Thanqol Learns To Draw!

[Thanqol]

Day 289: Chingo

Ai'ight. Finally had time to put the hours in and do something cool.

A few thoughts, first. Dragon Month was intensely educational and I could easily do it for another month and not run out of ideas. There's a lot to be said for drawing similar things repeatedly to get the hang of it. I might do themed exercise weeks in the future once in a while. Also, the fiction while fun was a bad idea; one of the most helpful parts of this challenge is reflecting on what I did at length.

Now, today's piece. I used Domo's shading method and I find myself liking it a lot. Not sure the spread brushing was best practice, but w/e's. However, due to a failure in the order of operations I did shading in, I completely whiffed in getting a good background done. What I thought was a shortcut wound up biting me in the ass, next time I'll do it the long and proper way.

I think the head of the thing could have been better designed, but by and large I'm happy with what I did here. It was all completely from imagination, too, no reference images of any kind.

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Time: 2 hours today
Music: Kraid's Campfire Ballad