Yearly Redraw 2023 - Digital Art

 


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Yours truly!

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With a new year comes a new profile picture redraw! This year, I've switched a lot of things up (and improved a lot too!) This is the first full costume change since about 2020. Last year I added a jean jacket on top of the hoodie, but this year, I've opted for a letter jacket with a dark t-shirt under it. I added back a hand, instead opting for a finger heart rather than a peace sign. The earrings persist, but this time as actual earrings I wear on the daily. The earrings from last years profile picture were added to my persona's design during my Miraculous Ladybug phase and were supposed to allude to the Ladybug miraculous. Not anymore, though!

The contrast in this year's colors is much better and I enjoy the thicker line weight. My facial proportions have also improved, and you can reasonably assume that my characters have brains in their skulls now. I am still trying to iron out how I like to shade hair and do highlights. This is one of the last pieces that I did using FireAlpaca before I upgraded to Clip Studio Paint about a month ago. I've been playing around a lot with Clip Studio's brushes and layer modes and such to figure out what I like. The method used here was a pale lavender for the shadows on a multiply layer. On the hair, I used the watercolor brush with the same color and the blur tool to blend it out. Then for the highlights, I used a light blue on an add layer and then the gaussian blur to soften it. Then a multiply gradient and add gradient with their respective colors to add more atmospheric lighting. I then used a darker color to color the line art, an addition that began last year.

I'm currently working on getting out of an art block, and so hopefully there will be more art coming up in the near future! Not committing to anything just yet, but expect my normal, sporadic upload patterns. Consider maybe following this blog so you'll know when I post stuff! If you've got any questions, feel free to ask below.

Stay awesome! <3

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