Today's page was inspired by Contrapoints’ latest video, urging (in particular) leftist folks, as represented by her character Tabi-chan, to vote. (The teal deer version of her presentation is: look leftists, I know you're not excited about Biden, but politics is all about compromise, and leftists—as, say, represented by twitter—are a very, very small part of the progressive movement. Even so, the agenda has moved further left than it has in decades, and the alternative is bad. Really, really bad. Also, do you have a coherent plan beyond protest and/or smash? No? Well, then.)
In progress. All drawings made with Microns (& graphite underdrawing) on a Japanese appointment diary page, roughly 8.25 x 5.5"; Photographed with my phone. /OnePlus/2020T/20201126T/IMG_20201022_135606adj.jpg
Aaaand, here's the finished art. To be perfectly honest, I think the in-progress drawing looks better; it's not so overworked, and the contrast between the cross-hatched shading on the left contrasts nicely with the outlines on the right, emphasizing Tabi's black and white hairstyle (and views.) Also, I clearly need to watch a youtube video on colour correction[1]
Just before her ‘Vote’ video, Natalie Wynn did one on Justice, which was the inspiration for this earlier hybrid catgirl—this is a much sweeter personality than Tabi, but I gave her Tabi's trademark half and half hair[2]
in progress.
For this one, I do like the completed piece better—in fact, I like this piece overall better—though not at all Ms Wynn's features, at least Catgirl has a longer, narrower face, and I feel it better captures the elegance of Contrapoints’ presentation; it looks both more attractive and feline (even though cats have relatively rounder faces than humans, at least when they're facing forward.) -
Catgirl, after Natalie Wynn's assorted catgirl personae on her Contrapoints channel. /LumixDMC-LX100/2020LX100/20201026LX/P1160163adj.JPG
I though the more delicate line work conveyed ‘lace collar’ reasonably well.
[1]not helped by the fact that I swear this paper has a very slight green cast....
[2]which I've always thought was cool, back when I encountered it as part of Cruella de Vil's style—I swiped it for some paintings I did of my own characters waaaaaaay back in school, except they were blond and black.
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