The Obligatory Art Blog

CHELLEYWEEK DAY 3.2 : JEALOUSY

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SETTING: human au

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“I don’t want anyone new.”

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Hi! I’m alive!!! Sixth comic… at … last… completing this one was one hell of a feat and its especially surprising considering it’s, technically speaking, way simpler than the chassis one i did, which took less than HALF of the amt of hours it took me to make this one LMAO. so sorry for the wait </3

I wanted to show a glimpse of their everyday life in my human au for this one! I planned something entirely different for this prompt at first but i’m saving that for later lol

For context, this is around 4 months into Chell’s time as a test subject at Aperture. Wheatley is assigned as an assistant to the scientist overseeing the test subject batch she is in, testing for some brand new aperture device. He helps with the collection of data, organizing documents and files, setting up programs on the terminals and so on. (And yes, being wheatley, he messes up but he works hard to make up for it. He wants to climb that ladder!!!)

so they spend a considerable amount of time together on a weekly basis. Wheatley, being the yapper he is, opens the mic to (one-sidedly) chat with her, even when he’s not really supposed to. He does it with most test subjects, but he’s grown particularly attached to Chell.

One day he opens the mic like usual, making her look up at him to smirk or something, only to end up distracting her and slowing her performance: threat of being replaced ensues. 

That means not seeing eachother anymore. If wheatley gets moved to a track thats at the opposite end of the sphere, they don’t even get the chance to bump into the other much, if at all. And neither of them want that. 

>_<

(Next comic wont take as long, i hope😭)

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Made this a year ago, wanted to visit the topic of aperture having not only having homeless people but also orphans. This is based off of a memo released by the portal arg, where a confidential letter was received by Cave Johnson discussing «low risk» test subjects.

CHELLEYWEEK DAY 3.1 : MAINTENANCE

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SETTING: post-aperture au

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Time for orb man’s spa day 🧖

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Fifth comic! I chose to draw something quick and simple hence just one page.. (btw Chell is using a precision oiler in the second panel but i didn’t know how to draw it better lmao)

Sorry for the pain of the previous day comic<3 I’ve got some sweet stuff planned for the next few comics hehe

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I think half of the time spent drawing this was spent on Caroline’s hair, not easy having long flowing hair B)

ouhhh portaaaal ouhhh

ashtrays were pretty much everywhere in the 70's.

cool✨️🤘😉

😄

CHELLEYWEEK DAY 2.2 : CHASSIS

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SETTING: android au

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Nothing hurts quite as much as a friend’s betrayal.

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Fourth comic fourth comic!!!!! Will I ever finish these? YES. Even if it takes me months I’ll commit to this. Prommy. (I might not make long comics like this for next year’s Chelleyweek cause I might need a year break to recover lol but I will draw for it anyway for sure)

This one took me quite a while because my perfectionism with this year’s Chelleyweek has been slowing me down a bit, as well as other things to draw/do. But it’s done and I’m so happy <3

I wanted to focus on Chell’s inner feelings towards Wheatley and his change once he got influenced by the chassis. She is aware the mainframe was a big part of it but she also knows that his grievances towards her were very real, and the chassis took those bottled up negative feelings that were present within him, amplifying them tenfold. She unfortunately doesn’t get to see his apologetic post-chassis self, so all she’s left with is doubt, messy feelings, mourning what could’ve been between them.

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This isn’t part of the (driving) test…

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!