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Published: 2018-10-01 21:05:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 409; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 1
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En : Well, hello there.


After months of hiatus/art block/you name it, I decided to tackle Inktober to put me back on tracks !


This year, the list starts with Poisonous. This wasn't hard to choose what I would draw; last year, I made a new and strange OC, a "Snake Priestess" that can ooze a deadly poison from her pores (including those on her head). She had not much success last year, so I gave her another try, with a more "appealing" appearance. So now comes the question : among the three, what's the most poisonous ?


Well... That was both hard and easy. Easy, because drawing women is what I'm good at basically, and the other parts of the drawings weren't too hard to draw. But, after months of self-doubts and hardly drawing, I really wondered : could I still make it ? Could I still make decent drawings when literal months had passed without me training ? The answer seems to be yes. But now I have to improve. I have to improve on my anatomy (tell me this left leg isn't coming straight from hell). I have to improve on my self-confidence, and I have to let myself try new things. This strange fade to black that is supposed to be a background could have gotten so much better, had I accepted to fully go on a broader and darker tone all over.

So.. I guess we can call this Inktober a ProgressTober too ? o/


Well, now that the ranting is on, I guess I can safely say "See you tomorrow", right ?

FR : Et bien, qu'avons-nous là.


Après des mois de pause/blocage/etc, j'ai décidé de prendre le taureau par les cornes et faire l'Inktober pour me remettre en selle !


Cette année, la liste démarre avec Empoisonné. Le sujet n'était pas dur à trouver, les anglais nommant le venimeux et le vénéneux de la même manière, autant jouer sur ça. De plus, j'ai créé l'année dernière un petit OC étrange, une "Prêtresse Serpent" qui suinte du poison par tous les pores sur commande (y compris les pores des cheveux). Elle n'a pas eu un franc succès l'année dernière, alors je lui ai donné une nouvelle chance, avec une apparance un peu plus "attrayante". Mais maintenant, la question est : parmi les trois sujets, quel est le plus dangereux ?


Et ben... Ca a été à la fois dur et facile. Facile, parce que bon, c'est une madame, et les madames, ça me connaît. Et les deux autres sujets n'étaient pas non plus très complexes. Toutefois, après des mois de doutes sur mes capacités, mon avenir, et des mois sans vraiment dessiner, je me suis vraiment demandée si j'en étais toujours capable. Si je pouvais toujours faire des dessins potables alors que de longs mois sont passés sans que je ne garde le niveau. Apparemment, on dirait que c'est le cas. Mais maintenant, je dois m'améliorer. Je dois bosser mon anatomie (regardez cette jambe gauche et venez me dire qu'elle ne sort pas tout droit de l'enfer). Je dois persévérer, booster ma confiance en moi, et me laisser la place à l'expérimentation. Cet espèce de dégradé noir qui sert de fond aurait pu mieux ressortir si j'avais osé vraiment partir sur un fond plus uniforme, plus large, plus vaste, et plus sombre.

Du coup... J'imagine que je fais à la fois l'Inktober et un "ProgressTober" ? o/


Bon, vu que j'ai fini mon bla-bla, je pense que je peux dire sans me tromper "A demain !" ?

"Snake Priestess" ©
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Comments: 6

Lasselen [2018-10-03 17:13:54 +0000 UTC]

I'm happy to see you back! Okay, that leg is not how it should be, but anatomy is hard >< and the rest is really nice!

Also the snake is not poisonous. Snakes are venomous, which is a different thing: you need to ingest poison, whereas venom is injected directly into the organism. Well, it's still murders you horribly so I guess it's not that off-topic.


Okay, I'm the one off-topic so back onto it... I think you should have drawn her headpiece in light tones (or rather, barely inked it). It's a bit hard to spot at first glance. Besides that, you haven't lost your edge when it comes to character design, that's good^^

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KenMei-SLG In reply to Lasselen [2018-10-03 21:12:47 +0000 UTC]

=w= Thank you for your continuous support =w=

Well, I actually searched on that, and poisonous can mean venenous as well as venomous, which is why I play on this fact ^^ But I now the difference, hence the problem with the French translation, where "empoisonné" is more assimilated with venenous than venomous o/


Back on track I guess I should have kept it white, you're right... But I also wanted to work on these metal shading often seen in manga <>^<> So... I'll have to try more right ?

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Lasselen In reply to KenMei-SLG [2018-10-04 18:47:35 +0000 UTC]

Time to draw a full-plated warrior I guess ^^ Assuming you have one among your characters...

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Craig-Kun-Bp [2018-10-01 21:20:01 +0000 UTC]

good work !! amazing :3

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KenMei-SLG In reply to Craig-Kun-Bp [2018-10-03 21:13:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^w^

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Craig-Kun-Bp In reply to KenMei-SLG [2018-10-03 23:38:04 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome :3

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