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soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

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soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

Sketches of a few plants/trees from my garden

#art #digitalart #artstudy #nature

Rough painting of four different plants.
Top left - a big tree, with vibrant shades of green and dotted pink flowers amongst its branches.
Top right - a dark red bush, hints of purple shadowing it's bright red leaves in the sunlight.
Bottom left - leaves/ivy entwining a crooked, old English lamppost. They congregate mostly around the two lights atop it, with some branches hanging off the structure.
Bottom right - a winding bush in the vague shape of a backwards S, with bright red flowers surrounded by green leaves dotted about.

May 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

Guess who remembered that the timelapse feature exists in clip studio too? I've had issues with it in the past, but thankfully it seems more stable now 😅

May 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

Also while I'm at it, here's another study from the weekend of a knight :)

I've always been so scared to tackle armour, but turns out breaking it down into big blocks of colour/planes first really helps

#art #study #digitalart #knight

Painting of the bust of a knight, viewed from the side against a pale cream background. They're clad in silver armour, head fully covered by a sharp helmet. A flowing flag is attached to a sphere at the top of their helmet, covered in gold crescent moons.

May 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

Original image

We have some koi fish in our garden pond too, I really should take some photos some time and do more studies :) they're so pretty

Original reference photo for the koi swimming in water.

May 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

Koi :)

#art #study #digitalart #koi

Painting of a bright orange koi fish swimming in murky green water, underneath a green plant floating on the water's surface.

May 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

Original image + process pics

The original photograph of the woman, from Studio Virupa.

Four process pictures, in order:
Painting the background
Blocking in the sari and skin
Blocking in hair and adding detail to rest of body
Adding flowers and final touches

April 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

I saw this gorgeous picture on Pinterest and had to do a study - had so much fun painting the water and fabrics :)

#art #study #digitalart

Drawing of an Indian woman in a purple sari sat on some marble steps, gazing off to the right of the screen with a hand under her chin. She sits in front of a murky, green pool, the pink flowers in her dark Rapunzel-like hair contrasting against the background.

April 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

original reference from @/artindetails on twitter (x.com/artindetails...) and layer breakdown (I definitely didn't forget to take process screenshots :') )

The original picture sourced from Twitter. This is a screenshot from a video of rain falling on a concrete pavement, with flowers growing inbetween the cracks.

Four process pics showing the different layers in my drawing. In order:
Top left - the pavement fully coloured in with all shadows and highlights
Top right - the shape of the concrete pavement outlined in a light blue brush
Bottom left - darker lines added to further emphasise the concrete
Bottom right - finished piece, flowers and the shadows casted by them added

April 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM

soph

@subduedroses.bsky.social

study of flowers growing between concrete to test out a watercolour brush pack :) I'm usually a heavily textured brush person so I had fun trying out softer brushes for once haha
#art #study #digitalart