⭐ drawn by mandarina⭐

Family is complete 🫀 this series help me reconnect with my love for portraits. I stopped to make them because silly me thought it was too easy and I wanted challenges. Spoilers, portraits are not easy.

Also Pre-Orders are back on the menu 🫣

Here is one of them.

The plan is to make keychains out of them, this one has the fish charm and others will have special details too.

I also had the idea to make blind boxes, with a sticker as a gift instead of a card with the character. Cool packing and that, although probably I will sell them separately too.

And the queer media and culture around it made me feel at home. My life was not gay enough, thanks universe for the reminder.

And what if I fail ? It's okay every start is a new opportunity to do it better.

Hi !

It's okay I don't mind answering again ⭐

I think the best tip if you came from traditional art is to just follow the same process, that's what I mostly do. You can do underpaintings in digital, you can draw like charcoal, at the end is not that different.

Maybe keep it simple at first but don't be afraid to explore the options that digital offers.

I have a set linked in my bio of my favourite brushes that I bought years ago. But there are a lot of free options out there, I enjoy textured brushes the most.

Also this picture but save a horse ride a strider I guess 🐥

I have been sketching Hannibal and Will as Patroclo and Aquiles using this sculpture as a reference.

Thank you for inspiring me every day!

Hi 🍊

Thanks for the compliments. First with light, having references it's really useful and besides that I always try to use it intentionally in a way that helps me portray the story. Also I always try to keep it moderate, if you add too many light points it overcomplicates everything and can be distracting if it's done wrongly.

And for the materials, you don't need super expensive equipment for drawing. I started with the cheapest option available. But for me, I was studying arts and now it is my job, so if I can make my life more comfortable I will do it.

Traditional art is more tricky regarding the medium, for example watercolour, with a cheap paper it probably will be super hard to make a great painting.