Do I have an art style? I don't know. As I am learning, my drawing and painting quality improve slowly over time, and it shows in my artwork. Thus, I have arranged my drawing journey into stages when the way I draw changed accordingly to whom I was learning from.
Stage 01 - Jake Parker
It was super hard to start learning how to draw from scratch for me. Luckily, I saw a post on Twitter from Jake Parker where a craft knife accidentally dropped and cut in his thigh. It was not a post that I expected to see when I was looking for a clue to start my drawing journey. I, then, read more of his Twitter posts and started to like his inking art style. That was how my whole drawing journey began, my dear readers.
Stage 02 - Kirsty Patridge
I was looking for a way to learn watercolor and I saw a video from Kirsty Patridge on YouTube. I really enjoyed the way she explained how to create different effects with watercolor by using stuff like salt, napkins and food wrap and started to learn from her. I also learned to do charcoal rendering from her as well.
Stage 03 - Aaron Blaise
Drawing human is a tough subject since any mistakes will be super obvious. That was why I wanted to learn how to draw some Disney style characters and hoped that it would somehow be "easy". Haha, it was not easy as I thought but I got a chance to learn from Aaron Blaise. I was impressed by his clear explanation on how to do art digitally in Photoshop. Before learning from him, I was still very clueless about this industry standard software.
Stage 04 - Trent Kaniuga
I was super impressed by his strong voice and interesting personality of Trent on his YouTube videos. I was addicted to his way of saying things that I watched like five videos per day at the time I found him, around May 2020. I've been watching his videos weekly ever since,
Stage 05 - Kyle Webster & Proko
Lots of people say that you can do lots of things with hard round, soft round brushes and lasso tools in Photoshop. However, it did not work out well for me. I almost gave up digital drawing because I was too tired of their mechanical look and feel. Then, coincidently, I saw a "Draw along with Kyle Webster" on YouTube and his digital brush strokes looked so real, so organic in Photoshop. I was given hope by simply seeing that video and started to follow him on Twitter and download every single brush he had made for the Adobe Subscription Plan at that time (July 2020). I've intensively used Charcoal brushes of Kyle to study many Proko's drawing lessons.
Stage 06 - New Masters Academy
After running wild with my art, I wanted to learn more art fundamentals from traditional artists. I found a 3-hour Head Drawing video from Steve Huston on YouTube this time. His clear explanation of how to construct a head from different angles was an eye-opening moment for me! That was the reason I paid a subscription of New Masters Academy to continue learning from him. After that, I've discovered other talented artists on the website like Joseph Todorovitch and Mark Westermoe to further improve my portrait painting skills. I am following along their lessons using Live Oil and Live Watercolor brushes in Adobe Fresco.
What a journey it has been! I don't know if I will have an "art style" one day, but I do know that I am enjoying the process of growing both my software skills and art knowledge little by little each day.
Have a wonderful time with your drawing journey too, everyone!