Pretty sweater dress
Here we have a pencil drawing of a particularly alluring pose by Aftyn Rose, referenced from a photo on her Snapchat. During my time with Kimodameshi, I found real joy in an intuitive digital version of the pencil sketching I would do as a child. Because all of those were made on a daily deadline, I was moving fast and ignoring details. I began to wonder: what would it look like if I really took care with each of the marks? You may recognize this as a cleaned up version of one of those daily sketches.
At one level, this is a movement away from my goal of developing a more simplified style. This drawing was a deep dive into chasing detail. At first, when I reflected on that, I was disappointed with myself. However, I have come around on it since.
- It was a joy to do. A lot of the reason to draw is to enjoy the process! I am excited to think I can do something that approximates reality like this
- A more abstract piece can be more expressive, but this does still say something about me. I have a beautiful friend and I love to share my perspective on her, from sexy to silly, and sensuous to serious
I don’t expect I’ll go down this road often. Improving my simplification instincts really is the goal. But I will not apologize for or regret an occasional foray into hyper-realism.
Medium: Digital
App: Artstudio Pro
Tools: Pencil