This is basically to show that im still alive. Its a sketch that i rather liked that was floating around in my pile, so i decided id go ahead and finish it. However, for fear of fucking it up, and due to lazyness, i decided not to ink the picture, and instead just scanned it as a sketch. At any rate, this is one of many sketches that ive been slowly popping out but have never gotten around to finishing. Ive been pushing myself to just flat out draw more, rather than always trying to finish every little image i doodle.

Also, my apologies to those i owe comissions for. They are hidden away in my pile of sketches as well and ive been extremely lazy about doing anything about them. Due to this, im not gonna charge yall for these pictures, and i promise to have them done before christmas. Any money involved will be purely donation, but i wont expect it since ive taken my sweet time.

As for details about the image. Well, this is a random sketch i did as practice. I wanted to practice more on my wings, and just keep myself in the swing of drawing. To be honest, it doesnt actually reference to much. Such as, even though i like the Wii, its not my perticularly favorite system at this time. I just wanted my char to be holding something, and i read a lot of gaming comics.

Anyways, about the picture, other than it just being a sketch and not inked, i had a fun time coloring it. I learned how to use a couple of interesting tools that makes coloring in a a-properly defined shape (Broken line, you find a better term to describe it.) Basically, i couldnt use the fill tool, but the magnetic selection tool is a big help.

As for coloring, i experimented a bit. This time around i did a very basic shading job. I put down the base colors, and then i did a cellshading type of coloring. Basically, i used a solid circle with 100% opaque in different layers to create the different shades. (Instead of a semi-transparent brush with like 30% opaque like i usually do. It takes several brush strokes to create the color, and more brush strokes in area with more of that color.... its like painting i guess.)

Anyways, in this method, i colored in all the different shades, ignoring that the lines between the shades were jagged. I then merged just the color layers and i went and played with the smudge tool. Witht he smudge tool, i blended the colors together, and it even helped with the wings to smudge the shadows and highlights into more beleivable positions. The most usefull thing about this was that it made coloring a good deal simpler and easier to define. And even more, it gave me more control over the shadows and highlights by smudging them around into the right places. It made coloring a lot of fun IMO.

As for the background.... well i suck at backgrounds, but im extremely happy with this one. Basically, rather than do a full background, i just took a snip of one. Not only would this save me countless markers, but it allows me to draw a background, that its uglyness does not hinder the actual picture. Its like a picture in a picture. And since its small, it doesnt gain to much of the viewers attention. I will most likely do backgrounds like this more often. But eventually i will have to learn how to do a real background.

Other than that, i just decided to give the wii wings and have it flying as well, seeing as it made no sense for me to be up so high when playing a game system.

"Red Bull, it gives you wings."

*Note: Ive never actually drank a red bull, but i thought it was cute.*