G0LD Tea

Not many wips for this one as I almost entirely drew it while on call/screensharing to the client

I'm not 100% sure why but this isn't my best work, I may have rushed it or it was the start of my reference sheet burnout (which I'm still trying to fight off)

Or maybe I'd been drawing turtles so long I had momentarily forgotten how human faces worked, I'm not sure, but Retro was happy with it and that's what matters 🙏

I've since drawn humans again and have the human face under control once more ^^

Here is the reference I used, reverse image search only gives me pintrest reposts, so if you know the og creator feel free to comment/tag them or repost and tag them!

This was actually @deliciousmusiccoffee 's idea, and it was so adorable I couldn't resist, I mean look at the babies!

Remember to flip the canvas while you're sketching! The way Kebab's cheeks squish on Gian's head is so flipping cuteeeee

Meanwhile Apple could not give a care in the world lol and Dumpling is yapping their ear off

Gian named them based on their favourite foods, but the kiddos rename themselves later on

Apple -> Astro

Kebab -> Kupiter

Dumpling -> Dipper

Also, bonus one in Gian Vision TM, so you can see how they see their kiddos, I think it's sweet how much of their markings they can see :)

Here is the @mellon-soup base compilation I used ^^

I screenshotted the og sketches individually to keep it a surprise from everyone ;p

Grouping images together hasn't worked out for me before, lets hope this doesnt jumble up ^^'

Nevertheless, here is the cleaned up sketch :> (remember to flip your canvas!)

Lineart and base colour ^^

Boom flat colour

This is all that was needed, but i got REALLY into it sooooo on to shading

This image also displays the ref i used

I had a vision

Some more form and markings on ther and- oh look its Rue hi :)

Lets get some clothes on ya, there we go

I had to keep switching back and forth between the new and old ref sheets for the markings vs outfit, also remember to flip your canvases!

Bloop, lineart ✨️ (before i discovered csp's straight line tool oops)

Get started on the colouring process, their eyes and tail are my favourite part i love them sm ^^

finish up the clothes and get that tail on there and theyre all coloured yay! Fun fact, the redesign for Rue was supposed to vaguely resemble Gany's redesign, the marking/colouring is similar :>

Lets throw some interesting lighting on here...

This was the original sketch way back when I was still using ibis

I've since abandoned this sketch method, it was short lived tbh lol

Then after upgrading to csp I went though and decided to get this old trade out of the way ^^

I was using this as a way to procrastinate on a commission but whatever works works ^^'

Base for colouring... I tried to have the armour work coherently but I'm sure I probably misinterpreted a few details

Looking back, the hands are a little wonky, but oh well

I decided not to worry myself with shading and threw some highlights on the metal parts instead and voila, I tried smth new with the metal and I think I like it :)

it was basically a redraw of @deliciousmusiccoffee original drawing of them lol, but tbf theres not many poses you can make to take a selfie 🤷‍♂️

the anatomy around the legs are wonk asf, especially noticeable with Cherry also her hand is fricked to no mans land and Echo's ear is falling off their head but we dont talk about that

I MIGHT redraw it at some point (because I do adore Cherry to bits) but that'll be up to @deliciousmusiccoffee and my own motivation lmao

The initial sketch looks nothing like the final

Communicated a LOT with this one, went back and forth for a full week and some calls/streams to get it how he wanted, and I LOVE that

Bc of all those back and forths there are far more wip images than i have space to post so there may be some jumps between images

(Always remember to flip your canvases!) Anyway I adored the constrictive criticism, he was very nice about it but also pushed me against my comfort zone and it helped me explore some more options qith drawing references (like the chibi style!)

I think the lineart came out real nice ^^ some things are slightly lopsided now that im looking back but maybe no one else is gonna notice 👀

Added his bags of money and stone and on to colouring!

found a fun way to do scarring, def not a final method but it looks nice i think :) it took a few tries to get a colour pallet for his fur but we got there in the end

99% of the colouring process was in a call/while streaming so I don't have any screenshots of the clothing until it was finished (anticipating wanting to post it later)

And boom! Done ^^ i kept finding tiny mistakes after i finished so theres a ton of "finished" versions out there but this is def the actual finished look I think the chibis are so cute ^^

I struggled a lot with what exactly i was going to do with this one tbh

Ended up settling on my last resort idea : hand holding, but next year I'll be able to do better!

I love how Leo turned out, but feel I could've done Lamar more justice, I'll get it eventually

Also remember to flip your canvas!

I had fun drawing his tattoo, it looks so cool!!!

I'd add the speedpaint but it contains nsfw so this is it for tumblr :)

Had some fun with the pencil brush, I enjoy the way it feels to draw with it and the pressure sensitivity is to die for

Lining it was pretty fun too, it's so smooth and fun ^^

Coloured it with the same brush as the lineart and boom done ^^ even added some of the smaller scars I usually don't include on ibis

And now for the bonus doodle, the ACTUAL first drawing on csp

I was just testing out brushes on a few different apps and csp took my heart with the lineart

Then a last ibis paint doodle for comparison, I think it clearly shows what I used to love about it, the consistent line weight, the cleanness of the colouring, the complete opposite of the csp doodle which was more of a paper feel, messy colouring, line variation

All the things I like about csp and what drove me to find a new drawing platform after Magma opened me up to the concept of pressure sensitive lines

I actually struggled with the hands pretty bad but knew what colours i wanted to use and the outfit right away

That's all the wips i have tbh lol it was pretty quickly drawn