Lo and behold we are now on Season 3 of Enhanced Community Quarantine here in Manila, and as far as I have read about the Covid-19 situation here in our country, our average case per day ranks up at 150! All the more reasons we have to take care of ourselves, and stay at home!
With the additional time spent at home, we have more time to discover new activities and revisit some old habits, which is perfect because the coloring book series now has a volume 2!
As mentioned in my previous post, I decided to continue doing this coloring books to further inspire people to use art as a therapy, and to encourage people to use their skills to help out others. For the volume 1 of my coloring book, I did mention my objectives behind that project, and one of it is to urge people to donate to various efforts battling the fight against COVID-19, and well I suppose this one is no different from that one.
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| If you still can, please do! |
Nooooow, what's new with the volume 2? Aside from the theme, this coloring book is a collaboration with one of my closest peers from college, Alex Esmeralda! Ever since college days Alex has been amazing in creating digital artworks featuring anime characters- heck she was one of those people who inspired me to have a Wacom Intuos and improve my skills in digital arts!
For this coloring book we each chose different characters that'll show how show some of our beloved characters gain inspirations from the other side of the pond, west to east, east to west. Alex drew such characters like Starfire from the Titans borrowing Rin Tohsaka's aesthetic, and 2 other equally stunning artworks.
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| I mean, just look at these pretty ladies! Alex did a fantastic job, indeed! |
As for me, I did a mash-up of Princess Bubblegum and Chibiusa from Sailor Moon, and D.Va (from Overwatch) as Jill Valentine. To be honest I am still testing the waters when it comes to drawing illustrations entirely using digital means only. Usually I would draw something using traditional media (e.g. watercolor paper, and a student grade mechanical pencil) first, then I would trace it using an old Samsung Tab A with Autodesk Sketch app. But for these I created 2 of my artworks solely via digital means only, which was a fun challenge for me.
The biggest challenge for me in creating these artworks would be the weapons. For Princess Bubblegum x Chibimoon, I drew a Moon stick which was actually used by Sailormoon, and not Chibiusa hahaha OOPSIE! As for D.Va, I drew her Light Gun, rather than opting for a pistol that Jill Valentine would have used in the Resident Evil games.
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| MOON HEALING ESCALATAION ATTACKKKKK! |
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| NERF THIS! |
Like the volume 1, this new coloring book is ABSOLUTELY FREE! So you may download it via the link HERE, and you can either have it printed and color it using whatever means you want- if you want to paint it with coffee, then go ahead hahaha! You can also opt to color it via Photoshop, Procreate, or whatever app you have, YOU DO YOU! 👍
Also, if you are interested in donating and helping out, you may check out my blogpost about it HERE for more details ♡
Lastly, you may also check out Alex's artworks at rekii-art.tumblr.com ♡ A huuuuge thanks to Alex for sharing her talents for this project!
Enjoy adding more color to your life!
Love Always,
Nicole💓
