Siffrin Does Not Look Fine

Percy Jackson

Here's my Percy Jackson design.

Little Stans

This was my first time drawing the little Stans. Since I worked on these at around the same time, I thought that posting them together would be fitting. Originally, these were sketchs in my travel sketchbook that I decided to digitalize. Maybe I will actually draw a background for these pictures some time in the future, though I was mostly trying to practice poses when I drew these. By the way, I have drawings of the Pines family. I've drawn Stan, Mabel, and Dipper so far, so make sure to check those drawings out!

Listening To Music

The Shooting Star

Here's my first post (and first finished drawing) of the year. I spent a long time on the background, and I think I did a good job. This was a very experimental piece. First off, I'm using a new art app. I use to use a very outdated Flipaclip to make my drawings, but, when I got my new phone, I could only get the newest version of Flipaclip. Yeah, I absolutely hate it now. I've started using Infinite Painter instead, so my drawings are going to look a bit different now. I was trying to experiment with a pose and with the lighting of the piece. I've been trying to learn anatomy, so I've trying to draw more poses. I also want to get better at lighting in my drawings, so I've been adding light sources to my art. Overall, I really liked how this piece turned out.

Check out my previous drawing of Mabel!

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(art by nikailustracion)

Small thing that breaks my heart:

When I was in third grade, I told this boy that it would be my birthday in four days, and he said, “okay, then I’ll buy you flowers.” Four days later he comes up to me and says, “my mom wouldn’t let me get flowers but I found you this violet in the grass.” That in and of itself was iconic and so so sweet, but it gets better.

A month later, I had to move, and because it was third grade, the teacher made everyone write me letters to say goodbye. His said, “I hope you have so much fun in your new house that you forget about me. I hope that you’re always happy and you never miss us. I’m sorry I never gave you flowers, but I can give you some now.” And he fucking. Drew me flowers.

No, Joey, I never forgot you. You are the reason I have standards in this life, and I’m so grateful to have known you. I hope you’re happy, wherever you are, and I hope that the rest of your days are filled with as much joy as you gave to me. I spilled water on the card about five years ago, and half of it is a a jumbled mess now, but I still have it. It’s the only card I still have.

The funny thing is this dude and I hardly ever interacted. I knew he played football because he was on the town’s kids’ team and my brother was on the middle school team, and I knew he was one of, like, three Joeys in our year. I had a crush on him but obviously never communicated that because it was fucking third grade, but somehow those three interactions imprinted on who I am as a person. I am forever changed by Joey from third grade.

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Siffrin Without His Cloak

Honestly, I made this drawing as a clothing reference for myself. I wasn't originally planning on posting it (hence my offline signature), but I really liked how this drawing turned out and wanted to share it. The anatomy is quite nice as well. I've been trying to force myself to practice drawing anatomy instead of just drawing characters from the shoulders up. Though, I haven't drawn a full body reference of Siffrin. (Nooo, I'm not avoiding doing that. I have no idea what you're talking about!) Also, the star necklace thing is just part of an under outfit. This is obviously a non-canon design; it's just how I like to imagine their outfit.

This drawing is actually part of a group of three drawings. The first drawing I did was the under outfit. Then, after I copied the drawing, I drew the clothes from this drawing over it. The final drawing is just Siffrin's cloak covering up all the hard work I did. I'm not a huge fan of how the other drawings turned out, so I'm not posting those. I mean, the first drawing is meh. The anatomy looks a bit off in it. In the last drawing, I could not draw Siffrin's hat for the life of me. It's really not great. Ugh.

Nonetheless, I love how this drawing turned out. I think that the outfit turned out rather cute. It just looks nice. Also, whenever I'm working on drawings, I like looking at how each layer looks individually. I think this image has a lot of good shapes, and I think that this image of just the color layer really shows that:

I think a design is good when the color itself tells how the design should look, you know. Anyhow, I have three more drawings of Siffrin left to post today, so bye!

Dancing in the Dark, With You Between My Arms

YES! THE BOYFRIENDS! THE BABIES! THE SWEETHEARTS! THEY'RE HERE! (And yes, the title is a reference to a song by Ed Sheeran. I believe it's called "Perfect".)

This is, by far, the most interesting drawing I've done. For one thing, there's actually character poses. For another thing, two characters are actually interacting with each other! And it doesn't look bad! It looks natural! Yes!

I've realized that my most interesting drawings are made from my messiest sketches. I think I focus too much on trying to make the sketch look good, so I'm unable to get most of my ideas out. With this drawing, however, I really wanted to just get my idea out. I didn't focus on making it look good. I just focused on getting the idea across. This resulted in a very messy sketch of Siffrin and Isa dancing together at night. I loved the concept, so I made a refined sketch on a different layer. Actually, I tried to do the line art, but since the sketch was so messy, it just turned out looking like sketch that was a lot clearer than the original sketch. Using this refined sketch, I was able to draw the line art. (By the way, this scene is happening post-game.)

Here are the sketches for reference:

I spent some time coloring it. I added hints of purple on Siffrin's outfit because I wanted it to stand out a little bit from the stark-black sky. By the way, his outfit is based on Loop's design. I have no reasoning for this other than I just thought it was fun. Also! FUN FACT: I'm making a Siffrin bobblehead in my art class. I'm planning on painting Siffrin's cloak kinda like this outfit. (I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get away with just painting him with white paint, so I felt like this was a cool way to incorporate some color in his outfit.) I've already finished sculpting the clay, so I have to wait for it to dry or whatever. I really hope it doesn't blow up in the kiln. I'm really worried that I missed some air bubbles in the clay, so ha ha, that's another thing to give me anxiety! Okay, moving back onto the drawing!

I used the stars to experiment with lighting, and I think it turned out nice. Though, I wish I added more stars. I feel like that would've made the background look more natural.

By the way, this was my first time drawing Isabeau! I think he looks nice in this, but I did mess up his pants. For some reason, I didn't process that he wears striped pants. I don't know. I'm not even sure what the name of what I drew him wearing is. Eh, whatever, it was still fun to draw, albeit more complicated. Another fun fact: I've been drawing Siffrin from memory this whole time. I didn't want to look up references because I was afraid of seeing spoilers. The more I draw them, the more accurate they become. Also, I've spent a couple of minutes analyzing their design while I've been playing the game, so yeah, that helps. But I did need a reference for Isa! ....What? Don't judge me! His design is more complicated than Siffrin's!

Final Fun Fact for this drawing: Siffrin has a darker blush that Isabeau. Okay, bye!

(Onto my last two posts of Siffrin for tonight...)