Verdandi wrote:

Luna <3 <3 <3 :ahug:Thank you dearie!

Here is a coloring I've just completed :3 I am really happy with it! I haven't done a manga panel coloring in forever o.o! It is so fun and relaxing xD haha



Queen Serenity, oh how I love thee <3

BEAUTIFUL
Excellent job!! this is indeed very very very good!  

Starchild: Awwwwwww thank you!!! I loved PMMM so much! I can't believe it took me this long to give in to trying it out haha! <3 Thank you for your kind words!

Haine: Uwah  Thank you so much!!! I am quite proud of that one hehe ^^;;; I appreciate your comment very much!!! <3

Update time!

One year ago, I started taking digital art more seriously, and I started with this picture of a cutie Setsuna:



Well, I've now recolored it, as a kind of test to see how far I've come. It was fun, and I learned a lot about myself, both how I've grown and where I still need to improve, so I think it was a great practice =]

Here is the new and improved panel!



I can't wait to see how much more I can improve as time goes on :3 I want to do the same kind of practice with one of my older doodles too!

Verdandi wrote:

Update time!

One year ago, I started taking digital art more seriously, and I started with this picture of a cutie Setsuna:



Well, I've now recolored it, as a kind of test to see how far I've come. It was fun, and I learned a lot about myself, both how I've grown and where I still need to improve, so I think it was a great practice =]

Here is the new and improved panel!



I can't wait to see how much more I can improve as time goes on :3 I want to do the same kind of practice with one of my older doodles too!

I especially love Setsuna's skin tone in this newer panel, it is such a warm color with soft shading .

Thank you I must admit I like the newer one much more xD It is exciting to actually look back and see how much improvement has been made, since sometimes it can be really difficult to realize o.o!!

Another update! Though just a sketch this time. I'll be inking and then scanning again so I can color her at some point though :3

Kyoko Sakura!!! From PMMM <3 I love this girl <3

And here is the inked version :iheartyou:Getting the initial lines down is always the most difficult, but after that, I LOVE deepening the lines and showing the darkest areas. I'll be coloring her eventually but I want to get some other things done first

Also, if anyone wants to color her, feel free xD

Verdi! ♥ Your artwork is so pretty!!

KYOKO<3 my best friend is gonna cosplay her and I'm going to cosplay Mami! My feels. 
(I think I'm gonna color it when I get the time :3)

Sailor Uranus wrote:

Verdi! Your artwork is so pretty!!

Uwah <3 Thank you Kyra!!!!

Sailor Mercury wrote:

KYOKO<3 my best friend is gonna cosplay her and I'm going to cosplay Mami! My feels.
(I think I'm gonna color it when I get the time :3)

That's soooo awesome!!! Please post pictures when that happens because I bet you'd make a gorgeous Mami xD I love the friendship between Kyoko and Mami in the Different Story manga <3 They're so precious, it would great to see your cosplay of them! =D And if you do decide to color the lineart, please let me know because that'd be amazing!!!!!

Now you've made me want to draw Mami xD bahaha

It looks fantastic! Your lines are so clean. By "inked", do you mean actual ink or the equivalent on a computer? Either way, looks great! Just curious about how people prep their drawings for computer colouring.

Thank you Plutonia <3 By inked, I meant actual ink for this particular picture (and a bit of pencil for the gray tones hehe xD). Sometimes I also do the lines on the computer but I think I like doing it by pen better, though doing it by computer can be easier with certain pictures haha

Thank you again!  

Another update :iheartyou:This time, it is a Myu-only character, Loof Merrow! I drew inspiration specifically from the Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu myu, and Maki!Merrow. I loooove this dress and I wanted to draw her wearing it :3 It was difficult to draw her because the pictures and videos are not the best of quality, but I am pleased with how it came out xD

Ooh! I knew just who it was when I looked at it too! Lovely!

Verdandi wrote:

Another update :iheartyou:This time, it is a Myu-only character, Loof Merrow! I drew inspiration specifically from the Shin Kaguya Shima Densetsu myu, and Maki!Merrow. I loooove this dress and I wanted to draw her wearing it :3 It was difficult to draw her because the pictures and videos are not the best of quality, but I am pleased with how it came out xD

 I will say this again on here: I love your drawing !

I love it Verdi

Awie Thank you guys!! Your kind words make me both happy and blushy xD haha  

Here is another update. Super Sailor Moon, with her butterfly wings! xD



She was fun to draw, though I still need lots of practice xD I've been drawing lots of linearts recently o.o Not sure why haha The details were very fun <3

This is free to color as well, if anyone wants to! Pretty much all of the linearts I've posted are free to color, if anyone has any desire to! Just please give me credit for the lineart xD If you go to my DevArt page, there is a download to a larger picture! ^^;;;

And here she is colored with colored pencils, though I plan to color her digitally at some point too since digital coloring is fun xD

Oh wow, I really love how your colors pop. How did you get them to do that?

Thank you!!! Hmm, I'm not sure really. After I scanned the picture, I did use GIMP to up the saturation a bit because the scanner doesn't do the colors justice. But other than that, I'm not sure. Might have to do with scanner settings as well, but those are varied between scanners, I think o.o!!!

It was most likely the saturation tha thelped too, but yeah its probably scanner settings. They're just so vivid, i love it! XD

Another update. I'm not sure if I posted this before I colored it, but here it is all colored, anyway xD It was fun to do! Trying new things with coloring is always nice Chibis are fun to draw, too xD Although there are a few mistakes with this *cough* Like Mamo's poor face, or the fact that Usagi's right leg is in a very strange angle hahah

I'm sad I didn't notice these things until faaaar far after the fact :3 Bahaha

While i think you can def work on anatomy and posing (and that all just comes with practice and dedication), your coloring is really great! Keep up the good work!

Thank you! <3 Yeah, I definitely need more and more practice haha But those are both things I am working on daily, so I hope to get better as time goes on xD  

This was just a practice and character study thingy I did whilst working on my bigger works xD I did another character study a few months ago and wanted to do it again. It's really great practice <3

Here you can find the panel picture I used as reference: Linku

Yay another Sailor Moon Redraw thingy Tried out a bunch of new and different techniques with it. I like some effects and I'm not so sure about others, but it was fun to try, anyway haha :3




Doing redraws is very fun =] I always encourage everyone to try doing them xD

Yet more redraw ^^;; This time I tried out doing it in a Disney Princess style. It was really fun hehe





I've also been practicing a lot with anatomy and more realistic coloring. It's been fun too, and really really challenging  Right now I have like 5 projects to finish on top of all the practice xD

And MAYBE I'll finally finish my PGSM fanart, omg xD I'm still proud of it, but it's getting to the point where I started it so long ago that I'm starting to get annoyed with things because I've grown past the way its been colored. And I really want to finish it before I go "Ehhhh I'll restart it" xD

Yay rambles  

Verdi, your artwork is so pretty!

Oh wow I really like this one! Especially the coloring!

I know you were attempting disney princess style, but one thing to watch for is drawing too tiny of a waist. She also has no hips so she looks a little unproportional but I think your anatomy and people drawing has improved a lot! So keep at it!

Awie, thank you guys  And yeah Brit, I realized that the proportions are all wrong but I had studied a lot of different disney pictures and decided I wanted it to look like that xD;;;

I am excited to continue to learn and get better at everything though! Hehe xD

Thanks again for all the kind and encouraging things you all say!!!

I haven't updated this in a while, so I will do that now xD

Here are some drawings and sketches that I've recently finished and would like to share



Still working on the colored version of this one, but I had so much fun drawing her hair xD





And these are just sketches while working on both practicing and finding a style I like I'm feeling better about my ability to just sketch and not make it a big project xD It helps definitely with practicing to get better when I don't worry about it being a huge project =]