Looking for hope
Greetings friends, I hope you are all very well.
Today I want to remember a little this drawing that I had abandoned in my gallery, I remember that when I made this drawing I was in a moment of depression and very sad memories, I wanted to let off steam by drawing something that expressed what I felt and remembered from a dark stage of my life, but i just never published it or showed it to anyone, i didn't like it completely, as i have done before i have adjusted the tones of this drawing a bit taking it to the opposite side making it more desaturated and with a colder tone, i feel like this really captures what what I felt back then, lately I like to manage an atmosphere with cold tones in my drawings and I'm applying this to those illustrations that never came to light for one reason or another, it's been months since I drew this, but it's always good to show the good days and the bad days as an artist, I hope you like it.
I chose to create my sketch of a girl in profile, creating an illusion that she is looking towards a window, for this I wanted to use warm tones and simulate a sunny day, but later this would change because I felt that it did not bring enough melancholy that I was looking for, I used a lot of warm tones, to the point of becoming too saturated and I know I don't get along with this color palette, but I chose to continue, paint adding shadows and lights to form the silhouette of this girl.
For the background I didn't want to go into much detail, but if I wanted to make the shape of a kind of room, using a blur brush to leave this with a blur, I got very complicated with her hair so in the end I chose to put bangs on it, to hide the mess lol , I put a little more movement in all the hair, I added more details to the face like a bit of texture, followed by a layer with some blurred lines that would be the window reflecting on her face.
I painted blood on her mouth and gave more details of lights and shadows on her face, when I thought I was done, at that moment I noticed that I hated such bright colors in something that is supposed to be dramatic, so I adjusted the colors of the image, saturation, exposure and apply a little more color in her eyes so that they stand out much more as well as in her mouth.
Some things to consider in addition to the shades that I chose at the beginning, are the very marked details that I did, I feel that I should have applied more softness on her face to make it more natural and soft, but thanks to these "rehearsals" I can say that I have learned a lot stuff.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP-PEN deco 01 v2
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP- PEN DECO 01 V2
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wow, such, lovely illustrations, beautiful lighting, keep up the good work.
Thank you so much 😀
Que hermoso trabajo. En lo personal me gustó mas un paso antes, es decir cuando tenía colores mas cálidos, pero el final también es hermoso. Saludos
Gracias! Es cuestión de gustos, me alegra que te gustará, saludos 😊
stunningly expressive art. beautiful. love it.
Thank you so much 😀
Me encanta! realmente capturaste muy bien el sentimiento de melancolía con esta ilustración, me gusto mucho también la manera que relatas el proceso, Felicidades por el excelente trabajo! 💖💖💖
Muchas gracias 🥰
Woooooowwwww me encanta 😍😍😍
Gracias 🙏🏻
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Wow! Me gusta el resultado de los ojos, y las pecas en la piel. Lograste transmitir lo que sentías en ese momento con ésta ilustración. El dibujo siempre es una excelente vía para desahogarse.