Art Blog #10: Lemons and Blues

With my SD card formatted, years' worth of pictures were deleted. It's a tough decision to make considering how sentimental I am, but it's something I need to do, so I have no choice but to reluctantly let go of them. And that includes the pictures of the process of my oc making. Since I don't have something to share about the oc making process, I'll just skip it and proceed to the process of filling in the blank background of my oc. The background of my oc on the left side is strawberries and cigarettes (inspired by high school memories), and since it already has fruit on the left side, why not fill the right side's background with fruit again, right? But it should be something that's quite the opposite with sweet strawberries...and the first fruit that came to my mind is—the sour lemons.

But before I proceeded to the background, I finished first some stuff that I found off with my oc.

_{This is the picture before I proceed to darken the lines that were overlapped by markers during coloring.}

_{This is the picture after, I don't know if you see the difference but for me, her eyes are more defined here.}

After that, I immediately proceeded with the background, and of 'course I drew the lemons first, then filled the space with blues!

_{The lemons looks crappy at first, so I tried to make it look more decent so I added some details with white pen.}

_{I feel that it would look bland if I left the space colorless, so I filled it in blue. The first layer looks messy that's why later on I added another layer of color.}

It looked messy if I didn't color it again. I tried my very best to make it look good because these markers are bad at blending. It also bleeds a lot so I really need to be careful not to press it too hard or else the ink will blotch the paper.

_{Adding another layer of color to make it look less crappy hahaha...}

_{Finally correcting some mistakes and adding the last touches.}

Then I'm finally onto the last and most satisfying part of the background making, the ripping of masking tape! I put it before I started coloring the background because I know I'm clumsy in coloring. Better be safe than sorry, so I always put tape to avoid coloring the parts I shouldn't have colored.

_{Ripping it off—ahhh so satisfying~}

_{Voilaaaa! Here's a close-up look of my oc and her background.}

Overall, I didn't expect that I'd be finally done with the third page of my sketchbook. I'm fond of filling all the spaces, so finishing a page is really an achievement for me. Also, like I've said in my previous art blog, I draw based on my mood and most of the time my mood isn't good so most of the time I really laze off in continuing what I've started. Anyway, despite that sluggish progress, I still find it as an enjoyable experience because I felt no rush in finishing it so I definitely don't feel stressed or anxious while doing it, and for me feeling that way during my drawing process really matters.

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