Monthly Art Challenge – WIPs and Discussion Thread – August 2023

Woah, some are really really cool

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Line work done, cant wait to have time to start to paint.

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you guys are so creative!! hopefully mine isnt hard to look at, i went for a more cartoony style while keeping my usual thin lineart :kiki_sweat_smile:

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Cool theme! I’d like to try a cinematic view with a bit of introspection and melancholy for Kiki. Just for the challenge of trying to show a different aspect of the character. I’m hoping I’ll have the time to get it done this month. Here is a thumbnail sketch:

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Deevad can I thank you here publically? Is thanks to you that I bought a graphic tablet and started using krita! So thank you very much! I love your videos on YouTube and your art style :smile:
I’m sorry if I’m out of context of the wip topic :pensive:
PS: first video saw was about the last kiki contest.

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Let me back you up here 100100, I also learned a lot about Krita in those videos, so thanks a lot, Deevad! :smiley: (I’m even using your 2023 brush bundle! :grin:)

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Awesome to see all the ideas and styles. I hope all get their paintings done in time. Showing our progress as we go is very entertaining and inspiring. We should do sidetrack progress updates in every challenge. :heart_eyes:

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Love it!

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I love seeing all the WIP too! It actually helps to see more experienced artists’ sketches. Helps with creative block too. We should do this for every month’s challenge :slight_smile:

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Oh my life, I haven’t even started mine yet. (or decided what to draw). I’ve been feeling a bit ill so haven’t done anything at all on any projects. Still, plenty of time left…

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OK, I decided to finally start my own work instead of just peeping at yours! :laughing:
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to my messy pre-painting lineart!
Hopefully a centaur is an anthropomorphic enough horse? :crazy_face: My Kiki is riding Cerea from Monster Musume. I thought they’d fit well together because after all, Kiki is kind of a monster girl too! (and let’s say the restrictions about who can ride a centaur don’t apply to cyber squirrels). :laughing:

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Funny wacky robots are best robots! :grin: I love it!

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@100100 and @Corentin Thanks a lot! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Good to see all the work in progress here. :+1:

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Hope you’re feeling better soon!

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I gave up sketching, erasing, sketching, etc. etc. Just jumped into color, having no idea what I want this to end up looking like. So I’m ad-libbing as I go, and getting carried away with all kinds of imaginary doo-dads… but wth… I’m enjoying doing it! LOL

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They become real if you paint them. That’s why I’m careful about what I draw/paint.

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Ahh… A fellow man of culture :relieved:

It’s a crossover I didn’t know I needed :laughing: I loved Monster Musume and especially the OP is kick ass!

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I also started coloring. I spent a part of the evening on beta testing 5.2 (everything went smooth), enjoying finally playing with the Lambert blending mode and layer info decoration. Kiki got a new pad to draw while riding in the process :slightly_smiling_face:

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The mouth of your horse looks real/organic, its head seems to be simply in a helmet while the rest of its body looks more robotic… Robocop horse? <insert Basil Poledouris’ Robocop theme here!> :grin:

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Hahaha! Yep. (And in “culture” there is… Oooops! Never mind, this joke only works in French! :rofl:) What can I say, I’m also on a quest to draw the perfect waifu. :smiling_face:

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