Why I Draw

People have put tons of time and effort into their drawings to show off the work they do for things such as a portfolio or for their audience. It can be a way of expressing the things they enjoy doing, listening, or watching, such as fandoms and songs they enjoy. I also like to do this with my drawings, such as drawing characters from Pokemon and other franchises.

Ways I Draw

There are many ways people express their artistic skills through certain types of mediums, from digitally to physically. My ways of drawing include these three types of artistic ways below.

Using a Keyboard And Mouse via Photopea (or other digital tools)

I primarily use this medium to create my digital art pieces as of recently, and I usually follow a certain set of steps to achieve my variety of digital drawings, such as:

  1. Creating smooth brush strokes using the mouse to create the rough/final outlines
  2. Using various shortcuts on the keyboard to undo or redo strokes to achieve perfection
  3. Coloring in using colors that properly fit the characters or background I'm referencing
  4. Shading the entire piece using whites and blacks, blurring and mixing when needed
  5. Applying a variety of effects to the characters and backgrounds to make it more pleasing

By following these steps, I can create wonderful art pieces such as these:

Six pieces of fanart side by side in a line, showing various video game franchise characters.
You can find more of these drawings here!
A collage of traditional drawings of original characters, drawn with markers, pencils, and pens on paper and cardboard.

Traditional Mediums in Real Life

This is a type of medium I've done the least, but I sometimes use it for simple sketches for drawings or whenever I feel bored. Some simple steps I take include:

  1. Creating a rough outline of the drawing using a pencil
  2. Redrawing over the rough lines using markers or a pen
  3. Coloring in the new outlines using either markers, pencils, pens, etc.

As of now, I only have one traditional art piece to show off, but I have created numerous other traditional art pieces back then, such as comics and school projects for my art class back at my old school, which I adore very much to this day.

Explore more examples of traditional art
A side by side comparison of two fanart pieces made in separate video games, being a black monster character.

Drawing in Video Games

I also draw digitally in video games, which provides a lot more creativity within the 2D and 3D departments, such as games like...

  1. Rec Room, using the Magic Marker prop for 2D art, and the Maker Pen shapes and other props for 3D art. People mainly go to ^VibesDrawing for 2D art, and there are a lot of talented people who draw art in this specific way, and they are leagues better than me!
  2. ROBLOX, playing games that allow you to create art such as Realistic Spray Paint & Donate. There are a wide variety of games similar to this one, though.