While it hasn't been a full year that I've been on hive, I am loving it here. The art community over at Drawaday with many community lead challenges and fun art that is def worth checking out. They've inspired me to draw more even if I don't always draw as much as I wish I did. (Esp the past two weeks cause I've been sick and miserable.
I also want to give a shout out to The Inkwell for being an amazing place for writers and readers. There's so many great short stories over there. It's awesome. (I've been absent the last few weeks due to a combination of working on my own novel and also again being sick.
I also want to shout out to 
Anyway, here's a Christmass tree I drew. It's based on the tree in my home though it' a lot more densely decorated. This was an excersise in reducing details.
It began with a shape. Just to get a sense of the space.
Then I worked in more branches. I notice that the tree very much has levels so I worked with that.
Then I did some shading.
LIGHTS! I love the lightpen brush in procreate.
Then some more ornaments, and some presents under the tree.
Then some more colour, and def more colour in the tree.
Then some bright feathery bits on the ends of the branchs.
Then coloured the presents.
Then some touch ups and a darker background, and we done!
Anyway, hope you had a great Christmass, and a great new year. Did you make any goals for the new year? Mines to draw regularly again.
