The drawing you see below is one of the most precious drawings I have made. Maybe it is because I felt very proud of my creative and technical progress when I finished it, since I am gradually improving and identifying myself in my own style.

The person you see drawn is not real, but an inspiration of a person close to me. I consider that the fictitious character I drew is my new muse, because as corny as it may sound, I loved drawing her and I would do it again.

I tried to represent her in a gothic way, although in the end she looks like another style.

That said, before explaining the process of how I did it, I would like to share with you some tips that helped me when I was drawing.

• Using a black eraser to remove unwanted strokes can help a lot when drawing (always try to keep it clean). With white erasers I tend to mess everything up, especially if I don't realize that I have to clean it before erasing.

• Sharpen your colors haha, I know it sounds very obvious, but I used to draw with little and the finish was not very uniform. Now I've learned that I always have to have my tips to the top (even if that leaves me without colors in the end 😢).

• Draw by able. I know it is tedious (I still have to adapt) and more in large drawings, but this helps to form different reliefs in your drawings and greater intensities, since you avoid the formation of an almost impenetrable shiny layer in your drawing that will not allow you to mix different tones.

• Be patient and take the time you need. Try not to finish your drawing all at once, take small breaks and focus on something else from time to time, the more time it takes you, the better the results will be and the better you will be able to think about how to paint your drawing.

This process will be divided into only 7 steps.

The first thing I did was to make my sketch. I tried to paint only what was necessary, without shadows or anything else, so that the result would not atrophy later. By the way, I draw with mechanical pencil (although it is not so recommended).

The second thing was to paint the eyes, the part where I almost always start. As you can see one is smaller than the other (I hadn't noticed it since I started to do it at night) but later I modified it.

First I painted the pupil, then the iris and finally the outer part of the eye with blue and gray shadows. The eyelashes and yes I leave them for later.

The third thing I did was to take care of the skin of my character.

For this step I gave him the initial proportions of the face, trying to have a little resemblance with the person I was inspired by.

By this time it was finally taking shape (and I arranged the eyes). I also wanted to paint the first capable accessories.

At this point I had finished the necklace and wanted to start with the first part of the hair. For this I used first a gray color, then a reddish brown...

I went on to paint another layer of brown to make the hair, and finally I opted for black. My goal was to make it brown, although I didn't really know how to achieve it, but I liked the result 😊

For this point I painted the first layer of the costume, I mainly wanted to make it a bluish black color, but I liked how it looked gray, so I decided to make it as if it was some kind of armor.

After shading the costume, painting the background and giving some final details to the drawing, I finished 🙌💕

I really enjoyed the result and the process. I hope you understood everything, any doubt, opinion or correction you can leave it below in the comments, I would be happy to hear from you.

Thank you for watching all my creative process and for having read this far, a hug ❤️✨

See you another time! See you later 😊