🌸 Cherry blossom shrimp and isopod (Patreon)

🌸 Pom pom crabs

I finished the sketches I shared at the end of the post above!

I had already drawn two flower arts... So I was thinking of drawing them next spring. But honestly, I know I rarely finish doodles I've just passed on like this 😂 because by the time that time comes, I'll have new ideas to draw again!

And the scenery I saw on the street was also a good motivation.

It rained here, so there were a lot of flower petals scattered on the ground.

Cherry blossom petals that have fallen into the puddles on the roadside ripple whenever people walk...🌸

There are raindrops on the petals.

"Cherry Blossom Shrimp" is about flower petals falling on the water, these photos served as a good reference!

When petals fall, green leaves grow. The fresh green of these new sprouts is truly beautiful. And there are still strong flowers as well. That is why I like cherry trees at this time 🌱

It was a rainy and gloomy day, so the lighting made the photo look a bit dull, but I felt it was a very pretty and refreshing green. I created a color palette from images like these. I choose colors by recalling the images I felt. I do not use the eyedropper tool when creating color palettes. (How to choose colors / 2018)

So, the colors I came up with have this kind of feel. I'll use this color combination for an isopod drawing.

In the case of Cherry Blossom Shrimp, I worked on it with wallpaper resolution in mind from the very beginning.

I tested it on my phone, and it looks great with the Glass UI :)

(I'll update the wallpaper post soon! )

Now, let me show you the process of these two drawings~

🌸 Cherry blossom shrimp

Oh, by the way, the shrimp featured here are cherry shrimp!

It is a real freshwater shrimp. (Neocaridina davidi)

It is one of the animals I draw so often that I almost forgot to introduce it.

I had a shrimp tank a long time ago and raised them; when fully grown, they will be about 1 to 1.5 inches (4 cm).

I've often imagined shrimp swimming freely in the air on land, so I frequently draw them on land. It would be troublesome if they actually came out of the water, though 😂 In my imagination, shrimp can go anywhere and fly anywhere.

👇 WIP gif

I worked with these guidelines!

Since screen resolution varies by device model, I cannot create a wallpaper that is 100% perfect for every device; however, if I keep the center safeline in mind while working, I can produce a wallpaper that is roughly suitable for iPhone, iPad, and Android :D

The same applies when creating Galaxy themes; since there are over 100 different Galaxy models alone, we take this into account during the design process. Occasionally, background images may have too much or too little whitespace; this happens because we are adhering to standards. Come to think of it, I remember panicking on the day the Galaxy Flip and Galaxy Fold were released because the image resolutions that needed to be applied had completely changed 😂

🌸 Cherry blossom isopod

Cubaris sp. cherry blossom and pink panda king :D

In this picture, some isopods curl their bodies into a ball to mimic flowers-(They don't actually behave like that in nature; it's just my imagination!)- , and some others are decorated with little flowers. To me, this isopod gives off a vibe like strawberry milk jelly beans...🍓 In this case, I tried to capture the feeling of being cute and pretty, like a cherry blossom flower.

👇 WIP gif

I changed the proportion of green a bit from the color palette I initially chose.

And I added a little pastel blue that wasn't planned. (Small sparkles in the background and the legs of the isopod are pastel blue.) I still like the light green, but I liked the soft feeling of pink a little more.

A series of four works themed around cherry blossoms and arthropods has been completed 🌸

Although they are all pink, they were finished with slightly different color combinations :D

Which picture do you like the most?