What I Drew Sunday, April 26th - Top 3

For last Sunday’s session of What Shall I Draw Today? I reshaped it into an improvisational drawing session. For the six days leading up to the day, suggestions were welcomed. However, this time, folks were prompted to suggest things in three categories: 1) one or two characters; 2) things; and 3) settings or activities. On WSIDT Sunday, everything got deconstructed, sorted and recombined randomly as new drawing suggestions.

Here are the top 3 liked pieces from Sunday:

#1 - Barley and Ian (Onward) / in Firelight / Ballroom Dancing: suggestion by @johnssketches / @annakat.m / @alltookayleigh 

Here we have two elf brothers, who don’t dance in their movie, “Onward” and much less in a ballroom style dance. Embracing the “yes and…” tenants of improv, the two would be take to it with zero reluctance. Still, I chose to not pick a flashier composition of a dip or a lift.

The “firelight” aspect added a bit of additional attention and time, in the coloring stage of the drawing.

The story plays pretty straight forward and I guess there’s no more to say about it.

#2 - Padmé Amidala or (and) Peggy Carter / with teapot / in an attic: suggestion by @annakat.m / @japchrissy / @jonmpeterson

The character component has the “or” option. Here, I could have prepared the suggestion by splitting it into two different character suggestions. Instead, I let it play into an “and.” You get it, “yes, and…”

Here I demonstrate my push to generalize and minimize the background setting, if I can get away it. I had in my mind to depict a strong spotlight on the teapot, a la Raiders of the Lost Ark. The yellow patch at the top right implies a roof-top window which would have been the source of a shaft of light. Expediency nixed that idea, I’m sorry.

I have Peggy call Padme “princess” even though “queen” would have been the proper title. I like to think that Peggy would tease Padme about having such titles. Maybe that confused some folks.

Would Padme not recognize what a teapot is? Well, perhaps if she first saw only a odd shaped pot with a handle (the spout is pointing away from her point of view)?


#3 - Leni Peakitten / with an iPhone / swimming: suggestion by @thefurmaster78 / @breezie_draws / @harishas.art

Leni is an original character (O.C.) that the IG follower has suggested before and that I have drawn once before. Now you know.

This was the first combo-pick of the day and as a demonstration, I had posted a goofy introductory video of me pulling the slips of paper out of three cups. I mentioned that the suggestion was “a recipe for disaster” by which I meant that swimming is not an activity to take one’s iPhone.

Taking a selfie seemed to be the best way to feature the iPhone. I didn’t want to draw something that just happened to have a cel phone in it.

As it turned out by day’s end, it was the only suggestion featuring a single character and coincidentally the only one the I fit into the smaller collector card size format.




 

I only managed five sketches for the eight hour session.

Here are the rest of the 5 drawn on Sunday:

Spider-Man and Deadpool / taxi driving / Chicago

Suggestion by @akoymdf / @mannysmyname / @mannysmyname

Sorry for the misspelled “Chicago”

Wonder Woman & Okoye / as Star Wars characters / Cleaning puppys’ mess

Suggestion by @madesalvo / @motheroffreels / @juliet.montenegro

I hope that the results were interesting or funny. I believe it’s safe to say that they’re unexpected.

All of these and more original piece of art will be for sale at my next comic convention showing, which, honestly, I don’t know will happen this year.

The next WSIDT session is scheduled for Sunday, May, 24th.

Thank you to everyone who pitched their fun drawing suggestions. Thank you for following my blog and/or Instagram (@Monstergram7) and/or Monster Enterprises Facebook page. Thank you for liking.

All: Black ink and color pencil.
“Barley & Ian” and “Padme & Peggy” on paper. 12.70 cm x 17.78 cm (5.00 in. x 7.00 in.)
“Leni“  on Bristol Board. 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm  (2.50 in. x 3.50 in.)