I've been on a Stefan and Gabe kick, these past couple days. (I mean, when am I NOT, BUT.....) This mainly happened because I figured out some stuff that helps me draw Gabe's hair a bit more easily. And when I draw Gabe, I end up drawing Stefan, too;;;
BUT YEAH, HERE YOU GO.
GABE, I'VE MISSED BEING ABLE TO DRAW YOU...
It turns out these drawings helped me understand how to draw Gabe's hair more than I intended. :^D I've been doodling Gabe in class and figured out a good place to start and the general flow I want to go in when doing his hair. SO THAT'S GOOD... Idk if you can tell, but it's a little less pointy than it used to be, and kind of goes back instead of sticking straight up. But whatever, it works for me. It's like 1020930813 times easier for me to draw Gabe with some semblance of consistency, now, than it was before.
I also decided to mess around with Gabe's piercings, a little. :V I kind of like these studded eyebrow piercings more than the eyebrow rings (?) that I normally draw him, so you'll probably be seeing me draw these studs more often. And I like the lip ring, too, but idk I'll probably be switching back and forth between that and his usual lip piercing.
I just really wanted to draw Gabe with a cat.
SO IN MY MIND (which I guess is canon), Gabe really likes animals. He more or less tries to keep it a secret (or act indifferent about animals), but Kasey knows his "secret" and always sends him cute animal videos and photos and he freaks every time 'cause DANGIT KASEY THESE ANIMALS ARE TOO CUTE STOP IT.
/I have no idea where that sentence was going.
Sometimes he goes with Stefan to the animal shelter (?) to look at the cats/etc to pet them and stuff, but he never actually gets a pet for himself. He doesn't think of himself as responsible enough to take care of a living thing all on his own. And even when Stefan and Gabe end up living together, they don't end up getting a pet because Stefan's not particularly partial to animals. :V
Stefan pointing at absolutely nothing. I actually drew this because I wanted an updated body ref for Stefan. Often times, I can't decide if Stefan looks skinny or if he looks fit. He's supposed to look fairly healthy, I guess, but not particularly muscular like Gabe;;;
One day, I'll learn how to properly draw hands on hips.
NEXT PICTURE'S KIND OF FANSERVICE-Y... but I liked how it came out, so SORRY. If it's a problem for anyone, I'll take it down, haha.
You know, I don't really know how this picture is more fanservice-y to me than the body reference of Stefan that I linked to above, besides the pose... I feel like I post dudes in their underwear all the time. IDK HOW THAT HAPPENED...!
Anyway, yeah. Thought I'd test my GABE SKILLS, and somehow this came out pretty decent. ???? The arm on the right came out kind of wonky because idk what I was doing, but everything else looks better than what I'm used to, haha;;;
I used a ref to some degree, maybe that's why this came out better than I expected.
Another WIP for this pic. I finished coloring Stefan and Gabe, yaaay!! *U*b Initially I was worried that I wouldn't like how this looked soft shaded, but I'm actually pretty happy with it. Now all that's left is the background................
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I'm gonna need to do some practice sketches with the background before I dive into coloring it. WISH ME... LOTS OF LUCK....
Gabe likes making Stefan embarrassed.
Actually, Stefan likes being flirty with Gabe, too, but he doesn't do it nearly as often.
/pointless
Wanted to practice drawing some kissing. The most frustrating thing about drawing kissing is the LIPS! Of course. The difficult things about drawing kisses is that I want to draw kissing a little more intimately than cartoon (? or drawn?) kisses usually looks, but
1) Real lips are soft and pillow-y (?), and it's SO HARD TO PUT THAT INTO A DRAWING. It's a lot easier to portray kissing like this (which is the sort of thing I usually opt for when I have to draw kissing), but it takes away from the part of the kiss where lips get all smooshed. THE SMOOSH FACTOR... SEEMS IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW. (?? I've never actually kissed someone, so I wonder if I'm even qualified to talk about kissing like this. HAHA;;;)
2) Lips get really small when people kiss. ???? Like, look how small and higher up the lips get in this pic. Well, the girl's lips, at least. IT THROWS ME OFF THAT LIPS CAN CHANGE SIZE LIKE THAT....;;; And then I can't tell if I'm drawing the lips right or not. AGSLKFB! Yeah.
So that's how I feel about drawing nice kisses. I think these came out pretty good for me, though. Also, I used a ref for the top drawing. :^M
YEP.
Also, sorry I haven't gotten around to judging my challenge yet. I have a lot of work to do this week, but spring break is NEXT WEEK!!! So I'll definitely let y'all know by then. >:V Have a great life!
