Before we begin, let me wish you all a very good morning, one filled with blessings. There's nothing like starting the day with everything going smoothly and as you hope, so I wish you all good vibes. My drawing today is of the i331 CXi 49 card. It's a very beautiful guitar with striking red colors that would catch your eye from miles away if you were standing right in front of it. It even has colorful veining on the neck. It's a common design, but very pretty.
If you're wondering, it's an electric guitar, so it doesn't have a soundbox like the pearloid one I drew the other day. The black rectangles you see above it on the cover are actually decorative wood grain. And the white squares are the string extenders that hold the strings in place. The tuning pegs extend from the strings to the neck. So, let me tell you how I made this drawing. I created the card's frame using a painting software tool. It's the largest part of the drawing. Thanks to this tool, you can create very well-defined straight lines as well as curved sections. The frame turned out like this.
With the initial piece ready, I then moved on to drawing the guitar. I started by drawing the frame, which is the piece I mentioned earlier. It has the shape of a wooden board—well, actually, in real life it's a literal wooden board, so that's what it looks like, lol. Then I drew the neck underneath the guitar body.
In the details section, I made the guitar's crest, which sits above the neck. The tuning pegs are also located in that area. That part serves three purposes: to beautify the guitar, to stretch the strings, and, with the pegs, to tune the music. This is how it turned out.
Finally, it's time to paint; this is the part I'm sure you've been waiting for. The sketch is ready, so now it's time to bring it to life with color. In the following screenshots, you'll see how I painted each silhouette I created. Notice how the red color makes the guitar really stand out. I've added small red stripes to the arm, just like in the original card.
To finish, I've painted the final aesthetic details on the guitar, including the string tensioners, the electric tuning knobs, the embellishments, and the strings. And finally, the details on the letter. And with that, friends, this drawing is complete. See you later, blessings.
