Serndest's Art
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Dark royal blue, like the "blue screen of death" of old-style Windows
October 29, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Dark royal blue, like the "blue screen of death" of old-style Windows
SELF CRITIQUES
+ Pretty good build-up of pencil lines
+ Great shape language for Chuchu, especially her head
- Come up w/ more fitting shape language for Lulu & Momo
- Mostly unreadable Momo head; not too readable as a cat head
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+ Pretty good build-up of pencil lines
+ Great shape language for Chuchu, especially her head
- Come up w/ more fitting shape language for Lulu & Momo
- Mostly unreadable Momo head; not too readable as a cat head
END OF SELF CRITIQUES
March 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM
SELF CRITIQUES
+ Pretty good build-up of pencil lines
+ Great shape language for Chuchu, especially her head
- Come up w/ more fitting shape language for Lulu & Momo
- Mostly unreadable Momo head; not too readable as a cat head
END OF SELF CRITIQUES
+ Pretty good build-up of pencil lines
+ Great shape language for Chuchu, especially her head
- Come up w/ more fitting shape language for Lulu & Momo
- Mostly unreadable Momo head; not too readable as a cat head
END OF SELF CRITIQUES
I thought it was pretty rigorous, especially since up until 2020~2021, drawing was more of a hobby, while computer programming was my intended career from 2016 to 2019 (story for a more relevant time).
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March 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I thought it was pretty rigorous, especially since up until 2020~2021, drawing was more of a hobby, while computer programming was my intended career from 2016 to 2019 (story for a more relevant time).
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...where we fill six 8.5”x11” pages with drawings—two in the three categories: 1. gesture drawings, 2. still lifes and abstract drawings, and 3. background/scenery sketches.
March 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM
...where we fill six 8.5”x11” pages with drawings—two in the three categories: 1. gesture drawings, 2. still lifes and abstract drawings, and 3. background/scenery sketches.
ART SUPPLIES
- Pen: Pentel Energel Needle Tip (0.7 mm)
- Markers: Caliart Alcohol brush & chisel tip markers (from 51 pack)
- Colored Lead & Pencils: Pentel 2 mm colored lead, Pilot Color Eno (purple - 0.7 mm) [notes], Prismacolor Premiere colored pencil (white)
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- Pen: Pentel Energel Needle Tip (0.7 mm)
- Markers: Caliart Alcohol brush & chisel tip markers (from 51 pack)
- Colored Lead & Pencils: Pentel 2 mm colored lead, Pilot Color Eno (purple - 0.7 mm) [notes], Prismacolor Premiere colored pencil (white)
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March 17, 2024 at 10:19 PM
ART SUPPLIES
- Pen: Pentel Energel Needle Tip (0.7 mm)
- Markers: Caliart Alcohol brush & chisel tip markers (from 51 pack)
- Colored Lead & Pencils: Pentel 2 mm colored lead, Pilot Color Eno (purple - 0.7 mm) [notes], Prismacolor Premiere colored pencil (white)
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- Pen: Pentel Energel Needle Tip (0.7 mm)
- Markers: Caliart Alcohol brush & chisel tip markers (from 51 pack)
- Colored Lead & Pencils: Pentel 2 mm colored lead, Pilot Color Eno (purple - 0.7 mm) [notes], Prismacolor Premiere colored pencil (white)
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~2:46
(+) Great gesture
(*) Add pen to eyeline [Done!]
(*) Add c.p. [colored pencil] to eyes & ears [Done!]
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(+) Great gesture
(*) Add pen to eyeline [Done!]
(*) Add c.p. [colored pencil] to eyes & ears [Done!]
END OF SELF CRITIQUES
March 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
~2:46
(+) Great gesture
(*) Add pen to eyeline [Done!]
(*) Add c.p. [colored pencil] to eyes & ears [Done!]
END OF SELF CRITIQUES
(+) Great gesture
(*) Add pen to eyeline [Done!]
(*) Add c.p. [colored pencil] to eyes & ears [Done!]
END OF SELF CRITIQUES
SELF-CRITIQUE
On the drawings from left to right:
~0:46
(*) add c.p. [colored pencil] to DD's fur
(-) Too much grey on bag
(+) Pretty good bread
~2:15
(-) Overworked front R [right] leg
(-) Overworked rear end coloring
(+) Loosened coloring on face
On the drawings from left to right:
~0:46
(*) add c.p. [colored pencil] to DD's fur
(-) Too much grey on bag
(+) Pretty good bread
~2:15
(-) Overworked front R [right] leg
(-) Overworked rear end coloring
(+) Loosened coloring on face
March 17, 2024 at 10:18 PM
SELF-CRITIQUE
On the drawings from left to right:
~0:46
(*) add c.p. [colored pencil] to DD's fur
(-) Too much grey on bag
(+) Pretty good bread
~2:15
(-) Overworked front R [right] leg
(-) Overworked rear end coloring
(+) Loosened coloring on face
On the drawings from left to right:
~0:46
(*) add c.p. [colored pencil] to DD's fur
(-) Too much grey on bag
(+) Pretty good bread
~2:15
(-) Overworked front R [right] leg
(-) Overworked rear end coloring
(+) Loosened coloring on face
--Watercolor wash soft (sky)
--Watercolor round detailer (Jenny pupil)
--Block stain (bench shadow 2nd pass)
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--Watercolor round detailer (Jenny pupil)
--Block stain (bench shadow 2nd pass)
ART SUPPLIES END
March 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM
--Watercolor wash soft (sky)
--Watercolor round detailer (Jenny pupil)
--Block stain (bench shadow 2nd pass)
ART SUPPLIES END
--Watercolor round detailer (Jenny pupil)
--Block stain (bench shadow 2nd pass)
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Brushes:
-Lineart: Pencil [default Adobe Fresco brush]
-Color:
--Watercolor wash flat (bus stop sign, grass, bench, bench shadow 1st pass, sidewalk, Jenny clothes & hair, Jenny shadows)
-Lineart: Pencil [default Adobe Fresco brush]
-Color:
--Watercolor wash flat (bus stop sign, grass, bench, bench shadow 1st pass, sidewalk, Jenny clothes & hair, Jenny shadows)
March 17, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Brushes:
-Lineart: Pencil [default Adobe Fresco brush]
-Color:
--Watercolor wash flat (bus stop sign, grass, bench, bench shadow 1st pass, sidewalk, Jenny clothes & hair, Jenny shadows)
-Lineart: Pencil [default Adobe Fresco brush]
-Color:
--Watercolor wash flat (bus stop sign, grass, bench, bench shadow 1st pass, sidewalk, Jenny clothes & hair, Jenny shadows)
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ART SUPPLIES START
Hardware
Artwork & timelapse: iPad mini 5th gen & Apple pencil 1st gen
Software: Adobe Fresco (artwork & timelapse)
ART SUPPLIES START
Hardware
Artwork & timelapse: iPad mini 5th gen & Apple pencil 1st gen
Software: Adobe Fresco (artwork & timelapse)
March 17, 2024 at 10:15 PM
BEHIND THE SCENES END
ART SUPPLIES START
Hardware
Artwork & timelapse: iPad mini 5th gen & Apple pencil 1st gen
Software: Adobe Fresco (artwork & timelapse)
ART SUPPLIES START
Hardware
Artwork & timelapse: iPad mini 5th gen & Apple pencil 1st gen
Software: Adobe Fresco (artwork & timelapse)
-- sidewalk: after a lot of struggling, went with Liz Steel’s colored pencil technique: layering lots of colors, especially in shadow areas www.lizsteel.com/switching-to... , along with, as noted w/ her above sketch, having the rest of the roads/sidewalks be white—controlling whitespace.
Switching to coloured pencils - Liz Steel
On Monday morning while I was sipping my coffee and getting some sun (a rare thing this summer in Sydney) I did a simple line drawing of the postbox nearby. I didn’t feel like adding paint at the time...
www.lizsteel.com
March 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
-- sidewalk: after a lot of struggling, went with Liz Steel’s colored pencil technique: layering lots of colors, especially in shadow areas www.lizsteel.com/switching-to... , along with, as noted w/ her above sketch, having the rest of the roads/sidewalks be white—controlling whitespace.
- Color scheme & watercolor style:
-- grass: how Teoh Yi Chie colored the tree leaves here, by letting the colors mix on the page instead of manually mixing them.
youtu.be/L2VahhVv5TM?...
-- grass: how Teoh Yi Chie colored the tree leaves here, by letting the colors mix on the page instead of manually mixing them.
youtu.be/L2VahhVv5TM?...
Gyeongju waterfront pagoda sketch (timelapse tutorial)
Reference photohttps://photos.app.goo.gl/19CiNp3WRGCfSN7R9--------------------------------------------------------Find me onPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/...
youtu.be
March 17, 2024 at 10:13 PM
- Color scheme & watercolor style:
-- grass: how Teoh Yi Chie colored the tree leaves here, by letting the colors mix on the page instead of manually mixing them.
youtu.be/L2VahhVv5TM?...
-- grass: how Teoh Yi Chie colored the tree leaves here, by letting the colors mix on the page instead of manually mixing them.
youtu.be/L2VahhVv5TM?...
BEHIND-THE-SCENES: STORY, COLOR SCHEME, & COLOR APPLICATION INFLUENCES
- Tone & situation/implied story: the 1998 Yokohama Shopping Log OVA, with a robot (in YSL's case, a more human-like android) just hanging out and living life. Maybe even resolving some past problems or relationships.
- Tone & situation/implied story: the 1998 Yokohama Shopping Log OVA, with a robot (in YSL's case, a more human-like android) just hanging out and living life. Maybe even resolving some past problems or relationships.
March 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
BEHIND-THE-SCENES: STORY, COLOR SCHEME, & COLOR APPLICATION INFLUENCES
- Tone & situation/implied story: the 1998 Yokohama Shopping Log OVA, with a robot (in YSL's case, a more human-like android) just hanging out and living life. Maybe even resolving some past problems or relationships.
- Tone & situation/implied story: the 1998 Yokohama Shopping Log OVA, with a robot (in YSL's case, a more human-like android) just hanging out and living life. Maybe even resolving some past problems or relationships.
Tried to focus on the feeling & gesture of the pose, rather than follow the pose exactly to a T. Mlaatr is just about the perfect style for that, being a gestural cartoon.
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March 17, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Tried to focus on the feeling & gesture of the pose, rather than follow the pose exactly to a T. Mlaatr is just about the perfect style for that, being a gestural cartoon.
Self-Reference SMALL END
MINI JOURNAL END
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SMALL START: Self-Reference
I got into the pose myself, mainly to fix her bent leg & folded hands. In the end, moved the bend leg up, just showed her right hands’ fingers & her left hand’s index finger, & unbent her other leg.
I got into the pose myself, mainly to fix her bent leg & folded hands. In the end, moved the bend leg up, just showed her right hands’ fingers & her left hand’s index finger, & unbent her other leg.
March 17, 2024 at 10:11 PM
SMALL START: Self-Reference
I got into the pose myself, mainly to fix her bent leg & folded hands. In the end, moved the bend leg up, just showed her right hands’ fingers & her left hand’s index finger, & unbent her other leg.
I got into the pose myself, mainly to fix her bent leg & folded hands. In the end, moved the bend leg up, just showed her right hands’ fingers & her left hand’s index finger, & unbent her other leg.
What helped may have been a style I saw in this colored pencil Liz Steel piece www.lizsteel.com/wp-content/u... , where sidewalk & road are white, & the only blocks of color are for cast shadows.
March 17, 2024 at 10:10 PM
What helped may have been a style I saw in this colored pencil Liz Steel piece www.lizsteel.com/wp-content/u... , where sidewalk & road are white, & the only blocks of color are for cast shadows.
This time, I really struggled with working w/ whitespace, like in Teoh Yi Chie’s or Liz Steel’s urban sketching styles.
March 17, 2024 at 10:09 PM
This time, I really struggled with working w/ whitespace, like in Teoh Yi Chie’s or Liz Steel’s urban sketching styles.
Far more painful painting process in a full space. In a way, more directly an urban-sketching styled piece because now, it’s in a physical place instead of a void w/ colors! Similar to before, I mitigated some of the difficulty by using an analogous color scheme.
March 17, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Far more painful painting process in a full space. In a way, more directly an urban-sketching styled piece because now, it’s in a physical place instead of a void w/ colors! Similar to before, I mitigated some of the difficulty by using an analogous color scheme.
Now, only rarely do at that resolution. Watercolor-styled pieces will likely be 9x12” @ 300dpi, max.
March 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Now, only rarely do at that resolution. Watercolor-styled pieces will likely be 9x12” @ 300dpi, max.
MINI JOURNAL
Ended up needing to keep my iPad charging the whole time; larger resolution (11x14” @ 300dpi) *and* Fresco’s live watercolor brushes drained it more quickly (~20% in 20 minutes). Even then, still a lot of crashes once I finished the sidewalk and bench.
Ended up needing to keep my iPad charging the whole time; larger resolution (11x14” @ 300dpi) *and* Fresco’s live watercolor brushes drained it more quickly (~20% in 20 minutes). Even then, still a lot of crashes once I finished the sidewalk and bench.
March 17, 2024 at 10:05 PM
MINI JOURNAL
Ended up needing to keep my iPad charging the whole time; larger resolution (11x14” @ 300dpi) *and* Fresco’s live watercolor brushes drained it more quickly (~20% in 20 minutes). Even then, still a lot of crashes once I finished the sidewalk and bench.
Ended up needing to keep my iPad charging the whole time; larger resolution (11x14” @ 300dpi) *and* Fresco’s live watercolor brushes drained it more quickly (~20% in 20 minutes). Even then, still a lot of crashes once I finished the sidewalk and bench.
Some might think calmer moments are boring, but I consider it a welcomed, necessary breath of fresh air😊, especially as someone who had a loud, tense upbringing.😔
March 17, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Some might think calmer moments are boring, but I consider it a welcomed, necessary breath of fresh air😊, especially as someone who had a loud, tense upbringing.😔
That, or it might be timeout-like after all😆 where she gets alone time to directly face her mental problems, with no physical problems to distract her.🤔
Or more interesting: needing to handle her mental problem in order to handle her physical one.🤯
Or more interesting: needing to handle her mental problem in order to handle her physical one.🤯
March 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
That, or it might be timeout-like after all😆 where she gets alone time to directly face her mental problems, with no physical problems to distract her.🤔
Or more interesting: needing to handle her mental problem in order to handle her physical one.🤯
Or more interesting: needing to handle her mental problem in order to handle her physical one.🤯
That 3rd reason kinda sounds like sending a kid off to timeout for misbehavior, but hey, there might be stress behind that pettiness. She does have the weight of the world on her shoulders.🤷♀️
March 17, 2024 at 10:04 PM
That 3rd reason kinda sounds like sending a kid off to timeout for misbehavior, but hey, there might be stress behind that pettiness. She does have the weight of the world on her shoulders.🤷♀️