjust. But with Procreate's ColoerDrop fill function, I can change the color later. So I can continue to use various colors without fear.
Before this illustration, I had been trying to avoid complicating the coloring and simply paint. However, I know that this limits my expression. At this time, I was able to take a new step forward. I have increased the number of colors I use in my illustrations little by little until today.
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