Ari 51

Remember the Area 51 meme? Back when it was getting a lot of attention this was a little something that seeded in my head.

The idea was a character duo consisting of an alien and a scientist working on-site at Area 51. I think the scientist was named Haley and was a 15 year old apprentice? As unlikely a concept as this is in real life, it sounds like what would be the case in a work of fiction for creating an easily relatable character.

The alien character has a design that physically was inspired by art supplies. The arms from a compas, the head from a paint brush and the nose from the tip of a pencil. A few other features were added to reduce the humanity of this design.

I'm not sure how much I like the excecution of this idea, but it is on paper for me to look back on and maybe use for something stronger in future. This is why ideas should be sketched, in case they become an amazing masterpiece. Maybe one day the same will be the case for this quick illustration.

I Try Photo-realistic Colouring

Anne Natalie aspires to be a famed fashion designer, but her actual job is modelling. With that in mind I want to create a few illustrations of Anne doing her modelling, so this is one of such pieces.

I went for the photo-realistic look, but without deviating away from the Droey's Draws style. As sophisticated a realism piece may have been, it's important to have an awareness for the 3D space of your character designs so I was more than happy with trying this out.

You'd think looking at the colours that I was inspired by Anne Natalie's colour palette, but I was actually inspired by a photo on Pinterest to use these colours. The light sources were in cyan and magenta, leaving the darkest areas in purple. The only exception to this was Anne's eyelashes which I used an equally dark blue for. Hopefully it doesn't distract too much from the artwork!

This was an enjoyable piece to make, and allowed me to play about with lighting. Truth is there are several technical aspects of art that I really do need to focus more on! Anything I can sneak into Droey's Draws art I certainly want to make a habit of doing so. If you want to play about with lighting or shading, I'd recommend working in a toned sketchbook, but just pencils on white paper can get you started.

Droki Doki Literature Club

Remember Doki Doki Literature Club? Well here's a bit of fan art fused with Droey's Draws!

So I've paired the characters from the horror game together with some of the characters from Droey's Draws. From left to right, we have Gary and the tsundere Natsuki. Perhaps Gary's got a thing for hot-headed people? Next are Albiona and Sayori, both seem to be cinnamon rolls in their own worlds. The third duo are Raven and Yuri; purple and orange don't normally go together but that seems to be the exception in this case until Raven dyes her hair again! Lastly there's Droey and Monika. Yes I can confirm that Monika is my favourite character, she is what made the game so interesting and allowed me to become a fan of Doki Doki.

For this illustration I decided to draw everyone in casual clothing, despite the fact if any of these characters went to school there'd be a uniform. We can call it a non-uniform day right? The only character who's casual outfit I designed myself was Monika's since I don't recall her having a casual outfit in the game. I was also surprised to realize the height of the characters in Doki Doki meant that Droey is actually taller than all of them!

I was going to add more stuff in the background but the time taken to make this illustration was dragging so I slapped a floor and walls in then decided to call it there. Are there any character you have that might get along with others from your fandoms? Have a go at exploring their interactions together, but don't try to do four at a time like I did, or else it might drag for you too!