Space Kitties

Having received a 12-set of copics (warm greys) from space kitty Zhi, Arrch, Sarah Coldheart and Ranneko, I’ve decided to get down and dirty with some traditional art. I had some fun playing with my expanding copic collection. Thanks, my friends!

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The first thing I drew was a head of the mermaid on the right, just to swirl Warm Grey No. 1 into her hair. It looks so nice and beigy.

But I got bored shortly, not knowing how to continue and went on to the following to play with bright colours, before heading back to the mermaid (as suggested by the bf on what the floating head should evolve into).

I messed up on the fins/tail of the mermaid without references but I had fun with the colours and the white gel pen, which I have abused to an extent. I’ve also messed her mouth out, trying to white out the original lines with the white gel pen. It didn’t work out very well, resulting in a smudgey, slightly tatched area. I photoshopped a new mouth over it as there was no way I could have salvaged that part.

So, 2 warm greys for the hair, 1 bright yellow for the starfish clip, 2 greens and 1 pale yellow for the tail – pretty good tone gradations. I think I might need to add a much lighter green to blend it in with her skintone around her arms.

And I suppose you’ve noticed that the mammaries are not particularly detailed. I don’t know and I don’t care. XD

Anyhow. I love my current collection of colours- they should be pretty versatile with whatever I’ll draw. Yay~

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