Spider-Woman (Julia)

For my next Webruary project I chose a character you might recognize... or not. It's one of the Spider-Women from Marvel comics and the movie "Madame Web" that was released yesterday and already got mixed or negative reactions. I haven't seen it, so I still don't know what to think about it, but it's no secret that it's not among eagerly anticipated movies of the year. Still, there's something about the trailer that made me want to draw something from the movie, no matter how good or bad it is.

This time it's Julia Carpenter (Cornwall), played by Sydney Sweeney. There's a scene from the trailer (or was it BTS footage?) that inspired this drawing. There's also a small change in my drawing process, because I didn't use my usual pose references, but tried to draw something directly from the source.

I'm also planning to draw Celeste O'Connor's Mattie Franklin next - I knew I had to the moment I saw her costume and robotic spider legs in the trailer! I'm not sure if I'll draw Spider-Girl, there are no enough references, but if I do, it will be one of the rarest occasions where I drew more than a half of the cast - and without even watching the movie! 🤣

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Bad Education

I'm interrupting my regular schedule to post my poem inspired by the divergent runner maze hunger games of thrones at my workplace. 😒

This poem is also dedicated to some of the best people I've ever had honour to share the trials and tribulations of this clusterf*** of a job with. Others may attack you and try to cancel you, but as long as your heart is pure and your fight is just, you are the winners in my book. 🏆

BTW, although it wasn't my initial intent, this post conveniently coincided with the Croatian educators and scientists' protest against the Government's new regulations. I guess the s*** hit the fan on multiple fronts.

Oda mojem zvanju

Svanulo je! Nova nada?
Nipošto, to tek je mora!
Budan jesi, al' se boriš
Stalno protiv istog stvora.

Rekoše: "Učitelj budi,
Plemenito to je zvanje",
Ne slutivši da to znači
Od makovog zrna manje.

Samo ako glavu spustiš,
I šutke naredbe pratiš,
Mozak ostaviš na paši,
Radni vijek bezbrižno kratiš.

Ak' pamet i srce imaš,
Zmajeve pokorit' sanjaš,
Bolje ne laćaj se mača -
Samo slijepu pravdu ganjaš.

Najboljem se uvijek nadaš,
Duša mlada i zelena,
A onda stop! Nenadano
Izbace te iz pelena.

Demoni se nadređeni
Krajem kolovoza bude;
Pristaješ na sve obveze -
Naređuju, ništ' ne nude.

Kažu, satnica ti puna,
Trpi i odbaci inat -
Na stolu će kruha biti
I za kredit moraš imat'.

Kome se navečer molit'?
Njima, što su iznad tebe,
Što pak sudbu tvoju kroje?
Pokorit' se, izdat' sebe?

Crnom vragu dušu prodat' -
Unutar te drži stranka;
Al' ak' nisi u tom krugu,
Onda si odbačen vanka.

Bolna spoznaja te tišti
Da za njih sve to je igra -
Ipak, častan, vrijedan nećeš
Za njih plesat' kao čigra!

Očekuješ trunku nade,
Mrvu ljudskosti, poštenja,
Jurišaš na vjetrenjače -
Pritom nema razrješenja.

"Ne grist' ruku koja hrani",

Mnogi će ti savjet dati,
Ali kako kad nad tobom
Despotska se šaka klati?

Izgubljen u svojoj muci
Misliš, sad ću otkaz dati,
Pred sam čin ipak se slomiš -
Okreni se, poslu vrati!

I kad opet oglasi se
Školsko zvono za početak,
Ulaziš, ostavljaš nadu,
Slijedi pameti svršetak.

Svakog jutra moraš prići
Tome grobu svoje sreće;
U očima rijeka suza,
U rukama suho cvijeće.

Prosiš barem mrvu hvale,
Al' nje nema, samo vike;
Netko drugi, podobniji,
Pokupi sve lovorike.

Zbog nepravde stalno brojiš
Vlas manje il' sijedu više,
Doktor daje bolovanje,
Neki novi lijek ti piše.

Dosad nisi im'o ruže,
Nit' će možda sutra cvati,
Odi, nemoj dočekati
Ovo groblje svojim zvati.

No, i dalje tragično je
Što iza tebe postoje
Horde mladih da zasjednu
Na nesretno mjesto tvoje.

Uporno se priča vrti,
Čudovište tak' se hrani,
Naivnima koji su za
Kolo strave odabrani.

Davorachnid (Webruary 2024)

I'm not sure if there's an official Webruary prompt list this year, but I've decided to draw some Spider-People this month anyway.

I started with Davorachnid, my OC I haven't drawn for a while (which is kind of surprising!). I came across some cool clothing ads and they gave me an idea to try to adjust his costume a little bit. I changed the chest part, gave him some modern pants and sneakers. Basically, I added laces all over my design and although it looked cool in the ads, somehow it's not quite working for my drawing. 🤔 Either I expected something different, or I wasn't skilled enough to make it work for my final design.

But I still hope it's a worthy addition to my favourite OC's gallery and, of course, I'll keep playing with this design in the future. I'm glad the general looks and the palette are established, everything else are just small modifications. The pose reference is again from @theposearchives.

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#digitalart #drawing #artchallenge #characterdesign #webruary #webruary2024 #davorachnid #spidersona #grdilicious #grdi

Art Collage 2016-2019

I finally finished a collage of my digital drawings from 2016-2019! I started making these "art collages" in 2020 instead of the "Art vs. Artist" challenge, so I decided to get back to my drawings older than 2020 and put them together in my new style. At that time I was experimenting with different art techniques (traditional drawings, papercraft, polymer clay, cosplay accessories etc.), so I didn't have as many digital drawings - or at least I thought so when I started this collage. 😄

I started drawing digitally in Paint Shop Pro, then moved to Inkscape and Photoshop, but now everything I do is in Clip Studio Paint. For this collage I chose as many drawings from that period that could fit my template, but as they were drawn in different programs, it took me more time than I had expected to add the features I've been using since then, such as black and white outlines, rim lighting etc. Some of them were pretty pixelated because I could work on final, resized versions, but it's OK because the result looks so crammed that you can't even notice. 😉

As for the choice of themes, there's been almost everything, from superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy and horror franchises, to pop culture, art challenges and personal projects - basically everything I'm doing right now. Should I ask how many you can recognize? 😄

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#digitaldrawings #art #artcollage #grdilicious #grdi

Odd Yuckly #65

 

A new start 🏆

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My monthly review: January 2024

My monthly review: January 2024

We've barely set foot in 2024, so it's too early to revisit New Year's resolutions, but let me just check if I'm on the right track. Job? Ugh, the same battle royale bull***t as usual. 😒 Health? Not a very good start as I got one of the most severe episodes of sciatica and I can barely move until the pain subsides. 😡 Art? Well, I believe I made some progress. 🤔

• I tried to participate in the Fanuary art challenge as much as possible, which was still pretty weak (only 6 out of 31 drawings), but I finally drew some fanart I've been putting off for years! Thanks to the prompts by @tonycartoonish, I started the year with The Marvels: Carol, Monica and Kamala, then Blue Beetle (DC), Jaylah (Star Trek), Guillotine, Magik and Captain Carter (all three Marvel); also big thanks to @theposearchives for all the references! And after all that I even managed to squeeze in a creature design, fictional bugs called "stinkachios".

• I also decided to work on my Insta stories and Reels, trying to please the algorithm gods if possible and there actually have been a few new followers!  I've been using CapCut for a while and I can honestly recommend that video editing program.

• I still haven't tried other art techniques and I've been lazy with the new webomics, although I believe I have a few interesting ideas.

• But I'm still feeding that idea that something has to change, I just need to rearrange my priorities to get the things going. My plans for February are:

- to finish a collage of my first drawing years (2016-2019) in a new style I've been doing since 2020

- to participate in art challenges such as Webruary (Spider-Man related) and Styluary (other artists' style)

- to start posting YouTube Shorts and *maybe* consider reactivating my TikTok account and post the same videos I usually post in Reels just because of, you guess, the algorithm!

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#digitaldrawing #mymonthlyreview #january2024 #grdilicious #grdi

Stinkachios

I know, after all the characters I've been drawing this whole month - are these... bugs?! Well, I never said I'd draw only people, I'm ready to draw anything that ignites that creative spark. That's why my gallery is inconsistent and it may be one of the reasons why it's so hard to get likes and new followers. And if you look closely, it gets even weirder: they're not ordinary bugs - I call them "stinkachios".

It's true, the inspiration often comes when you least expect it. I combined my love for pistachios and the inevitability of stinkbugs - there's time when they're literally everywhere, sometimes I think I should be charging them rent because they're practically my roommates. But it's become normal from time to time (depending on seasons) and I don't mind them that much. If you're careful enough, you can scoop them and release them outside without much fuss.

So one day I thought I saw one of them on the floor, but then, after remembering I'd eaten some pistachios the evening before, for a brief moment I wasn't sure if it was a stinkbug or a pistachio. 🤣 And so this idea was born, they became some kind of bugs mimicking pistachios. Although the original idea came from stinkbugs, I also used other insects as a reference, such as ladybugs. I wanted to create a bug that would use two sets of wings, the outer ones being pistachio shells.

And another thing - you may have noticed I didn't draw Armadillosaurus or Dinocorn for this year's art challenge Creatuanary. I wanted to take a break from my usual creations and stinkachios were supposed to serve as a new Creatuanary post, but then I read the rules again and they didn't fit any of the prompts, so I decided to just let it go this year.

I know it may seem gross, but I hope you like this idea as much as I had fun bringing it to life. I may even include them in my GRDI-Verse project.

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#digitaldrawing #creature #stinkbug #pistachio #stinkachio #grdilicious #grdi