Blessings, colleagues! On this lovely morning, I'm going to show you my drawing inspired by one of the cards in the game. Today, I chose a microphone, the R447 TP 2.0. This is a very elegant microphone. It has some brown and gold colors that I really like, so I thought it was perfect to draw and paint today. Because of its shape—it's somewhat small and cylindrical—I think it's a microphone specialized for music in controlled environments.
Like in music studios or podcasts. It's the typical model we see on many YouTube channels, and it's great to be able to find it in the game too. Now I'm going to tell you how I drew it and the steps I took to achieve what you saw in the cover preview. It's always more interesting to see how a result is achieved than to see the final result itself. So, let's begin. I started by drawing the inner frame of the card in Adobe Illustrator. It is made up of two paintings and together, as you can see, they form the frame of the drawing. I always say that it is like the canvas of the drawing because everything else goes inside it.
Once I finished the frame, I started drawing the microphone area, which is what would pick up the sound—the top part. As you can see, it's slightly rectangular, though almost square. I used Adobe's line tool to create it. It's a very useful feature. I also often use it in IbisPaint when I'm drawing. I also used the tool to create the second half of the microphone. You'll see both of them now.
The next step was to create the internal divisions; as you can see, this is the third step. These divisions clearly define which area captures the sound and which belongs to the microphone handle. This way, when I paint the sketch, the colors don't mix, and it looks nicer, which is the main goal.
The next step was painting. I used a blue color for the background, both inside and out, in various shades. I painted the microphone the same color as the original; to get the colors right, I used the eyedropper tool in Adobe. I've included several screenshots so you can see the process.
And to finish, here's the completed drawing. And that's it. See you in the next one.
