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Aquilla's artistic adventures 🎨

Aquilla

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You’ve found my little art gallery! 🌸
I have been doing digital art since 2021 after many many years of traditional art.
First I started out with a cheap Huion tablet and Krita and now I use Procreate and an iPad.
Typically I use this thread to look back at old art and analyse what I have already improved at and what I still need to learn.



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The time has come - after months of contemplation and procrastination I hereby present my humble digital art collection ~
For many years I wanted to learn digital drawing after doing traditional art most of my life. I kept coming to the museum and stare in awe at the beautiful artworks created by the amazing artists here on tbt. ✨ I always felt intimidated by digital drawing because of the many unknown mechanics and complicated looking program interfaces. Because I'm so critical of my art I was afraid I'd never be satisfied, as with digital art it seems like it could always be improved on a new layer whereas on paper there's only so much you can do until the paper is full. So, about two months ago in April I finally picked up my tablet and started exploring ~

Originally I wanted to wait until I create more artwork I truly like before showing it online and daring to make a thread but I think if I go down that road, I'll never upload anything because sooner or later I always start disliking my art. 🙃

I want to take this as a learning opportunity, to look back on old pieces and to be able to (hopefully) see my improvement over time. The past two months have been a very steep learning curve and I still discover new features in my art program every time I use it. There is still a lot to learn, for example how on earth to shade properly, actual anatomy and developing a more distinct artstyle. For now I'll just have fun and use this thread as a little art diary/gallery ✨


Thank you for checking it out 💜

The TBTWC really pushed me out of my comfort zone and helped me find motivation to draw every day

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flag design entry

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21/04/21 turtleyawesome's OC
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27/04/21 SakuraMoon's rep
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02/06/21 MC from Dragon Quest XI for Iki

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03/06/21 Mistreil's OC
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Ah there's an attatchment limit ;u; so I'll have to add the remaining drawings to a post below.

 
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I love your style! Your bellflower flag makes me feel cozy, and the mega mewtwo is spot on.
 
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Part two ~

12/05/21 art trade with Jadetine 💜
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15/05/21 gift for CylieDanny 💜
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14/06/21 Sig for Lumi 💜
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14/04/21 My first ever digital doodle (it's my cat)
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16/06/21 re-draw two months later
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21/04/21 my first *own* sig :D (that was a good day)
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15/06/21 current sig
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02/05/21 some villager icons for my friend's birthday
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18/04/21 fanart of Plume's OC xD
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I am so glad you decided to share your art! I love it! The colors are so vibrant and gorgeous! All your characters are full of life and have great expressions (and they are all extremely adorable 🥺). Beautiful artwork! I can’t wait to see more 😊. Thank you for sharing :). You are so talented!
 
I love your style! Your bellflower flag makes me feel cozy, and your the mega mewtwo is spot on.
Thank you so much 💜🥺
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I am so glad you decided to share your art! I love it! The colors are so vibrant and gorgeous! All your characters are full of life and have great expressions (and they are all extremely adorable 🥺). Beautiful artwork! I can’t wait to see more 😊. Thank you for sharing :). You are so talented!
thank you for your kind words 💜 it means a lot to me!
 
Oh my goodness yay!! I love art threads and I’ll be sure to put yours on Watch so I can keep an eye on it. Your art style is so cute and I can’t wait to see more of your posts. I loved seeing what you’d make for the Bellflowers (I voted for your flag design 🥺💕) and I’m curious if our new summer camp themed event will also include art so I’ll get to see more of your creations!
 
Oh my goodness yay!! I love art threads and I’ll be sure to put yours on Watch so I can keep an eye on it. Your art style is so cute and I can’t wait to see more of your posts. I loved seeing what you’d make for the Bellflowers (I voted for your flag design 🥺💕) and I’m curious if our new summer camp themed event will also include art so I’ll get to see more of your creations!
thank you so much Lumi 💜 you are so sweet! It means so much to me that you are using my art on your profile - that's the greatest compliment I could think of :) I'm so excited for the camp event as well! Hopefully we can be on the same team again ^u^
 
Yusssssss welcome to the fray!!!
I ofc love your art, and am so happy to see you here. TBT is such a kind and caring place to develop art. You already seem to have plenty of skill, so I look forward to seeing your masterpieces. 😁
 
I love your art so much it's so cute!! I'll never get over how adorable my OC looks in your style and I can't wait to see more of your amazing work!
 
Yusssssss welcome to the fray!!!
I ofc love your art, and am so happy to see you here. TBT is such a kind and caring place to develop art. You already seem to have plenty of skill, so I look forward to seeing your masterpieces. 😁
Haha thank you! ^u^ and it's true - if it weren't for the super supportive community I don't think I would have dared. I love to see when artists lift each other up! 💜
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I love your art so much it's so cute!! I'll never get over how adorable my OC looks in your style and I can't wait to see more of your amazing work!
thank you 💜 I'm glad you like her - I had so much fun drawing her cute little face :)
 
Your art is so cute!! I remember seeing your stuff in TBTWC and really liking it but I didn't get to see your flag entry and it is absolutely stunning!

I think it's also just fascinating to see the changes in your art and in only a short time, like the difference in the cat drawings, wow! It's cool to see you trying new things 😄
 
Your art is so cute!! I remember seeing your stuff in TBTWC and really liking it but I didn't get to see your flag entry and it is absolutely stunning!

I think it's also just fascinating to see the changes in your art and in only a short time, like the difference in the cat drawings, wow! It's cool to see you trying new things 😄
thank you for the kind words 💜 It's a lot of trail and error right now! :D especially when drawing humans I don't really have a blueprint I stick to. It's something I'd still like to develop: a more coherent style. But then again art has no limits so why narrow myself down to one ^^

When drawing my cat the second time the cats from Disney's Aristocats were in my head and I think that's visible 😂
 
AQUILLA PLS YOUR ART IS SO GOOD 😭😭😭😭!! your art style is just,, incredible omg. i’m also lowkey still sad that your flag design didn’t win - it’s so cute. 🥺
 
Didn't see this thread before!

As I already mentioned before, your art is awesome!! Everything you do turns out so cute. 💜
Can't wait to see more!! :giggle:
 
AQUILLA PLS YOUR ART IS SO GOOD 😭😭😭😭!! your art style is just,, incredible omg. i’m also lowkey still sad that your flag design didn’t win - it’s so cute. 🥺

Didn't see this thread before!

As I already mentioned before, your art is awesome!! Everything you do turns out so cute. 💜
Can't wait to see more!! :giggle:
You both are so kind! Your lovely feedback really made my day today. Thank you for your kind words and support 💜
 
Wow, your art is adorable 🥺💜 You have an amazing talent so please keep sharing ( love that there is so much purple 😍💜)
 
Wow, your art is adorable 🥺💜 You have an amazing talent so please keep sharing ( love that there is so much purple 😍💜)
Thank you Roxxy 💜 lol thanks to the tbtwc purple became my entire personality. After the event ended it was hard to shake it off. I had a purple phase when I was about 14 so this uncovered some long lost memories :D
 
I drew a bunch of Bobs for Makoto! I had so much fun experimenting with styles and expressions. I'm glad about this little experiment - I have been so busy with other things that drawing fell off my radar. Hopefully I'll have some more time in the weeks to come.

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I think I naturally lean towards a more detailed style, but wanted to attempt something more minimalistic with the little headshots.
I also wanted to dump a wip here. It's completely different and has nothing to do with animal crossing whatsoever but eh 🤷‍♀️ I'm currently working on a meal for Kiwikenobi so here's some wip sushi ~


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I drew a bunch of Bobs for Makoto! I had so much fun experimenting with styles and expressions. I'm glad about this little experiment - I have been so busy with other things that drawing fell off my radar. Hopefully I'll have some more time in the weeks to come.

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I think I naturally lean towards a more detailed style, but wanted to attempt something more minimalistic with the little headshots.
I also wanted to dump a wip here. It's completely different and has nothing to do with animal crossing whatsoever but eh 🤷‍♀️ I'm currently working on a meal for Kiwikenobi so here's some wip sushi ~


So cute! 😍💜

Oh wow! I am now very hungry for sushi! That looks delicious 🤤! I can’t wait to see it when it’s done!

Can’t wait to see more of your art 😊. Great job!
 
So cute! 😍💜

Oh wow! I am now very hungry for sushi! That looks delicious 🤤! I can’t wait to see it when it’s done!

Can’t wait to see more of your art 😊. Great job!
thank you for your kind words 🥺 💜 I also got really hungry, especially when looking up references haha ^^
 
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