Challenge #62: Zentangle 2 (Uhura, Star Trek: SNW)

[goss]

Title: Connected
Artist: goss
Rating: G
Fandom: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Character: Nyota Uhura
Content Notes: This is my second entry for Challenge #62: Zentangle. Digital drawing using the pencil tool in Adobe Fresco.

I absolutely love Uhura! Celia Rose Gooding's performance of "Keep Us Connected" (on YouTube), my favourite song from the musical episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, directly inspired this piece. <333

Preview:






And here's a brief timelapse video showing part of the process:

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Comments

[mific]

Oooh, gorgeous. She's a wonderful Uhura!

[goss]

Thanks! ^__^

[amberdreams]

Oh you're making me want to watch Strange New Worlds now! I need to see where I can get hold of it. Lovely portrait!

[goss]

Thank you!

Yeah, it's a fun take on Star Trek. It's got a lot of warmth and nostalgia, plus I enjoy the diversity and sort of oddball humour. :)

[sixbeforelunch]

Oh how lovely! I love how you captured her expression. :)

[goss]

Thanks so much! I'm really glad to know that you like how she turned out, as I ended up spending the majority of my time tweaking and re-tweaking her expression, trying to get it right. :) :)

[mekare]

Waaaaaaaaaaah Uhura! This is so goooood!

ETA: I watched your time lapse just now and have a question: what‘s the purpose of the first layer? You sketched her face, turned it transparent and then sketched it again? I‘m so clueless about digital art.

[goss]

Thank youuu! ^__^

I sketch the first layer to get the broader proportions right, which is my weak point when it comes to portraits. And then I do the second layer separately so that I can zone into and concentrate on the details and play around with shading, which is the part I enjoy more.

I have them in two layers because if I end up changing my mind while trying to capture a particular expression (which I often do!), the underlayer still has the original proportions and "energy" of the initial lines, and gives me a quick starting point to work from.

[mekare]

Ooh that makes perfect sense!

[minoanmiss]

iconic

[goss]

<333