Date: 26 September 2024

Admittedly I should have taken more in-betweens screenshoots, but there you go:

1. This is what it looks like when I start to draw with my left. Yes, it's a mess. 
   
2. Flipped the drawing and adjusted head positioning + sculpted the drawing by drawing a bunch of lines and erasing what I didn't need.
3. Tried drawing roses ow.... flowers are difficult... why did I think drawing this outfit would be easy...... flowers are already difficult with my right what possessed me...
4. added a bit of background to test it out
5. adjusted arm positioning because it was static + made the dress look a little bit more like it's fancy fabric (?)
6.  + background (continued from n.3) also yes I painted the dress semi-transparent so the background shows underneath.

notes:

-If you want to attempt drawing with your non-dominant hand, I advise you start with a messy style like this, because lineart is very difficult. To me, it's currently impossible. My hand trembles too much and won't be precise no matter what.

-Focus more on the movement of your arm than the hand itself.

-Try not to tire yourself out. This took me 3-4hours but I spaced them out across the day. And my back still hurts like a Butz. Ow.

-I clicked the wrong layer or brush more times than I can count!

-I made the program window become smaller more times than I can count! Because instead of clicking the file->save button I double clicked (my hand was trembling) and made the window smaller

-maybe that's funny idk I didn't even realize that's what I was doing... I was just constantly like: 'why the heck is the window smaller all of a sudden what did you do HAND'

-digital makes it easier because I can move things around even if I draw them wrong / misshapen / too far apart

-More often than not, it will look weird. It's normal. Don't give up!