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The bird calls of love have its moments ... ... Hi, This is an animatic from an animation short I have been storyboarding at the moment. The birds that you see here are zebra finches and this portion of their interaction in the short was inspired from a YouTube video, that I can't find at the moment, where somebody recorded their birds having a moment just like this. I have a long way to go in studying how to inbetween, choosing colors, understanding backgrounds, and most importantly camera work. Though it's just in the storyboard phase yet, I enjoyed adding so many details just to get the hang of other areas that I need to work on in animation. I used OpenToonz to create this animatic. It has a fairly steep learning curve but for a free open software, it has everything an animator could ask for. I've found it to be the easiest place to do storyboarding. Let me know what you thought of this in the comments below. :) I hope you like it. Thanks again for ...

There will always be people who bring us together. ... ... Hi, This one took a while to compose and in some way, it shows that I am an amateur and still working on my techniques. Finding different faces to draw was fun though. The official inktober prompt for day 29 was 'united' and in the current world news, it really feels like we need some people who give us hope for something greater. ... ... Materials used: Uni-ball eye micro UB-150 black waterproof & fade-proof Brustro Technical Pen 0.1 microns Homemade India Ink I wasn't planning to use an ink wash in this piece but changed my mind halfway through. I also didn't really use construction lines for each face which, in hindsight, I know understand why people emphasize on them no matter how skilled you become. This was a good practice study and I'll revisit this concept in the future for sure. Thanks again for watching! :) xoxo P.S. Please let me know in the comments ...

We follow the paths laid down by necessity and choice, until time reminds us that it is now our legacy too. ... ... Hi, I really enjoyed drawing this one because drawing a woman in traditional apparel used to be one of my staples as a kid. Of course, then, I wouldn't make construction lines and just free-draw the whole thing as I felt like it. Sometimes, I wonder if there is any value in learning the science behind the art... hmm. ... ... As you may have realized by now, coloring is not my strong suit. It never has been and only lately, have I started to use it in an effort to understand it. So, my original intention was to have a grungy look but just before I started using colored pencils for this piece, I changed my mind. I instead decided to leave the desert look in the background empty of color and make the characters have vibrant life-like colors instead. I think it's ended up looking like a cartoon-ish approach. In other news, this piece was drawn in o...

The roots of heritage are deep. ... ... Hi, Though I'd completed this drawing during the inktober 2017 month, I have been lazy about posting this video. I made this for day 20 of inktober for the official prompt of 'deep'. ... ... It's easy for most of us to be super critical of our work but I am very happy and proud of this piece. The inspiration was a picture of a tree that had been freshly cut down and you could see the rings and the bark cracking and splitting from the impact. ROOTS was also my first attempt at drawing surrealism art. This was drawn on 8x6 cardstock with micron pens. In hindsight, I wish I had done a better job with the composition and lineart. But, I am incredibly proud of the way this artwork turned out. BUY 'ROOTS' ART PRINT HERE (click on the image to go to the product page) I hope you like it. Thanks again for watching! :) xoxo P.S. Please let me know in the comments below what you...

LINES Lines are straight, curved, sometimes crooked, edgy, wavy...they often lead back to themselves and join together to form shapes. No matter what, they are always connecting dots to reveal a beautiful larger world. ... ... Hello, I am running a day behind in this 31-day daily art challenge but I plan to catch up soon. Today's artwork is a kinda remake of some floor art I had done years ago. So, every year, I do traditional Indian floor art called Alpana, Muggu or Rangoli, depending on which part of India you ask. In case you are not aware, most households in India have some form of floor art in lieu of a welcome mat. Unlike a welcome mat however, this artwork is washed away and drawn differently every day using rice flour or in today's world, chalk. It's typically large enough to cover your whole patio or at least the walkway to your front door. They can range from being complex geometric patterns with detailed mathematical calculations forming optical i...

INKED When I need a reminder that there are shapes on my body that I chose. ... ... Hi! I think I had the 7-day itch or something. It was one of those days I couldn't get the artwork to match the way I had imagined it. I must have redrawn this entire piece at least 60 times trying to get it just right even though it probably was okay the first time round. SMH. It's true that overthinking things is futile. In the entire Inktober prompt list, this was the first one that I could clearly see in my mind's eye and I think that's why I wasn't satisfied just to have it be 'okay'. This is also the seventh piece in my perspective series and follows the inktober prompt of 'Shy' showing a woman getting a tattoo. Materials used are: Brustro Technical pen 0.05 microns and 0.3 microns Homemade India Ink: How I made it is here Hot pressed 300 gsm paper Thanks again for watching! xoxo ----------------------------------------------- ...

SWORD People cry every time I wield this badass sword and cut-ana my way into everyone's heart. ... I'll see myself out, thanks.😂 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ Hi! This is the sixth piece that serves the dual purpose of being an inktober contender as well as my bid to applying perspective in my artwork, whether in thought or in composition or both. Today's inktober prompt was 'Sword' and it seemed quite apt to just call this piece, 'Sword'. :) Unlike the other perspective studies I have done so far, which have been one-point perspective, this is in two-point perspective. Now, I know what you are wondering, most people draw in perspective instinctively, and that's true. I do the same. Which is probably why I really have to fight my urge to abandon the solid rules of drawing in perspective, failing miserably at times. In today's work, I drew a knife being p...