Artwork: An Outing

 

Drawn By: WrittenDusk

My most complete modern themed drawing to date. I used a few references to capture the extra levels of realism, which I'll have listed at the end of this post. To the left is the finished version, while to the right is the same, but without the depth blur added. 

Let me know which one you prefer.

The inspiration for this drawing came from simply wanting to draw this type pose and my desire for a new pair of headphones. Haha. But as simple as this inspiration was, the things I discovered meant much more to me than it would normally.

2017: Happy Chinese New Year 新年快乐

Drawn By: WrittenDusk

I wish everyone a healthy, safe, successful, and smooth sailing year.

Though my wishes are modest this year, it's accompanied by a not so modest chicken. Haha.

Happy Year of the Chicken!

雞年好!    
祝大家身體健康, 出入平安, 事事顺利!

Gematsu Art Contest: Sword Art Online Fanart - Asuna

Drawn By: WrittenDusk

To get things out of the way...I didn't even get into the Top 10... (T-T).

Gematsu (gematsu.com) is a great website for gaming news that I visit daily and I highly recommend it. It was really great of them for hosting this art contest, and I'd like to thank them for this opportunity.

A humbling experience is the only way I can describe this. Despite improving a lot since my first contest with Gematsu (Artwork: Sora in Advent Children Costume), there was actually less feedback during the voting this time around. 

There were multiple reasons for this which I had realized both before and during the contest.

(The second image should have been what I submitted instead.) 

2016: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Drawn By: WrittenDusk

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Another year, another "timely" Christmas drawing, haha. I wish you all a wonderful and safe holiday!

Artwork: Red Haired Girl

Drawn By: WrittenDusk 

I decided to do this artwork on a whim and took the chance to revisit my school days in art with a simple composition. Ever since I stopped taking art courses I have never really painted an artwork from start to finish again. I always feel more comfortable and confident having lines in my drawings. But this really widen my comfort zone. Things really do tend to come around full circle unexpectedly and unintentionally.

Collaboration: Moonlit Spear Dance feat. JoonHo Seo

Drawn By: WrittenDusk
Edited and Enhanced By: JoonHo Seo 

After showing my friend, Joon, this artwork he decide to apply his Photoshop skills on to it. What came out of this kind of, rather spontaneous, collaboration was much more fruitful than I expected; and I had good expectations considering my friend's skills.

Passing the artwork through Photoshop, the feeling changed noticeably. The ethereal atmosphere was replaced with an air of importance and scale. This was achieved through reducing the glow on the person, darkening the shadows and background, and the addition of tall clouds in the sky; directing more attention to the girl than in my original drawing. 

Another point worth noting is the blade of the spear. It looks tough! Haha. The darkening of the blade and the addition of the glares makes it look harder, sharper, and more powerful. 

There is much to learn through this edit, seeing my friend's interpretation of my drawing. The range of colour especially; the trees looks closer to how I wanted it than it does in the original. 

Hope you enjoyed this special and unexpected post as much as I did. I'd like to do this again, maybe even get my other friend in on it. Maybe I can interpret one of my friend's artworks instead.

Artwork: Moonlit Spear Dance

Drawn By: WrittenDusk 

An artwork based on my most recent story idea. The scene this artwork depicts is a moment where the heroine dances a festival dance, but in a way different from what it was intended to be danced in; expressing a feeling that is similarly different. 

The main reason I decided to draw this specific scene is simply because of the spear dance. The elegance and strength within a weapon dance really inspired me, and felt extremely picturesque.