I’m always on the look for my signature style, of course that involves drawing a lot and drawing everyday. But I also classes like these - it can definitely be quite useful! So, as she suggests‑ I attempted a 5 Day Art Challenge with the theme ‘Tiger’. My project is posted below!

01/05

I’ve decided to do a series of illustration of tigers because this animal fascinates me, and I’d never attempted drawing one before! I am working with Procreate and watching a lot of tigers‑in‑movement videos on YouTube to understand the subject better. I’m happy with the outcome, but I did struggle with the background!

Project Tyger - 5 Day Art Challenge - image 1 - student project

02/05

Today is Day 02, and I wanted to start with resolving the problem of yesterday ‑ the background. And do I took a quick decision of putting in a plain background with the focus on the tiger instead. This decision helped me proceed with the remainder 4 days with ease. Today I want to draw the face of the tiger. I would like to change the way I draw it’s eyes. The final outcome is a bit cartoonish, but I am happy with it nonetheless! I know I can achieve a ‘cleaner’ look with procreate, but I enjoy keeping the texture of a pencil scribble, as it would be in a sketchbook? Could this style perhaps be considered to pass off as ‘final artwork’? I don’t know, have to keep going and see what day 03,04 and 05 have to offer.

Project Tyger - 5 Day Art Challenge - image 2 - student project

03/05

Today is Day 03, and before starting today’s illustration I look back to the Day 02 illustration to understand which features I like and which features would I like to change. So here goes ‑

Things I like : background, style of eyes, whiskers
Things I’d like to change: the stripes could be more defined.

So with that goal I begin today’s illustration. Again, I am happy with my final illustration! Can’t wait for day 4 to see what else can I learn about tigers and my signature style.

Project Tyger - 5 Day Art Challenge - image 3 - student project

04/05

I followed the same process as day 03, so nothing new to report.

Project Tyger - 5 Day Art Challenge - image 4 - student project

05/05

Today I followed the same process as day 3. Also, today I wanted to communicate that the tiger was glowing around its edges. I am pleased with the outcome, but I think I can find a better way of doing it!

Project Tyger - 5 Day Art Challenge - image 5 - student project
Conclusion: I enjoyed working on this 5 day Art Challenge as proposed by Genna. As a result I understand how to draw tigers better and also became more comfortable with using procreate. I should clearly work on 5 day projects everyday to get to my signature style faster Thank you @genna.blackburn for this lovely class.

Farha Farooque

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