Just A Concept Sketch That I Added Some Effects To.

Just a concept sketch that I added some effects to.

It's the last day of Mer-May! I love mermaids snd so I had to draw one!

But... she's not like the other mermaids.

She's got fish hands! Fish hands? Fins? Whatever, she has them.

Her name is Katy Kelpert, and she's ready for action! Her favorite hobbies are underwater basket weaving and modeling for a mermaid clothing line!

This piece was made with Ibispaint, but I drew her traditionally first. I like both in their own ways, but I really do like the traditional one better.

My camera can't do it justice!

The traditional piece was made with cardstock, a fineliner that I had lying around, and Ohuhu alcohol markers. It might have taken an hour/thirty minutes.

Ahh, I just love mermaids. It may be the last day of mer-may, but this one was so much fun! I need to draw more mermaids. Go draw a mermaid!!

style study... broken heart emoji

Hi! I draw things! But I'm not super good at other styles :) so, I'm trying to figure out how to draw Rise's style!! Because I love it..

Leo is first because he's pointy and dumb idk.

The way that I went about this is, first, I grabbed the boy. Obv.

I then flipped the image (personal preference) and traced over it. After I traced, I did a drawing without tracing but with reference. Then, I hid all layers and drew his face freehand from memory. Here are the results!

He got smaller as I went... </3

Notes/understanding:

Leo's face is long, and his chin (? snout?) isn't as long as I think it is.

No eyebrows was a struggle. I understand the concept, but it's sort of hard to pull off. I'll keep it in mind.

Mask tails? We don't know how they work. I'll figure it out eventually.

It's easier for me to draw the top of the mask before the bottom. No clue why.

Mask curls across the snout (? chin) just a bit.

Never be afraid to use tracing for improvement! This has helped me a good amount, even though I've only done it once. I plan on doing this for all the Rise boys because I'd like to learn how their faces actually work...

Thoughts? Questions? I'd love to hear!

holy shit. raph face study time

Leo's Face

So, just like last time, I grabbed a reference image.

Then, I traced the original image to get a feel for the shapes. (TRACING IS A VALID TOOL!! Don't be afraid to utilize it!!)

Here is where we go south.

Ref 1 and 2 are back-to-back. Night and day... :,)

The main issue I was having was size and length. Raph's face is blocky and wide. I could not grasp the concept...

And so, I went back to the original traced image. I traced over that with black and the polyline tool to get straight and defined lines.

I used this version to identify the main shapes that make up Raph. His bottom jaw is kind of like a dented trapezoid. The way that I understood it was that halway down the trapezoid is where the little dent is. His upper half is a slanted hexagon with the bottom two sides taken off.

With this knowledge, I did a third drawing with reference.

Now we've got it down! His eyes are normally less cartoony, but my style tends to exaggerate eyes.

All that's left was to freehand and test my understanding!

Jesus... Raph was super difficult. No clue why I did him second :,)

Notes/understanding:

Raph's face is square and blocky, with a couple... divets? It feels really chiseled, and it's also straight. Like more up and down, if that makes sense.

His snout (? chin?) is Smaller Than You Think. It's pretty short, and it took me a while to figure that out.

There's some things you can get away with, like expressive eyes, but Raph is intended to be like a... boulder. He's supposed to look strong (because he is) and his face reflects that.

Mask tails? Don't know her.

Overall, Raph was a struggle :,) I'm super duper bad at drawing every part of him, no clue why. It's probably because my style tends to be more curvy and loose, less rigid.

Thoughts? Questions? Let me know! Hit me with 'em!

I haven't been able to make or post any new art lately because I'm actually dense and locked myself out of my phone about a week ago. I'm glad to say that the situation is under control and art posts should resume within a couple days.

yes i know the turtles who are also ninjas that fight the crime and have the rat dad and eat the pizza yes i know them