New week, new drawings. This week, I've been trying to work on hair a bit more. Been trying to draw it around the edges of the body rather than drawing all of it, and I think my hair is seeing some improvements now that all the lines you aren't supposed to see are no longer there. But, for the first few drawings, you'll still honestly see the lines you're not supposed to...
That being said, Drawvember is almost over, but I think I might keep challenging myself to draw at least once a day unless I don't feel like it some days.
This week, you'll be seeing a mix of my Project sekai AU, a lot of Loba and my darker skinned ocs. And, of course, as always, the main attraction, Siorc.
Apologies if there's any mistakes in these drawings, or if the "they're holding things" still looks pretty bad, I am still learning.
Let's begin, this is a 26 picture update. I tend to draw about maybe 2-4 drawings a day, atm.
Starting with a drawing with a few mistakes, this is Yinlong in
a dress, but I wish I knew what this dress was called, since it's Chinese. Since Liyue is China, I want to try to look into that fashion to draw outfits for them. But, they don't like it. I messed up their hair length and mouth, though, but it was a waste to not color it in, so I did. Don't really like how this one came out, so I tried again.
I tried a second time with drawing Yinlong in a dress, and this was honestly around the time I
really
started thinking, "I really need to try to draw hair to the side and not the entire thing, it's unrealistic." So, I might redraw Yinlong with his hair down in the future now that I've changed how I approach long hair.
Anyway, this is a dress I saw on Amazon, so I decided to draw it. When I originally colored this in, I used a very light teal colored pencil, but it barely came out, so I had to color over it with green. Even then, I think the coloring came out kind of poor with those unlabeled colored pencils. Never using them again.
I drew Yinlong in a
men's hanfu, and I think he looks a lot happier than they do wearing those dresses. But, I made a mistake when I was drawing their eyes...again. Almost made it too small before I tried fixing it. But, my eyes are never the same size...I'll keep trying to work on that problem.
Yinlong in a
blouse holding tea they likely brewed themselves. But, instead of the flowers on the actual blouse itself, I drew
Qingxins instead. I'm still working on having characters hold things. Fingers are hard.
This is Rys in the Project Sekai au where she's a hiphop group called Poached Crystal Butterfly and in the sub-unit Crystal Butterfly Dust. In the original tweet, I wrote a tiny rap, but I'm not a rapper, so I'm definitely not really sure how to make a good rap.
I drew her in hip hop clothes, and if you can't read what her pants say, it says "Deal w/it". I also tried doing something different with her hair this time. Drawing it above her clothes.
I also drew Raven in that same Project Sekai au where he's also in Poached Crystal Butterfly, but is in the sub unit Poached Birds. He's wearing
hip hop clothes, surprise, surprise. But, he's wearing Robin, his boyfriend's shirt, which has the number 7 on it since Robin's number is seven. I also attempted to draw his wings a bit differently this time so they at least look near even in size. But, I suppose they still don't.
If I had to pick a favorite out of my new drawings I'm posting, this would be it. In this, Feng is exploring his femininity and is very unsure with himself, suffering body dysmorphia over "not looking cute in his gruff, manly body".
I really like the dress I drew him in, and Siorc would probably be jealous. I also think this is the best looking hand I've ever drawn? I gave him nail extensions that are blue as well as girly shoes, which I think came out okay.
Continuing and finishing up the Poached Crystal Butterfly Project Sekai Au, we have Robin in
hip hop clothes and what I assume is
Vans. I still need to work on his wings, but I can just draw him again. This is when I started working on trying to not draw the entire hair and only drawing it off to the side. By the way, he's wearing Raven's shirt.
This is Naofa in
a sage outfit and with the eye of Jormungandr. I'm still drawing hair to the side right now rather than the entire thing of hair, and I think it looks better than seeing the lines you shouldn't.
Siorc in a
sailor outfit, French style. What does the paper he's holding say? Use your imagination, to be honest. He's also holding a pocketbook, but I still need to practice fingers holding something. I guess I'll just have to keep drawing to everyone's pleasure or perhaps, dismay.
And now, the big Loba update. (This is the Pjsekai verse version)
Normally, I don't draw pre transition Loba, but for some reason, I wanted to draw her transition story. In this one, it's before she started transitioning and started experimenting with makeup and nail extensions.
I drew this outfit but mostly left it white.
Before anyone asks, "what made you decide to draw Loba during her transition timeline"? Well, she's my character, and I can do as I wish, but sometimes, I want to do things I want to convey through storytelling of drawings. This is Loba probably...1 or 2 months into HRT. I cannot say for sure if it's accurate or not. At the moment, she's padding her chest, and has barely any confidence she'll look cute or girly in a
swimsuit. Because the first few months of HRT are definitely the awkward times as it's like going through second puberty. Or, that's what I've heard. I am not on HRT. (I haven't started transitioning yet irl), but this is about Loba, a fictional trans woman not me.
This is Loba probably around...6 or so months into her transition. She's in a
modified Nekopara cosplay to have her name on the heart instead, and the in universe story is that she, Kaiser, Lewod (Leah) and Feng are doing a cat maid dress song with Miku in their sekai. But, she's still not confident fully in herself, and is embarrassed to wear something like this. To the point, oops, her jackal ears are sticking out!
I will not be drawing the Miku version of this, but in this Project Sekai verse, Miku is also a trans woman in their sekai since in Project Sekai, Miku appears differently in different worlds. And since Miku has no set personality, anyone, even in the real world, can do as they wish with her.
Wrapping up the Loba stuff, this is maybe around a year or so into her transition, and she's so happy, she's crying.
I drew this dress as is and I think this one came out pretty good. I think she looks so soft here.
After that, I attempted to redraw Rede, and I think his neck looks better than a lot of the times I draw them, but I really messed up his hair color because I originally tried electric lime and it looked
gross, jesus christ ate a cracker. So, I had to color over it.
This is just generic Inazuma clothes, nothing special. I was too busy on Wednesday to draw anything complicated.
Yesterday was White People Food Day...I mean Thanksgiving. ...Ah, who cares, I am not fond or warm over the fact I'm American, and don't really care.
Anyway, I drew Aega on Thursday, and would you look at that
boobs.
Tater tots, big potatoes, breasts, shazam...
...I tried drawing breasts again, and for once in my life, I think I actually drew them correctly, almost.
Outfit she's wearing is based off of this one, and I promise she isn't bending over to get attention, and I hope that's not how this drawing comes off.
I wanted to draw another scene, so I decided to draw
Siorc on a tree swing in a random outfit I saw on Google. But, I need to improve on how I draw trees and scenes. This one feels average at best, I'll keep trying.
We now have a "pair costumes" thing I decided to draw in the next two drawings.
Siorc as
Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad, but I think he'd much rather be Poison Ivy, you know? Maybe that'd suit him better. This is probably the Project Sekai universe, but it could also just be random, really.
And this is Parisa as
Harley Quinn's version of Poison Ivy and a different hairstyle in the spur of the moment. I know that Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are dating in the Harley Quinn show, but shh, Siorc can be an honorary lesbian, lmfao.
Velours in another
vest suit because I said so. No, I didn't take
inspiration from Kobeni with hir, ze just looks as nervous as she does, I suppose. Honestly, I really need to represent my tan ocs more, so that's kinda why I drew hir.
Bogart in a
nap dress, because...why not, am I right? But, I don't like where I placed the tail, I should have drawn it onto the other side, and there's some mistakes in the eyes here, I apologize for that extra line.
Double Garran feature incoming, here's Garran in a
annoyingly brightly colored shirt solely to annoy Liath. This is the PJSekai verse au where they play bass guitar and they're purposely wearing nail extensions so they can't play so they can be the lead singer of their new song...man, you're so devious, Garry, lol.
And, Garran in
frog form. Garran is a poison dart frogupine chimera, and I have never drawn them in their frog form, so there we go, I have finally done that.
Ceir as a model in the Pjsekai verse, but she's probably malnourished...but in truth, I messed up her chin and head when drawing the usual half circle.
I drew a simplified version of this outfit I saw on Google and attempted to draw boots. I think they look arlight, for the most part.
Finally.
Waiola in the pjsekai verse in
Kido's hoodie from Kagepro as Kagepro is one of my favorite series, and like Kido, she also has green hair, so it was a match made in...purgatory, I guess. Also tried a different hairstyle for her in this drawing in particular.
Finally, Waiola in a black dress that Bogart secretly bought for her. I suppose she looks embarrassed to be wearing it, and she's wearing makeup over her face scar. Bogart taught her how to cover it up.
My store of choice to look at fashion was asos, by the way and I think I'm going to continue drawing hair around instead of all of it from now on, since it looks better this way, for sure.
As drawvember comes to a close, I might draw...more Dc character cosplay, maybe? And the rest of the pjsekai au when I feel so inclined to. I have to finish up Siorc's group and Naofa's group in that regard, as well as Kaiser's, so maybe more of the Project Sekai: Colorful Stage Feat: Hatsune Miku au drawings will be coming in the near future.
I don't know what has improved, or what has stayed the same since I started this Draw once a day in November challenge, but I'm sure if anyone sees this, maybe they'll tell me.