lisia's doodlegarden

[lisianthus]

And my first drawing that I want to show here! I  just finished it about 10 minutes ago.

It's a Pumpkaboo!!

Spoiler: meidi!

Her name is Meidi~ and she's actually a character, or, rather, a Pokémon in 'We Don't Go To Anville Town', a very amazing fanfic written by my big sis @Blanc! I remembered that there was a Pumpkaboo in it, and well... I had to draw her with a smile too LOL. She's happy to be here, I hope!!! Ready to guide you home.

This is probably, out of my drawings, the one I'm most confident about currently? I'm learning about shading right now too... it's, really good to know of course!!! I have a loooooooong ways to go, but, at least I'm learning!!

And yes... it doesn't look the smoothest ever also. In the future, I'll end up revisiting all these, I think, and redo them! Sometime!

But, well, this is what I wanted to post tonight, here. Meidi says hello! Also please check out the fic above, oh my god, it's sooooooooo good...

Until next time!! Thank you!!

 

[lisianthus]

I tried out a new style yesterday! Well, two of them, actually, but I want to show off one in particular~~

So I did a drawing of Eevee, but it was all in (digital) pencil! It's a little different this way, because, pencil art is different from pen? If you layer multiple brushstrokes, things get a little more 'heavy' basically.

It's a bit more calming, I guess, to do it in this style rather than in a traditional digital pen style. I like both, and prefer the traditional(?) style, but this makes for really cute drawings, especially for furry things like a very very friendly Eevee~~

So!!

Spoiler: Eevee!!

The eyes are a little weird, but oh well I guess LOL. I try to make things look as nice as possible, but sometimes I kind of just have to settle for things being as good as I can reasonably do I guess~~

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I’m sure that Blanc will be really happy to see this one, Lisia! And for a first drawing, this is pretty incredible.

Thank you!!! I don't think I could have envisioned myself doing something like... actually making stuff like this?? Until I, started, I guess, and, I'm just happy that it looks okay at least LOL. Reference pictures help a lot thankfully~ (also you were right, I'm super glad she's happy with it!!!)

Heck, just for anyone’s drawing, it’s really good. And the subject matter is kawaii~, which always helps!

YES that's like... the main thing I want to do!! Much like what I write, my preferences in art center on cute things (morbid things can be cute, too, even if I don't think I'll ever draw anything like that I can certainly enjoy it!!)

One could call the shading simple, maybe, but it’s also really effective in its simplicity, I think, giving it a visually satisfying monochrome look that matches well with the colors you’ve chosen. You should really be proud of yourself with all of this, I think! You almost make me want to get out a pen or stylus and draw something myself, haha.

Why not?! Any art is good to see, I think~~ and I guess it's kind of the only shading I know how to do semieffectively LOL. I have a looooooooooooooong ways to go ofc

Keep up the good work, and I look forward to seeing more from you!

You will see more! Including right now!! But thank you!!!

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Baku is right!! I know I’ve already been doting on your art but you are learning SO fast and it shows!!

THANK YOU... I appreciate it more than you know..... and I hope I can continue to learn at a nice rate like this too!! It helps that I really enjoy this too, that facilitates it I think!

(Even the highlights are soooo crisp) I really should’ve added a defining accessory to Meidi, but you made her smile stand out on its own!!

The reference picture had kind of a frown... it was cute anyways, but I wanted to have her be happy! I wonder if she could have, like, a small ribbon or maybe a bell (a Soothe Bell?) on the top of her fur...

I’m happy you’re going to post your art here from here on out!

I’ll be rooting for you and yelling really loud!!!

THANK YOU... your motivation fuels me soooooooooooo much and I'm proud to say that you're the reason I started! (thank you very very much!!) I wanted to make things as cute as neesan does... and I have a long ways to go, and I'm acutely aware of that, but I think that if I keep learning and keep drawing and keep having fun with it, I'll someday get close to your level!! (but not pass it LOL) You raise me up so high!!!

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Sooooo... once Christmas comes around, I'm going to have a new way to draw! And like, actual drawing software. It's not an actual drawing tablet or anything (maybe next year if I can find a cheap one?), but I'll have a real way to draw, and I think that'll help a lot more. I already have a stylus/pen that'll work with it thankfully, so... I hope to get even better with the help of new ways to do things too!!!

Until next time! (tonight or tomorrow probably LOL)

 

[lisianthus]

Against my better opinion, I have another drawing here!! It's a Sylveon! I wanted to try to have various colors and blend them and I kind of did it I guess LOL. That set of lessons was with pastels and blending, which was really fun! That being said, I think I like standard... lines better? like what I did in my Meidi drawing?

Spoiler: sylveon!

oh god looking at it like this makes me not want to post it LMAO, but well, uhmmmm, uhmmmm, uhmmmm, uhh, (I'm not looking for validation I'm just embarrassed LOL), I hope to one day look back on this and smile or something

I guess it's good that I'm figuring out what my strong suits are, and what they aren't? I guess? And I'm realizing some of the limitations of the Art Academy engine too, especially because it's on a smaller screen sometimes you can't catch the weird imperfections, like with what happened around the edges a little. More to learn! I have a loooooooooooooong ways to go after all!!

I'm going to draw an Altaria soon, I think...!

More kawaii~, haha! The super-distinct brushstrokes actually look really interesting here, I think! I also see a bit of a soft-focus look as well; is that a filter being used there?

nope LOL. the picture itself was naturally low-quality? for now, I'm making all of these through a 3DS, soooooo, they're not going to be extra crisp~ (and thank you for your comment!)

 

[lisianthus]

Guess what!!? I have... made my first drawing using Procreate! (on my phone, not ideal but better than a 3DS! LOL) It is of Alolan Raichu because that's what I wanted to do~~

Spoiler: alolan raichu!!!

My favorite part is the starry brush I used LOL. I think I did okay in this one!!! Although the belly shading was kind of hard... at least I'm learning I hope!! (also edit, I have a drawing stylus! nothing fancy or anything, but it does its job~~)

 

[lisianthus]

iiiiiii got a drawing tablet for Christmas, yay!

so uh, my first drawing i did on it...

was another altaria LOL. i have a feeling that altaria like that are going to be my 'default sketch' or something, but that's probably not a bad thing? something cute and quick!

Spoiler: hello!!

she is saying 'happy new year'! (also the clouds being kind of messy and escaping from the outlines is on purpose, i want them to look kind of wispy?) also also! the red/white scarf is because of this song contest that happens in new year's in japan, called the 'red and white song contest'! and altaria can sing, so, it works i hope..?

that's it for now i guess? i want to focus on varied things from now on, not just... altaria? esp people i want to get started on that!

 

[lisianthus]

Something a little more lighthearted this time!!

I decided to draw a Tatsugiri? Then had an idea to put it in a fishbowl for no reason?

Spoiler

Tatsugiri sometimes look very, disapproving? So I guess I just thought it'd be kind of silly like this!

... I don't know how to draw fishbowls though LOL.

OUGHHH I HAVEN’T GOTTEN TO YELL HERE PROPERLY!! ( NEESAN SAYS HELLO BACK) Once again Lisia proves to be the STRONGEST little sister even in art!!! You already have such an awesome grasp of color and contrast, the Jirachi is suuuper cute! We should do a little art collab at some point where we color each other’s work!

UWAAAA neesan is sooooooooo kind......, thank you.. (HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Like I said to you while we were saying hi before a bit ago, I don't know exactly what I'm doing? I just try to use my magic and sometimes it works LOL...... at least you said that it's the usual process LMAO.. neesan gives me courage!!

And I'd love to do that kind of thing also OMG it sounds soooooo fun...!! I will be sure to remind you sometime!!!!!

As usual I LOVE your Altaria, you’re super good at the fuwafuwa…!! I wanna bury my face in one… I can’t wait to see what else you make on your new art ‘tablet’ and program!! Pokemon Art Academy definitely helped you improve fast!!

it is all thanks to you!!! Really!!!!!!! I SCREAM AND YELL... and I hope I can keep on improving more and more tooooooo!!


I've said this before, but I've been wanting to figure out drawing people (then chibis)! So I've been watching some YouTube guides on that kind of thing! Hopefully soon there'll be more variation in what I draw?

 

[lisianthus]

A drawing where one thing led to another!!

It's an Oshawott this time, and I wanted to actually kind of put it in a familiar place to me? My family sometimes goes to this small seaside town in Oregon (the state below us!) called Cannon Beach, and I have a few memories from there? (there is a big rock and a LOT of crabs...)

Here (in the Pacific Northwest) the beaches are usually all rocky. And wet. And cold! The water is cold too! But it's actually SUPER beautiful that way! Gray skies...

But sooooo..,

Spoiler

I did it?

It was fun! Hii Oshawott! (he is relaxing)

I've said this before, but I've been wanting to figure out drawing people (then chibis)! So I've been watching some YouTube guides on that kind of thing! Hopefully soon there'll be more variation in what I draw?

hopefully soon!!

 

[lisianthus]

Aaaand!

On a whim yesterday (I'm getting faster at drawing things I think!), I decided to break free from my unproductivity and draw something!

This was kind of inspired by a scene from my fic (of ghosts, idols, conductors, and haunted washing machines)! At the end, I had Emmet's Galvantula (in a tiny Emmet hat!) basically, perch on Emmet's head? (i accidentally wrote 'Eelektross' though LOL...)

Anyways anyways, this is, one of Emmet's (headcanonical) Joltik flying around with Lisia's very own Altaria! (hii Aria!!)

The fic's basic premise (the duo of Emmet and Lisia) was inspired by none other than my very incredible and very very amazing big sister @Blanc. She really loves Emmet, and my name (and favorite character) is Lisia, so... I kind of had to do it right? I thought it'd be cute...​

So!! Anyways this is, well, for her. (hi neesan!)
i know that you're busy having fun in england so you won't see this for a bit, but i do hope it's worthy of your praise!! you're very very amazing..
i miss you very, VERY VERY much but i hope you're having the most fun ever there!!! that would make me happy...
i've been trying to repay you and say 'thank you' in a lot of different ways lately, and this is one thing i've been wanting to do for a while.
thank you so much for everything you've done for me :)
アリアちゃんがバチュルと高くところに行っているように、あたしは姉さんのことを高いところに連れて行きたい。いつもいつも、あたしの全人生の最高の人になってくれて本当にありがとう！姉さんがあたしの人生に来た瞬間から、未来がすっごくすっごく明るくなってきた。。。
あたしの第一の生き続きたい理由なの。これでありがとう！♡

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Behold? LOL... I had a lot of fun making this. The power of love!! And, lately I've been learning that shading is hard, but I guess I'll get through it?

I guess, that's just about it. :)

Thank you.

 

[lisianthus]

a big switch from the above LOL...

my anti-drawing brainworms were in full force this past week, but last night and today i made something! (it is very silly)

so, you know the blue album by that one band weezer? the one that has a lot of memes? (it looks like this) so, imagine that.... but wooper.

Spoiler

just about the silliest thing ever but like... it's kind of funny.

obligatory 'i am figuring out how to draw people' LOL.. hopefully i can draw a bit more in the coming weeks now that my feeling not good has (mostly) went away!

 

[lisianthus]

I don't really have any traditional artwork to show off to everyone here (although i DID do some art stuff!), but I did do something silly this morning..

Spoiler

it's a jumpluff+altaria combo! i recently learned about jumpluff and thought it looked cute, so my first instinct was... to do this LOL. it took a little while but i think it turned out nicely enough? i just had to connect the two pictures and recolor and make adjustments and that kind of thing!

no new art quite yet, but I should be doing some more stuff soonish! and i will show it off!! yes!

 

[lisianthus]

Ahoy! I swear I've been drawing every once in a while! Well, all of it (actually it was like one thing only I think) has been things I won't show here (because they were for someone cough cough) but!! I think I'm wanting to start drawing more and more again—that's how I'll get better, anyways, and I've been inspired by that same someone working really hard on their own art (even if it's been under a bit of duress), so I figured that... I guess this is one of the ways I'll support them? (that might not make much sense, but i hope it does somehow, at least to them but at any rate more art soon hopefully with actual people as well)

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Anyways!!

OH NO TAIHEN the filesize is too large and I refuse to compress it, I will embed it from my Tumblr then...?

Spoiler: Oricorio and friends!!

I'm starting to get the hang of shading I think! I still... don't like doing it at all, but I think I'm a bit better at it than before. I used some new brushes here as well because more variety is good I guess! Oricirio is sparkly..

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And getting back to a comment (hello Oki!)

Plus I can see you developing your own style already. Looking forward to whatever you create next

IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY FUNNY YOU SAY THIS because lately I've been like... pondering exactly that?? like I have ZERO idea as to what my style would be however I guess I'll come to see it in time? At any rate, I'm glad you enjoyed what I've had so far lol.

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And another comment (HII NEECHAN!)

LMAO LISIA THAT PHOTOSHOP!!! Your art is steadily improving!! I think the Pokemon Art Academy app you were working on was very good practice!! (THE WOOPER/WEEZER PARODY IS CUTE TOO LMAO!!) You are becoming the best altaria (fuwafuwa?) artist yet... KEEP POSTING YOUR CUTE POKEMON!!

I THINK IT WAS TOO! It taught me A LOT! Your cheering keeps me going more than anything, I started drawing because of you and well I'm doing it now because of you still! I promise I will keep on posting more and more frequently, I have very very much to learn but... drawing a lot is great for learning, I remember talking with you about that once! More fuwafuwa soon probably! (i have been thinking about making a gijinka for aria but i realized that it's basically just oras!lisia LOL) THANK YOU ALWAYS!!♡

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None of my art is perfect, or honestly even that great(?), but I really like doing this, and I know I'll get even better as time goes on, too. Probably? LMAO

Anyways...

shuppatsu shinkou! (i need a catchphrase of my own lately i've been stealing this from you neechan LOL)

 

[lisianthus]

Oftentimes when I don't know what I want to draw, I usually end up going to Bulbapedia, and spamming the 'random page' button until I find a Pokémon that I'd like to draw LOL. I need to properly work on humans like I've been meaning to, so since I have much more time as of late... I'll hopefully do that.

At any rate! This one just kind of... was a collection of random little ideas and such that ended up becoming one cohesive scene, which I thought was really nice. I gave it the arbitrary title of 'Christmas 2009', really just on a whim. I do not remember a lot from my early childhood and certainly not... then? I guess? (i got a wii and played it to death and back) But I guess I just thought it was a nice title, and maybe that's just fine???

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Finally!! I experiment with positioning and perspective in this one LOL. Although shadowing is still a bit of a struggle sadly? I think that my Art History classes for college helped me to understand a little more about art, and now that I'll be taking a proper drawing course this next fall, I hope to get even better in that regard. I'm getting the sense that as long as I keep on drawing, I should be able to improve much more, which is easier said than done... but it's a process I'm willing to go through!!

And now responding to very nice comments!!!

I love the Exeggutor’s expressions!!!

fun fact i CANNOT draw photorealistic faces and such very well, so sticking with more cartoony, almost ditto-like(? lol) facial expressions feels a bit safer at least for now... i'm glad it wasn't horrible though, thanks torchic!!

So ADORABLE!! I'm such a massive fan of this, so happy and expressive!

And thank you!! I already said thanks in your intro thread but really, I appreciate it! Hope to see you and your art around o7

(last but very much so not least!!)

My hot tip is look for things you think you did well in every piece!

I need to put this in my notes too! I have a small list of art tips from you LOL... thank you very very much for your cheering as always — I'm super glad that I can count on it despite my apparent inexperience and all of the visible shortcomings it brings... we all start somewhere!

hehehehe soon you too will be a subway master!

I will try my best!!! いつもありがとう♡

MORE ART SOON PROBABLY!!! LOL

 

[lisianthus]

It's been a looooooong while... much too long, I think!! LOL.

Life busyness and mental hardship has made it a bit hard for me to feel motivated to get out my tablet to draw stuff properly (not to mention my learning clip studio paint out)... but I have actually been drawing!

So currently at college, one of the classes I'm taking, is a beginner drawing course! ...I'm catching up on a lot of the coursework currently because motivation is hard to come by at times. Thankfully, they're very understanding with latework stuff and I always make sure to put my full effort in my work, but at any rate I've been having lots and lots of fun with the course itself. (Sadly, they're not offering an intermediate course next quarter... maybe in the spring, I guess?)

So for this current one, we had to do four sketches of a place (or various places), with reference pictures taken by ourselves — that all showcased perspective in some way. It took me a little while to really come to a conclusion in terms of like, what exactly I wanted to draw. So I dug through my camera roll, and saw that there were a bunch of pictures of the IRL active volcano 'mountain' that's really close to me, so I decided to go for that.

So that's all I want to share LOL. After this we're apparently going to be doing one of the sketches full-size (my choice on which), soooo... that'll be fun? If it turns out well I might share here LOL.

Spoiler: my refs

Spoiler: my sketches!

They're pretty rough around the edges in some parts LOL... I exaggerated some features of the landscape because I have the Artistic License (tm) to do so. Besides they're just sketches, anyways, so I'm wanting to hopefully save my extra effort for making the real thing look nice?

This is a nice change of pace, I hope! I really like drawing with pencil, actually, it's quite calming LOL... that's all!

 

[lisianthus]

After this we're apparently going to be doing one of the sketches full-size (my choice on which), soooo... that'll be fun? If it turns out well I might share here LOL.

What does it tell you about me that I'm posting this here before I turn it in to my professor...? LOL

We were allowed to take artistic license with the pics we took, which is why there is... a train here. The area I took pictures in actually does have trains run through it frequently (right by my house actually!), but the reference picture I took did not have a train at the moment. Whateeevs~

(you should be able to see the very edge of the tracks here!)

Spoiler: ref pic!

Spoiler: train train hashitteyuke train train dokomademo

Landscapes are fun! For a beginner like me, they're the easiest thing I can feel confident about doing LOL.

I kind of hope I continue doing this kind of thing once I complete the class, honestly...

 

[lisianthus]

I feel like I'm a bother updating this thread so frequently Q_Q... but those days will be over soon LOL. That sounds a bit too self-deprecating, but, well, it is what it is ahaha. I hope I can take a class like the one I've been doing again!

So I got my final for the class done! It was essentially a 'do whatever you want, as long as it shows you've learned stuff' type of thing. So I tried to do a still life?

Here's the little posing thingy I did? Just of random decorations I found around the house LOL, nothing too special. The paper on the right was for me to figure out what the shadows were like easier?

Spoiler: silly little birds and books

Spoiler: 'karasu to ahiru-sama'

Surprisingly enough(?), the books were the hardest part! Layering 3D objects on top of another is at times a little tough, I've learned. It was a bit frustrating! Then again, that also may have been because didn't eat until I got the drawing done, which was around dinnertime for me. ごめん、姉ちゃん！ʕº̫͡ºʔ

Soooo... there's that? I think I'll need to make a habit of drawing more, honestly! Hopefully through my older sister's art prompts here ehehe...

Until next time! ...Next time will hopefully not be for a little while LMAO. And thank you to everyone who's been so kind in commenting! I'm not the greatest, I'll be the first to tell you that, but it's still nice to hear anyways???? (^.^)/~~~