Hello friends, Panda here! Let's see what's cooking!
Firstly, work's been a wild ride, so I took a trip abroad. While I was out, I decided to break out the laptop and actually concentrate on my drawings. They seemed a bit antiquated. I'd been using the same style for so long, kinda just recycling it because it was easier, but now I think it's time to break out of that habit.
Behold, the fruits of my labor. I have created a set of stickers for the LINE chat app! As I post this, they are still under review, there's probably a few things I missed (license letter, which I wasn't sure was required since these are my own IP) or maybe some other detail like image size. Anything can happen... here's hoping.
Here is a preview of what you can get on the LINE app sticker store very soon.
To come up with all these different expressions wasn't easy. I'm one of those people who gets a terrible case of artist's block for years on end. There's tons of creators out there who just pick up a pen and doodle away with ease, I envy them so much ToT
So how do I draw? What is my technique? I'll tell ya one thing, I do NOT freehand my drawings, never, I can't do it lol. Behold, the amazing bendy line tool from Adobe Animate, a tool that does not exist in any art program, period, except for Animate (formerly Flash).
The line tool is a lot like clay, which is a weird analogy for me to make because I don't sculpt, but I'd imagine it's quite the same. Draw, bend and manipulate. That's all there is to it. Think coloring book.
Now that I have sped up my process of production, I think I'll finally be able to get some real work done here very soon.
I decided to change the mouth. I thought maybe it would be her blowing against steaming ramen, but I wasn't satisfied, so I'll play it cool and give her a familiar smile x)
There you have it! Guess I'll have to go back and replace all the older bit of my site with the updated visuals. Panda out!
