Webruary 2023

February is the shortest month of the year, the work's been overwhelming and stressful and although we had a week off, I spent most of that time being sick (and still am), so it's a wonder that I've also managed to squeeze two more art challenges in before the end of the month! 👍 I actually merged two of them into one, Webruary and A Pose Challenge, both organised by @tonycartoonish (the latter in association with @theposearchives).

Drawing my Spider-Man persona is always such a blast and dramatic poses make them even better. ❤ I've been developing this character since the first Spider-Verse movie and I believe it's finally close to perfection. There are some of my favourite colours again, mostly orange and green, but also other earthy tones. The biggest challenge was the head, more precisely the mask protecting the hero's identity. My glasses became some kind of goggles with ear protectors, inspired by Impulse (DC) and Hawks (My Hero Academia), the idea of a hoodie came from Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen and a face shield from Silk (Marvel).

I still don't have a name for my spider-superhero and it's hard to think of anything that hasn't already been used (the most recent try is Davorachnid, combining my alias Davor with arachnid, but it sounds weird) and if you keep wondering why he's so chubby compared to the reference photos, it's because I'm trying to stay close to depiction of my real height and weight.

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Styluary 2023

Styluary is a February art challenge during which artists are supposed to draw something inspired by another artist and do it every day of the month. As usual, I don't have enough time to commit to drawing something new each day, plus I've been sick and haven't been feeling well lately, so I can only finish the sketch for this drawing.

My choice is Hirohiko Araki's style, more precisely characters from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure in Western pop culture style, as I decided to binge all anime parts and got a little bit obsessed with it. His characters have specific appearance, so I also tried to contribute to the whole JoJo feeling. I chose my favourite colours, hairstyle, accessories and favourite pieces of clothing but also added JBA's details such as a crop-top vest and little hearts etc. I'm really happy with how it turned out and I believe I got this kind of style right.

As for JoJos, I'm fan of Joseph and Jolyne, but my favourite stand is Jotaro's Star Platinum.

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Wednesday

This is another drawing I started last year but finally finished now. I hope you recognize the titular character from Wednesday (including Thing), The Addams Family spin-off that's still among top 10 popular shows on Netflix.

I think I chose too many drawings for December (hoping I'll have more time during the holidays) but I've decided to put those plans aside, at least for the time being. There are some interesting February art challenges I'd like to participate in and it's getting harder to catch up. My New Year's resolutions aren't going according to plan, because I'm obviously not ready to let go of my additional work obligations so I keep doing the same thing I promised I wouldn't, which had already proved to be time consuming and nerve-racking. At this point I'm basically Thanos: "Fine, I'll do it myself!" but not as a villain - more like when it's become painfully clear that something won't be done if you don't do it yourself. 🤷‍♂️

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