⌜FUTURE⌟ Illustration Process

The latest illustration of my character, Mischy! I really pushed myself on this one, especially by experimenting with colors I wouldn’t generally use. It’s titled ⌜FUTURE⌟ because I believe this piece represents a turning point in my artistic career.

Thumbnails

Recently, I’ve been trying to make more thumbnail sketches for my designs. I was doing a ninja concept at first, but ended up going more street-style with some headphones.

Sketches

I really struggled with the face and redrew it so many times. I haven’t drawn in a while, so I put too much pressure on myself to show improvement. I was also experimenting with curly bangs but decided to go with straight bangs to emphasize the cat ears. I still love the curly bangs look, so I’ll save that for a future drawing.

Final

And here are the final colors. For now, I’m working with the pen tool in Photoshop, which is why all of my digital work has this “clean” look. I’m looking to upgrade to a tablet soon because this method takes entirely too long and looks stiff. I’m also considering inking traditionally and coloring digitally.

If you ended up here somehow, thank you so much for checking out my first blog post! I hope to get better at these over time and offer more insight.