dandelion.common

Since these are real people (also not celebrities or models), I'd appreciate if comments on them are restricted to the artwork and not unwarranted criticisms about their appearances.

Yes, I did forget that Brushbuddies have legs. It took me like 5 tries to draw this. I tend to struggle with drawing from imagination rather than a photo reference, and I really struggle to draw children. But I hope this is the worst I will ever be at drawing.

Recently I was struggling with Cithis's skintone and @radchocoart recommended Anok Yai's skintone. I was then punched in the face with inspiration. This is based on a Vogue France photograph of Anok Yai taken by the photgrapher Carin Backoff. It's a bit rough but I had a lot of fun making it. Thank you so much radchocoart for the inspiration!

And here is a second portrait that I did.

I ended up merging A and B in the end, a slightly grey brown. Edit: Accidentally tagged Marcille in this. I have drawn her, but not in this post!

I thought the number of ladybugs on this person's outfit was so cool.

I had a lot of fun with the lighting with this one!

A few different quick portraits that I drew a bit of a while ago. Each of them taught me different things!

This person had an extremely cool vibe so I had to draw them. I love when I get to paint metal in dramatic lighting, it's so satisfying.

This model from r/drawme was really cool to draw! With the earring, I tried to suggest its form with highlights instead of drawing it out (like in Girl with the Pearl Earring!). Sort of gave up with the flower but I figured it was important to the composition.

I thought this pose really suited her. Most artworks I see lean into her being scary, which she is. But she's also very awkward. Please don't actually try to do your eyeliner with a knife. You can use a piece of paper or a bank card or something. You are not Yor Forger and might hurt yourself.

This is technically from last year.

But my mutual on bluesky said "(sometimes you) gotta push things too far or you won't find the edge!". And that's such a good way of thinking of it. Now that I know what the edge was, I was able to make this. I feel like this is much more accurate to her character and a lot better of an artwork in general. I hope you like it!

The lighting here was incredible to work with. Fun fact: the veil was made with a building window brush and a fence brush.