I DID IT! It’s been a while but I was browsing old art blog posts and came across ye olde paint boys drawings. The first one is from 2007! Can you believe it? Fucking ancient. Almost 20 years ago man. Almost 20 years ago this trio was being little dumb babies.
The 2019 redraw I did was SO awkward haha. Like technically not bad, but what was up with everyone’s body shapes? And MICAH’S FOOT? HELLO?
I know I was trying to make the boys really cute and it is just not it hahaha
2007 and 2019 boys
2019 was also a time in my digital art when I thought that the only effective way to color would be to make things as neat and clean as possible, but earlier this year I started doing things backwards – doing the painting first and adding lines to finished shapes. I think that let my brain rearrange how I approach color. Plus, I’ve been working with some line art brushes that I think let me create a lot more well-rounded shapes that end up cleaning up a lot better. It’s been odd with these line brushes because it’s reminding me of some of my first methods for finished art where I’d sketch it and then use ballpoint pen to line and then erase the lines underneath, only I’m using the same brush for both parts of the process, allowing me to keep the most graceful marks.
Wellp I got overstimulated tonight and ran out of steam bye