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I Spent Hours Experimenting With Kleki’s Brushes, And Made These Wonderfully Shaded Drawings (5 Images)
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I Spent Hours Experimenting With Kleki’s Brushes, And Made These Wonderfully Shaded Drawings (5 Images)

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I was up late one night, about to draw something for a friend when I had a strange idea…

My art style isn’t realistic. I like drawing animals/ furries, and I’m okay with that. Recently though, my friends got me back into drawing humans again, and I’m REALLY proud of my painting technique progress!! Anywho, here’s the story.

I had been on DeviantArt earlier that day, and I had seen a cool drawing made with a low opacity brush. I know a lot of people use Paint Tool SAI or Fire Alpaca, but I can’t use or even access those due to the restrictions on my school Chromebook. I use Kleki, a free drawing website, and my touchscreen Chromebook to create my uh… works.

Anywho, I decided to give it a try anyway. I was about to draw something for a friend as an inside joke since I thought it’d be funny to see what they thought. I went in with a dark blue and my brush at 30% opacity and was proud of the line art, so I continued to shade the digital artwork. Three low-opacity shading layers later, I felt pretty good with the drawing idea.

Initially, I was afraid to color it, fearful that it would ruin the drawing, but alas! The colors really enhanced the shading techniques used here. My friends were in awe, confused as to where this unique art had even come from. I continued to test out this drawing technique and refined it for its messy shading and shiny lighting.

I am very proud of every drawing here!!

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Alice loves Cheese Balls

I drew this one for a friend as an inside joke. One of their friends had said something about them loving cheese balls, and so it kind of stuck. This illustration was the first one I drew, and it took me about a day to complete.

Alice and Tentacle Lust

This illustration is the second experimental brush thing I drew, and I’m incredibly proud of it. My friend is afraid of Tentacle Lust. Probably because it’s a skeleton with six eyes and giant, slimy, pink tentacles. It took about 5-6 hours to complete. I think I rushed a little, but it still looks wonderous.

Sad (I never finished this one :/)

I was drawing this as an example for a friend, but Kleki refreshed, and it did not save. Luckily though, I managed to get this screenshot before it did.
This stage took about 20 minutes, maybe. The coloring takes longer than the line-art and initial shading.

“Tick, tock, tick, tock.”

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These were the words he said to me.
I was roleplaying with a friend of mine and got inspired to make this weird drawing. It’s not the same style as some of the others, but it’s really shiny, so I thought I’d put it here.
This one took an hour at most.

Tired

I drew this one pretty recently. Last night, actually. (Jan 3) I was feeling emotionally tired, and so I drew this to vent my exhaustion.
This one took about an hour, but I think that’s only because I was lazy.

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Tawny

Tawny

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Heyy, didn't see you there!! My name's Tawn, and I do things. I'm a weirdo furry kid, and I love to draw! I'm really just here to read, because, like everyone else, I get bored too.

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Tawny

Tawny

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Heyy, didn't see you there!! My name's Tawn, and I do things. I'm a weirdo furry kid, and I love to draw! I'm really just here to read, because, like everyone else, I get bored too.

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This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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Titas Burinskas

Titas Burinskas

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This dude right here? He works as a Community Manager at Bored Panda. Has no back-story, cause his spine works just fine. He writes about himself in third-person, and in first-person about others. Fell in love with storytelling and cannot let that love go. Now, he's here to help you make your own story simply beautiful. Secretly makes cute music samples and writes stories in the dark that nobody has ever heard of before.

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Keairia Williams
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 5th grade my "friend" tried to steal your art (the second piece)😭 She would put the picture on to Kleki and then show people saying she drew it. I found out she was lying after a while when I searched up the website and found this pic. Pretty sure she did it again with the last piece. Your art's amazing btw

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lubomir kubas
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i cannot import, also when i drag and drop the layers and new image buttons dissaper, and I don't get a chance to click them. the tab was closed by accident but luckily I saved right before that happened. i have the file, but it wont work! its jpeg..

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Keairia Williams
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6 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 5th grade my "friend" tried to steal your art (the second piece)😭 She would put the picture on to Kleki and then show people saying she drew it. I found out she was lying after a while when I searched up the website and found this pic. Pretty sure she did it again with the last piece. Your art's amazing btw

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lubomir kubas
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i cannot import, also when i drag and drop the layers and new image buttons dissaper, and I don't get a chance to click them. the tab was closed by accident but luckily I saved right before that happened. i have the file, but it wont work! its jpeg..

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