Project 52 #3: Quick Doodle

This week is just so wicked.  I just started working for a new company (which I will be blogging about shortly) and I’m already doing tons of things for them.  The only honeymoon period I got was the few hours of company orientation during my first day.  Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining at all.  I’m actually loving it.  After doing nothing for such a long time, I’m now doing what I do best.

Unfortunately, Prelude had to suffer.  I haven’t posting in a while, because when I get home from work, I still had to do some work stuff and I totally forgot about my blog.  Good thing I managed to sneak in one doodle for Project 52.

I did this one in my phone using my fingertips and Brushes for iPhone.  I think I’m starting to get a hang of it.  The only thing I have to figure out is how to color my stuff.

 

I’ve decided I’ll be skiping on iPhone 5 and will instead get a Samsung Note 2.  The package is gonna arrive this week and I’m so excited to get my hands on the S Pen and that huge screen.  I’m also looking forward to using it for more Project 52 stuff.

Project 52: #2 Phone Paiting

So as I was trying to figure out a way how to digitise my sketches and I came across an article that lists ten drawing apps for my iPhone.  I picked out the ones that are free and made some fast doodles.

It’s really hard to get a good iPhone app for illustrators.  There are a lot of free ones but those are for toddlers.  I wanted to layers, brushes, transforms but I don’t want to pay.  So I have to settle for probably the two best free apps: DrawCast and Brushes.

I find drawing with my fingertips weird.  Moreover, using my phone as a sketchpad is something new to me.  There is definitely a lot of work needed to be done with my strokes.  The one below is what I did with DrawCast.  What I like about this app is it support layers.  It is probably only one who offers layer manipulation for free.  On the downside, its brush customisation is not that good.  I can’t seem to get a grip on how to manipulate its brushes to achieve the line texture I want to achieve.

Brushes for iPhone on the other hand really lives up to its name with its huge arsenal of brushes to choose from.  The downside however, is that it does not offer layers on its free version.  Compared to the ones above, you can really see the difference as far as the texture of the lines are concerned.  I wish I can combine the features of DrawCast and Brushes.  Who wouldn’t love to have massive amount of brushes to choose from and manipulate layers all in one free app?

I hope I get to improve my phone painting skills soon.  When I get SG Note 2, you already know which feature I’m going to try first!

Project 52: #1 Girls

Welcome to Project 52!  A few days ago, I mentioned that I’ll be doing a weekly art project.  Much like a 365 project that you would normally see in Instagram or Facebook but it would be for my sketches and drawings.  Also, since the thought of posting something on a daily basis seem daunting, I opted to do it weekly.  Thus, Project 52 was born!

I would want to have a theme for my drawings every week but I’m not sure if I’ll remain faithful to it.  For this week though, my theme would be GIRLS!  I just love drawing girls, be it anime-like or even in using other styles.  There is just a lot of room for creativity.  I can play with the eyes, the eyebrows, lashes, lips and most of all the hair.

Clearly, I have issues in making my drawings digital.  Since I don’t have a scanner, I have to painstakingly take a picture of my drawing using either my phone or my facetime camera.  I also can’t afford a good photo editing tool, I’m clueless as to how I can remove the gray portions in my drawings.  Until I get to figure out how to properly digitise my drawings, please be kind.

That’s all for this week!

Project 52: A Prelude

There are days (or nights) where I get a huge burst of creativity, so I always carry with me a handy sketch book, a pencil, coloured pen and some inking tools.  I would mostly draw anime stuff but lately, I’ve been trying out faces and portraits.  I’m still struggling though but I hope I get more creative inspiration next year and do better sketches.

So here are a few of the stuff I did yesterday.  I tried to do post processing in my lappy but I realised that I dont have a good photo editor yet.  Oh well, I’ll get that soon.

This one is a real fast self portrait.  I did it in like under two minutes.  As you can see, I have problems with proportions whenever I get to do something other than anime.

 

Another one of my weak points would be circles.  So I’m now practicing with spirals and hopefully my circles would no longer be ovals.

 

Here is another case of proportions.  My forehead seemed so small here.  But another thing that I struggle on would be drawing ears.  As you can see here, I dropped it.

A 365 project would be hard and unrealistic for me.  But I am really looking forward to doing a 52 project instead.  So goodluck to me!