Okay look at this:
Just like I say every time, this took absolutely forever. I did it all in one night again, I really need to stop doing that. I'll regret that tomorrow.
I have named her Iris. Not for any specific reason, just "because". The lighting is bad, so it looks darker than it really is.
It's not the first character portrait I've done... I previously showed off "Sophie", done in a style similar to that of Martin Walls (the guy that inspired me to do ANY of this). But I dont exactly make character portraits very often. Trying to get facial features (particularly eyes) into the proper spots without them looking all skewed is the most bloody irritating thing I've encountered in making art so far. Yes, I know there's proper techniques that people use to do that easily, but I've not learned those yet. So yeah, I dont do characters often (yet).
Also, irritating realization, erasers just dont work on colored pencils.
There's other art pieces that I've done recently but have not shown off here also... my stepmother "commissioned" me to do some spring-themed drawings so she could make cards out of them for some reason, I've done a hot air balloon and a hydrangea flower, which are probably the second best things I've done (the flower was harder to do than Iris here, actually... just about went mad with that one). But I dont know where the originals went so I cant show those right now. I was super pleased with them though. If I find the blasted things I'll be sure to show those too.
Ya know, there's a really important lesson I've found that goes along with all of this: Never assume that you CANT accomplish something. Seriously, dont. Because you dont know. That stupid flower in particular, I was SURE I wasnt going to be able to actually pull it off (seriously it was really hard). But ya know what, I sat down and did it anyway.
I'm always telling people to not give up on stuff and keep trying, no matter what. So here's my own example of the results of that mentality.
Next up, hmm, I think I'd like to try drawing some more characters from Binding of Isaac. I love that game, I love those characters.
Just like I say every time, this took absolutely forever. I did it all in one night again, I really need to stop doing that. I'll regret that tomorrow.
I have named her Iris. Not for any specific reason, just "because". The lighting is bad, so it looks darker than it really is.
It's not the first character portrait I've done... I previously showed off "Sophie", done in a style similar to that of Martin Walls (the guy that inspired me to do ANY of this). But I dont exactly make character portraits very often. Trying to get facial features (particularly eyes) into the proper spots without them looking all skewed is the most bloody irritating thing I've encountered in making art so far. Yes, I know there's proper techniques that people use to do that easily, but I've not learned those yet. So yeah, I dont do characters often (yet).
Also, irritating realization, erasers just dont work on colored pencils.
There's other art pieces that I've done recently but have not shown off here also... my stepmother "commissioned" me to do some spring-themed drawings so she could make cards out of them for some reason, I've done a hot air balloon and a hydrangea flower, which are probably the second best things I've done (the flower was harder to do than Iris here, actually... just about went mad with that one). But I dont know where the originals went so I cant show those right now. I was super pleased with them though. If I find the blasted things I'll be sure to show those too.
Ya know, there's a really important lesson I've found that goes along with all of this: Never assume that you CANT accomplish something. Seriously, dont. Because you dont know. That stupid flower in particular, I was SURE I wasnt going to be able to actually pull it off (seriously it was really hard). But ya know what, I sat down and did it anyway.
I'm always telling people to not give up on stuff and keep trying, no matter what. So here's my own example of the results of that mentality.
Next up, hmm, I think I'd like to try drawing some more characters from Binding of Isaac. I love that game, I love those characters.