@paneerarts

I've been drawing since I was in elementary school, but took the leap to digital art in 8th grade. Part of what had been holding me back for so long was that I didn't have a tablet or stylus, but after feeling very inspired one day seeing posts from my favorite artists, I decided that I would bite the bullet and start by drawing with my finger on my touchscreen Chromebook.

I received a lot of encouragement from my family to join art contests for fun — and my finger-drawn art even got selected to be made into a special-edition Black History Month San Diego Public Library Card. After three years of drawing with my finger, I entered an art contest and drew a four-page comic by hand digitally, and ended up winning 1st place and an iPad and Apple Pencil in 11th grade! Ever since then, I have been using Procreate as my primary medium to draw (but shoutout to Infinite Painter and Autodesk Sketchbook, my original loves).

Here are a few of my favorite pieces!