[Claps]
So last May I started a prompt list by Sea Lemon.
this one.
And I was designing a mermaid based off of
each of the fruit prompts and I left off...
On strawberry, which means the next one is orange.
So I'm going to guess that I'm going to need
These!
Let's get to work.
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So we're going to start with a good old-fashioned
mechanical pencil, not that one though, this one.
So of the few designs that I did make it through,
I like the ones best
where I actually spent the whole spread
working on the design
instead of just kind of going with my gut.
So that's what i'm gonna do today.
I have every intention of drawing legs.
It's not gonna be a mermaid.
I mean it might end up a mermaid,
but that wasn't my intention.
I also think what worked best was starting small
and kind of working on the silhouette.
So we know the colors.
We know the fruit, now, we just need a design.
I'll start by drawing a little bit of oranges.
The actual orange design is pretty simple.
Well, it's just a circle, a little...
And some texture.
Why don't I start with maybe the plant and
see if there's any cool elements that I can take from that
I'm, not really familiar with orange tree.
I literally had to think I'm like did they grow on trees?
I think by drawing them it'll familiarize myself.
And then I guess
there's supposed to be some oranges on there, too.
Texture.
The leaves seem to focus on the ends of the branches.
They don't just like stick out, you know.
That's more like a flower thing I guess.
Oranges don't have to be perfect circles,
I'm also learning.
Some are much more blobular.
I want to start small.
Work on like a silhouette for the character design
because if it doesn't look good small,
it's not going to look good large.
When you see it's smaller,
It's easier to see the major flaws I guess.
A little head, a body.
Look, there's those legs I was talking about.
Now the color orange.
What does that make me think of?
Power, big puffy sleeves. I have no idea about hair.
Whenever I do puffy sleeves,
I'm like what do I do with hair?
That doesn't leave much room.
[Laughs]
It's like a double-sticky-outy-witch-hat.
I don't know, what's another color of orange ?
You think of like a trendy looking inmate.
That hand on the hip. I'ma copy that again.
It's like higher than I would normally stick.
I think that shows a little bit more strength
in uh, character.
Got like some pants, maybe oversized.
So then there'd be like little legs sticking out the bottom.
Let's give her an inmate number.
Is that how that works?
I don't know, never been to jail.
That's a record I plan to keep!
Then how about some like really slick to the skull braids.
Now, it's the color orange,
but I feel like it's not quite the fruit orange.
I do enjoy the silhouette though
I really want to color this sketch
but I like the sketches on the other side.
So that's not happening.
Just have to do it in my mind.
Oh so cute.
I'm gonna swatch my colors
Ooo.
That one's a bit pinky, spring orange.
That's a good name for that color.
Whoa now there's the only one that like
when I think orange, that's the color, I think.
I want to like further this idea
but incorporate more orange.
Like oranges, when you cut them in half, they're citrus.
So they have that cool pattern
I remember having to draw this for the lemon,
fruit here in the center is more rhiny.
The rhine on the outside needs to be a lot skinnier.
Let me try a wheel technique, that's like a flower!
And then they have to be like really shiny
because they're fruit.
Now these are circles.
A fashion element I can think that are circles.
Or glasses, those like fun circle sunglasses.
What if there's a way to add this pattern to them?
Oh, but then they have a weird dot in the middle.
Oh, wait a minute.
I don't hate them now that it's like more like a daisy.
Try another one.
Trying to draw them just straight on there.
So I can see the outfit
and make sure it screams orange at me.
When I think of oranges,
I kind of think of like the texture on the outside.
What about an outfit that's like suede or corduroy?
I can't always draw high-waisted. Can I?
Probably cause skirts usually have a lot of like buttons.
What about one of those like crop tops?
That's like too big.
What if we give it like a sweater texture to this, too.
Do we want to try the glasses
and give her a bag, something simple.
Boom.
Maybe with like a handkerchief
Oh and then these circles,
those kind of could look like oranges maybe.
Some earrings, a little top bun.
These textures kind of give a very casual vibe
but then big earrings big sunglasses a very sleek top knot
and then the little fancy purse,
give me more high-end vibes.
Maybe if I just give her some like high heels,
it's too clashy with the textures, I think
Maybe a casual shoe like a sneaker.
Oh, and then this like could be green.
To imitate the leaves because they're pointy
and then I think maybe the bun needs to be
a little messier.
Some like little pieces that hang down.
Just make the earrings a little smaller.
Little moth eaten holes,
follow the orange texture even more.
What if there's like a little embroidered orange?
If we could embroider this shape onto there.
I think this reads more lemon to me,
so maybe the whole thing.
Yeah, that could be a cute little design,
think for the embroidery, I think of like -
What is it? Hollister where they have those little camis,
with like daisies on the top.
I think it was something like that
but with the oranges.
Big clips in the hair.
Full teen on this one!
Drawing a little pose.
I feel like a younger character
can get away with wearing like actual patterns
of the fruit a bit more.
Maybe a sweater
and then I can add that texture in again.
Big clips.
What are these called? Like dad sneakers,
big chunky boys.
This was definitely not orangey enough.
Let me try the glasses idea.
Let's see how that looks.
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Little face in here,
eyebrows that like poke out through there.
I feel like these glasses require very e-girl hair style.
Short bangs and curly short hair with hair clips.
There's my vague knowledge.
Gotta have rosy noses.
I've been doing this in my own art for centuries!
Now the actual glasses.
Center most bit.
[Laughs]
It's the little things that bring me joy.
And then the outside edge.
I don't want to go too close to the edge.
I want to keep that light
because it's like the rind of the fruit doesn't taste good
So it's got no color,
kind of flat on the outside edge.
If I do them like opposite like this.
Fan technique.
This one doesn't end up with enough space in there.
Although it's not terrible,
but it is definitely not clean either.
I should probably hold off with the e-girl
until we get to the fruit peach
because I feel like peach blush,
peach noses, peach eyeshadow, peach lips peach hair.
Like, very, very, e-girl, is there a crime against drawing
too many e-girl inspired girls. I don't think so.
I want to color that one so bad,
but I didn't draw it on this page!
What kind of outfit would suit this character?
Layer it up,
Guess her name's Geor- No, Florida.
Clearly I just want to draw peaches.
Is that e-girl? I think that's e-girl, right?
All right, it's fun, but I don't think it's what I'm looking for
and the neck is really, really long.
Just bring that shoulder up.
One second.
Once you fix one thing you're like, oh
then I have to fix everything!
Anyway, this is my favorite part.
That was fun but I don't think that's what I want.
We can implement an orange in a better way,
maybe a full body.
Another person a little person here.
So the fruit's like very structured.
Picture structure kind of having lots of seams,
an inmate jumper but like fancy.
Like a really structured collar.
There's that word again, wide leg trouser.
I feel like that's a very adult trend
that I don't participate in.
Let's make her look very rich, I guess. I don't know.
Rich are the only people that can pull off inmate chic,
right?
Look at me I've committed crimes and I'm not in jail.
That like tied neckerchief
What if we do that actually around the neck,
then we can have that orange
contrasting with the green.
Fancy.
Pointy shoes.
Another thing I never gravitate towards.
You know what this outfit reminds me of?
Freddy from Scooby-Doo.
There we go corduroy. It's very 70s.
Instead of having them be citrusy,
just have them be orange.
Maybe we'll emphasize the shoulder pads a bit more.
You know what this looks like?
A very fancy Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Line-art! There's a 0.3 millimeter and a 0.5 millimeter.
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Now when I'm doing some texture,
I can use the like streaky, strokiness
of the markers to my advantage
or at least be conscious of it
and make sure all the streaks going the same direction
as my pattern.
Make it interesting.
Try this marigold, it's got a nice point.
You can get lots of texture.
It can be light-handed.
Changing up the direction of the corduroy here.
And maybe go vertical.
I definitely want to be a texture to the fabric,
having the colors be so similar really works with that
whereas if I use the darker one,
I think it would look more like stripes
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Spring orange, nullified a little bit.
For the hair
I think I want the hair to be darker than that
I kind of picture being black.
There we go.
Layered it with a gray,
go over it one more time with the brown.
Top color, matter.
For green, I'd really like it to be a very light green
that seems exactly what I was picturing!
Let's start with this.
This green I think is too light,
There's no contrast.
since the green's the lightest.
I might actually go down darkening the orange.
oOo I like the way it's blending out the texture actually.
Then we can layer it again with that yellow maybe
Now I'm actually tempted to make the glasses green,
let's definitely do the shoes,
oop, this wasn't the green I wanted. Oh well.
Glasses! Since oranges are circular.
I think I do have to go with the orange,
go with this pumpkin yellow!
Keep some reflections in there,
maybe even throw in a little the orangiest orange,
lightest yellowish.
Maybe if I can see the face through it it would be better.
It could look more like glasses.
Not the note I want to end on, I want to finish this.
It's about the process
It's about the journey!
What if I draw something that like includes that
like orange branch as an illustration element
one of those cute like scrunched up poses.
and then behind it, that orange tree.
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Kind of come behind the character.
I forget the oranges this time.
Maybe lower the age a bit,
it's just too mature for my style I think.
Knees
Foots!
I think what I'm forgetting is
there's a very important color that oranges have!
This is white remember,
so I feel like I should be taking more advantage
of the color white, which I didn't use at all.
The legs are just a little too spread out for me.
She looks like she's in some kind of swing.
Just pull this tree down as like a design element.
It's like a surreal swing
and then we can even have this side coming up
and being a little tiny orange tree.
I should have the oranges coming up a little bit more.
If I pull everything to the right,
maybe get rid of this little orange,
then it's like a woosh!
We could pull the legs down more that way.
So they're pointing that direction
Mmm! That's kind of cute.
I do like the necklaces and stuff.
I think I want to keep the dark hair look,
the legs got a little goofed
If the pose doesn't make sense
then how will I ever put the outfit on top of it?
Take the eraser and just kind of lightly roll over it,
not as much as I would if I was doing line-art
but just enough to give me more space.
Do I want to double braid?
Do I want the other one coming down this way?
There's a little placeholder for them for now.
Changing it already.
Moving our way down to the outfit.
I do like the idea of the circle sleeves
because it is a circle fruit.
Let's pull it down so there's a square neckline.
Then the circle.
Kind of what I tried to do with that carrot illustration.
Just requires jewelry at this point.
As long as we don't lose any structure of the body.
I was picturing this top being white
but then I think that just leaves too much white.
I want most of this to still be very orange.
I do like the amount of orange that this had.
This one, see, there's a lot of pant that was orange
and then this top I kind of pictured being white,
but there's just so much overwhelming orange
that it would be fine.
But like because she's leaning forward,
the torso is going to make up
a large majority of the color.
so that's not going to work!
Orange is the important color here
and also the name of the fruit,
by that argument the top's gonna have to be orange
corduroy puffy sleeves
does not sound like something that would work.
What if we do that like swiss cheese
embroidery anglaise
oOo, but like, this is a perfect opportunity for some
like fun shoes, like, lace up or like a ballet slipper.
I think it goes around then it comes back around.
There we go. You can see the one in the back, too!
if we want to like incorporate more of these
I can make these like more tied sleeves
then it kind of like...
Spreads throughout.
We could add them to these.
Trying to make these not look like horns.
So I think this is plenty good,
but it's time to once again erase it!
Line-art!
Start with the face, eyebrows!
Big innocent baby eyes.
The braid continued down here,
finish off this guy.
Now move on to the body.
We've got a few tangents happening in here,
(but we'll just ignore them.)
Simple plain skirt.
Now all that's left is the little orange tree
in the background.
Start with the skinniest part of the branch,
build up from there.
Let me get like twisty turny
and an orange maybe back here.
Looks organic, doesn't it?
Snapshot
Oh, I didn't add little holes.
So I'm thinking we'll use a light color for this
I think I'll start with this color.
A little bit more yellow than I wanted.
I'm just trying to like see what colors I have
and see what I can use where.
Not to worried about streaks
because this is the first layer if you catch my drift.
We'll move on to the next colors!
I'm going to do the same thing with the hair
where I layered YR5 with the Cool Gray
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What would this color look like by itself?
Like look it's going to be really cool
but when I layer it with colors that are already
in the color scheme, everything looks a little nicer.
I'm going to start her shirt with these yellows here,
start with the lightest one.
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They're not looking entirely orange
[Taps]
Go over a little with this one.
Maybe add some spots with it.
It just looks like cheese!
Try using this orange for like blush.
Blend it out with another color I used for skin
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Skin's looking a lot redder than I was hoping for,
so I like, need to desaturate it somehow.
What happens by layer cool gray with orange?
I think we just need some plain orange in here.
So I'm gonna throw it in!
Hopefully it'll pull away from the cheese vibe.
Attempted to just go over this with the orange.
The only problem with that is
I made the skin tone a similar value to this orange.
I might have to go over it with the gray.
[Whimpers] I'm nervous about this.
[Deep inhale]
Oh.
I'm going to color inthis branch.
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Go over that with the gray, tone it down,
separate our values here.
The leaves.
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Darker green, not an overwhelming amount.
I wonder if I need to darken the hair even more
because it's blending in with the branches
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I might actually be able to lift a little bit of the branch.
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Color in some of these oranges.
Let's switch between these colors.
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Some are more ripe than others,
they do look like peaches though.
Maybe I should go more orange.
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Desaturate these a little.
Let's do orange lips.
Oh, shoot I'm having a tone and value problem here
A quick way to fix it would probably be to make the skin
darker
But I made the hair so dark
and I mixed up my markers
and I don't know which ones are which.
Let's try just adding some shadows
with a darker skin color.
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I can also use green.
Like I did there
That'll separate it from the orange if I use a little here
and a little here.
Cancel each other out, far less saturated.
Oh, yeah, that's actually making a very
significant difference!
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A nice light blue in the background would be kind of cute.
I still think this is just too yellow.
So I need to go over that with something.
Maybe that's spring orange color. Try it.
It's a light orange and it'll pull it away from that yellow.
Maybe use this for the shoes.
Green could have been a good color for the shoes.
Try it!
I like it. I like it.
Shadow back there, too.
Separate the two sections of shoe.
Throw in some more orange here even orangy'er.
Oh, I love this color. Why didn't I use this more?
I'm gonna put it everywhere!
Layering, you know.
Now it looks kind of fall.
A little eyeshadow.
I think I will grab a little light blue.
Nope not that one that's saturated.
Although saturated blue might work
because I kind of desaturated all these.
I kind of like the white space it makes it sketchy
Well, I mean it makes it look purposefully sketchy.
I think that's a fun look.
Oh, this is cute! I like it.
I wish I had more contrast though.
Should I try making the skin a little darker?
Enjoy what it is.
Okay. Hi. Bye. Thanks for watching.
This is how it ended up!
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Layer this with another yellow.
Maybe that nice orange.
No something a little less orangey.
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Just to kind of pull away from the green
that I added in earlier.
There's more contrast now.
I was really worried that it was gonna like,
clash with the line-art but I don't think it did.
Or blend in, not clash, the opposite!
There's my spread inspired by oranges,
thank you guys for watching,
I'll see you guys all next week,
and I hope you have delicious evening full of waffles.
Bye!
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