A friend requested I draw a Drifloon, so I did.
This was a bit of experimentation with sai's Crayon brush and a cotton texture pattern; I was trying to go for a more "children's drawing" look. I had a lot of fun with it; took me about 30-45 minutes.
Usually I trace over a sketch or work from an outline; I don't tend to start on the lines. For this one I actually didn't intend on going beyond just the sketch since it was just a doodle for a friend; I hadn't upped the stabilizer on my Sai or anything. I tend to use purple as my sketching color so that's why the outline of the drifloon is in purple.
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The crayon brush is fun. Question: When you draw lines, do you use quick strokes or do you slowly trace over a sketch?