Street in Sicily, Italy

Today's illustration is of a breathtaking street in Sicily, Italy.

This is one of the places I definitely want to visit when I have a chance to go to Europe.

This is the finished product.

It was the first time I've done something with oil-base markers (Shinhan) and I underestimated it.

I thought it would be easier than watercolor paint to work with but with markers, you have to focus on details. SO MUCH DETAILS.

I did a rough sketch last night before I went to bed.

Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of just the sketch.

I didn't know where to start so I started working my way from everywhere.

After some more details and shading...

Then I realized that I didn't finish the sketch last night.

I ended up coloring and adding more details at the same time.

It was around lunch time so I treated myself with some fresh fruit. :)

This is my way of relaxing.

This was the point where I wanted to give up... hurray to daily artist's block.

 I took my lovely Micron markers (02) and started doing the outline.

That wasn't in my plan but it actually made it look so much better.

J'ai fini!

Thank god. I won't be doing landscapes for a while.

It was such a long process.

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A girl wearing a flower crown

Disclaimer: This illustration was inspired by Barbara Palvin's photo shoot.

The original picture looks like this:

GOSH. Isn't she perfect? 

She's got the perfect facial structure that makes it easier for a novice artist like me to draw.

As soon as I saw this picture I fell in love with the "aura" it gave out: seductive look, chic outfit, and the flower crown. If I had a crown like this, I would spend all day taking selfies.

This is the sketch. I know, I know. It doesn't look like Barbara at all.

(That's why I said "inspired." I just can't make it look exactly like her.)

I usually finish a drawing in a day but yesterday after I sketched this, I got extremely sick (involving vomiting and fainting) so I had to finish it the next day.

Shading is magical. It just brings the facial structure out.

In the illustration I did right before this one (of Barbara), shadows were darker and the colours were more vivid but I decided to keep this subtle.

I felt great about this one.

I heard from somewhere that your drawing and hand writing reflex your appearance... Does that make me beautiful? :P

So this is the finished product!!!

I'm very satisfied with how it turned out. This is my third illustration on this sketchbook and I can FEEL that I'm improving every day. I hope I could get over the artist's block when I do confront one.

As a bonus...

This was my previous illustration. Sadly, I hadn't taken any pictures during the process.

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