Beach Body

My beach body is ready! Too bad I'm not going on a vacation this summer to show it off. 😜

DIY Ferragosto Jam badges

Last week I was at Ferragosto Jam music festival, so I made these badges with this year's logo. The festival takes place on the first weekend every August next to Orahovica lake in Croatia. This is its 11th year and it lasts from Wednesday to Saturday. There are live concerts by famous musicians from Croatia and the region (so-called ex-Yugoslavia countries), as well as stages with unplugged and electronic music. It's about an hour and a half away from the town I live but you can also camp around the lake and stay there all four (or more) days. As for my DIY project, I used all materials I had from previous similar projects, such as round wooden tags, foam rubber, coloured papers, mod podge, safety pins and a glue gun. I didn't have much time, so I made only five pieces for me and my friends, so unfortunately I didn't have any giveaways this time.

Here's some work in progress:

...and the result:

My first drawing tablet

OK, this might not be my *first* graphic tablet ever, but the one I got about 15 years ago can't compare to this one - it didn't have a pen with pressure levels and to be honest, I didn't use it as much as I should have. I mean, I got used to the mouse, because I drew using Bezier curves and not free hand, so I didn't feel comfortable with that tablet. But now let me introduce you to Gaomon M106K with pen pressure sensitivity! 

The working area is 10x6.25 inches wide, and the tablet is 1 cm thick and weights 780 g. It's got 12 express and 16 soft keys and they're all programmable. I'm not sure if I'll ever need that many, but I'm not complaining. In contrast to Wacom and Huion models, the pen is rechargeable (via the cord you get with the tablet), but it lasts 350 hours and it even saves energy (it goes to "sleep" after 10 minutes of inactivity). It's got 2048 levels pressure sensitivity, which should be more than enough for my needs. I still haven't drawn anything worth posting, but you can see some examples of my doodling in the right lower corner - blending colours and experimenting with the pressure sensitivity. All in all, I'm very satisfied with it and can't wait to explore all its possibilities.

After some time I finally started experimenting with it - I mean, trying out some more "serious" things like drawing characters, which is my favourite theme. I wanted to practice and test the pressure sensitivity, so I chose an anime character, because they have more dynamic strokes, such as hair (BTW, in case you don't recognize him, it's Genos from One Punch Man, one of my most favourite anime). Of course, I'm going to finish it, use colours etc., but I decided to show you the work in progress because I'm excited about how it's going to turn out and so far it looks pretty good. 👍

Ant-Man and The Wasp

If you liked Ant-Man, I believe you'll like Ant-Man and The Wasp. It's fun, the tone is the same and there are more incredible scenes (both fights and, of course, CGI). It was great to see Evangeline Lilly and Michelle Pfeiffer in action - and a special shout-out to Hannah John-Kamen who was brilliant in the role of Ghost! If you're a fan of Killjoys like me you'll be thrilled to see her in another amazing role (including Black Mirror and Ready Player One). As for the drawing, I planned to draw them in my usual style, but eventually I chose chibi style instead. The Hello Kitty PEZ dispenser and the salt shaker weren't originally planned, but I added them to create some interesting (and funny) background related to the movie.

Odd One #17

Go, team... Go... I guess. 🤔

#eyememe

Let's give this #eyememe a try! It's an interesting experiment to see where you possibly make mistakes while drawing eyes and how you could improve your skills. However, as you can see, I have several different types of characters (more anime-like, cartoonish, for my comic strips etc.), so I don't have a unique style and I often draw eyes differently. You can find all drawings in my gallery and they're mostly recent (the oldest should be about six months old). Can you guess some of them?

Holding glasses (#drawthisinyourstyle)

This drawing should be part of #drawthisinyourstyle challenge, but somehow I doubt anyone will pick it and redraw it. I just don't have a large following base on my social media and there are many influential artists whose entries in this challenge will be more noticeable and challenging.

Anyway, if someone is interested, here's the uncropped version: