I'm drawing one a day

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At the moment my current strategy of pencil outlines and digital colouring appear to be coming on nicely, with the pictures done in a reasonable length of time. If I had known I would have improved so fast I would have delayed my contest entry to the Kiseki contest 31st July, but I suppose I'll have a better chance of winning the next contest I enter. My ArtRage work files for drawings done this way are huge, so I'm not keeping them, just the lineart and the finished piece.

I did fleetingly have an idea last night of drawing finished pieces using pencil, complete with shading, but that is beyond me at the moment, I am rather cautious of changing my lovely finished pencil outlines with shading which may ruin it all :D . I really like digital colouring, the fact that the original can still be saved. I also had an idea last night of posting more acrylic on canvas works, but at the moment bit short of art materials for this. Also if I keep changing mediums my energy gets dissipated and I never get to really perfect a certain skill. For example Wen-M follows a strategy where he draws with a technical pencil, then scans the drawing then colours it in Photoshop. That's all he ever does and he does it well.

Update: Considering entering the Zen Master Challenge 11th July, TwistedFates Character Design Contest, A Splash of Colour Contest, arcturus17's Challenge, KeeganR's contest.

Update: Found some art that was lost from my backup but in my DA gallery. There were only a few pieces missing. Makes me feel really thankful for these online galleries. Finished the Zen Master Challenge. the finished piece could have been more detailed, but overall I am satisfied with the result. Considering entering Draw Hoshi contest 30th July. I have switched my software from ArtRage to openCanvas 1.1, the latter program has a better feel to it which invites fine work.

Update: Received a tip from daniel-w to keep pencils sharp for a better effect, just tried it on my B pencil and my picture now looks a lot better. Finished the Draw Hoshi contest entry. Considering entering Snowy-Ninja's contest 15th July. I think I will get through my current list of contests before adding new ones, next time I add a list of contests I will keep it within seven to keep up with TimberClipse's weekly list. I keep going back to my Shadowgale Serious picture and thinking it could have been better, will probably delete it after the contest winners have been announced on 25th July.

Update: Finished Snowy-Ninja's contest entry. Considering entering The Lost Kids Art Contest 1st August. I've decided to only talk about art on DA.

Update: Finished The Lost Kids Art contest entry. I think that's the last contest entry I'll do in a while, all those character specifications detract me from my final image. And of course the final image is all-important. That concludes my one a day drawing challenge!

Update: Decided to ditch pencil and paper in favour of drawing on the tablet in openCanvas only. I've had so much feedback from the forums regarding how the digital medium was faster than traditional methods, and about practising on the tablet as much as possible. Also if you left me a comment on my artwork I will leave a comment on your artwork.

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