I have been working on this for two months and I hate myself. But it's finally done! Now I will never draw again. Just kidding, but I did expect this to take a couple weeks at most and I'm thoroughly sick of it at this point. Very glad to have this off my plate, but happy that I stuck with it all the way through.
Completely forgot to add tags when I posted it on Bluesky, so I hope someone sees it to make it worthwhile.
Drawn 1/17/2025 - 3/11/25, Photoshop and Premiere.
Finally got around to making a reference sheet for him. I had to actually color him in for the first time. Can't wait to get back to black and white and not have to worry about color theory. At least I can finally finish his Art Fight page! Almost saved over my No Sleep November sketches when I was doing this because I drew it on the same document, but luckily I found a way to revert to an old save and recovered them.
Drawn 1/14/25, Photoshop.
A rough start, but we turned things around in July and finished off strong (Art Fight really saved my ass!). I managed to continue my upward trend in consistency, and I feel my shading and lighting skills have improved greatly, though my coloring has suffered from primarily doing mono- and duo-tone palettes. My backgrounds have also improved, though I'm definitely not fast with them!
All in all, a good year, even if I didn't finish anything until May.
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One last piece for the year, bumping up my total count from last year. In my brilliance I decided a reflection piece with a detailed, real-world background was a great idea. Every time I thought I was finally done with something, I remembered I had to flip the canvas over and do it all over again.
But I'm very happy with it! I struggled with every step of this piece, but it got there in the end. I could not find a color palette I was happy with and almost left it in black and white, but I'm quite glad I slept on it and gave it one last try. Even the sketch gave me a hard time, and I ended up completely scrapping my original idea when I couldn't get the composition down, and even moved the entire piece to Photoshop for a bit to work out a pose.
Drawn 12/29/24, Chickensmoothie.
The Journalist having a delightful Midwinter's Eve, lost deep in the woods around the West Pole. I'm very happy with this - I put this off worrying about the background but I think it turned out nice. This piece serves as both my contribution to Arctic Fight and my entry to the Whumplovers server art challenge. One more drawing to cram in before the end of the year to beat last year's number!
Drawn 12/23/24, Chickensmoothie.
I have officially completed No Sleep November with no losses! Week four only had one art day, as I knew from past Novembers that I never do much art over Thanksgiving Break and planned ahead. I filled the week with a lot of research on Catholicism, France, and alchemy.
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| François Artis & Ophelie Bellerose |
I've made it through the third week, and my streak remains unbroken! This week we returned to Merecily to work on some more character designs and stubborn backstories.
I still have to make it through Thanksgiving Break, which is historically a rough time for my art, but this is also the first year I have reached the break without missing a day. I also planned ahead and scheduled mostly research tasks for the final week, so here's hoping I've set myself up for success this year!
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| Day 16 - Nyx |
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| Day 17 - The Queen's Council |
