Faye Valentine fanart for @htliao Anime Character Drawing Challenge
I’m a huge anime lover so it was a given that I would have to enter in @htliao #animedrawingchallenge. I finally finished my entry today at @coffetto and it was pretty exciting! If you’re interested in making a submission then you can check out @htliao’s post Anime Character Drawing Challenge| 50 SBD Prize Pool 動漫人物繪畫比賽| 50 SBD奬池 - The deadline is Sunday, September 10th!
I spent the last few days trying to figure out if I wanted to draw Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop. It was a hard choice because I knew that I had a specific image of her in mind and if it wasn’t drawn exactly like how I imaged then I’d lose my mind. I mentally prepared myself and continued forward with my fanart concept.
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I took several breaks today to goof off. I’m probably not the only one who does this but I have a habit of taking breaks just as I’m about to finish something. 😅
This drawing was completed on the iPad Pro with Apple Pencil using the Procreate 4 public beta. I used the dry ink tool for the sketch/outline and round brush tool for painting. I clicked into my canvas details and was surprised to see that I spent almost 12 hours on this gorgeous lady!
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I thought about calling it done after finishing her head. For those of you who have been following my art then you’ve probably noticed a trend of me only doing faces.
I’m not too confident with my anatomy so I usually skip it but for this drawing I knew that I needed to challenge myself. If everyone participating is going to try their hardest then I should too!
It took several layers to map out her pose. I had to make several adjustments to the length of her arms and I knew that sketching the gun would be hard so I left it for the end.
Here’s the final outline! I’m happy that the vision that I had in mind translated beautifully. I wanted her to have a cool comic book feel. I also thought about stopping here. 😝
I decided to do some test painting which helped to reassure me that I wasn’t making a mistake to/not to paint Faye.
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I ended up rolling with it. It wasn’t until I painted in her hair that I felt good about adding color. I’ll be sharing a video of the hyperlapse sketch in a separate post. I watched it right after finishing this drawing and it sunk in how much blood, sweat, and tears were put into the creation of this single image.
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Really great work! She turned out awesome! I think you made the right call, to keep going, and add the color.
I was just looking at this contest! I used to be big into anime, and still love to draw it from time to time... I just don't think I'll have time before Sunday to sit down and finish something. Wah-wah! Good luck!!!
Yay! I'm glad you liked it. Yeah, I felt really stressed for time so I'm happy that I was able to finish!
She's so badass. 😌❤️🔥
Oh I love this so much!!! The lines and everything looks great!
Thanks @justaboutart! I can't recall how many times I had to draw and erase to get the lineart where I wanted it! 😭
Well I think that all that work was worth it ! 😊
OMG!! This is pretty awesome!!!
I suck at digi-arts... so I salute you so much.. hihi ^_^
Aww, Thank you!!! I practice a lot but I've still got a ways to go. :D
You're welcome.. I think we need to continuously draw to improve more and more... as well as to keep our skill.. hihi^^
We do!! We do! ✌🏼
Very nice work.
Thanks!
Great work keeep it up...... upvoted!!
Thank you!!!
Wow1 Nice Post,,,,,,
Thank you!
Digital drawing is nice!!! Very cool tool!
Thanks!! Yeah, it was nice to draw something solid with the Procreate 4 beta. I’m very happy with it. ☺️
You're welcome :)
cowboy bebop is one of my favorite anime!
personally my favorite character was spike.
Although Ed was funny to.
I also really love Spike. He's got a great personality. Ein was always on my list of favorites. :)
COOOOooooOOL Great drawing! upvoted!!! check also my entry #3
https://steemit.com/animedrawingchallenge/@julstamban/anime-character-drawing-challenge-entry-3-or-monkey-d-luffy-of-one-piece
Thank you and I will!!