ZOOcuppations: Lifeguard / Opossum

This is my first illustration for my new watercolour pencils project "ZOOccupations". I used the Custom Generator option in Jazza's Arty Games app to create random combinations of animals (100 entries) and jobs (60 entries). This time the random combo was Lifeguard / Opossum.

Here's some WIP. I used a pencil to draw the illustration lightly, then made some kind of lineart using watercolour pencils. Then I coloured the drawing and used a water brush (with a container for water instead of the holder) to activate the pigment of the pencils. I had to continuously reapply pencils and brushes to get the effect I wanted. Finally, when everything dried, I used a 0.1 fineliner to draw the lineart.

As for the Arty Games application, I'm very satisfied with the Custom Generator feature:

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, it was fun to draw with watercolour pencils again and I'm looking forward to the next challenge! 😂👍

Odd One #29

A living hell 😈

My Spidersona

Finally it's time for my Spidersona! Spider-Man has always been one of my most favourite superheroes and this challenge is a great way to imagine myself in his shoes. I don't have a catchy superhero name, but I tried to present some things and features that define me... to some extent, at least.

One of my most favourite pieces of clothing has for years been my olive green/orange hoodie, so I used these colours for my "spidersuit". I also wear a lot of black and dark grey. I hate cramming things into my pockets, so I usually wear some kind of a bag. In this illustration it opened by accident and some things that I like or usually carry fell out: my glasses, mobile phone, a bottle of cola, a chocolate bar, pills and vitamins, a pack of tissues, a pen etc. And there's also a matching baseball hat, I believe I have quite a collection and I rarely leave my flat without one of them.

I'm pretty tall and heavy, so the spider silk can barely support my weight (you can see it snapping in the middle) and I live in Osijek, which is the 4th largest city in Croatia, but according to European or American standards still a pretty small town with a few blocks of 12-storey buildings, so I mostly have to use numerous power lines to move around.

Sooo... It's your friendly neighborhood... Spider-Esseker? No? Well, I tried. 😁

P.S. Essek = Osijek 😉

PokéHats

It's time for some silliness! While I was doodling, trying to explore some cartoonish facial expressions, I got the silly idea to put some Pokémon hats on my avatar. Don't ask why - I even put one of my more important projects aside, which I've been planning and creating for almost a month! 🙄 But that's me - if I don't finish something right away, I'll get preoccupied by some new idea and postpone (or even cancel) my previous projects. So here are my three PokéHats: Pikachu, Umbreon and Magikarp!

In case you're wondering if I own any of them, the answer is no. 😁 And although I don't really need it, I actually toyed with the idea of buying the Magikarp one at the local sci-fi convention two years ago, but the fact that they were sold out very quickly was an obvious sign for me not to buy it, right? 🤔

Anyway, I've already mentioned somewhere before that my favourite is Umbreon, so... do you have a favourite Pokémon? 😉

Art vs. Artist 2019

Has it already been a year since the last "Art vs. Artist" challenge? I guess time does fly when you're having fun. Anyway, I'm just glad I have the opportunity to show more digital artwork than last year.

Odd One #28

The real danger ☠