Astral Requin

A little preview of my participation in the Shork Zine idealized by @jeypawlik ! 👀

Grab your copy for at least 1$ here: topazcomics.com/swimon/downloads/swim-on-10/

There's lots of shark art by lots of talented artists and the profits will go to finfree.org 🦈✨

I use Telegram or GoogleDrive to transfer my files both from the computer to the tablet and from the tablet to the computer! There must be other ways too.

That's a legitimate concern! My reviews, including this one of XPPen, are based on my personal experience and have not been influenced by them. The company only asked me to emphasize the unique features of the product, which really does deliver what it promises.

If they pressured me to do something I didn't agree with, I would refuse the job, because I value honesty in my experience.

This is the second time I've done a review of this kind, I don't know if I'm very good at it hehe, so I hope I'm on the right track. I do my best within my limitations, such as not being able to record videos talking on youtube which would be the most common and ideal.

(I thought that because of this, they would refuse to go ahead with the work, but they were satisfied with me doing a visual review).

⭐The Magic Drawing Pad! 📱✨

I was surprised to receive a Tablet from XPPen in exchange for a review. Here’s my experience! 📝✨

Initially, I thought the tablet's design, meant for drawing away from a workspace and outdoors, didn't suit my lifestyle. As an introvert who rarely leaves the house or is socially active, I decided to review it from a homebody’s perspective.

I've never drawn on a display tablet before, only on regular digital tablets like the Wacom Bamboo and my current Huion Inspiroy Ink. Now, I have the XP-Pen Magic Drawing Pad to try out!

At first, it was frustrating! Everything I drew looked crooked and ugly, and I felt like a fraud. But it wasn't the tablet's fault; it was like learning to draw all over again since I was used to the computer and had abandoned traditional art.

I was rushing, thinking I should be perfect immediately. I took a deep breath and remembered that learning a new tool takes time and patience. Once I gave myself the time to adapt, things started to work out.

I only explored the tablet's basic functions, but its interface is similar to an iPad or cell phone and works well. I transferred files to my computer via Telegram, but Google Drive could also be used.

There are several illustration apps available. I chose Infinite Painter first because it is similar to Procreate. I found it amusing that the process of creating art was recorded while I was drawing!

In conclusion, I find the Magic Drawing Pad to be an ideal tablet for beginners venturing into screen drawing for the first time. It offers a practical and enjoyable experience!

Feel free to ask any questions about this tablet, and I'll do my best to answer them!

They also told me to say that there would be up to 45% off during the Prime Day event on the Amazon store and the official store from July 16th to 17th! 🛍️✨

⭐ - US store: https://amzn.to/3L08x36 ⭐ - CA store: https://amzn.to/3VanP9W

They also recommended this keyboard!

⭐ - ACK08 smart keyboard: https://bit.ly/3VCgAYv

Thanks a lot to the XPPen team for their patience and for the opportunity to try out this tablet!❤️✨

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I did this little speedpaint experiment too if you want to see! The function of recording while drawing is a very cool experience!

That's it, I hope you like it!✨

I'm very glad that you like my sharks, thanks a lot for this! Of course, I'm flattered that you want to do something inspired by them! I would love to see what it looks like in the end! 🦈✨

It's my cake day! 🍰✨

Another birthday in my room in front of the computer, I still dream of having a small party with my friends, but leaving the house is still a big challenge.

Despite this, it was the computer that allowed me to have the company of my true friends spread across the planet and where I receive so much support from everyone to continue creating shark art! 🦈✨

Thank you very much for everyone's support, this is the greatest gift! 🎁✨

I'm trying to remake the 3D model of the head of Roberto, my great hammerhead shark. 🦈✨

Roberto is being a test subject for me to develop an elegant and functional design style for my hammerhead shark characters. It will also help me to draw him from different angles. It still needs some adjustments, but what do you think? Do you think it works?

Although I will have to apply some design rules, the two eyes should never appear together, so depending on the angle the second eye would have to be turned off.

At some point I'll try to do the rest of his body! 🦈✨

Paolo, Roberto and Selena are enjoying Valentine's Day treats at the Seaside Mall food court! 💝✨

This artwork is a piece of a silly little animation I tried to make, if you want to see it!

Roberto's favorite place in the Seaside Mall is definitely where the BobaTea vending machine is! 🥤✨

This artwork is a piece of a silly little animation I tried to make, if you want to see it!

Paolo and Selena try to surprise Roberto with gifts on Valentine's Day, but he was ready to show his love to both of them! 💐💝✨

Oh, let's see if I can find them! The first one I remember was this, I don't remember who the person was. She made these three based on my little "Shark Villagers" hehe

This other one was inspired by an art from my second Sharktober collection of 2021, called Traveler Shark!

And the last one I found was this! The person masterfully reproduced the colors of my art that I made of my character Requiem, the finless shark!

A new tattoo has been created based on my artwork that reverses the role of the Jaws poster! Check it out! 🦈✨

Perfect colors and reproduction, check out the jawesome work of this tattoo artist!

That's it!! I think there were others, but I didn't find them. As I said before, feel free to get tattoos with my artwork, you have my full permission!

I think these arts I made would make good tattoo ideas, if you want!

Taking advantage of the fact that I'm posting old shark stories. I remembered this one too.

They're the only traces I have of a story about a lonely little shark named Sniff and Snouphia, his fairy companion, trying to piece together the puzzle of their lost origins. 🦈✨

I remember I created it from a sketch I made to express my angry after a power blackout caused me to lose an artwork on the computer.

He was inspired by myself, a personification of my old nickname "Astral Requin", the little fairy was an extension of Tyna, a shark plush, my loyal companion.

Little Sniff is just a magic short shark who is always hungry and suffering from emotional anxiety ~ 🦈✨

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It reminds me of the golden age of DeviantArt where I started my artistic journey on the internet, Sniff's first art exploring ruins received a “DD” (Daily Deviant, I think) in 2017, remember how significant it was to win that back then? Your artwork suddenly received a wave of attention! Now it doesn't mean anything anymore.