Hey Hive!
We're back again with another Art Attack! If you're new to the series, this is where I share my drawings and the process behind them. A behind-the-scenes look at my artwork, if you will. This is not to say that I'm very good at art, or that I'm a professional in any way. In fact this is the opposite, and serves as a reminder to how I first started, and lets me track my progress too!
If you missed the last couple of posts, I started a new series where I use this template to draw different characters based on suggestions from my viewers on Twitch!
I found this template on Facebook one day, and had the idea to draw different characters for a potential NFT series in the future, but then the whole NFT thing kinda tanked. But I thought it was still a cool drawing exercise to do and I wanted to reward my loyal viewers. So instead of drawing characters I already know I thought asking chat would be cool since it would expose me to different characters too!
Anyway, this request was made by one of my viewers who went by @OceansCurse on Twitch! They're a big Kingdom Hearts fan and I think it was their favourite franchise, so they requested I draw Invi from Kingdom Hearts!
Source: Fandom
Having never played the games before I didn't know who this character was much less anything about her. The only thing I know about Kingdom Hearts was Sora and that you play with Disney characters like Mickey Mouse and gang, for some reason.
So I researched some references to see what she looks like and I even asked Ocean what's her personality like and stuff and curiously enough, even Ocean didn't know much! Apparently she's still very much a mystery to the fandom that no one even knows what she looks like without her mask! So while I would normally opt to change the pose and facial expression of the template to match the specific character it would seem like I wouldn't have much of a choice for this one.
So I just went with the default pose and drew her outfit and mask. This was the sketch I did on stream in 5 minutes or less:
And for the background Oceans recommended I draw a heart-shaped moon since that's a big thing in Kingdom Hearts. Off-stream, I cleaned up with sketch somewhat and we get this:
I think the challenge for this one was definitely going to be the colour and detail on her robes, especially since I wanted it to be as accurate as possible. To simulate the creases in her robes (since that was most of her design), I added some airbrush shadings and also some highlights on the gold trim to make it shiny. I tried my best on her snake mask and hoped it looked alright although I probably should've added more highlights to make it look more metallic.
I think it still looked alright though! And I mean it's not supposed to be that realistic in this style anyway so close enough.
For the background I went with a simple gradient I colour sourced from another image, used a moon brush and cropped out the KH heart before putting a glow around it!
And this is the full piece! I thought it was kinda simple looking but since the character is a mystery it seems fitting to draw her in a neutral position to retain her mystique. Also I drew her outfit as accurate as I could so there wasn't much else I could add especially since I'm not familiar with the games.
Overall, it looks a little simple but I kinda like it! The outfit still has some detail to it so I guess it works. Here's a timelapse:
If you're interested, I do draw on stream sometimes and you can even claim free artwork if you get enough channel points! Come hang out with us on my Twitch channel!
Thanks for reading!
To find out more about me, check out my intro post here!
