post 4 message/mission of my work - fatima flores

Message/Mission

 the message behind my works is meant to be silly and fun, but also (somewhat) serious. i’m carefree with my artworks, i love being myself, even if people don’t me, personally. years later, i am still learning the way i do art, the way i paint, and the way i design my caricatures. i’m not embarrassed about posting art, whether it’s fanart of whatever i’m interested in or caricatures. i love being who i am, as an artist, even though i still have a lot to learn. 

what i think is important, is the feeling of being yourself. follow your heart and your hands. you are your own person, don't let people dictate what you can or can't make. make art that interests you; i love doing screenshot redraws from my favorite shows/movies and creating original characters. i want my audience to feel safe and open, that they are welcomed in this space. if i don't have my walls up, then they don't have to, either. let your hands roam around the sketchbook. 

i did a screenshot redraw of the new sonic movie, that came out a month ago. i am a sucker for sad scenes and this scene broke my heart. so, i’ve decided to draw this scene. i loved doing this drawing because it was in (sort of) my art style and i had a ton of fun doing this, especially the little stars in the eyes and the irises. 

i did this drawing during my shift, at work. i wanted to go for a realistic eye, but i’m not good with eyes. so, i gave it a little twist. it’s unrealistic, yes, but i was carefree doing this, no professors hovering behind my back or professors saying that ‘the eye is not proportionally correct’. this is my favorite work drawing, thus far. 
 

this piece was a birthday gift for myself. this is sentimental, to me because i found the perfect art style. throughout the years i’ve grew as an artist, i was trying to find an art style i liked and wouldn’t have to revise. i was going for a silly self portrait and it’s not accurately correct, but i love it anyway.

this is another screenshot redraw i did. this was an episode from chicago med, one of my favorite episodes, out of the entire show. i wanted to capture this raw moment, where the character (holding the scalpel), murdered the surgeon’s father, for love and lust. the episode was very intense, which is why i decided to draw this scene. i had fun drawing this, from the shading, to the hand, to the scalpel. this was a very fun drawing, overall.

these two characters are my original characters. they grew up with me, from 2016 til now. started out as silly sketches and now they have names. i loved making them, altering and sorting out the kinks into creating them. i was inspired by mythical creatures back then, and they onto grew to me, ever since. it felt freeing to draw something from fiction.