So, who's Neeko?

Source

The first thing you should know is that all the drawing was done with graphite and colored pencils. The color brand I use is called Prismacolor, it is very good for mixing colors and has been my favorite since I started drawing.

Source

1- I made only the silhouette of the character with guide lines because as I would do in color I had to use the graphite pencil as little as possible. After doing them I started with the eyes, for me it is one of the easiest points to start a character.

2- At this point I got carried away by inspiration. First I made a first colored skin and the first strands of hair. If you pay attention, you will realize that as I go along I corrected some details in the shadows of the skin, including the eyes and eyebrows. As you go through any drawing you realize that there are details that you could improve and that happens to me often.

3- One of the biggest challenges I had in making Neeko were the colors of her skin, to give the sensation of changing colors, between a green chameleon and human skin, flashes, it was complicated but I think I succeeded. The first thing with which I experienced this was in her neck, mixing skins, brown and different green colors I got to the tone I wanted. I also started making the pinkest shades of her hair.

4- Neeko's hair has blue, purple and some strands are pink. So I didn't recreate her hair exactly, but I used the colors to make her look like her and not lose her essence. An important tip for people who draw with colored pencils is that to create a good mix between two colors you use the white pencil until you get the effect you want. The same happened with the flowers that decorate her hair, based on the colors I recreated them differently.

5- As I said before, the skin was the most complicated. In this image, you see it already finished but the part of her chest was a real challenge. All I can say is that patience is everything, at this point it had been several days until I returned to the drawing ready to finish it. After I was satisfied I started with his shoulders and arms, I think it was my second favorite part of this drawing after her hair.

6- Neeko wears petals as a decoration that float above her head. As these do not follow any color pattern I made them mixing between green, pink and purple colors. I also finished the part of her arm where the strip of his clothing is seen, which is adorned with two sheets of some plant.

7- So Neeko was almost ready. Only missing its characteristic chameleon tail or the little that is seen of it in the drawing at least. Haha. It looks a lot like a plant with small pink leaves. I mixed greens and purples to make part of the shadows and several shades of pink for the leaves that are part of it. And after 4 days it's finally done!

~ More detailed views ~

All step by step pics were taken with my Huawei Ascend P7, and last/detailed with my Sony DSC-H90.

I hope you enjoyed this step by step as much as I enjoyed doing it.

Dare to draw!

Do u know that you can earn profit just by using a browser? We have been using Chrome for a long time and they didn't pay us for the time we spent using it. Now that we have Brave the new browser that uses BAT currency to reward all their users for watch ads or just by using it. If you are interested you can start earning profit by joining Brave Creators Rewards. Just download it with my referral link: https://brave.com/ogm721
More information about Brave Creators Rewards here

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/saturngyrl/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilhunaphoto/

Behance: https://www.behance.net/ilhuna/

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/lunargyrl/

Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/user/ilhuna/

©2019 Ilhuna