Betta pencil sketch in progress

Daily doodle! This is my betta Rosie he is a rose tail male betta.

(still gotta color it ) and do finishing details

thoughts?

Did you have a reference? That drawing looks awesome!

BleuTheBetta said:

Did you have a reference? That drawing looks awesome!

Click to expand...

Thank you! ) I used my profile thumbnail of my betta Rosie to look at while I sketched. just to try to get the perspective, angle and proportions right

Update

Croberts008 said:

Update

Click to expand...

That looks amazing. Much better then my sketches. What media is that done in and do you have any tips for colour sketches.

Ah thank you ) I am my worst critic and think I could’ve made it better, maybe even more realistic instead of cartoonish. But all my art somehow ends up more on the cartoony side than real life side. For The outline I used a General’s charcoal extra soft pencil. And for the colors I used a Derwent Metallic 12 colored pencil set. They are awesome because they are water soluble so u can mix and blend colors with a paint brush dipped in water. Also, I love water soluble pencils because they erase really well without a big trail of color Left on the media. The media I did it on is I thiiiink a mixed media sketch book. Not my favorite to draw on because the paper piles up and tears quickly if it’s abused too much. And the surface has a medium rough texture which diffuses lines easily and makes it harder to draw clean precise lines. that was my first fish sketch I’ve ever tried to do so maybe I’ll keep sketchin and be able to do them more realistic. Also, I’m usually a fan of leaving my art black and white so using color is somewhat foreign to me still and I know I can improve a lot there too.
do you have sketches of fishies too? I’d love to see them! Or hear about your techniques etc

Croberts008 said:

Ah thank you ) I am my worst critic and think I could’ve made it better, maybe even more realistic instead of cartoonish.

Click to expand...

I think all artists are their own worst critic, myself included.

Croberts008 said:

For The outline I used a General’s charcoal extra soft pencil. And for the colours I used a Derwent Metallic 12 coloured pencil set. They are awesome because they are water soluble so u can mix and blend colours with a paint brush dipped in water. Also, I love water soluble pencils because they erase really well without a big trail of colour Left on the media.

Click to expand...

I'll certainly look into the colour pencils, I've been trying to get a good set.

Croberts008 said:

that was my first fish sketch I’ve ever tried to do so maybe I’ll keep sketchin and be able to do them more realistic. Also, I’m usually a fan of leaving my art black and white so using colour is somewhat foreign to me still and I know I can improve a lot there too.
do you have sketches of fishies too? I’d love to see them! Or hear about your techniques etc.

Click to expand...

It looks lovely for your first fish sketch. I am also a massive fan at leaving my work in black and white. I've been trying to get into colour but my colour work normally looks terrible. I have done some fish sketches. mainly I do whatever I fancy. I'll hopefully get some images of my work tomorrow ( it's 10PM for me). The hard part will be finding where I've missed placed it. If you want someone else's art in the mean time check out Juice box. Her art is lovely by far some of the best I've seen

Coryking said:

I think all artists are their own worst critic, myself included.

I'll certainly look into the colour pencils, I've been trying to get a good set.

It looks lovely for your first fish sketch. I am also a massive fan at leaving my work in black and white. I've been trying to get into colour but my colour work normally looks terrible. I have done some fish sketches. mainly I do whatever I fancy. I'll hopefully get some images of my work tomorrow ( it's 10PM for me). The hard part will be finding where I've missed placed it.

Click to expand...

Are in the United States? Prob not since you said it’s 10pm there lol. It’s only 2pm here in the states currently.

Croberts008 said:

Are in the United States? Prob not since you said it’s 10pm there lol. It’s only 2pm here in the states currently.

Click to expand...

The United Kingdom of Great Britain

These are my 3 go to colored pencil sets….

Looks great! I envy those who can work magic with colored pencils, they are not my forte

As you requested I've upload a small handful of my art on to this page https://www.fishforums.net/threads/the-king-of-cories-art.487580/ .

I'll add more later once I find my other pieces