Art vs Artist

I noticed that some of my friends were joining the #ArtVsArtist hashtag on Instagram. Being the inggitera that I am, I also joined in HAHA. Here are my versions:

Flower version. ♥

Portrait version. ♥

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Yes, that’s me in the middle. I used to have my signature straight bangs but maintaining it was a chore, so I decided to let it grow for a while. This was taken during my birthday celebration a few days ago. ♥

Florals

Since I’m usually known as the flower painter in our group, that’s the first photo. I liked how bright, fun, and a little bit loose my flowers looked here. I hope to paint more different flowers than these four: sunflowers, hydrangeas, peonies, and magnolias!

Portrait

Ever since I was young, I always drew in anime style. Through the years though, I’ve been practicing realistic/semi-realistic portraits. And this version shows the different styles that I can do. ♥

The top layer represents my childhood HAHA. Back then, I stubbornly did drawings on MS Paint using a mouse with my right hand. Stubbornly because my left hand is the dominant one. It paid off, I think! The top layer are my latest drawings on MS Paint.

The middle layer shows my favorites from my Inktober challenge last year. I can also do traditional ink drawings using unipins and various pens. My stubborn, younger self also indulged in using these pens on making my own manga HAHAHA. That again, paid off through constant practice and obsession (and through drafting class in college).

The lower layer shows my progress. Although far from my realistic portrait goals, I’m satisfied with what I can do now. The people on the lower left are the founders of our January Makers PH group. The middle one is the family portrait commission that I did last year for a friend. And the last one is just another portrait practice using watercolor.

Moleskine

It’s April already! ♥ Why do I feel like everything is just a blur? The months went by so fast, huhu. There are still so many things that I haven’t talked about here on my blog and I feel like I’m running out of time already. One of them is about my rekindling relationship with my Moleskine watercolor notebook.

Peony. (2018 version)

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Peony. (2015 version)

I bought this notebook a few years ago through Amazon since it was rare in the Philippines. When I started using watercolor back in 2015, I used this notebook for practice. I found this moleskine notebook again about when I was looking for a notebook to use for the food illustration thing that I did. Since both pages can be used for watercolor, I painted on the opposite side to compare my watercolor journey.

Hydrangea. (2018)

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Hydrangea. (2015)

Sunflower. (Sketch 2015 / Colored 2018).

I loved the comparison paintings. ♥ You could see my improvements from the muddy, save-the-painting-with-color pencil peony from 2015 to the bright, confident, lots of contrast peony from 2018. It’s the same with the hydrangea! The old one I tried to save it by using white poster paint, while the new one is just confident and used shadows for contrast. With that confidence, I felt like I could finally use my moleskine to its potential lol.

A red rose with confident, bold strokes. I didn’t do a pencil sketch for this.

A waterlily that I had a hard time painting. I think I did this on IG live.

A warm-up painting referenced from pinterest.

Quince from an art tambay. The pinks I used there was seamountainco’s newest color. ♥

Magnolia ♥ My favorite!

During our StickerCon prep, I didn’t have any idea on what I want to do as a new sticker pack. But then someone told me that I already have a lot of current art that I could use as a product, so I followed their advice and made them into stamp-sized stickers.

I also wanted to do a StickerCon aftermath blog but I don’t have any pictures HUHU. It was a crazy, yet fun-filled day. Thank you to everyone who came to our booth that day! ♥