Hey my Steemit friends! Today I'm going to show you how I created a cartoon drawing - A Raccoon and His Potato Cannon. So why did these 2 subjects come hand in hand to my mind?
The Origins
I stumbled upon the Drawing Raccoon Challenge from the pages of 
大家好！这次我来展示一下自己刚画的一幅卡通的步骤。画的主角是小浣熊和土豆炮。什么？为什么是这两样风马牛不相及的东西？且听我细细道来......
缘起
两位美女我不会告诉你其实就是懒，我就在想怎么节约时间高效率同时参加两个活动呢？答案就是：让小浣熊和军事装备同时出镜呗~ 小浣熊在我眼中是比较可爱的形象，不忍让他举着冲锋枪射击或者舞刀弄剑开坦克之类，而且六一儿童节就要到了，所以我一拍小脑瓜 -- 就画个同样可爱的土豆佳能炮来给他玩玩好了！有没有被我的想象力所折服？哈哈哈😄
而我为什么要在23号晚上画呢？因为画浣熊比赛24号截止啊！我一直觉得应该给最后期限一点仪式感，如果不重视它的临近所带来的极度兴奋和焦虑，不在最后期限之前的一点有限时间里赶死般完成任务，那它的存在还有什么意义呢？毕竟每一天都有不同的deadline要赶，赶赶更健康嘛~ 生命不息，奋斗不止！上帝保佑我在今晚24号东八区23:59前写完本篇哈...... =)
好了，瞎扯到此为止，下面进入正题：
What I Used
材料
a drawing pad, water colour paint, 2 brushes, 6 colored pens, a black marker, a 2B pencil
绘画本、水彩颜料、小排笔2支、彩笔6支、黑色马克笔1支、2B铅笔1支
What I Did
步骤
I'm a bit hesitant to use step 1, 2, 3... as I didn't really follow any rules or certain steps. I think normally we are supposed to first outline all the shapes, and later color them. But I couldn't wait to try out the new water color paint I bought, so I finished coloring the raccoon before I drew other objects, haha, I know, I'm too random... And I drew the little boy potato with a purple marker - I was thinking drawing the girl potato in pink, and it's matched with purple, but later, I found this purple was a bit out of nowhere, so I regretted using this color instead of blue!
Anyway, here is the so-called
Step 1 -- Draw and color the raccoon and the boy potato:
其实我有点犹豫要不要弄个第一步、第二步、第三步...... 因为我真的没有遵循什么步数，毕竟不是什么专业的画家啦。冥冥中，我觉得似乎应该是先勾完所有的轮廓线（其实我很后悔用黑笔勾了线，不太自然的感觉），再上色，但由于等不及想试试看新买的水彩颜料的效果，所以我就先给小浣熊上色了，哈哈哈，我是不是太随性了......
我还把浣熊握着的土豆男孩画成了紫色，是因为想着跟后面粉色的土豆女孩相配，结果发现这种紫色有点突兀，跟画面的其他颜色挺不协调，还不如用云朵和炮架的蓝色。不管怎样，我还是来假正经地标个步骤好了：
第一步 -- 勾画出小浣熊和土豆男孩，并用水彩上色：
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Step 2 -- Draw the cannon and the girl potato:
To make the cannon design a bit special, I customized it with the auspicious cloud pattern from ancient China ;). Hmmm, it should be "designed by a Chinese" instead of "made in China", my mistake... And it's your mistake if you still think "made in China" equals bad-quality(oh how patriotic I am! ;p).
And I made the 2 potatoes very happy and excited, since I would feel so if I was shot out of a cannon to a faraway place. Imagine the swooshing sound flying away freely, and please ignore the science behind it, like hot and burning, blah blah... this is just a cartoon. 😜
第二步 -- 勾画出土豆炮和土豆女孩：
注意到没有？炮身上绘有美丽动人的中国传统特色的祥云图案哦！男女两个小土豆都很开心地投入到射击游戏中，想想看，被从炮筒中飞快地射出去，自由地在空中翱翔，这是多么惬意的感受啊！请各位小伙伴忽略这其中的科学道理，毕竟这只是卡通画啦~
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Step 3 -- Draw the bird and the sun:
Apparently the sky above is lacking something. So I just added a bird tied with a balloon, since I always feel it would be cool to save some energy when flying. I believe the birds would love this idea too. What do you think?
Also, Mr. Sun needs his sunglasses, flipflop and a glass of drink to enjoy this beautiful hot day. Ain't I considerate? Haha...
第三步 -- 画出小鸟和太阳：
显然，小浣熊和小土豆们头顶上空荡荡的天空里还缺了点什么。所以我就来加上只飞翔的小鸟吧，给她拴上氢气球，应该会省力不少，呵呵，慢悠悠的在空中浮游，一边看看地面的风景，该是很多鸟儿的梦想吧？小多同学你可能想多了......人家鸟儿可没那么多闲工夫
还有太阳先生，这么个大热天，也是需要戴个酷酷的墨镜来遮阳滴是遮他自己吗！云朵桌上还得供着清凉饮料和人字拖，才对得起这满满的夏日风情啊~
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Step 4 -- Finish all the coloring, shade with the pencil, and add a title and signature:
第四步 -- 完成所有的水彩上色，用铅笔画上阴影，添上标题和日期签名：
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Here are the details of the raccoon and the cannon, since they are the 2 themes for the 2 contests:
下面是小浣熊和土豆炮的细节图，因为它们毕竟分别是两个比赛的主题：
好了，到这里卡通就画完了，希望你们喜欢！提前祝各位儿童节快乐，童心永驻！:) 一直以为自己以成熟理性著称，却不知道为什么常常是画点东西出来，被人说太萌幼稚，而且色彩太缤纷。哎，你们就将就着看吧。欢迎留言给出你的批评建议~
At last, to remember this 100th post of mine, I took a picture of my introduction sign I made last December, together with this cartoon drawing I did yesterday. I was holding this sign for the intro photo to include in my first post on Steemit, and the paper I used then was from the same drawing pad. :)
Time flies - 5 months has passed, swooshing like the flying potato from the cannon, and happy time as well! I'm not going to ramble on how much I appreciate this platform and @ all the awesome friends I made here. I might do that in the coming future when I reach a milestone like 1000 followers? Who knows, I'm lazy anyway... But still, I would love to say thank you all, and you know who you are! =)
最后要说的是，我发现这是自己来Steemit后写的第100篇文章，而去年12月做第一篇自我介绍时用同样的纸张画的袋鼠和写的姓名日期也一直夹在这绘本里，所以我就给它们来张合影留念吧~
时光飞逝，正如土豆炮里射出的小土豆一样新成语：土豆过隙，“飕飕”地飞向远方。按理说，我应该在此表达自己对Steemit这个平台的感激，并@所有在这里认识的朋友，呼朋引伴，让大家都来看看。但是，我毕竟是个比较低调的懒人，也许会等到1000个粉丝(虽然可能很多僵尸)的里程碑时，再来玩玩分发SBD彩蛋的游戏吧~ 谢谢你们！不用我@, 你明白“你们”是谁~ =)
感谢阅读！你的关注/点赞/留言/转发就是对我最好的支持~ 下次见！:)
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