Improved Layer Stack

 

Here's a little more from yesterday, I spent a good 20 extra minutes on the layering and shading. I originally just painted and didn't draw anything, but I didn't think that counted for "sketch-a-day". So, I drew something on top of her head, so technically, I did sketch...

Need to get a process down

 This is what some early stages of my current process looks like, note that it is very unfinished/polished... or even worked on.

But mostly, I was trying to figure out how to organize my layer stack using the new "inherit alpha" mode in Krita. It works like transparency but it inherits from below layers instead of up (like PS). The layer stack so far looks cleaner and more functional, but I will try to take it as far as I can.

The layer stack that is, not the drawing above.

Ever heard of Marvel Rivals

 

I've been playing a ton of Marvel Rivals the past few days and been liking it a lot. I'm not even a Marvel fan, I just know the popular characters. I picked up Magik since she reminds me a lot of Riven from LoL.

It's the year of OPEN SOURCE

 

I've been switching to a lot of free and open source (FOSS) programs recently because I think they perform nicer and will improve better than proprietary programs in the long run. I've been using Helix, Nomacs, Arch Linux, Krita, Blender, and a couple others I'm forgetting the names of.

Also, this is Linux's mascot, Tux.

IT'S THE YEAR OF RUST

 

 I've been learning the programming language called Rust recently and it's pretty interesting. I'll spare the nerdy details, but it reminds me of my early art days when I was learning something new no matter which direction I went. Programming isn't foreign to me though, I did some Java when I was a kid at 14, that's how influenced I was from Minecraft. I also did some more Java again in high school for 2 classes worth and learned some concepts there. That's pretty much my extent of programming knowledge, and I'm just learning the Rust language instead of programming concepts at the moment.

Also, this is Rust's mascot, Ferris.

IT'S THE YEAR OF KRITA

 

Krita is my new drawing program going forward and I'm not going to look back. The BRUSHES, the LAYER MASKING, the CUSTOMIZATION.

And don't even get me started... on the minimal RAM usage....

One GB of ram vs PS's Eight 

EIGHT GIGABYTES.

It's the year of Krita!!!

Also, this is Krita's mascot, Kiki.

Happy New Year 2025

 

I thought about this one a lot while I was drawing it. I only had a little under 2 hours for this sketch but it felt like a day. I couldn't get the likeness of them down and it was really bothering me. I did quite a few iterations of the first few sketches but just settled with this. There's a drawing like this by the original author I think and it looked so good, nothing like mine. I had to use a ton of reference but I couldn't get the likeness down, I don't know why, it really bothers me.