Gamzee Makara by meowgrowl on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

"I CAN HARDLY CALL GAMZEE A FRIEND ANYMORE."

Okay, so I have a bit to say about this picture.

Firstly, this is pretty much my first successful attempt at drawing Gamzee. I have doodled him before, but all of those were SO bad and didn't look anything like I pictured him to be.

Secondly, I have owed one of my friends a Gamzee picture for their birthday since October. I probaby tried to draw aBout 7 different rubbish Gamzees before just giving up for ages. But this Sunday we're having a big Homestuck meet-up in town and I got this sudden rush of motivation to just. DO IT.

Thirdly, I really surprised myself with this picture. I tried out so much stuff, like more advanced lighting and shading on the face, hair and clothes. Not to mention that Gamzee's mask and scars are really hard to do with only a handful of grey markers. I started it in the early hours of Monday morning, and was finished before the stroke of midnight last night. that is astoundingly fast for me to start and finish an entire picture, especially given the detail and difficulty.

So yeah, I'm actually pretty proud of this one. I hope my friend likes it when I give it to her on Sunday. She has a tumblr, which is why I won't be posting it there yet because she might see it and I want it to be a surprise. i'll put it up there later.

Character belongs to Andrew Hussie

My tumblr: [link]