Betta pencil sketch in progress

[Croberts008]

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

(still gotta color it ) and do finishing details

thoughts?

 

[BleuTheBetta]

Did you have a reference? That drawing looks awesome!

 

[Croberts008]

Did you have a reference? That drawing looks awesome!

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

 

[Croberts008]

Update

 

[Coryking]

Update

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

 

[Croberts008]

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

 

[Coryking]

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

 

[Croberts008]

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.

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

 

[Coryking]

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

The United Kingdom of Great Britain

 

[Croberts008]

These are my 3 go to colored pencil sets….

 

[JuiceBox52]

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

 

[Coryking]

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