Spyke

What are the boundaries or guidelines for what you can be asked to draw next?

Can I just say something like "Give me a 7 second horse" or "give me a 20 minute map of the world, from memory", or are you specifically looking at computer game characters etc?

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lemmy.world

No real boundaries or guidelines. I like taking requests because I like making connections with people and it gives me a chance to draw something I otherwise might not have drawn on my own. The only real guideline I have is to be concise. I’m going to gravitate towards the suggestions that I think I can put a fun spin on, so if there’s a ton of detail in the request, it might land low on my list of priorities.

As far as time goes, I’ll usually put in as much time as I think the things needs, although something like drawing a map of the world from memory in 20 mins would be fun, so I’m open to that as well.

So if you have any suggestions, I’d love to see them!

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sh.itjust.works

Draw something in the art nouveau style? Maybe Krampus, it seems that time of year?

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I appreciate you believing in me enough to think I might be able to pull off art nouveau. Let me push it around in my brain a bit and see what I can come up with. Adding it to the list!

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sh.itjust.works

You missed the ‘square’ block that connects the right leg to the body.

It took me a minute but I get why there are ghosts… duh.

Here’s a 10 minute sketch.

I enjoyed the way you did the hands, the simplified and clean lines.

What software are you using? Are you working in layers?

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My thought was the blocky connector was on the other side and out of site, but you’re right.

I use Clip Studio Paint on a Microsoft Surface. I do work in layers. In this one, I just had one layer for the line art then one layer for each of the two tones which are just black set at 40% and 60% opacity.

Thank you!

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