The last time I did digital drawing was... four months ago. Steemit was witness to that. Tonight, I decided to try my hand once again on drawing anime digitally. I have already before shared my first traditional portrait drawing in 2018, so I felt like it's high time I share my first digital drawing this year.

Drawn with my laptop's touchpad, because graphic tablets are too mainstream. Kidding. I just really don't have one, and while I did have one, it self-destruct in under three months (kidding again; I was careless and broke the stylus). 

Of course, this is not without a cheat! Earlier... err, yesterday work, I got spare time (a little too many) and got my hands working. It was without any particular topic in mind, but somehow I ended up with an anime witch. I still don't have a name for her yet.

Important to note: this one though was heavily inspired by an anime drawing of a witch I'd seen years ago, which I couldn't seem to find right now. 

Anyway. This is basically how it went:

1. I sketched aimlessly on a piece of paper.
2. Inked the sketch for more visibility; then took a photo with my phone.
3. Imported the image to my laptop and did the lineart on Paint Tool SAI. To make drawing with touchpad possible, I made use of SAI's linework layers (which allows users to utilize the pen tool).
4. Imported the file to Adobe Photoshop and did the colors. Basically, tools used were:
   1. Wand tool
   2. Fill tool
   3. Brush tool
   4. Pen tool

It feels extra awesome to be able to draw this way again: a breath of fresh air, as they say. Most of the time after work, I'd feel like crawling my way up to my bed. Once in bed, I'd have a hard time lifting up even a finger. And yup, I'd fall asleep fast.

Finishing this makes me feel extraordinary, like I'd done something I'm very proud of. I defeated my stress tonight, and enjoyed drawing again. Never mind that it took me 3 hours and a half. No less.

And since it's half past 12 midnight here in the Philippines, you bet I'd be sleepy at work tomorrow. Hah. I don't think I'd care. I feel awesome right now.

I'm really loving timelapse videos! Below is the speedpainting video for this drawing. 

UHM. Please excuse the part where there are pauses. They were literally times when I paused for, like, fifteen minutes, because I was busy chatting with friends on the phone. Hehe.