Hey! I'm back with another piece. For the entire month of May, Artpark organized an art challenge called "MerMay," in which you had to create your own original mermaid or merman character, and they provided you the concept on a specified day. I first refused to join since my creativity had deteriorated. LOL. But now that my creative motivation has returned, I'll try to catch up. And now I'm presenting this work of mine.

I remembered that I had the energy to create again after finishing what I was drawing that day. I tried to draw freely on my tablet and came up with her. I proceeded because I had created something.

Drawing what inspired me that day is how I get back into creating art. It is always effective for me. For example, you're watching this and think to yourself, "Oh, I want to draw him or her," and because you're extremely motivated, your rendering will be completed quickly and the result will be good.

As a result, I always watch anything that makes me happy and enhances my mood before I start drawing. Every time I see someone with a beautiful smile, I feel relieved, as if someone had healed me.

This art of mine is healing for me. I am a person who loves to stare at nothing. I don't know if that makes my mind feel refreshed even while I'm walking. I miss going to the beach. There was this time when I ditch school just to go to the beach, and I don't regret that decision. My parents were not angry with me because they knew I was stressed from school, and my father was with me, he was the one driving. hahaha.





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<strong><h5>Process</h5></strong>
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Everytime I sketch something, I seem can't draw their face again. So it's a challenge for me to draw her again.
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I always render skin first, but first I add the basic shadow, shade and then comeback again.
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I tried to experiment on adding shadow to her left side and lighting on her right side, so it will looks like ray of the sun only reflect to her right side, which  I like the outcome of it.
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Because I love red so much my "favorite color" LOL If I didn't cut my hair every month, my hair would be long like her. I'm planning on dying my hair back black.
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This is my favorite part. Making her body skeleton.
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And for her tail I made it green and yellow combined. 
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I choose sunset as a background because sunset look cool, me as a kid before thought that sun goes down under the water. LOL
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I added water splash or bubble on the rock she was sitting and I added a little bit of highlights.
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<h5>Timelapse Video</h5>
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https://youtu.be/PYrsNq9HSMU

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<strong><h6>Materials:
XP-Pen Deco 1 v2
Drawing App: Krita
Duration: 8 hours
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<h4><strong>That's all for today's blog 😉</strong></h4>
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