Art In Progress

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This community is for our creations, and how they became a final artwork.

Post a first sketch, then add steps til you have your final oeuvre!

Please specify the technique (Watercolor, Oil, pen, coal …)

and the underlying media (which kind of paper, wood, …)

Feel free to add size, history, style, inspirations, and any other thing about your work!

Note: No Pressure! If you only post starters, then that is fine!

Note: Of course you can discuss and ask or give tips in the comments!

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

I tried using more dull colors because I used colors for the outline instead of black. The result is, curious I'd say. I don't like it that much but of the up side, in my opinion, it somehow got the looks of an old The Far Side comics. What do you think?

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The hidden entrance [Inking] (lemmy.mindoki.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Found a really old dip pen with a fully functional nib (!) so I figured I'd try it out when inking my next aquarelle. A bit complicated but I like it! Works super well with both regular ink and aquarelle inks 💖.

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Step 2, make the sketch on quality paper.

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The starting point, a basic sketch.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Trying "loose" style, don't look too close!

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Charcoal sketch on gesso primed simple student paper pad.

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Pika sticks (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago by ink to c/[email protected]
 
 

A sheet of Pikachu sticker’s I made for a customer’s child.

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Inking Practice (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by ink to c/[email protected]
 
 

Sketched in Photoshop, printed it, inked with a Tombow Fudenosuke brush pen and scanned back in. Still haven't decided what else I wanna do with it, so I'm uploading it here now.

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It does look better in real, I guess I don't know how to scan images anymore :-)

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Water color inks.

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My first portrait, I'm super happy it got as well as it got, but I know there are lots of things to better :-)

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Little Red Wolf Priestess (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 7 months ago by ink to c/[email protected]
 
 

Got "wolf priestess" from ArtPrompts.org

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This is oil, but water-oil. So no white spirit or terebenthine, just water!

I have never tried oil or even gouache or acrylic, or making a "realistic" portrait before, I must say it's crazy fun!

You can go back, redo, move whole lines just by pushing the paint (I do tend to put down a ton of paint though) even days later!

Lots of work still to be done though.

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Finished Mech Linework (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by ink to c/[email protected]
 
 

Doing this has taught me how much time you save when you skip linework and go straight into painting.

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I've been at this pretty much all day... Does drawing mechs take this long for everybody??????????

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Ice Age Sci-Fi (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 8 months ago by ink to c/[email protected]
 
 

A sketch exploring a story idea for a prehistoric sci-fi that I don't think I'll be developing any further, at least anytime soon. Did a value pass to practice value structure though.

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