Fred and George Weasley, as Cartoons 

LOL

Learning how to draw faces looking in different directions, second try. 

 Yesterday I drew the two faces below.  I was unhappy with the fact that their eyes were too high up, so today I redrew them.  I lowered the eyes and eyebrows to line up better with the ears.  I learned how to blend the hair highlights better, and learned how to clip layers to the layers below, which was cool...and I guess how Clip Studio got it's name, lol. 

I used so many layers I got confused for a bit, lol, but it all worked out in the end when I remembered I could put layers in folders to help better organize.  I'm still having fun, and still learning a lot :-).  I'm also still forgetting a lot of what I learn, but I guess with time, practice, and repetition, I'll start to remember more.

Learning how to draw faces looking in different directions, first try.

Digital Drawing, Parrot Practice

Searching for a Simple Shape for a Parrot

I've been practicing almost every day and still enjoying myself. 

Simple cartoon style

I'm still learning how to use Clip Studio paint, so I'm keeping my drawing very simple.  I tried to learn a function that lets me edit the lines on the vector layer  Supposedly I can select an area and pinch the lines into whatever shape I'd like.  I couldn't figure that out, but I was able to select a portion of the drawing and change the lines color and style. 

 I wish there was a way to watch the tutorials within the program, but it just brings me to another page so I have to keep switching between pages.  I could watch on my phone but then it's too small to see.  Maybe I should watch the tutorials on my Quest; then they'd be huge, and I'd just have to lift the headset to look at the drawing program, lol.  I'm sure I'll figure it out...I just wish I had a better memory.

It's Here! My New Huion Kamvas Art Tablet Arrived!

OMG I'm So Excited!

My new Huion Kamvas GT 156 HD Drawing Tablet arrived today!

I kept checking the shipping tracking number and this morning it said it had arrived in my hometown and was getting processed, so I figured I'd get it late today or tomorrow. But I went down to make my morning coffee and it was ALREADY here!  I am so excited!  I can't stop smiling.

This is what greeted me when I went downstairs.  My family members had accepted the parcel and not told me, thinking I was sleeping, lol.

Package waiting for me this morning 

Woohoo!  I was so happy to see this.  I was super tired because I've been sick with bronchitis and was up until 4:30 AM, unable to sleep.  So I took the time to make my coffee (decaf, but it still helps; probably works like a placebo, lol). 

Then I brought the package and my coffee upstairs and opened it and found another box inside the first box.  A very nice box though, lol.

Huion Kamvas GT 15.6 HD DrawingTablet

I was so excited my heart was racing.  I haven't anticipated anything like this for a long time, lol.

I opened the box and found this:

And this: 

Unboxing the Huion Kamvas GT 15.6 HD Drawing Tablet

Sooooo happy.  It came with the tablet, all of the various wires and multiple plug in adapters for various countries, a driver disc, instructions on how to download the driver if you don't have a disc drive on your computer (does anyone still have those?), a warrantee card, a very sturdy stand that can be angled in different ways for ease of drawing, and a little case with a pen and extra nibs. 

They even threw in an extra gift pen!  

I'm super excited and can't wait to set everything up and try it.  I'm not an artist and have no idea what I'm doing, lol, so this should be fun :-). 

New Art Tablet on the Way!

I've always been an arty/crafty person, but I'm not an artist.  I love art, and I've dabbled here and there, but never took classes or anything (beyond a 6 week intro to watercolors, about 20 years ago, lol).

I've been wanting to give digital art a try, but the price was out of my reach.  Until 2 days ago, when I saw a drawing tablet on sale on ebay at a drastically reduced price because it's used.  It's called a Huion Kamvas GT 156 HD Drawing Tablet Monitor, which is a mouthful, lol.  It has a 15.6 inch work area, and the overall unit is 16 inches, so nice and big for my poor eyes, lol.
Here's a photo from the seller:

So, I'm super excited, but because the company is Chinese, I figured I'd have to wait a month or more for it to arrive. Then yesterday the sent a notice saying it had been shipped and I discovered they were shipping it from Quebec.  I kept clicking on the link like a maniac yesterday to see where it was, and it had made it to Montreal Quebec before I went to bed last night.

Then this morning I clicked on it and it had made it to Sudbury, ON.  Woohoo; that's only a 4 hour drive from here!  Of course, they'll have to sort it in Sudbury and put it on a truck to the Sault, the small northern Ontario community where I live, but it should be here tomorrow.

I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning, lol.  I hope it will work ok, since it's not new.  The seller is actually the company that makes the unit, so it's probably a return.  The seller said it's 90% new, works well, and just has a few scratches and the box has been opened.  I hope the scratches are not on the screen, and are just on the outer portion. I only paid 234 Canadian and these sell for more than double that brand new, which is not something I could justify paying since I'm not an artist.

I'm so excited, lol. Off to watch more YouTube videos on how to use the free art software programs I downloaded.