Digital Art Practice 1: Neptune/Purple Heart from Hyperdimension Neptunia.

I usually post my artwork to YouTube and Instagram, but I'm going to start posting my artwork on my blog as well. I'm trying to get better at digital art. I'm going to keep drawing with pencil, Micron pens, and paper, but I want to start coloring in digital. I have colored a couple of drawings with digital art apps, but I want to get better. I finally found a way to blend, and it transformed my coloring quite a bit. I also found some tools that helped me to find my coloring style. I'm using my girl Neptune/Purple Heart from Hyperdimension Neptunia as my first test.

Neptune with digital coloring:

Here's the original drawing:

Here is Purple Heart with digital coloring:

Here's another version with purple lips:

Here's the original drawing:

The app that I used with the Sketchbook app for iPad:

Link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sketchbook/id883738213

Tools in Sketchbook app I used to color: 1.) Skin: Pencil + blend with smudge pen. 2.) Hair: Pencil + color over pencil with fountain pen + blend with smudge pen. 3.) Eyes: Pencil + color over pencil with fountain pen. No blending. 4.) Clothes: Pencil + color over pencil with technical pen + blend with smudge pen. I drew the picture with pencils first, and then inked them with Pigma Micron pens (the O1 one). I took a photo of the drawing using the Genius Scan app for iPhone.

I uploaded these drawings to YouTube as well, if you're interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjtJAZ6_KdM

Now, here's a comparison with the original characters and my depiction of them:

Neptune (Original):

Mine:

Purple Heart (Original):

Mine:

Not bad for my first time blending digitally. Next time, I'm going to try shading as well.