Sketches – Page 2 – TrailBlade Art

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First princess drawing! The final colour palette was inspired by so many tales/sagas of farie queens being described with gold hair and green dresses. As nice as the scanned picture was, when I redrew the lineart I just HAD to redraw the plait. While I was doing so I thought ‘hey, the tiara and jewelry… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 08

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This character is just chilling at a table, idly adjusting her bracelets. So this is the first of my redrawings where I added that ‘light hitting something shiny’ effect, or bling. I also wanted to have some fun with colourful clothes, so pink and yellow it is. Again, using the black and white version as… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 07

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After all that colour blending, back to cel shading for now. This character is disgruntled because of all that paper work she’s holding. I normally draw characters who are smiling or with whimsical/neutral expressions, so drawing something like this was interesting. You may notice two things about the eyes- 1. That the redraws are the… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 06

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I imagine this character to be some kind of DnD bard or something. While the colour render turned out better than previous ones, I still think my favourite is the black & white rendition. I don’t actually play the flute so I have no idea if this would work or would be uncomfortable. Again with… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 05

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Another test with just black and white. I had also recently watched Dreamwork’s The Prince of Egypt and was inspired (could you tell?) The jawline and facial proportions particularly were interesting to draw, as well as testing a different brush for the hair to give it a subtly different texture. I’m not sure where I… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 04

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This character is a mermaid who’s been injured on rocks at sea and washed up on shore. Not sure how I feel about the final render of this drawing, maybe it’s the background. Nevertheless, instead of drawing a generic or fantasy style mermaid, I wanted to actually base this one off a real fish. I… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 03

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Next one that I redrew is actually one of my personal favourites. Complete with scan lineart, black & white AND colour. This was slightly different from my usual style, especially with the makeup, hair and even posture. I tried to covey she was a dance enthusiast with a chill personality. At the bottom are little… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 02

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Here’s the start of another collection/series I’m doing. For a while now I’ve been mostly doing pencil on paper drawings. Recently, I redrew them digitally. Mostly, I find it easier to draft onto tangible paper, benefiting from the control of a pencil but after scanning it onto a computer I find colours and final drawing… Continue reading Snippet Redraw 01

Scotsman 01

I never expected life would require me to draw a life-sized Scotsman on a piece of cardboard, but here we are. Instead of the usual pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey party game, due to the theme of the event it was suggested to do a pin-the-sporran-on-the-scotsman instead. To start with I drew a draft (seen in the bottom left… Continue reading Scotsman 01

Charleston 01

I wanted to learn how to dance the Charleston, so I watched a tutorial on how to do so. My skills aren’t the best so I decided to animate it instead… as if that’s any easier! These are the planning sketches I made using the tutorial video as reference. The scan quality may not be… Continue reading Charleston 01