What I likeaboutdrawingdigitallyisthatyoucanplaywiththeshapes a lotofpushtheposeifyouwant.
Withthiselectiontoe, I alwaysthoughtofSpongeBobasoneofusguessingthathe's stuckinhispineapplejustlikewe'restuckinourhouses.
So I thoughtoff, drawinghimverylateatnight, scrollingthroughtheinternet.
Sooncewehavethisveryroughsketch, what I'm gonnadonextEast.
Great.
Andyou, layerAndi, startworkingontopofthisone.
Probablyifyoueat a bagofchips, youwillwantsomethingsweetafter.
So I'm gonnagrow a couplesnacksthere.
Hi.
MynameisNatalieCherry.
I am a watercolorandsketchartistfromSouthAfrica.
I focusedmainlyonwatercolorsrightnowwith a littlebitoflinework.
So I choseahversionofhimwhereitlookedlikehewasexcitedmovingbecause I am a Donsays, Well, I used a blackmicronPentooutlineandthen I do a baselayeronandinthisbaselayer, I liketoaddtheshadowdarkandthelightsothatwhen I buildontopofthat, itjustcreatesmoredepth.
Andthen I applyanotherlayer, whichaddsomecontrast.
Andthenthefinallayer I addwhiteandblack.
I didn't have a lotof, I guess, mentalship.
I watched a lotofYouTube, butwatch a lotofinstagramvideosand I read a bunch.
Sotheotherthingthatisquitefunisfindingartiststhatupon a similarleveltoyouoninstagramandseeingwhatthey'redoingandkindoftryingitoutyourself.
Hi, I'm Kenny.
I'm anillustratorfromLagunaBeach, California.
Andtoday I'm goingtobedrugSpongeBob.
I alwaysstarton a tonedcanvas.
Eso I justlaydown a basiccolorandthen I getsketchingOndawhile I'm sketchingsomeofthemainthings.
I'm tryingtothinkaboutourtangents, somakingsurelinesaren't touchingwhere I don't wantthemtotouchmostofmydigitalart.
I usedthecrayontoolinPhotoshopThiogivemyartkindoflike a fuzzy, like, warm, childlikefeelingtoit.
I feellike a soonastheyemailedme, I knew I wasreadyforthis.
It's like I'vebeenwaitingforthismyentirelife.
What I usuallydois I alwaysstartinthemiddleoftheirface, andthen I createtheoutlineafterwardsandworkmywayoutSomeofthechallengesthat I experiencedwhilemakingthispancakewherethehands I'm reallybadwithmakinghands, evencartoonhandsforsomereason.
Hi, mynameisClaireSarees.
I'm a visualartistinCostaMesa, Californiaand I specializeinpaintinganddrawing.
Tostart.
I do a roughdrawinginpencil, um, justtogeteverythinglaidout.
Oncethat's done, then a race, mostofit, sothat I couldseeitandworkfromit.
Next.
I didthebackground, so I did a washofblueink.
Andthen I addedsomebikinibottomflowers.
Oncethatwasalldry.
Then I focusedonSpongeBob.
I tookmywatercolorsandgavehimsomecolor.
Andthen I letthatdryfor a littlewhileafter I tookmypenandaddedsomedefinitionandtexturetothedrawingportionofit.
I made a fewmistakesjustbysmearingthewatercolor.
Butthathappens.
Andif I weretodoitagain, I wouldprobablywouldjustembracemoreofthelinesofthebeginning.
SpongeBobiskindof a hugeunderwaterrobotsimilartoWallyorBigBrotherfromBioShock.
So I startedoffwith a coupleofquicksketchesusing a bluepencilbrush.
Usingblueis a holdoverfrommyprintdays, becauselightbluedoesn't typicallyshowupinphotographsorphotocopies.
Once I washappywithmysketch, I used a thickblack, a deadweightbrushtoinkthemajorformsandoutlines, andthen I wentinwith a thinnerblacklineforthedetails.
I didallthestraightlinesFreehandbecauseeventhoughhe's a robot, I oneofthedrawingsstillhaven't organicfield.
Andbecause I'm verylazyforthecolors, I stucktoSpongeBob's originalcolorscheme.
But I d saturatedeverythingtogiveit, umorreallyworld.
Look, I usedhiseyesasthesetwobigdramaticlightsources, and I adjustedthebackgroundintheshadowstomatch.
Finallyaddedsometextureandsomedetailsand a littlebitofcolorcorrectioninordertosellthewholeunderwaterscene.