Splinterlands Art Contest// Week 184!// Merdaali Guardian

in Splinterlands2 years ago

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Hello dear Hiveians,
wow...it seems that I neglected my blog so long.
Recently my phone is totally broken and the new one hasn't been delivered just yet.
I had already started to make some drawing of this beautiful water monster and all got lost together with the phone T_T.
I was so pissed. Aside of that, I had to contact deal with my bank since I had no access to e-banking anymore because my phone was broken and I used 2FA with the code generator from the bank.
Another reason why DeFi is great, isn't it?
Most people are just not aware of that just yet.
Few days ago my Galaxy S22 Ultra was finally delivered and I finally can start drawing again.
But well... I had to start all over again.
However I must really admit that Samsung didn't lie.
The S-Pen is really excellent... It feels like drawing on paper using a normal pencil.
I really didn't regret buying this phone :-D.
The price is worth it.
I will be diligently learning hard to hone my skill from now on ^_^.

These are by the way the step by step process of my drawing:

First is the line art

I am not so skillful in digital painting just yet. My line art is not that great :-D.
Previously I was also not the best at sketching actually, I was more fond in playing with colours.

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At this stage I was still contemplating about which background I should use for this water monster, therefore I changed colours few times until I finally decided that I would just use the realistic underwater view for this drawing.

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I tried to create some corals, seaweeds etc to show the underwater environment, but at the same time I still want to show how the sun rays go through the water brilliantly.

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I still have to learn much in digital drawing, but I am still rather satisfied with the end result.
What do you think friends?
Is she as pretty as the original character in splinterlands?
She is called "Merdaali Guardian", a monster from the water splinter
who has the healing ability, increasing the health of all team mates and renewing the armor of the monster who stands at the frontline.
She is a strong figure in the water splinter, unfortunately I don't have it yet as a gold card in a max level, but my husband does have it, not yet at the max level, but quite strong already with the healing and repairing armor abilities.
So... I occasionally play around with his account to have a taste of her power in the ranked battles :-D.

Have a nice evening everyone and thanks for your support :)

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I wish I had natural art genes😅, at least it can be hung for my bedroom wall decoration.

Well... this one can not be hung, unfortunately 😄.
But I do wish that someday my work can be bought as NFT.

I'm happy to see your post again..... You know, I kept wondering where you were in the past few weeks!

I'm sorry to know that your phone was broken and your drawings were lost with the phone.

Your new digital drawing of this water monster is really excellent. I don't know much about the splinterlands, but I can see that she is so pretty via your drawing. Apart from the beauty of this monster, you show us well about the underwater environment; coral, seaweeds, and especially the sun rays through the water. Very brilliant indeed! Well done!

Wishing you and your warm family a pleasant day! 🤩

Hello tangmo. Thank you for the nice words.
Yeah... Things had kept me preoccuppied too much, so didn't remember to update my blog :-D.
I will try to find more time to blog again since today.
How have you been?

You're welcome!

I do really hope that you can find more time to blog again as before...

I am fine and try to stay safe; i.e. mostly stay at home, go out once a week for buying some necessities, etc. Thank you very much. I wish all of you to stay safe and healthy. 😍

Thanks for sharing! - castleberry#6859

thank you :)