Littlenubnubs

First Lolita Dress

2012-03-16T15:19:00.000-07:00

So two weeks ago I bought my first lolita dress. I bought Love Nadia in brown from bodyline. I arrived in the mail two days ago though I didn't get the package until yesterday because my sister didn't answer the door the day the mail person came to give the package. -_- So my mum picked it up from the post office yesterday.
Here's the dress's print on the fabric, isn't it cute? And finally here's me trying it on (I don't have a petticoat yet. D: )
Sorry about the messy kitchen, my desktop computer happens to be in the kitchen. ^_^;;
I promise I'll post pictures of me wearing it once I get a petticoat and hopefully some nice shoes and socks for it. It fits perfectly, and honestly, I have an urge to just go out and wear it as it is right now because I love it so much. xD

How I Drew Taylor Swift (and how I typically draw most of my chibis)

2011-12-28T04:29:00.001-08:00

1. Start by sketching shapes. I highly recommend not skipping this step because it's a guide to how your drawing will look.
A basic circle for the head,(don't worry it doesn't have to be perfect) with a line going though curving the way she will be looking.
For the chest and hip I made a trapezoid shape, one with the larger base facing up for the shoulders and another one (a little wonky looking but meh, let's call it a gumdrop) connected for the hips. From the edge of the hip trapzoid/gumdrop shape I drew two lines down almost touching and meeting at two circles, which then from there are two smaller lines that are half the length of the one you just drew.

2. Now you begin to draw out the body outline. From the "sides" of head-circle I began drawing the shape of the face. The lines here are not to be too curved or too pointy, they're her cheeks. Below that circle and connecting the head and torso is the neck which meets right around the point of the chin.
Using the rest of my lines as a guide I began drawing around them how I wanted my chibi's body look. I like my chibis looking curvy and cutesy so I tend to emphasize on the hips and thighs a bit.
One last thing, don't worry about detailing the hands yet, get a basic shape and outline of where the hand would be placed and the size. Make sure your hands aren't too small or large.

3. Start drawing your face details such as eyes and mouth, maybe even a nose if you want, it's up to you.
My eyes are usually started off by drawing the eyelid or eyelash but I suggest starting with 2 ovals and then drawing the eyelids. If you need more help on eyes please visit here: http://littlenubnubs.tumblr.com/post/5184950585/incase-full-size-doesnt-show-up-which-i-really
Don't forget her eyebrows!
As for the mouth I drew a straight line and connected a half circle below it.

4. This step is where I draw the hair. I use lots of waves for her hair to create a wispy and soft curl look.
The top of my chibi's head/hair is NOT at the top of the original circle we drew in step 1, it's a bit above it. For this you have to judge how you'd like it though, I like my chibis with big heads.
The base of the hairline at the forehead should not be drawn low but not too high up either. Half an inch or so above the tip of the eyelids/lashes. Her hair is up in a ponytail so keep that in mind but pieces of her hair on the sides are loose, almost like side bangs that were curled. Give them shape. :)

5. Draw her dress. The torso of the dress should be close to her body from the wasit to right at her bust-area. I drew in some wrinkles there since she's turned to the side a tad but they're very subtle. The rest of her dress flows out and as you can see is held in one hand.
Pay attention to the outline of the dress and ignore the wrinkles that define the ruffles so you have an idea of how draw it. It has a rise and fall effect. (I should make a tutorial on ruffles, lace, etc.)

6. In this step I drew out her hands, her shoes, and the microphone. Remember that basic shape for the hand we drew out earlier? Use that as your guide, when drawing the actual hand and fingers try to have within that shape.
In this drawing 3 of her fingers are gripping the mic, plus her thumb, the pinky is slighted lifted out. When drawing fingers they should not be pointy and they should be curvy like sausages either.

7. This step is just adding details. Above her eyelashes I drew two little lines that shows the eyelid. I also drew in lower lids/lash line on the bottom of her eye. I decided to add in some wrinkles to her dress based on the reference I saw but it's completely optional to you.

8. This is the final step where you erase all your guidelines, make your lines neat, and prepare to color.

Hi there

2011-12-28T00:48:00.000-08:00

Hi there followers and pageviewers, long time no see, huh? Well, I'm back and hopefully I can get back in to the swing of blogging or try to... I've been good at this. I have quite a bit to upload and I'll get around to that but right now I'll just show my latest work.

Two Taylors, one page cause that’s how I roll. Nice to compare the two, I think the newer one is cuter. I can’t wait til it’s done.

Well the newer one is supposed to be of her in her blue dress from the Speak Now Tour, I suppose, it was a very old request that I had started and lost inspiration for until lately.

If you look at the original sketch of this back from July I really changed her up a bit after realizing she had an up-do in a lot of the pictures from that tour.

1 Layer Drawing Progress

2011-06-27T15:34:00.000-07:00

I started this a while back before I left on vacation. I wanted to challenge myself by doing 1-layer artwork. I was quite surprised by how much easier it is then switching layers, wait I lied, okay it's easier to some extent. I'm not used to not using "multiply" or "screen" layer effects to create darker shadows or highlights, I've actually had to manually choose the lighter and darker colors and play around with it. It's a good practice though, gives you more practice on selecting color palettes and figuring out what works and what doesn't.

I started off by doing a simple sketch. My original plan was to just draw Ran but I had changed my mind and decided I'd add in Chen too. I started off by working on Ran's skin, which kind of was mistake I realize later on. I learned that when working with one layer it's best to work from the background to the foreground, in this case, I should've done a background first, do the tail, skin, then her hair and clothing. By doing it the way I did I had to be extra careful not to ruin areas done already, such as doing the tails and not ruining the dress, skin, or hair.

I still haven't finished, I've actually been on vacation since the 17th. I have my laptop and tablet but my laptop's extremely slow now and the USB driver's aren't really working so I haven't been able to work with it. I'm going home on the 30th, I think and it's about a day drive from here back to my home.

A 30 Day Challenge

2011-05-17T21:06:00.000-07:00

Well I'm doing this 30 day challenge, again, on tumblr so I thought I'd do it here too. I haven't kept up with blogger much lately but I think it'll be a great way to get it a bit more active again. Basically you're supposed to post photos but I decided I'd be drawing out my photos...so fun fun. :D I'm on day 2 so far. I'll post both of those for today and from now on each will get its own post.

Day 1: Facebook Profile Pic

Also my most current picture since yesterday was my birthday and that's when the picture was taken. :D

Day 2: A picture of yourself from a year ago

Just a work in progress that's been sitting around

2011-04-14T19:35:00.001-07:00

I'll finish it eventually.

Sketch

2011-03-24T22:48:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd give a shot at drawing a chibi of a girl dressed in decora/lolita fashion, I really don't know much about these Japanese fashions aside from lolita. But anyways, I think it's cute...I'm just not big on decora, especially when it's over the top (which it's probably supposed to be).

I'll finish her up later or tomorrow, I should get back to doing school work.

But while we're on the topic of that, here's some stuff I like:

^Angelic Pretty

How To Have A Good Day

2011-03-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

Old doodle, hehe. I used to draw in the nubby style a lot but something about it made me start to hate it. I'm glad I ditched it.

None the less, a little fun guide to having a good day. :)

Well hi

2011-03-24T02:38:00.000-07:00

Well, after the mass amounts of art theft going on on blogger without some of my friends' art and mine I decided I would make a doodle blogger, aside from my cooking one.

So I guess I'll be posting doodles here (past and newer ones) and other things, I've yet to decide. Hehe.

But welcome. :)