To bring attention to our weekly, Tuesday afternoon Sybian rides, our resident artist Khabbie has provided an original drawing, along with lessons for aspiring illustrators. Kahbbie is also the host of our monthly Figures and Fantasies event, held on the first Monday, during Sass After Class.
Hello everyone! I’m Tina, my art alias is Kahbbie and today I’m going to briefly go over how to fit multiple characters into a piece and some tips and tricks that I use to make art and have fun while doing it.
Making any type of art is about having a good time and expressing yourself, so here’s a little list of tricks to make art easier I’ve picked up from art school and drawing for fun.
- Add something small that makes you excited to work on an art piece – for me adding the diver’s Oasis logo bikini added an extra bit of fun to this piece that made me excited to do it.
- If you make a mistake make it look intentional, I didn’t originally plan to have the purple mermaid have black lips – but when I realized I’d accidentally colored them black I decided it would be cool if she was a Goth mermaid, so I adjusted the color scheme instead of recoloring her lips.
- Before you say you’re finished with a piece leave it alone and come back to it in 5-10 minutes, sometimes if you look at a piece for too long your eyes will start overlooking small details