Drawitbetter Contest #14- Drawing a Scorpion

Hello my dear steemians, this time I want to show you my participation in the Draw it better contest created by @sirsensei

The challenge of this week is to draw a scorpion, yes, this great but deadly scratch we usually see in the deserts and we hope not to find it at home.

Without more to add, I will indicate the drawing process. For some problems with my camera I could not photograph the first sketch of our scorpion, but for this first step I used a 0.7 or HB mechanical pencil, since it allows me to make soft lines that are easy to erase while I give shape to the spider.

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Once I had the shape I wanted, I proceeded to begin the shading process, focusing the light reflection on the scorpion's shell, this process was a bit delicate since it is a living being, its surface is usually irregular and therefore the shadows will not be completely uniform.

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The shading of the legs, the tail and the tweezers was relatively easier, since they required stronger tones due to lack of light in some of their zones.

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So I made a small shadow under our friend, I thought I would almost finish the drawing at this point, but I felt dissatisfied and wanted to add an environment on which the scorpion rested.

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Therefore, I proceeded to add a little water under it, although as I said earlier, the scorpions are usually from desert climates, some prefer more humid places and based on the position I gave to this scorpion decided that a fine water surface It would be ideal for him.

• And this was the result:

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You can join the contest here https://steemit.com/art/@sirsensei/14-drawitbetter-contest-winners-and-new-theme

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_{Original drawing @hadley4}

Thanks for the support