#cactusink

I haven’t been drawing a lot and I just finished watching Courage The Cowardly Dog, so I drew the thing from the first segment of Courage’s nightmare. I dunno. Something about it in particular resonated with me and I couldn’t stop thinking about it so the only thing left to do was to draw it.

And because none of my drawing can be without an overly long description about what I was thinking about when making it:

The goal for this drawing was to just draw it no matter how much it did or did not resemble the original work without worrying too much. It was actually very relaxing to work on, especially the sketch. I panicked a little when colouring because it looked very messy, but I started feeling a lot better as I went along. I kept repeating that it didn’t have to be perfect and kind of started to attempt at blending and I think it was semi successful? Either way I like how this turned out.

(Slightly different lighting)

(Sketch; I just really like how this one looked)

I started this comic because I picked up Hollow Knight way back in August 2021. I loved the game and meeting Quirrel quickly became one of the many highlights of my gameplay. The City of Tears is my favorite place because it’s super chill (excluding the bosses lol) and sitting with Quirrel on the bench after a particularly frustrating bout was a nice way to just chill for a bit.

I honestly think that I made the city itself too gloomy, using darker tones instead of lighter blue ones, but to be honest I’m still proud of myself. Drawing backgrounds is a big weakness of mine because I’ve avoided it for the longest time. Completing the third panel was a huge accomplishment for me. And while the last one isn’t like what I had in mind for the most part, I like it.

I tried something and while it isn’t perfect, it’s nice in my eyes. Now all that’s left is to practice more! Hopefully I can look back one day and be proud of how far I’ve come.