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I finally got this one done! Nyakim Gatwetch wore the most beautiful dress to the Emmys in 2018 and I decided I wanted to give it a try. I... Did not accurately replicate the dress. But I gave myself permission not to, as long as I 1) tried and 2) did something pretty. So I tried and I did a pretty thing.
The main figure and the red carpet are all colored pencil. Readers of this blog will note that colored pencil is not a medium that I am completely comfortable with using. I did a little bit (read: REALLY little bit) of colored pencil work when I was in high school. I am 33 years old. I haven't done anything with colored pencil in close to 15 years. My last colored pencil drawing came out surprisingly ok! Despite the many notes and issues I had with it, I'm pretty proud of it and most of those issues are not, in fact, with the colored pencil work, itself. So please believe me that I was absolutely biting off way more than I could chew with this piece.
Here's a thumbnail; click for a larger version. I've been saving my artwork as close to the actual size of the original as possible to give the most accurate impression of what it actually looks like. I like working in smaller formats, so it's easy enough for me to do!
I did the background extremely lazily with the Ohuhu markers I finally convinced myself to buy. I really like them! But I know absolutely nothing about markers AT ALL other than what I've watched artists on YouTube do. I scribbled over the marker with colored pencil to make it look leafy? Kinda? Work with me here, people. I was really tired of this drawing by the time I got to this point!
In any case, she's done and I like her, overall, and that's good enough for me. :)
The main figure and the red carpet are all colored pencil. Readers of this blog will note that colored pencil is not a medium that I am completely comfortable with using. I did a little bit (read: REALLY little bit) of colored pencil work when I was in high school. I am 33 years old. I haven't done anything with colored pencil in close to 15 years. My last colored pencil drawing came out surprisingly ok! Despite the many notes and issues I had with it, I'm pretty proud of it and most of those issues are not, in fact, with the colored pencil work, itself. So please believe me that I was absolutely biting off way more than I could chew with this piece.
Here's a thumbnail; click for a larger version. I've been saving my artwork as close to the actual size of the original as possible to give the most accurate impression of what it actually looks like. I like working in smaller formats, so it's easy enough for me to do!
I did the background extremely lazily with the Ohuhu markers I finally convinced myself to buy. I really like them! But I know absolutely nothing about markers AT ALL other than what I've watched artists on YouTube do. I scribbled over the marker with colored pencil to make it look leafy? Kinda? Work with me here, people. I was really tired of this drawing by the time I got to this point!
In any case, she's done and I like her, overall, and that's good enough for me. :)
