ZOOccupations: Baker / Octopus

This is my third illustration for my #zooccupations project. The Random Generator in Jazza's Arty Games application by @drawwithjazza (with 100 animals and 60 jobs I put in the generator) this time chose "OCTOPUS" and "BAKER". As usual, the challenge is to draw it traditionally, using watercolour pencils, a black liner and a white ink pen for some details.

Unfortunately, I used a different type of paper than before and it seems that this one doesn't handle too much water so well, so blending some parts became a little bit tricky. The other thing is my new 0.2 fineliner, which is still too thick for my taste, but I had problems with 0.1 during finelining the second illustration, so I had to change it and I'm not very happy about it. And there's also the thing about eyes. I don't have a distinctive style and I wasn't sure how this project would progress, but I guess they'll all have lines for eyebrows and mouths and little black ovals with two white dots for eyes in my future illustrations.

ZOOccupations: Tattooist / Platypus

I must admit the second challenge for my Zooccupations project was a little bit tricky. The Random Generator in Jazza's Arty Games application by @josiahbrooks (or @drawwithjazza) chose "platypus" and "tattoo artist". It was me who put 100 animals and 60 jobs in that generator, so I shouldn't complain, right? But somehow I couldn't find the best reference for the tatooist and although I have three tattoos myself, I wasn't sure about recognizable details and the equipment they use. So, there's something resembling a tattoo kit, ink containers, some kind of a tattoo stool, blue latex gloves and some scarves or bandanas or whatever. I even put two examples of tattoos on the "wall" behind the platypus. I hope there are enough clues to guess his occupation.

Again, the assignment was to use watercolour pencils and black liners for lineart and I also used a white ink pen for some details. Now that it's finished, I guess I'm ready for the next random surprise. 😉

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! 😂👍