Space pin-ups are awesome
Last night I refused to go to bed as always just for the hell of it. It was already 3am when my friend Alex posted this on my fb and I was like "OMG, space pin-ups?? yes, please" so we made a deal that she'd draw me as a space pin-up if I drew her first.Of course I opened Photoshop in that very moment and started drawing out some girly poses. I wasn't expecting to finish it right then because I wanted to make it all clean and pretty so in every step of the process I was like "yea... it's just a rough drawing, I'll clean it up when I have some free time". It went on for about 45 minutes until it was all shaded and had a BG.
Even at that point I thought it was just a rough drawing and that I would make a clean version anyway. I uploaded it to my fb to see what my friends thought. Alex was still awake and she really liked it, I told her it was a very quick drawing and that I'd make it cleaner next time but she said it was already very pretty.
I went to bed to get at least 4 hours of sleep and then I went to work. When I logged onto my fb I realized that people actually liked the fact that it was rough and that the strokes looked quick and confident.
Sometimes I forget that I don't need to make a clean drawing to make people like it. It's so hard to guess what they'll like and what they won't. I'm sure all artists are aware of this.
And as promised, she drew me as a space pin-up as well and it's totally awesome!
Cheers
