Coding Counter Culture
In this drawing tutorial, I'll guide you through creating a powerful and resolute female programmer, drawn in a style inspired by the bold, iconic imagery of socialist realism. And I only use six colors for it! Let me show you in a step-by-step video how I draw determination in the face of a coder!
I will start this with something I won't tell you! I won't tell you why I even drew this. This is a drawing of a coder, a programmer, a developer, a software engineer, a hacker, but it is not the typical cliché of a coder, a white male in a hoodie, hunched over a laptop, with a coffee cup in hand. This is a drawing of a woman who has chosen to code, and she is determined to do so. She is not a stereotype, though I do admit that I tried to make her a symbol. A symbol of what? Of the determination that it takes to code.
When creating this drawing, I was inspired by the bold, iconic imagery of socialist realism. This is a style for which I have always had an uneasy admiration, and I wanted to see if I could channel some of that style's power.
