Jo's Speed Draw 12: Belly Dancer from "Invitation to the Dance"

[@JoannaDavidovich]

This cute belly dancer was just a background/side character from Gene Kelly's lavish musical "Invitation to the Dance"- been trying to come up with a nickname for her. Any ideas?

[@Andybowbandy]

Lilly or Harper not sure if those are good names for this character

[@JoannaDavidovich]

@@Andybowbandy Those are wonderful names! Trying to think of something as relates to her distinctive hairstyle though....

[@jacobaobert]

Bella Edanser

[@RamsTheNameCom]

@@JoannaDavidovich Jennet "Long-Curve" or Jennet "Rough-Spiral"?....... I don't know, she kinda looks like a Jennet to me. The hairstyle (specifically in the original drawing), looks like two reflected crescent moons. Maybe play around with that idea in different languages..... She also appears to have bangs.... ......I've got it! Call her "BangBang the Moon" or "Lunette du BangBang"........ (This was intended to be a sarcastic joke, but I unintentionally like the ring to it).

[@monap8552]

how about Jo?

[@nighttimedreamerzz1111]

Omg. Just found your channel and subscribed! Love the art demos/tutorials!❤

[@QTcomicsPOP]

Beautiful

[@Howdoyouchangepf]

been really enjoying your speed drawing video’s really inspiring

[@JoannaDavidovich]

Glad to hear it!!

[@zaccaryvega]

Your art is always a pleasure to look at!

[@JoannaDavidovich]

Thanks kindly!

[@zigzoinks5493]

Love it! Reminds me of the one you did of Mitzi!

[@JoannaDavidovich]

Lol! Yeah, there have been a lot of belly dancers requests.

[@Andybowbandy]

Do you imagine the dynamic action lines for the pose in your head or just test to see what looks good?

[@Simstiger]

yeah my drawings are not bad, but I still want to give more feeling of movement

[@JoannaDavidovich]

A lot of it is like trying to carve out the right line. You can see from these videos I have a lot of false starts and trial and error.

[@Simstiger]

@@JoannaDavidovich but did you have a image in your head before or just though "this time its gonna be a belly dancer"

[@JoannaDavidovich]

@@Simstiger This was a specific request from my Total Request Live Stream.

[@julianchaney6471]

Beautiful ! ED Benedict would have been proud .

[@hectormanuel8360]

She is beautiful ❤️!

[@uncleflaco5645]

This is Great :D 👍

[@supersnizelz]

came for the art stayed for the kickass music

[@JohnRamoscabrera-ik4ub]

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[@miminani2663]

What kind of pens/pencils do you use for your artworks? And is there a way I can get them?

[@JoannaDavidovich]

Mostly all Kyle T. Webster brushes. They are free with the latest Photoshop now, but you can also download them directly from him.

[@miminani2663]

@@JoannaDavidovich thank you so much!

[@jacobaobert]

careful icarus, one day you're drawing a cute belly dancer: next you''re taking commissions from creepy people with anime profile pictures.

[@JoannaDavidovich]

Lol, there have been a lot of belly dancers. I have a moratorium on them for the time being.

[@musicaman8683]

Belly dancer with no belly button?? 🤨 With that aside, beautiful drawing!