Sketches by Washu

[Washu]

I decided it was time to share my sketches here. I don't practice as often as I should but I've been taking art more seriously lately. I love to write and draw/paint! I am currently working on a children's book. I just finished the third draft of my manuscript and now I want to start illustrations.
I've watched all the available videos now it's time to really study them and put them to practice. XD I couldn't stop watching. lol

These are a few of my winter themed sketches.

[Washu]

These are some of my digital pieces. Older ones, I haven't painted anything recently.
Also, you can view my gallery on Deviant Art if you like. http://nekowashu.deviantart.com/

[Leontine]

@Washu Really cool stuff. Curious about the colored version! I really like how you render your colors.

[Washu]

@Leontine Thank you. I can answer any questions you have about it. I use photoshop cs5. It takes me a long time to render digitally but I feel like I'm improving. For the squirrel I used a tutorial by Theresse Larsson. Here: https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/create-a-heart-warming-wildlife-illustration-in-photoshop--psd-26248

For the girl in armor, I have no idea how her face turned out so well but it took me like 60 hours to paint that piece. eheh ^^; Also for the armor I used a video tutorial by Jesus Conde on you tube. It helped a lot. I really struggled with it, and it's the piece I'm most proud of to date.

The couple with the aliens is an older one I painted in 2013. I was just winging it back then. I didn't follow tutorials or books.

[Washu]

Here is my Christmas card for this year. =3 I tried painting a polar bear. I must have painted her head 4 times before I got it "right." lol

[holleywilliamson]

@Washu Beautiful use of color on "white" snow, the rim light and the sun rays look great too!

[Leontine]

@Washu Thank you for the tips! Ill watch the video!

[Washu]

For July 2017's Treehouse theme. Sorry I haven't kept this thread active. I'll work on that. ^u^

[WithLinesOfInk]

@washu I am really enjoying seeing your process! i think you could start graduating from using dodge and burn (or black and white) and basic soft brushes to add light and shadow in your digital pieces and start playing with color as light! You'd blow these out of the water with that extra step!

[Washu]

@withlinesofink Thanks. I haven't painted in a long time and I actually feel like this piece isn't as good as ones I did a couple years ago. I couldn't get past the "dodge and burn" look. I don't actually use those tools, but what I did try had the same effect. yuck My shadows are far too dark, huh? I will try again for the 'Independent' theme.