Today is day two in the 100 Days of Sketching art challenge. The prompt was “fish pants”. At first I was like…

It is only the second day. I was already feeling the struggle. Eventually, though I got some inspiration

I got an idea thanks to good ole’ Spongebob. I decided to do some fan art. I found an image of one of the generic fish characters.

Reference Photo

Source: https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_characters/Background Date Accessed September 15, 2024

My Drawing

Self-Critique

What do I like about this drawing?

I like that it looks close to the reference. I also like the addition of gold fish to the pants. Part of the reason for going with this reference was that the prompt was called fish pants. So, I think that there is some leeway to suggest a fish in pants. Then, I decided to go literal with fish pants to put fish designs on the pants. I opted for making little simplified gold fishes as the design on the pants. Since the reference was in color, I got to practice coloring as well. I find that the orange of the goldfish doesn’t detract from the brown pants.

What frustrates me about this drawing?

It is the line quality. The lines are wobbly and not confident. I am optimistic that they will improve over time. But I believe, I should warm up before drawing by drawing various lines and other shapes.

How does this compare to my previous drawing?

I think that my last drawing had a line quality issue as well. Overall, I think that both capture the prompts well.

Thank you!

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