EARLY ACCESS // random sketches
Added 2022-06-13 09:00:03 +0000 UTCHere are the results of a random sketch session! I drew some characters and a little self-portrait. I’m never happy with how my self-portraits turn out, since I never feel like they actually look like me! It’s especially difficult when I can’t liquify or paint over it. Gotta keep trying though!
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I do! I have a tutorial on inking - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-flowy-56706948 and one on sketching - https://www.patreon.com/posts/tutorial-light-66773593
Loish
2022-09-12 11:55:20 +0000 UTCI love your work I'm more of a traditional artist, do you have any tutorials for more traditional style?
Nathan Hopkins
2022-09-09 23:43:45 +0000 UTCthank you!
Loish
2022-07-07 08:37:42 +0000 UTCThat's so interesting, since I feel like I can always recognize when you do a self portrait! Sure, it may not look exactly the same, but something about the likeness is always there!!
wavylinesem
2022-07-06 13:57:22 +0000 UTChaha it depends entirely on your taste i guess! i have some fancier ones with a nice grip to them, but i don't feel like they have a lot of added value over the cheap ones. but i totally get that there are people who do prefer the fancier tools!
Loish
2022-06-20 09:17:05 +0000 UTCI almost always use a mirror, because that creates the challenge of recreating my face as I perceive it! I always feel like photos distort reality quite a lot, plus I tend to want my selfies to be flattering, while that isn't my goal for self protraits :)
Loish
2022-06-20 09:16:15 +0000 UTCThat bic is my favorite pencil to draw with! How do you go about doing self portraits? Do you go from a photo of yourself or a mirror or what ?
Marques Martinez
2022-06-19 20:35:41 +0000 UTCIt's a little odd to see you using a cheap mechanical pencil everyone has access to. I expect pro artists to have some high end $200 professional pencil to create their work. A very humble reminder to use what I have and stay off Amazon.
Danny
2022-06-19 06:06:36 +0000 UTCYes! Thank you Loish!! 😊
Sofi Saccone
2022-06-17 23:37:44 +0000 UTCThey really did break the mold with those little guys. Damn near indestructible, consistent if finicky performance, and for whatever reason just unsexy enough to ensure no one will be stealing it off your desk. :D
Cluisdotorg
2022-06-17 18:17:17 +0000 UTChey sofi! do you mean the thing I used to blend? it's called a blending stump :)
Loish
2022-06-17 08:05:46 +0000 UTCdo you mean traditionally or digitally? when working traditionally I use ecoline brush pens and colored pencils to add color. digitally, it's the same process as the one I explain here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/66779976
Loish
2022-06-17 08:02:36 +0000 UTChaha you are not alone in that!
Loish
2022-06-16 09:29:36 +0000 UTCit's a constant struggle! i guess it's hard to see our own features clearly.
Loish
2022-06-16 09:29:14 +0000 UTCyes! I tweak the levels and do a lot of adjusting to get the contrast right. somehow I feel like the photo never conveys the level of contrast I see in real life.
Loish
2022-06-16 09:28:53 +0000 UTChaha thanks! i literally have no idea where i got it. i've just always had it somehow.
Loish
2022-06-16 09:28:09 +0000 UTCThank you :)
Sofi Saccone
2022-06-16 07:49:55 +0000 UTCDo you have a different approach to adding color to inked lines as opposed to a sketch or painting?
Lilanoire
2022-06-15 18:46:31 +0000 UTCKeep on sparkin' it, dear. You are so special.
Rob Callicotte
2022-06-15 02:28:11 +0000 UTCIf you're talking about the white pencil thing, I think it's a Faber Castell smudger tool 🥰
andy_illustrates
2022-06-14 18:41:39 +0000 UTCMy gosh, these just don't look like traditional sketches they are MAGICAL. I've still got to watch your flowy sketches tutorial and can't wait to see how the magic happens haha. Thanks for sharing!
andy_illustrates
2022-06-14 18:40:36 +0000 UTCHi Loish! 💙could you please tell me how is called that thick pencil that you used for the sketches? Thanks for sharing your work 🙏
Sofi Saccone
2022-06-14 10:27:48 +0000 UTCIt looks exactly like you!
Sharon Tu
2022-06-13 22:59:27 +0000 UTCI really like Funkymonkey1945's distinction between "accuracy" and "likeness". He says that something that is "accurate" may not really "look like" the person as well as something that has really solid "likeness". Like an illustration of you with high "likeness" factor could just be an inverted triangle, with angled bangs and that huge pony tail your always sport. Basically a short hand for the main characteristics we see as you. Personally over the years I identify you by your self portraits, and they feel oddly more accurate than the photos I see of you on IG. :D Like that is the living, animated Loish living in my head preventing me from shitting the bed drawing-wise half the time :D Justa thought, great stuff as always! p.s. Also love the level of absolute abuse apparent on that god-only-knows-how-old Bic mechanical you are using :D
Cluisdotorg
2022-06-13 19:40:14 +0000 UTCBeautiful work as always! I also love how white the paper is in the picture and the contrast between the sketch lines. Is this something you do when you edit the photo?
AJ Howard Art
2022-06-13 16:18:09 +0000 UTCI love seeing your sketches so much <3 And I could tell it was you :) I get it though, I've done so few self portraits because I can never seem to get the likeness right. More often then not they turn out to be more cartoony than anything else lol.
Kat Craig
2022-06-13 15:08:01 +0000 UTCYes it’s you ✨😌✨ u r amazing
Diego Fernando Román Cuesta
2022-06-13 13:33:48 +0000 UTCThese are wonderful and super inspiring.
Thomas Fluharty
2022-06-13 13:27:07 +0000 UTCI definitely recognized the self portrait! Love the sketches you've been sharing lately. They all contain that particular energy you get from the early stages of a piece.
Reagan Lehman
2022-06-13 13:20:25 +0000 UTCI was inspired to do some traditional sketches after I watched your tutorial and I had been drawing in procreate for so long I kept trying to double tap the page to undo all my “bad” lines. Yikes 😅
Romy Sauvageau Robillard
2022-06-13 11:26:57 +0000 UTCI loved the self-portrait! And it looks just like you, but mostly, it looks like your self-portraits 😆 They all have the same distinct look. Also, I'm amazed at how it feels just like the digital ones
Juan Gagliardo
2022-06-13 11:07:03 +0000 UTCI saw it was you straight away! Amazing work as always😍
Anna Kaijankoski
2022-06-13 09:17:03 +0000 UTCBeautiful
Calvin Azuli
2022-06-13 09:06:41 +0000 UTC
