When the first set of images for the Destiny of Celtara RPG was done, the client told me to do one more illustration, whatever I wanted, anything. All other illustrations were very tight so I did one opposing idea of a very loose and colourful piece with overlaid fractal flames and any effect I could get away with, based on an unfinished sketch that fit the purpose very well.
¡Hola, os presento mi último retrato! Se trata de la leyenda del rap Queen Latifah, una auténtica referente con temas como "U.N.I.T.Y" y "Ladies First" . Espero que disfrutéis de mi obra tanto como yo lo hice creándola. Sigo trabajando en una posible exposición que se anunciará en el futuro (¿próximo?). . . - Lápices de grafito y papel. - 3,4 horas aprox. - Marzo 2023. . ¡No olvides etiquetarme y compartir tu opinión en los comentarios! . . . . . . #chuacheart #queenlatifah #rapculture #hiphopmusic #hiphopart #hiphoplegend #pencildrawing #portraitdrawing #fabrianopaper #worldofartists #dailyart #artoftheday #artdiscover #artspotlight #artistic_share #arts_secret #art_feature #art_empire #art_viral #art_help #internationalwomensday #8M #feministart #womeninrap #femaleempowerment #girlpower #femaleartists #blackgirlmagic https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiKiKVtm_Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Gandalf the White This is a piece I did a couple of years ago and I’m overall not all that thrilled with it, but I am proud of how the skin turned out and so I’m posting it anyways because life’s been busy and I haven’t had energy to art aside from my current wips. I rarely use only coloured pencils on their own so this was really quite hard for me! Are you a fan of Lord of the Rings? I will guard my $90 copy of the books with my life. . . #art #art_dailydose #art_viral #art_we_inspire #artbynights #artcollective #artfinder #artistoftheday #artoftheday #arts_promote #creativeartiststudio #creativeartisthelp #hypnotizing_arts #draweveryday #drawingart #drawingdaily #art_insanely #artdrawing #pencilart #love_arts_help #top_drawings_art #artcomplex #artist_calls #gandalf #lotr #fanartfriday #tolkien #lotrfanart #lotrfan #fanart (at minas tirith,Gondor,Middle Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfcR1qJuhz6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Belief is the elixir of dreams,
In the shadow of looms,
Bathing in faith is embracing ethereal serenity,
Leading you with inscrutable intuition,
Beyond the worldly illusion,
The cosmic reality that we see.
Across the sands of the dee,
My freedom was like a cold-pressed coffee.
The sour beans of gloom laid their icy hands over my ebullience,
It is pronounced to remain hungry while searching for a home,
The quest for life was submissive under the loneliness of gloam.
It is the complexity of the human soul,
That keeps you hungry for more.
And when you are about to give in,
Rays of sun-like an omnipresent guardian angel,
Plants the seed of hope in you within,
Time, the rite of passage of light,
At that moment,
Like an epiphany struck me.
I was the leash that was holding me from being free.
Being too attached to the elusive aroma of comfort,
Expectations of my dreams turning true,
Was like writing postcards to the dead
And breathing in love that forever read.
Caskets of desires need to be filled,
With pennies of belief and hard work.
And when you do that,
The magic of the universe works.
The sudden movement of objects of life is labeled change.
Change your actions to alter your verity.
Dreams brew in hopeful hearts,
Ones that believe magic exists,
Are the ones that taste life’s serendipity.
When life throws a bunch of lemons your way,
Remember,
These moments will become memories,
Which will forever stay
With you.
Life is a quest,
A quest of queries, a quest of clues,
A journey of the stars and a journey of bleeding blue.
Bleeding blue in the color of ink,
Writing our lives into the dreams we sink into.
Sometimes we wish to hide,
To be lost in a land where we hear no familiar sound,
But all we want is to be found.
To be found in a way we were never strayed,
To be loved in a way we are never betrayed.
-Hridya
I drew a series of similarly composed images in autumn last year and am still painting all I liked. Here, autumn is a motherly type wrapped in golden oranges, with the squirrels and cats chasing each other in eternal circles at her feet. The hawthorne crown presented a drawing challenge in watercolours; when I would've otherwise painted them later on with opaque paints, now they needed to be well-defined going in. In that regard, my watercolour training is also drawing training.
I unapologetically used Hookers Green, Autumn Red, and Quinacridone Gold as pure as I could here because I really liked how saturated they were and how well they matched (of course I mixed too, mostly with burnt umber). I went too dark on her face; I rubbed off most of it with a magic eraser, waited until dry and covered the area in watercolour medium because the smooth Bristol paper had become quite soaky there. It went well after that.