First piece beginnings!

The first thing I did when I started work on my project was make a big list of themes I could pick from. I will most likely continue to add to it as the year goes on as I think of them. This is just a good reference store so that I don't have to hum and hah too much when it comes to the time to choose another. c:

I want to work on backgrounds a lot this year because I'm always very character focused, so writing down a bunch of terrains that I can mix with other themes is helpful. I chose a lot of different character tropes and types and also emotions so I can choose from either to come up with characters. I would also like to maybe do a few book covers or try my hand at depicting book characters so I might do that a little later! There is really no complete plan when it comes to the choosing of the theme or character.


The first theme I chose to do is 'bruiser with a soft centre", so I did an initial sketch of a creature that came to mind and tried a few different poses that would suit this theme. I also decided to put in another small creature to show the bruiser's soft heart. In the end I decided to go with the sleeping scene. The bruiser has noticed that the little creature is snuggling up close to him, but rather than getting angry and attacking him he's just letting the little guy be.

I took my rough sketch into photoshop and sketched back over it. I changed the pose of the creature to make it more snuggly and also the bruiser's back legs to make them look more understandable. I decided to put them into a forest setting.

I have now begun the lines but they are currently unfinished! I will post again when they are complete! c: