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Galar Gym leaders - Finished

Added 2020-01-12 20:09:52 +0000 UTC

Hi guys! Yesterday I finally could finish these color sketches of some of the Galar gym leaders from Pokemon Sword/Shield. I made some enhancements from last time and also edited some colors for the sake of contrast (like Nessa not having watery/blue background despite being a water-type gym leader).

As a side note, must say (and it's something I keep confirming myself) that in my experience, when you draw fanart of any character is best if you treat the character you're drawing as an actually oc of yours. I make mention of this because while drawing Nessa I struggled A LOT trying to get her iconic eye style as similar as possible as the original style and that made my drawing process to feel very "forced". Instead, I tried to just let it flow as much as possible and think of her as if she was a character of mine. That made it easier to get Nessa a more natural looking while keeping her signature features.

Overall, I gave this "oc" treatment to everyone, but I struggled on Nessa particularly because I usually draw male characters only. Drawing Nessa in a way that made me feel proud of was challenging.

I will be posting these on my social media during the week but here you have all four in advance ;)

What was your favorite? I hope you like them.

HD+Artsteps+PSD+Timelapse Video of these artworks will be part of January's rewards.

Also! Tomorrow I will make the poll to choose this month's special artwork so I encourage you to check my previous post and suggest me a character if you haven't:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-fanart-33068801

Thanks for reading! :D