Something Artistic I Like Doing

Since I can remember I’ve been drawing in books and loose papers, but I have to admit that consciously, I’ve been drawing “good” since I was 14.

It started as a hobby with internet friends with whom I got to share drawings of the same series we enjoyed watching. Unfortunately, I don’t have the same amount of time that in those years and we have lost touch, but those good memories remain in me.

I usually do a lot of sketches as daily basis. When I don’t draw, I feel like something is missing in my day… And when I have time, I easily spent about 6-8 hours from one day to paint in digital. It may sound a lot of narcissist, but I’m pretty good at drawing and painting in digital. I used to draw commissions for foreign clients… But I have lost the confidence to keep doing them.

So I might share with you a simple process of the way I paint nowadays.
I start with a rough sketch that can be drawn on paper or digitally (image 1). This is the first idea, and it doesn’t mean that is gonna be the final result. Then, in another layer, I draw the lineart (image 2); add the flat colors and environment (it is crucial to do a proper mixture of the colors so everything looks… good as a feeling, to say it somehow) (image 3); then add the shadows (image 4) and this is probably the best part of it, because, after this all the mixing starts. I merge all the layers I have and start painting in just one layer, and even if I had this image that can be considered as a final result, I start playing with colors, brushes, trying to give the effect that the line is not there (image 5). I added special lightning and shadows as the final step (image 6), and then start sharing in social media…!













I can’t assure you what is the thing I enjoy the most of this activity without being narcissist, because I got compliments from time to time and people have good reactions to what I draw, but is probably getting the ideas out of my head what drives me to keep drawing all the time. The magic of trying new things, like, if you didn’t like how the drawing turned you can try another pose, another color palette, another composition… Or maybe the fact that I’m seeing things that other people can’t see and I have to draw them in order to share my world with them and communicate effectively with them.

If you ever wanted to try drawing because you liked it but ended up giving up because your art was “not good enough”, I want to tell you, even if it sounds so cliché you might hate me, to keep drawing. For anything we love to do we always have to invest time to practice and become better, and even if you do not see results right now, you will see in one year or two.

Believe me, if not, just compare my drawings from 13 (image 7), 5 (image 8) and 2 (image 9) years apart…







Regards everyone and thank you for reading!!

Comments

  1. Unknown18 August 2017 at 14:56

    WOW! The evolution of your work is incredible! I have a friend who does the same drawing style as you and I have always thought it must be very difficult.. Congratulations !!

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  2. Unknown1 December 2017 at 18:30

    ohhhh! you have a great talent!

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