Finally! After how many years, a sketch of Saryel that I don’t hate? And she actually has a complete costume? Amazing!

When will I get good at hands though. And she needs arm tattoos but my brain can’t.

This one was interesting to draw! As always, displaying my Photoshop Takes Zero Skill heavily filtered pic, but I do want to post some WIPs too!
I wanted to try something different for this – I really like the angle and lighting of this shot, but it was too daunting to approach with pencil because it was extremely black heavy, and I don’t like having to spend so much pencil lead on paper because it’s so tedious, not to mention the graphite goes everywhere and is prone to smudging! So I decided to start my digital canvas black, and worked my way towards white. It kind of worked???
(more…)Ah, finally, my first round of travel after many years of staying put! Though, with pigeons to look after now, I hadn’t actually thought about planning any trips, instead, this just happened to be a work trip where I tacked a few extra days for myself to explore.
What does Sydney look like post COVID? How much of what I remember would still be there? How many of my favourite places would have closed down?
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