Inked! I actually inked!!

[liralen]

The Ichigo in my head was kind of huffy about the fact that I was trying, madly, to draw Rukia and had never actually drawn him. Do you know how HARD it is to find a *smiling* Rukia? Ahem... anyway... so I drew Ichigo instead, first...




I'm pretty happy, for once, with what I did. And the inking came out better than I'd feared. Big plus is that it's the dreaded three-quarters head turn pose, which is pretty hard for me, still. The neck's still wrong... ah well. I'll do better next time. But I'm pleased at how his face turned out. I think that I'm most pleased by the fact that it was probably less than an hour's work all together, I'm getting faster and cleaner.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

Yaaay! And the neck doesn't actually look bad to me, really. O:>

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Thank you! That helps calm the inner critic very, very much. I'm glad it looks okay to you!

[archangelbeth]

It's an anime throat, not a photographic one. Looks fine. O:>

[calmingeffects.livejournal.com]

thats really good!! I wish I could draw you are such a brat being a good writer and an artist *is really really jealous*

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*blush*

I write 'cause I have these images in my head of what the story is really about... and I couldn't really draw for the longest time, so I wrote and wrote.

I'm still not that far up the learning curve on drawing. It's a lot easier when I have something to draw from... but that's okay, I'm learning. *grin*

I feel stupid when I say I want to do manga, as I'm so far behind it's not even funny. But I'm in a position where I don't have to work for money anymore, so I might as well do what I want to do for fun. And that includes drawing and writing.

I do love the writing best, but enough people say that I'm good enough at the drawing to keep trying, so I do...

[calmingeffects.livejournal.com]

I think there is nothing stupider then not doing something if it makes you happy and feel fulfilled. So I don't think it is stupid at all to say you would love to do manga and to keep working toward that. You enjoy it and it makes you happy to draw and write and you are good at it keep at it baby!! I look forward to watching you get even better

[liralen.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Thank you very, very much. I'll keep trying.

[incandescens]

I think you've really caught the way he sets his chin there.

[liralen.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! Thank you.