ChieriBounce

Don't tell Bowser but he's killin' it in that role

She does have the opportunity to read, but she has to possess someone who already can, and she does not retain this skill once she leaves.

She can retain things like memories decently, but something that needs consistent study and practice could take years to take hold.

It wasn't a priority when she was created

She has a hard time internalizing new information due to the way she was designed. It's probably a consequence of how her organless body works.

I think the anatomy is inconsistent, like the arm is small, waist looks weird etc. But maybe it's just me being critical...

Just something silly to pass the time with. Not the most satisfied with this piece, but what can you do?

Chieri is pondering a book that she's holding sideways with one hand.

"Chieri Can't Read"
She wants really hard to look like she's considering it. Whatever "it" is.

#Art #Slimegirl #Chieri

The answer is 34K. I think...

A shading experiment involving an actual human character instead of slime. I think I might have overdone it... I might want to try making the lighting a bit less dramatic, maybe use colored shadows to also stop the image looking all washed out. What do you think?

Arthur is in the park, looking at his phone.

"Doomscrolling"
Look up.

#Art #Nerd #ArthurWright

Nine is corrosive, it might be dangerous 😖

Thank you! 😊

Hold onto your slime and try to not mix!

Careful, she burns!

After finding a decent way to shade slime, I thought Nine would be a good subject for trying something different. Sure, she's also a slimegirl, but she's a lot less transparent, and a lot more dense and tar-like, so the shading would have to account for that.
How does she look?

Nine in the same pose as Chieri was on the last drawing. She is shaded in a much dirtier, rougher way to reflect her more tar-like slime.

"Leaning Nine"
You have been spotted by a... curious...? ...slime...? What do you do?

#Art #Slimegirl #Nine

Thank you! 😊

A combination variant with soft internal shading but hard external shading

I tried combining the ideas of the above two versions into one. This one has soft shading on the inside (to imply density) but hard shading on the outside (to emphasize a shiny, slimy surface). How does this compare to the above two?

I AM considering some kind of mixture. We'll see.

👁️u👁️

Continuing my shading experiments, here is a more aggressive attempt to compare hard and soft shading, specifically on slime. Which one do you think looks better?

Hard-Shaded Version

Soft-Shaded Version

"Leaning Chieri"
You have been spotted by a curious slime! What do you do?

#Art #Slimegirl #Chieri

Not unless it melts

I'm going to try experimenting more. I think the soft shadows work for most things EXCEPT slime. Slime has some unusual properties that make it interact weirdly with light...

Which one do you think looks better? Or rather, which style is worth pursuing further?

Thank you!

I decided to remake an old drawing with the new shading technique to see how it makes slime look. This is the final outcome, plus a second version that shows the shading halfway through, with hard shadows instead of soft ones. And I included the original version for comparison. What do you think?

Soft-Shadow Version

Hard-Shadow Version It might look incomplete in parts because this is a halfway-done snapshot I decided to keep because I think there's merit to the hard shadows on slime.

Original Version (for comparison)

"Li'l Chi and the Ladybug" [Shading Test]
A shading technique is useless to me unless it can shade slime.

#Art #Slimegirl #Chieri

I tried applying the new shading method much more aggressively here. As such, it took about twice as long to shade this piece as it usually does. Hopefully it was worth it. I think I might be onto something here, as long as I get some practice, and figure out how to do it more efficiently.