To drink art you must become art- Pixelart DIY Day 16
Hello everybody! C: I have a lot to tell you! before that, hello! i'm thisnewgirl pixelart artist, and today is the 16th day of my personal challenge of drawing a pixelart per day, that besides drawing it part of the challenge is to make a frame by frame animation of this pixelart, since the last time i posted a lot of things happened that made me focus my attention on everything but my pc screen, from taking care of a wounded bird that now I have next to me and I have to feed, and proteccc, earthquakes, being worried about someone being ded and much more, that is part of my private life of which I will share at least my story with the wounded bird..
This week the illustration theme was a perfect meeting of ideas, challenges and the suggestion that a follower when I just started the challenge left in a message, at the end of my posts I usually ask "what would you like me to draw next time?"
to which in my first week of the challenge someone commented: a dragon !
A DRAGON! do you have any idea how many times I have drawn dragons in my life?
exactly 0, none
XD not once in my existence, and to make a long story short, I was terrified to throw myself into that well of unknown creativity because, the illustration, the good illustration, as a base has the careful observation of how things work, the elements, the colors, the lights, etc.
and I
- 1, I had not even observed lizards for more than 0, seconds and
- 2, I had never drawn a dragon before, the colors, the lights etc etc, and I 1, I had not observed lizards for more than 0, seconds and 2, neither had I studied dragons, I may have seen a couple in games but nothing that I observed carefully to draw because it was what I considered "very complicated".
But as we don't know everything in this world, and every day you learn something new, after my post about coffee, Mr. Dragon made a very nice comment towards my pixelart "how can i drink this art?"
to which I answered with "to drink the art you must become art".
C: that's how the possibility of drawing MR.Dragon drinking the coffee, which he liked so much, came to light.
A DRAGON, his avatar is a dragon! so i already had the theme and the challenge of the day:
- Dragon drinking coffee
- Neoxian
From my point of view, I honestly wanted something that represented this super cool person, and his approach/ interests, so I had a big challenge, let's go step by step and I'll tell you how was my experience drawing a dragon drinking coffee C:
My Reference:
This image, as small as it may seem, is my reference, it is just a screenshot of his avatar, C: and I decided to work with it, because being a small image, I could simplify the elements, silhouettes and colors C: (and I was embarrassed to ask for the original image of his avatar because XD I am shy to talk).
lets start with : what the fu is this sketch is this a dragon?
my god... of all the sketches I've done this is the one I've done and deleted and edited over and over again, I started with what I thought was a lizard face.
and base shape for body/ posture
clothes!
A fancy suit (at least that was easy), and... again editing the face and how exactly or what exactly I would do, this was my second edit that I have record of, but I spent hours deleting squares (pixels) and adding others XD so I don't know exactly how many edits I did the truth.
o...kay ? we are moving
i liked that shape ! but the pixels were a bit out of place, the numbering was not polished, the lines looked a bit weird.
second attempt
ehhh way too stiff imo, but i moved on, and started doing the coloring
finally some fancy colors! starting with a flat base
adding some shadows and colors !
now its looking fancy C:
i was happy so far with the colors i picked, no black at all, this is gray orange.
now adding colors to the other side.
fixed the face shape ! mixing the two good options i got, the stiff and the messy lines
color for the dragon!
just a flat, and my fav green color!
some lights and shadow work
i colored the hand too to start adding shapes and lights in the next layer
oooook now hand work
this was a challenge ! but i think i got it right C:
i made a background
but had 1 tinny little problem... orange and green? thats not it, dragon is melting with that background
2 problems, lineart not feeling nice, and feeling messy
i started doing a hat shape
mostly like a base one, to fix the size and all that.
removing lineart to see if the outlines are an issue and
yes my outiles made the whole art look errrhmm not cool so i had to think on how to fix it
3 doritos later :
new color for the bacground to separate the dragon (green) from the sky (orange) and using the neoxian city as a jam on a sandwich (blue/purple)
11 frames for the animation
i animated the steam of the coffee and the dragon breath cicle and blink.
end result :
and this is the little birb im taking care nwn he cute so i must protecc him <3
:C he have a broken wing ... :C tried to wound him... he hated it ... took it off sighhh im doing my best ... to make him feel happy and safe ...
Disclaimer :
The images shown in this and all my posts are of my own creation and are personal interpretations I make of existing and non-existing objects or characters, none of the images I share should be used to train your AI.
Thanks for reading, if you like what I do leave a like ! comment what you would like to see me pixelate next time
dont forget to check my last posts:
![]() | Dark Enchantress: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/dark-enchantress-pixelart-day-15-splinterlands-art-contest-week-298 |
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![]() | coffee: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/coffee-pixelart-animation-day-14 |
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![]() | Forest healer male: https://peakd.com/hive-131131/@thisnewgirl/forest-healer-male-pixelart-animation-day-13 |
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![]() | Ice Pixie: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/ice-pixie-pixelart-day-12-splinterlands-art-contest-week-297 |
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![]() | shooting star: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/shooting-star-pixelart-animation-day-11-diy |
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![]() | Save point: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/save-point-pixelart-animation-day-10-diy |
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![]() | Forest healer: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/forest-healer-pixelart-animation-day-9-diy-hive-158694 |
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![]() | Bouncy goddess https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/bouncy-goddess-pixelart-day-8-diy-animation-engesp |
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![]() | Roof girl: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/roof-girl-pixelart-step-by-step-engesp-day-4 |
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![]() | Aurora: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/aurora-pixelart-animation-step-by-step-engesp |
![]() | Forgotten bones: https://peakd.com/hive-158694/@thisnewgirl/forgotten-bones-pixelart-animation-step-by-step-engesp |
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drop some likes!
I love it. Delicious coffees.
thanks for being my muse for this challenge :3 !
![untitled.gif](https://images.hive.blog/0x0/https://media.tenor.com/LoWHiYHKvcUAAAAC/anime-girl.gif)
Wow, i am wowed, this is nothing short of amazing and spectacular, it was funny and interesting to read how you worked with the little image, it actually turned out awesome, this is very inspiring and beautiful pixelgirl, thanks for representing this beautiful piece well… thumbsup… and the coffee ☕️ is a 10/10 🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
ayeeee! thanks ! nwn <3
truly an honor
Another Great Art!
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@lolodens(2/5) tipped @thisnewgirl
Now this is lovely! It’s how this is your first art of a dragon and you did it so well!
Your art is purely original and it tells me you are an anime fan, hehe.
Mr D definitely loved this because why not?! It defines most things about him in such a beautiful way 🥹. Well done Girl ❤️
This is so so presentable and yes! You were so good with showing his cool and amazing self in the art.
The coffee, the heat from it and the outfit!... So detailed! Well done @thisnewgirl
thank you meri! <3 nwn im glad you liked it too!
Utmost respect!!! You are an amazing artist. You didn't let any of the difficulties you encountered stop you from bringing your muse to light. It's a noble and awesome piece of art. We are all proud of you. Well done, @thisnewgirl 🥰
sabrinaaaaaaaah!!! C: thank you, yes this was quite a challenge ! C: but i did it!!!!
Wow this is quite an intriguing and mind-blowing art you've got here, it's looks so good and should be tag pure masterpiece.
Keep up the good work.
thank you so much sir !
@thisnewgirl it is much superb and beautiful art. I appreciate your skills. You have pure talent, I wish you best of luck ❤️❤️.
This is art at it's finest dearie, Keep up the good work dearie
thank you ! ill keep bringing some good art <3
This is beautiful, and I love it. Dragon drinking coffee ☕ so mind blowing.
Pixel Art Hits Very specially, I like your works, they all look unique, I am quite sure Mr Dragon loved this so well,
Keep it up👍👍
thank you so much sir ! ✨
Uhm, me trying to imagine how this will look in 3D, HD graphics 🤔
this is def something i have in my check list, im doing pixelart animation and learning ab 3d modeling C: so i may bring some 3d in the near future
Ok, ok Ok, I found a gem, bro, your animations are so elegant, you have a new follower here!
@youngmusician Bro, this blog would surely interest you, check it out!
Oh yes, yes, yes. I like it.
Wow, This is A wonderful drawing, A beautiful Art. You are motivating me to go back to art. 👍 keep it Up
awe! thank you sir
Your content on Hive is always top-notch. Each post is informative, engaging, and a joy to read. Keep up the amazing work! 🌟 Upvoted and looking forward to more! 👍
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