Clockwork beetle
I actually went with my first idea for the word ‘clock’. I had planned on doing a beetle but was intimidated for some reason. Yesterday’s painting gave me encouragement so I jumped right into today’s drawing. In my head you’d press the stone in the middle of it’s head to open up the shell and click on the pin at the bottom to trigger the release of the wings. Then you’d turn the center horn clockwise to get the wings to move.
The progress...
All my drawings are done digitally on the Procreate App using the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil.
I pulled a couple of reference photos of insects from the web. I did a really quick sketch using Procreate’s canvas symmetry guide, not caring too much for accurate proportions since I drew it to my liking.
Next up, inking! I could’ve done a separate draft layer but I felt relaxed and confident enough to make things up as I went. I did find myself stuck while drawing the clockwork but I got over it when I accepted that the little dials didn’t have to be prefect. It would’ve driven me crazy!
I made three layer copies of the inking and merged them together to make the line art bolder. Then I colored in the interior of the clockwork in a relaxed manner. Now the details stand out better. :)
I finished the image by putting a wash of color to the background so the beetle would pop!
