Kaleidechse

Journal topics: Timeplan Rest of 2023 Commission-Change with open/closed commission list New limited commission type "Alkas Happy Bag" Hey everyone~ It's been some time, since I wrote my last update and you might be confused why I am already talking about 2024, but trust me - it is important to write it right now, close to middle of November. 2023 was a Rollercoaster for me. A lot of very crazy things happened, good as bad alike and I think its just fair to say that I grew more as person, artist, martial artist, friend, family member and partner, then ever before. It was "a lot" to make it short. If you are part of my Discord Server, you know about most things. But this journal is a not a view back, rather then a short collection of thoughts and decisions that I have done in perspective of 2024 arising on the horizon already. So let us not waste anymore time and start with : -Timeplan Rest of 2023- Rest of November until December 7th - December 11th - will be solely to prepare

This month's theme is peacocks! This tutorial, sponsored by Deviantart, will show you how to draw a peacock's handsome head! The art here was done using Photoshop, with a hard brush, set on black, for the first outlines. These steps can also be done using a plain ol' pencil and paper! Further real media steps will be shown at the end of this journal. First step: All birds start with an egg... Add a beak to the lumpy egg... The second illustration shows the shape of the lower jaw and wattles, but you will need to draw it in place, under the head. The lower jaw in place. Add the eye, lines to indicate eyelids, wrinkles, and neck. The topknot is fan-shaped and sprouts from the bump on the back of the head. Nostril The illustration below shows the general position of the facial markings. Now you can add the basic colors, In Photoshop I created a new layer and set it to "multiply". This allows the lines of your drawing to show through the color. I painted the colors in