Though I did little personal art in February, the art that I did create had clear inspirations. A trend you'll be sure to notice in the coming months will likely be the reoccurrence of video games as an inspiration. February was no exception to this inevitable trend. Having gotten a Nintendo Switch in January, the colourful games Nintendo produces are, of course, going to impact my art.
About half way through February, a new Pokémon game was announced, and with the announcement came inspiration for me to revisit my favourite Pokémon in the form of a gouache painting (left), as well as Perler beads, which I hadn't so much as touched since 2015. While not much of a traditional art, I found beading to be more relaxing than I remembered, and I took some artistic liberty with some of the patterns, adjusting them to my liking. The process of the gouache piece was recorded for my YouTube channel and can be found there. Another source of inspiration for me in February was Corrin (right), a character from the Fire Emblem series who also appears in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, a fighting game including over seventy-five iconic video game characters. Every day at lunch since late January, I've taken to the grade twelve corridor to play this game with friends, so with my regular use of Corrin as a fighter, I was itching to draw her constantly all month. Aside from all my constant homework doodles of her, I also did a drawing in Photoshop for the first time, in which she was the subject. The background for this piece was also inspired by Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse, using some of the same ideas as from last month's pieces. The same goes for a traditional sketchbook drawing I did of Corrin, which I posted on my Instagram.
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AuthorLeah is an eighteen-year-old aspiring Canadian artist who enjoys drawing, painting, and photography. |