Hi, I'm Paul, an aspiring graphic designer/illustrator. The second week of November will be over in a few days. I'm feeling the slight change of the air breeze in the Philippines or it is just because of another low pressure area has entered in the Philippine's Area of Responsibility and they named it Nika. ![](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdvc788wxsBSQHY3z21o3wSTU7hqRnyYc2JFEn2pEYSev/dividers-04.png)

MY ART REFERENCE

For this week's art contest, I decided to create a fan illustration of Meriput Slinger, a rare, death unit monster from the Rebellion Series. Based on its [lore](https://https://lore.splinterlands.com/the-people/splinters/minor-splinters#meriput), it is a shy creature and peaceful creature of the Muriden, nevertheless, with dangers in every direction, they alert their tribe using different variation of squeaks to defend and attack when it is possible by using varying spells and slings with rocks or steel. ![](https://d36mxiodymuqjm.cloudfront.net/card_art/Meriput%20Slinger.jpg)_{Image is from Splinterlands Game} ![](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdvc788wxsBSQHY3z21o3wSTU7hqRnyYc2JFEn2pEYSev/dividers-04.png)

MY ART PROCESS

|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZJm15yL1Fij53xWF7nYDSLPzyymYH6FUT8bK9Xak4FkF/meriput_01.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQma8uCVo9XdB6n6HGvsP7wni15GT2nhSPkAQVpqj7puVLY/meriput_012.png) |![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUe9bdHiA2e42yrZQdceCY2bpM9g7L2xyBpb54VMtsGtX/meriput_013.png) | |------------|------------|------------|

For starters, I created a simple rough sketch of what I visualized the character. I decided to do a simple standing version of it. After all the coloring process, my sister ask me jokingly if this is a mouse or a cat. Because it is a pipsqueak, this is a mouse type art. For the coloring process, I decided to add the color detail to the sling, followed by coloring from head to the bottom part of my art. The colors as based on the original palette of the character based.

|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYdwweA2Jw5wpexaEsoCcnr1ukyqnsVo4EMpXxEHJnfKy/meriput_014.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNt5NcvTbyMrVaeTku6mwmCQN2A9EKCJ4LNejDXrGyx5S/meriput_015.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmYDhZNjPQMMrz2SzHnEeiaA6Fqc2Hdmf5RLTFpvVvtMzL/meriput_016.png)| |------------|------------|------------| | ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmbjB8y5ED4adsBgVTCUmK1fTwsrwQaac4sSSMbNzGYkqp/meriput_017.png)| ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmfU1A2cYcRWsHbCJgttgPdDcJRoEadTTbtkHBcsSbM7Po/meriput_018.png) | ![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmRw2sh8D3jYxcaEK4URegCxCJb6YZZqKzt5udJpj92iRR/meriput_019.png) | |![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmaQcBTfZCPDZo4zBqrUD8RVfrcqgy8FUBBbKJVR5mqtVb/meriput_0191.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmT2jLAf9j7fDkSH8JikAxttq5J9ibeQ1ZjZu78hbuRwpY/meriput_0192.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdkXBybFFJ2tt8UrdCxRuUTbJzRDFCi4Wd6DxMyeKhwXh/meriput_0193.png)| |![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWnttiTE34iLz112p2n78aB4MzK1kKSX5WdsFcZLeRVry/meriput_0194.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmVaMyYXsaW8aMk8nrJ3oJEVDcF6EUfBT4obuhAmDyFepv/meriput_0195.png)|![](https://images.ecency.com/DQme8pV5tLcw4rSKnDVETbDDLUukj9883TJ1i6seDqQ4zsF/meriput_0196.png)|

Here is the GIF version of the process.

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNWFJpFsyKyCvvZBn2p5w33DeGYCwgjPgnYfpp2uXFFvx/meriputgif.gif) ![](https://images.hive.blog/DQmdvc788wxsBSQHY3z21o3wSTU7hqRnyYc2JFEn2pEYSev/dividers-04.png)

MY FINISHED ART

![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmS7ErQhXUQyE76yqq6SqUwDHip8hq36C5Ck9Rx7J8PKY2/meriput_final_canva.png) |Character Name:|Meriput Slinger| |------------|------------| |Game: | Splinterlands| |Applications and Tools Used:|Krita, Canva, Huion HS611 Tablet| | Size: | 3008x3164 |

Thank you for appreciating this simple fan art of mine. Hoping to learn and create more things in the community by supporting this simple works of mine by upvoting this post and sharing it to the community. Follow for the latest updates on my blog. Until next time to all. Have a wonderful day.

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