Monday, December 7, 2020

Using Polls to Create Art #1



I wasn't feeling well one day, so I did a whole lot of drawings in order to make myself feel a little better, and because of that I thought it would be fun to challenge myself and draw my characters in different styles or doing different things than they would normally do. This is a little bit like the post I did previously, except that I'm using pre-created characters and asking what they should be doing instead of creating a totally new character. 

Since NaNoWrimo has a thread dedicated to polls, I thought it would be fun to do polls that could produce drawing exercises for me. What I did was ask people to vote for which character I should draw, and then ask them what should happen in the drawing in a separate poll. 

And these drawings are what came out of it (unless I say otherwise all of these were majority votes): 


This is a drawing of Elm which I decided would be fun to draw in the Disney 2D animated style. 
I really like how it turned out. 

                
                         Since Annabelle detests dresses (for reasons that you will find out in the future), 
                  I thought it would be interesting to draw her wearing one that appeared in my book. 
                 Even though she really doesn't like it, I still like how it turned out.  


Phoenix in 2D animated drawing  style, this time mimicking that of Tangled the Series


This is a drawing of Elm using her powers which are her singing abilities. 
Her singing has magical attributes, which can cause the world around her
to dance, among other things. 


                                         **trigger warning: This drawing contains a bit of blood*
Since Halloween was soon...ish when I drew this, I had Detective Inspector Time investigating a creepy (and haunted) house. 

                                                           **end of trigger warning** 
This one was particularly hard because Annabelle is a morally gray character and turning her into a villain is difficult. Annabelle can be seen as either, and she is often seen as a threat by those around her. So instead of going full out evil villain, I turned her into an assassin instead.  She is a detective (in her story), so making her a murderer would be completely different. 

Even though this was not the majority vote, I decided to draw Phoenix as a villain anyway. Interestingly enough, everything he would wear as a villain would be raven-themed. And he would have fun being a villain. Also, for some reason I imagine him stroking a raven or crow like most villains would a cat. 

This drawing also helped me figure out what would cause Phoenix to go from a protagonist to an antagonist. 


Someone at one point thought it would be neat to see Annabelle in Steampunk clothes. 
So I ended up drawing her that way, even though it was not the top vote. And I have a feeling she would like the Steampunk outfit a lot better than she did the dress from earlier. 
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Which drawing is your favorite? What would your character(s) be like if they became a villain? 
-Quinley 

4 comments:

  1. Ooh, I love all of these drawings! You did a really great job. I especially like the drawings of Elm and Phoenix in the Disney 2D animation style, but I love all of them.

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    1. Thank you, McKayla. :) They were fun to draw.
      -Quinley

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  2. i like Elm and annabelle

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