Lemon Slices Study

I’m starting to get frustrated with my drawings again, and I think it might be because I lack experience. So I went to YouTube and searched for an easy exercise;

(Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6sNvOqDxAE)

I’m glad I followed that tutorial, I learned a lot! I didn’t do some steps, like some of the lightning because I was probably slightly putting too much pressure on my pen and it looked a bit weird. I also did the shadows another way, because when I followed the tutorial, the color of the shadow was clashing with the lemon’s skin; I duplicated each slice, set layer style: multiply, colored them both, blurred them, and used the airbrush to soften them a bit.

In the end, it feels like I wasn’t the one who painted it, so it’s a big win, I guess? :grin:

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It looks good :+1:

Do it again, with slices of lime or orange and take a photo to show us :slight_smile:

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You did a great job, @Katamaheen.

I’ve watched @raghukamath’s video more than once to get tips. It’s a good one.

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Mmmmh… :yum: Thirsty! :grin:

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Absolutely beautiful! Even better than the tutorial. It’s a perfect stylised lemon :lemon:

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@MaxMint, thank you very much :smile:

Good job!
Don’t be hard on yourself about, getting better at drawing takes time and I never knew an artist that was help with their skill, no matter the level they are
If you ever need some follow along or more insightful videos, I suggest ctrlpaint.com (it is focused on photoshop, but 95% are skill that are relatable to krita and his fundamentals series are very good)
Cheers

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You did a great job and I get so happy to see results from people following this tutorial. It kind of also saddens me that I did not get time to do more of these. But this encourages me to record one more :slight_smile:

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Thank you for the advice, @carlosryal, it’s really helpful!

Also, welcome to the community! :grin:

Thank you very much, @raghukamath , it definitely wouldn’t have looked like that without your help. Can’t wait to follow more! :smile: