Greetings earthlings! A mantis from space says hello!
One day my friend said
Friend: ey jassy draw me a mantis?
Me: okay (draws a mantis)
Ok sassy hows this?
Friend: wow its ossum. Yea can you draw this
background?.the lava, milky way, the
stars and sun? Oh yea and some ruby
sapphire and emerald other colors too
and jupiter next to the sun"
Okay?? That is just too much. Wasnt expecting that but its Interesting and challenging. Have to say okay then....
Here are the step by step pics of how i drew this complicated space art. Using
Colored pencils
Let me explain first how i draw. I usually draw light to dark. Base colors using pastel colors or very soft and light tones then layering them.
Then i go darker with midtone and darker shadows then i blend them using pastel colored pencils likeblight blue/grey/purple
Here we goooooo
Sketch it!
Then color base colors
Praying mantis are very diverse species and comes in all colors and shapes.
So i finished the mantis' body here.
Off to the background.
So rocks and lava
This is my reference
Lava is incredibly difficult to draw.
I slowly worked on it.
I use leave out method (plain white paper is left untouched) for rocks. Later on i just roughly color it with silver and grey. And gems i added out of my own mind. I just used scattered references from google so i have an idea how to make it look natural.
Then i use redviolet, brown, blue, violet green and black for rocks behind him. The lava is bright yellow, orange and pink .. plus black and brown. So it looks glowing cause of the contrast.
Layering many colors makes it natural looking. I practically used the rainbow to color this.
Next i make the sky. I have NEVER ever done the sky before, night time with stars, dust cloud, a sun and a shooting star or is it a comet? And jupiter. Phew.
I stated with the clouds. Working my way up.
I even asked help from my friends. Haha
Leave out process is not applicable due to the quantity. So i opted to use a white pen and apply using pointilism. But before that i must fill the background with layers of colors.
A lighter sky is present near the sunshine while the other side is darker.
Oh look jupiters looking good.
Next layer violet blue and black and blue green and leave out some cloudy white spaces. This is the milky way. I then added yellow pink and sky blue. Patches all around.
Here we have a starless sky
The sun is there. A ring of yellow rays should be seen.
I used silver and gold and white pens going DOT DOT DOT all around 
Lets zoom in the rocks and gems first.
Then the finished product
Done.
This is useful for space art/scifi movie fans ey?
Or if you ever want to draw mount doom..
Hope you like it.
Absolutely LOVE this!
Impressive stuff ... You must have a lot of patience :))
I guess i do. Thank uuuuu
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This is amazing! I love it! You make it sound so simple lol i think If I tried to draw the same, it would look like a 2 year old's had scribbled all over the paper haha Great work!
Oh boy this was hard actually. I just studied references and gathered tips from friends but im so glad it turned out good. I can never copy 100 percent accurately. I am still learning and practicing. Thank you so much for the kind words. Oh and if u draw its just about observation and imitation (of the subject) haha..
Thank you so much. Im proud of this. To think its free T.T for my friend.
Lol i accept art requests. Lol
Me too.. My 7 yr old daughter draws well than me.
Were all artists. Its a matter of choice to develop it. Also on interest ate :) turuan kita
Sna nga malapit lang tau..papaturo tlga ako.. Thank u @jacinta.sevilla!
Sooo ossum!!!
Oy thank uuuuuu. Haahhahhaathe ossum possum
You have such an amazing talent @jacinta.sevilla! Very nice!
Thank you so so much :D God given talent! praise Him <3
Wow, that's awesome! You have done the job with great success!
And I was really entertained with your transcription of the dialogue with your friend. "Oh yea its ossum!" :D
yes me and my friend made those spelling up
or I did, he just copies me
Ossum and UHmazing :D
Thank you so so much! :D
You are a really good artist Jacinta. Haven't come across in our discord channel. Been quite busy lately. Your artwork are all amazing. Steem on!
Many thanks. Ill dwnlod dscord po
Nice job on your dancing mantis!
Thank you :D hha he does look like hes dancing to a rhythm only he can hear
wow , so much work in it! It looks super :))
Awwwwwww thanks so much. It took me a month !
This is absolutely incredible! good job...
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Thank u!!!!
The post is no longer undervalued. Hope to nominate your work in future, keep up the good work! :)
Thank you so much! 🍓 It means a lot to me. Yee ill continue my art.
you really are an artist! :)
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Goodness! What an extraordinary talent!!!
Thank you so much. Encouraging to hear that...
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Wow you are really amazing, this is one great work of art!
Im glad u like it! thank u so so so so much!
Thats some awesome artwork.
Thank u so much
Wow! Ang ganda!!!!
Hi ate. Salamat po
This its dope jacinta i really enjoy it. Keep doing stuff like this
Thank you and i will :)
so cool! you're really talented! love the colors :)
Glad you like it! :) Thanks so much
Galing!