I started drawing at the start of 2026 and this is my page to show off what I make! I currently only draw on paper (I like the feel and resistance of pens on paper as well as the limitations it imposes), but I have a tablet prepared with Krita to try digital art someday!
+I started drawing at the start of 2026 and this is my page to show off what I make! I've mostly drawn on paper so far (I like the feel and resistance of pens on paper as well as the limitations it imposes), but I got into digital art with Krita recently!
-Why do I do this, you may wonder? to pressure myself to draw more
+Why have I created this page, you may wonder? to pressure myself to draw more
If you're interested, here's a post about me drawing every day for 28 days to learn to draw. You may recognise some of the drawings there; I picked out my favourite drawings and added them here!
diff --git a/src/routes/art/drawings/drawings.ts b/src/routes/art/drawings/drawings.ts index d94a5c6..c31fbec 100644 --- a/src/routes/art/drawings/drawings.ts +++ b/src/routes/art/drawings/drawings.ts @@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ export interface Drawing { } export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ + { + title: "Krita #1", + date: "2026-03-10", + notes: [ + "ok i changed my mind on digital art. it's awesome.", + "My first drawing using Krita! I went with my usual methods but tried refining some things and adding (hopefully not overly misplaced) shadows too. I ended up really liking the ability to use layers, and colour in digital art just pops so nicely.", + "Initially, I drew the left arm in front of her body but later changed this to avoid drawing the hand.", + ], + img: "2026/0310.webp", + imgAlt: "A digital drawing of a girl with long brown hair in a ponytail. She has green eyes and is wearing a cropped shirt with stripes, an orange spaghetti top underneath, and dark trousers. She is holding her hands behind her back.", + }, { title: "SMILE! :D", date: "2026-03-04", @@ -15,7 +26,7 @@ export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ "This was my first attempt at a head-on perspective. I had fun drawing details like the scrunchie, the jeans, and the smile!", ], img: "/blog/2026/0205/27-1.webp", - imgAlt: "", + imgAlt: "A drawing of a girl with her head tilted towards her right shoulder. She is smiling with her eyes closed and is holding up a victory sign with her left hand. She has her hair in a ponytail and is wearing jeans with shoulder straps, and there is a scrunchie on her left wrist as well.", }, { title: "Cyborg Arm", @@ -24,7 +35,7 @@ export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ "Possibly my favourite sketch from the drawing challenge, because she looks cool, but also because her design deviates from the other characters a bit.", ], img: "/blog/2026/0205/22.webp", - imgAlt: "", + imgAlt: "A pencil sketch of a girl with a ponytail, crop top, and track pants with a slightly shocked look on her face. She is looking at her right arm, which is a cyborg part.", }, { title: "Porter Robinson fanart", @@ -34,7 +45,7 @@ export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ "I had never considered that possibility before.", ], img: "/blog/2026/0205/21.webp", - imgAlt: "", + imgAlt: "Two pencil sketches traced over with a black fineliner. The left one is of a hand with a cube in its palm, sketched after the hand on the cover of Porter Robinson's album Worlds. Beneath it is an emoticon used on the same cover. To the right is a manga-style head with green eyes and wavy hair, meant to resemble Porter Robinson's Vocaloid mascot Po-Uta.", }, { title: "Emilia", @@ -44,7 +55,7 @@ export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ "I named her Emilia because she looked like a more nice and caring character.", ], img: "/blog/2026/0205/18.webp", - imgAlt: "", + imgAlt: "A pencil sketch of a girl holding up a V sign with her left arm. She is wearing a long-sleeve shirt, jeans, and her hair is tied up in a ponytail. She is winking, the other eye is coloured green. Her body is tilted towards the right side of the paper. In the top right corner is a lightly-drawn sketch of the girl's pose.", }, { title: "Elizabeth", @@ -53,7 +64,7 @@ export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ "She's the product of me trying to re-draw the character I drew on day 1 of my drawing challenge, and I was really glad to see that I had actually improved!", ], img: "/blog/2026/0205/13-2.webp", - imgAlt: "", + imgAlt: "A pencil drawing of a girl looking to the left. She is wearing a cropped loose tee and jeans, while her right hand is hinted to rest on her hip.", }, { title: "bread girl", @@ -74,6 +85,6 @@ export let drawings: Drawing[] = [ "Having learned just a little bit about drawing, I can say now (a month and a half later) that this isn't great, but it served its purpose of making me start to draw!", ], img: "/blog/2026/0129/girl.webp", - imgAlt: "sample alt text", + imgAlt: "A small drawing of an anime-style girl's head. She has a ponytail and is looking towards the left with a concentrated gaze.", }, ]; \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/static/art/drawings/2026/0310.webp b/static/art/drawings/2026/0310.webp new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9ad5129 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/art/drawings/2026/0310.webp differ