Nerd things

I have these honestly not good alcohol markers that I bought like two years ago just gathering dust, and I wanted to try them on one of my worse sketchbooks

Apparently they can be good.

I'm not even going to pretend that bloodymary doesn't have me in a chokehold

Ryland's half body didnt come out well and it's entirely my fault for not using a pencil and the wrong size of fineliner on his face but. It's done. I'm posting it.

So was anyone going to tell me this man is so damn hard to draw or??? Because the FUCK More likeness practice, the last one is the one that came most 'truthful' out of them, but I like the others more because they carry a bit more of my personal style. Excuse the blurriness on #3 and the bandaid on #2, I refuse to start over now that I'm actively using a sketchbook as it should be - a SKETCHbook.

Iron Lung is a gem of a movie and I'm so happy it exists, I'm so happy Mark did it, he deserves the world.

Also I will take Simon out of the blood ocean myself god damn

Fineliners (red, gray, black) on paper

Closeups below

Reference for my DS1 character, Idris. She was originally an archer, but got her index and middle fingers (on the right hand) cut off to prevent her ever shooting an arrow again.

Personal character, done last year.

More of my man Eiros, DS3 character.

More scanned work from these few months. Dark Souls 1 character / Personal character / Jenova Dreamweaver.

One of my last fully digital artworks. My dark souls 3 character, Eiros of Astora.

- I can't draw digitally from scratch anymore; I used to, but now drawing on a tablet is painful

- I used to stress about perfect lines and all, but found that the more I stressed, the less heart my work had. Going back to messier linework has improved my mood and will to draw immensely

- I wanted to work in the art field since I was a kid, but realized that it's just not for me. Drawing for others makes me anxious unless I do it of my own volition, at least for now. So that cuts off an art job from my life entirely. Might change in the future, might not, and it's okay anyway.

I'll say it again - this movie / book has changed my brain chemistry. Completely.

I'm still trying to learn how to draw this man but mmmmmm. MMMMMM. I'm loving this.

Last one was my first experiment with markers, they're cheap and I hate them but they got the job done enough. Edited in CSP to make the colours closer to the way they're on paper, my scanner can't handle colour well.

I'm going to be unapologetically cringe and post fanart and not a single neuron in my brain can stop me

Stopped stressing about style, tried to capture the features of the character instead. I'm pretty happy with how these came out, especially the right one!

I've wasted too much time fearing every single stupid mistake when taking up a pen, I'm done with that shit.

Project Hail Mary has me in a chokehold