wildcardroachie

makeshift workstation for traditional art streaming (video attached)

i have this OLD ipad from 2011 that still works, but since its ios 9.3 or something its super slow and cant really do much. the only thing its good for is its camera, so i put it to good use by using it as a webcam for drawing streams. the only issue is that the quality is terrible. but its better than nothing. eventually, i will upgrade to a better camera.

some people have asked about my process so, hopefully, this will help answer some of those questions!

eventually i want to st...

wips 3/26

comm wip

more random wips

sketches + comm wip

what i use for traditional art

brands done really matter for basic sketching stuff, i use any normal school pencils that are available at any gas station/pharmacy, and its nice to have eraser caps to quickly swap back and forth. plastic erasers are good because they dont smudge.

for shading, ive always loved tombow 4b pencils because they are easy to get a wide range of values but work best on paper with a bit of tooth. as for erasers, i kinda just have a variety of ones i got at a stationary/art store near where i l...

art dump + process pics

alright, yep. posted these late but only because i had put my laptop away and didnt know there was a patreon app for ipad/iphone where i can post directly from mobile. so heres a collection of art from this week

raw scan before editing

tumblr commish ( waitin on approval from client so this is technically a wip)

updates on wips from last week

fanart of baiken plus soldier girl...still in progress

weedman + sketches

in honor of weed man i drew weed man, obscure meme from november 2020....

2 versions of roachie

sometimes you gotta draw your sona with big boobs once in a while ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

raw scan for commission

next step is to edit this by increasing the contrast and fixing some mistakes. heres what it looks like before i do all that

a bea forming

more wips

first one is a commish that i am in the later stages of coloring. second is an experimental piece that i have been chipping away at every now and then. 

thumbnail process for when i dont have a pose reference

most of the time i use pose ref but on occasion if i cant find a specific pose i will usually just wing it like this, working in many thumbnails that are slightly less rough and always flipping/making sure the proportions work

this week's wips - annotated for context

heres a quick look at some of the stuff i am working on right now

i took some screenshots and wrote a little more info about whats going on in them. more to come

alright lets post some stuff

so i have some pieces that are in wip stage or near completion. going to transfer them from my ipad to my computer via discord and i shall post those now.