Drawing 'Spirit of the forest' for Splinterland Art contest week 205
Splinterlands Art Contest Entry
Finally, I'm posting on time xd. I posted my last two entries after the results were declared lolz. That's on me because I kinda messed up when I converted the CST timezone to IST. Yeah I know I should have asked someone on discord but I forgot about that too, Yay!
I asked a friend 2 days ago and found out that according to IST, the submission day is on Sunday at 3:30 am. That makes sense considering the results were always declared on Monday hehe. Although it would be hard posting during that time unless I use the scheduling feature but it's fine If I post now since the results have not declared yet, right?. Anyway, ignore my puny brain and let's get down to business haha.
Spirit of the forest
I chose her because I'm someone who seldom uses green in my paintings. I wanted to try it out with this one since she is a spirit of the forest after all and the forest represents greenery. If you look at the official design the character looks like she is in her teenage years and the overall plant design on her looks like she is still not in the flowering stage perhaps.
Maybe I'm taking gibberish but my new design is an adult version of the spirit and she is in her full potential in her fully bloomed state hence the idea for the flower attached behind her back.
As for the colour combo here, I struggled a bit to find the matching colours for her accessories and clothes but I eventually figured it out after lots of experimentation with the hue slider. I knew red complements green but I was unsure about where to apply it. Eventually, I decided that instead of using it as the background colour I painted the clothes red and it worked.
I got this beautiful pose reference from Pinterest to draw her body. I was attracted to the hand gesture here. It gave me the spirit/fairy vibes hence I selected it hehe.
The process
A suggestion was pointed out by my friend @banazell to correct leg anatomy. I didn't see it at first but I saw the mistake when I compared it again with the reference image just now so I redrawn the leg area again. The final result is as show below. Thank you Hanzel :)
I made a minimalist background with some trees here and there to create the feel of a forest but didn't want to add leaves because when viewed at her height, people will mostly see the branches plus it will ruin the hair design since it's green as well. She is the forest spirit so obviously, we have to add some butterflies. The hand gesture is just perfect for that so I added one there and one randomly on her petal. As for the final touch, I used the flower brush to add those flowers in the background and blurred the background so that the focus should be on the Spirit itself.
That's about it guys. I had fun redesigning her in my style.
Tools used: Ibis paint x, Notebook and pencil.
Duration: 12hrs
Thank you so much for reading hehe :)
Ohh you made her pretty sexy OwO and your style is getting more and more anime these days
Thanks Hanz but my style was always in anime style though. To be honest I don't even know what style I come up with everytime I make something. It keeps changing from time to time. I know it's 80% anime style but I add some of my own quirks into it hehe.
I noticed the leg shape is pretty off and that it's getting closer to DBZ here for some reason 😅 idk or maybe it's just me. And your style shifts a lot, true. I keep getting a hunch that it's based on what you're watching
Dbz? I don't know about that xd because it's been a year since dragon ball aired new episodes. Oh wait I know what it is, its the hair lolz. The official hair design is also similar to dbz super saiyan design. It's probably because of that.
Maybe the area below her knee looks different but I did see some people drawing it like that on other animes. I didn't really change it because its a spirit so anatomy can be a bit different here hehe.
Okay I definitely see it in the hair and probably with how vibrant you color since it matches the kind of colouring DBZ has too.
Lol idk those still follow a proportion of sorts though but if it's a spirit then let's go with the fact that it's a spirit 😅
I'll keep that in mind next time hahaha...until then let's say it's sprit anatomy lolz.
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ohh I really like your drawing, I congratulate you
Thanks sofia :) Appreciate your support.
This color combination 🤩 you totally nailed it with the green!
Thanks emanate, Good to see you here again hehe. The colour combo was formed from trial and error xd. I love the hue slider so much hehe.
Trial and error 😳 turned out pretty well! Yes the freedom to choose from so many colors is one of the most satisfying parts of making digital art. Sometimes I'm quiet on here (hive), but slow and steady wins the race! 🐢
When in doubt I always do that. Its fun to test it out you know. Sometimes you will be surprised to see what you come up with hehe.
I noticed that you are quiet these days. I assumed you were busy with real life.
Experimenting keeps life from getting too boring :>
Yes, it's a 3-day holiday weekend right now. On Saturday I went to a car show, and every weekend I have a workout class that really kicks my a. Today is like a free day for me 🌞. I plan to make a post later!
Good for you. I completely gave on working out xd. I just can't do it anymore.
So you are interested in cars huh. We rarely have such shows here. Anyway have fun preparing your new post.
I understand what you mean about working out, it is a real struggle at times. Ah, the car show is an annual community event that I've wanted to attend since I moved to this town. I'm glad I went. It was like walking through a living museum.
What kind of events are held in your region?
Thank you for your support and chatting. Hopefully you enjoy the upcoming post 🙏
We mostly have some carnivals here during December and January. Not much events like you guys have over there. Then there are religious celebration, functions etc.
Moving to a different town sounds tough. I get homesick everytime I do that lolz. My only dream is to get a stable job near my home haha.
I have fun talking to you so it's all good here hehe.
It seems like almost every country has something for everyone to celebrate together at the end of the year. Usually I'm out working or I'm homebody, I don't go to many events :)
After covid the events are very less here. Not much hype Like pre covid time. Most are now in their comfort zone which is their home haha.
A lot has changed in the last couple years, that is for sure.
It sure did.
What kind of job do you want to get?
Are there Hive meet ups where you live?
Any office job with an average salary would be good for me hehe. That's very hard to find in my small town. Even if I get it It will be hard to find a job with job security xd.
Hm no I don't think so. Maybe it's happening in city areas.
Yeah, it's great to do what you love, but still it's better to eat!
My day job pays enough, and I like the work enough, but if I could change some things I would spend a lot more time making art than I do now.
I understand why you seldom use green in your art. As an artist, I struggle with color combinations involving green. But seeing your work made my imagination work as well hehe. If I were to make a nature type character, I would play with apple green, teal, and lime combinations and enjoy the chance of putting unique green lipstick hehe.
For the background, you just made the right combination. Bronze, brown and yellow green worked well together and are far from the subject's colors. I would also say brush is life haha. It really saves a lot of time and cuts redundancies. Really helpful.
Thanks kris, I'm glad it inspired you in a way hehe.
The background creation is always confusing xd. You know about the hue slider right? I paint some colours in the background and then go to hue slider and tune it until it matches the main character hehe.
Brushes are super useful in creating tough backgrounds. I believe you have more high resolution brushes available in PC hehe.
Yes I downloaded some photoshop brushes coz they are compatible with Krita. I imported them. I agree with the hue slider too. It's more convenient than maially coloring the background.
Yeah I saw about that in your old noisecash post. Love to see the output soon on the next nft batch.
Maially, I'm gonna have to google that although I understood what you meant by that hehe.
Woahh. Awesome. I love her new vibrant look.
Splendid job.
Keep it up.
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Excellent work, I love the dynamics of the color, these warm colors are beautiful
Thanks. Everyone else is also saying the same thing haha.
Great job my friend!
Wow... I loved the process, the final result was super good.
Thanks for sharing your process. Best regards.✨🧡
Thanks sannae. It's been a while since I saw your posts here. Hope you are doing well too :)
I appreciate your message. I will be back very soon. I've been having some connection problems,
Thanks and awesome job my friend!🧡✨
Thanks Sannae. Waiting for your comeback hehe.
Amazing
This is really cool. You are very talented artist.. I am always fascinated with artist because I can't draw at all.
Thanks hehe. I can say the same thing about talented writers like you. I like how you simply word your articles on readcash. It's good for people like me who has trouble understanding advanced English.
Oh, you are in read.cash too? What's your username in there? Do you know Hanzel personally? Just know her in read.cash too.. she's good in arts too.
I'm an active member of noisecash since 2020 I think. I know all of the artists of artpark too. We have a telegram group to chat hehe. We are all friends and I do know hanz just not personally because I'm from India haha.
As for readcash I didn't had much luck with it so I moved here since there are many communities dedicated to art.
Oh, I see.. that's cool, I mean that you guys have TG group intended for arts.
So sorry for your read.cash journey, it's pretty wise that you move in here. At least you still monetize your art content ☺️
Yep I like it here because people vote instead of AI haha. The readcash AI is not that advanced to detect images/art xd. I think they built it just for writers.
The telegram group was formed by crimsonowl to share weekly art Contest. Now we just are chatting anything in there. I believe it will be active again once they launch noiseapp.
Yeah, it is clearly written though that the robot will not tip an article that attaches a lot of photos.. that is why and it's not 100% accurate.
Have you signed in noise.app already?
Yeah, that makes sense and yeah I'm on noiseapp. It's bare bones now so not very active in there haha. Still getting the hang of the new UI. Lots of features missing so I'm waiting for them to launch it.