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Hello, everybody, long time no see. Unfortunately, I have no time for art anymore, it's extremely difficult to juggle family, work and Master's Degree (papers, exams, classes and so on). I also have been struggling with an art block for a couple of years now, I thought it would get better, but I see it's only getting worse and I have no idea how to get passed it...

Anyhow, I have discovered a hugely wonderful and helpful (and free) app that helped me design this piece, called Magic Poser, which I can definitely say it can be of much more use than BodyKun or BodyChan (the plastic models for artists). I had the opportunity to see them and play a little with BodyKun and BodyChan and I wasn't impressed. The joints were very fragile, the plastic not very sturdy... The poor quality was what made me not invest in them, even though the poses you can make are really awesome and they are detailed enough so you can see and copy the shading. So, if you are struggling with shading or any other body parts, I warmly suggest Magic Poser. There are free models already submitted by other users, but you can make your own.

As for the other things, I have been binge watching painting videos, how to paint with watercolor and so on and so forth, I have subscribed to many YouTube artists, such as Kristy Partrige, Draw with Jazza, Emily Artful, and many more.

I decided to use a different approach to this piece, starting with the shading first and building the color as I went. Due to lack of time, I managed to finish it yesterday, on the 20th, after 18 days.... But, alas, with two kids, work, home chores, classes and homework, it's really hard to find time to get my eyebrows done, let alone draw and paint. Art videos? HA! Not a friggin' chance.

So I do feel indebted to all of you for keeping up with me for so long, and a mere "Thank you" and "I'm sorry" can't possibly be enough. You guys mean more than I can possibly express.

Please, by all means, do leave critiques! I'm still learning.

Thank you for still keeping up with me, all you wonderful people out there!

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Media used:

Conem sonet watercolors
Sakura white gelly pen and white guache for shinies and specks

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all W.I.T.C.H. characters (c) Disney Italia
fanart (c) yours truly

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Description

Hello, everybody, long time no see. Unfortunately, I have no time for art anymore, it's extremely difficult to juggle family, work and Master's Degree (papers, exams, classes and so on). I also have been struggling with an art block for a couple of years now, I thought it would get better, but I see it's only getting worse and I have no idea how to get passed it...

Anyhow, I have discovered a hugely wonderful and helpful (and free) app that helped me design this piece, called Magic Poser, which I can definitely say it can be of much more use than BodyKun or BodyChan (the plastic models for artists). I had the opportunity to see them and play a little with BodyKun and BodyChan and I wasn't impressed. The joints were very fragile, the plastic not very sturdy... The poor quality was what made me not invest in them, even though the poses you can make are really awesome and they are detailed enough so you can see and copy the shading. So, if you are struggling with shading or any other body parts, I warmly suggest Magic Poser. There are free models already submitted by other users, but you can make your own.

As for the other things, I have been binge watching painting videos, how to paint with watercolor and so on and so forth, I have subscribed to many YouTube artists, such as Kristy Partrige, Draw with Jazza, Emily Artful, and many more.

I decided to use a different approach to this piece, starting with the shading first and building the color as I went. Due to lack of time, I managed to finish it yesterday, on the 20th, after 18 days.... But, alas, with two kids, work, home chores, classes and homework, it's really hard to find time to get my eyebrows done, let alone draw and paint. Art videos? HA! Not a friggin' chance.

So I do feel indebted to all of you for keeping up with me for so long, and a mere "Thank you" and "I'm sorry" can't possibly be enough. You guys mean more than I can possibly express.

Please, by all means, do leave critiques! I'm still learning.

Thank you for still keeping up with me, all you wonderful people out there!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Media used:

Conem sonet watercolors
Sakura white gelly pen and white guache for shinies and specks

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

all W.I.T.C.H. characters (c) Disney Italia
fanart (c) yours truly

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Twitter
Facebook
Youtube art channel