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!
Since it's been a while since I've shared a black-and-white minimalist piece, I thought I'd do another one! This time, I was inspired by a We Bare Bears colouring page I saw on my Facebook feed!
Source: Facebook
Since I had amassed quite a collection of outdoorsy-themed vectors from the previous pieces I've done, like this one:
And this one:
I thought I'd do another outdoorsy-themed one, but with my favourite Bears! They were a perfect fit as well, with the tent and their cave.
Source: We Bare Bears Wiki
But the challenge would of course be to turn this into the minimalist style I had going. And combine it with the picture in the colouring page and these vectors:
Source: Pinterest
Source: Pinterest
It seemed simple enough, and I liked the river I drew in the second piece I did so I decided to incorporate that too.
This was the draft that I came up with:
And this was the final sketch!
I thought it actually looked pretty good, and the only trouble I had was figuring out how I was gonna do the shadow on the cave. But we'll get to that.
Time to get outlining! Naturally, I started with the background first since those have less details.
But then I reached the midground and I was torn on the same problem. So I decided to go for it and try a horizontal line approach to the shadow since that would match the shadow on the rock and trees around it.
I think it might be the length of it that make it looks a little weird. But what's done is done. Then I had the idea to sort of cross-hatch it instead but I don't think it improved it.
But whatever. Other than the shadow on the cave, I think this piece turned out great! The bears look cute, and the cave is still pretty recognisable. And I got to try out a different style for the mountains in the background and I think they matched the Bears perfectly!
I'm really happy with how this turned out! I'm glad I managed to capture the essence of the Bears and convert them into this style fairly successfully.
There was actually a minimalist piece that I did before this one, but it turned out to be a tad disappointing. I think the appeal of this style is definitely in the details, and in the simplicity of it. But because I took a different approach and just went simple but lacked details, it didn't turn out as I had hoped. Maybe I'll redo it in the future and share the process of evolution or something. We'll see.
Thanks for reading!
To find out more about me, check out my intro post here!
