These last few days I've been having a terrible creative block. Before my current illustration I was working on another one, which I honestly don't know, I didn't feel comfortable at all and I felt like nothing was flowing. I stopped for a couple of days in case of stress and how overwhelming the day can be. However, when I tried to get back to it I felt the same, kind of blocked.
I decided to do something else, looking at one and other images of the Holos I opted for a more "Naughty" Fan Art. Draw the Fire-type Holo Dragon but in a cartoonish version in a bad mood and wanting to cry. I confess, I have expressed my emotion in it, when I'm in a bad mood I cry and cry, I don't know if it's something that comes with the complete package haha 🤣. It was something I don't know, I felt free when doing this illustration, I felt that everything was flowing, I felt like I was in my comfort zone. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
My Fan Art of the Fire-type Dragon has been a cute and grumpy chibi version, life tells him: "thingy". But he only growls and cries... For it, I have used a large part of the color palette of the original art. I loved the result, everything was so loose and light that I felt very happy to finish it and to have won a point against the creative block.
Let's quickly see Drawing process:
I started as always with a rough sketch. Initially I didn't know what expression to develop. As I mentioned, I felt a crazy creative block and I don't know, I felt a bit lost. Then I started drawing clean lines and at the same time using an eraser as much as I could to give it more aesthetics simultaneously. I did the outline in separate layers and sometimes I used the lasso tool because there were details I wanted to correct. One of them was that the claws on the legs were too long and with the lasso tool I gave them the size that seemed most harmonious to me with the character.
After being satisfied with the outline, I moved on to the color stage where I basically used the paint bucket tool to give color to the entire body of the dragon. Once that was done, now came the interesting part. I like to play with the airbrush and the blurry brush, using both as needed I created light effects on the skin. At the same time, I also created layers of luminosity to highlight certain details.
Sketch and outline:
Base coloring:
Details, Shadows and lights
Background
Finished illustration:
| Original art, by Holozing | My version, Fan Art |
|---|---|
The Holo Dragon has turned out beautifully angry, I love how expressive it has been and how I have unintentionally expressed my anger on it. It's amazing how art is a wonderful and endless canvas.
For this occasion, it seems to be everything. If you made it this far, thank you very much for your time. Greetings, La Cochina en Salsa says goodbye.
Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+
Drawing Program: MediBang Paint Pro.
Translation: Google Translator.
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