Lesqwe56's sketches

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Seifuku (Japanese sailor uniform) photo study.

While drawing pleated skirt, found myself not good at skirt creases / folding, hoping to learn some “sense of cloth folding” after doing photo study…

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Trying to shrink non-textured paint brush such as e)_Marker Detail and do some line doodle.

Edit: Minor fix for stance and muscle

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Enough cute girls, time for fun stuff.

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Hatsune Miku fan art sketches

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Seems to have a more stable workflow now, neat.

Filter → Color to alpha to remove red lines.

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I’ve heard an art teacher who had something to say about that.

“If you’re artwork stinks, it’s because your process sucks. Fix it.”

A bit salty but his brashness ultimately got the point across. Personally I found developing and sticking to a process helps me figure out where my problem areas are and allows me to find solutions to them, faster.

By the way, great work!

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I always get stuck when the process cannot persuade my brain to proceed with structured outcome.
Yes, a constant process is nice and faster, and even make art style consistant. If I want to play with different style and explore some new approach, new process is always welcome

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Try with android tablet today, cannot always stay at home with the most comfortable workstation.

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Wenliy’s September outfit.

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Get bored with streamline process → more aggressive steps with less draft and thought
Also switch to custom sketch brush, different vibe.

Introducing Annya’s twin - Lulu , a playful girl and expressive girl

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Another warm up with Eurica… long time no see

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Photo study, brush / workflow / style experiment, all source photo from X (twitter)

1. Old method, a little more detail line sketch, try b) Basic-2 Opacity brush:
   

   

2. Enhanced method, only take big shape into line sketch, use textured custom brush:
   

   

3. Mixed method (because of the long shot, need to pick more detail for reference), use custom triangle brush, but Opacity and Flow at 100%, so it can only paint solid color:
   

   

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Try doodle more freely

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Examine default watercolor brush.

[dragonscales]

Your water colors have a dreamy feel to them. I think it works for your character.

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Recently stumbled upon Pluvium Grandis artwork on X (twitter, PLGR@PluviumG), most of his work are done with some simple brushes like hard round brush or “text brush”, which inspired me a lot.

Did a quick face lighting study with rectangle hard brush, use 60% Opacity in rough buildup process, and then altered to any value based on use case.
(Reference from “Misa_煎饺 ´͈ ᵕ `͈@misafighting” on X / twitter)

Hard edge → high brush opacity
Soft edge or blending → low brush opacity

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relax doodle

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Doodle Annya for 2026

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Happy new year!