I promised sketches...

So here are most of my sketches from today and yesterday, touched up in photoshop. I used ballpoint pens for all of them (the photoshopping may make them look like pencil but it's all red and black pens). Come check it out AT MY NEW TUMBLR!

I really should be doing more of my homework now, so goodnight.

Mage update

UPDATED AND AWESOME! If I may say so myself, I'm so stoked at my improvement lately. Go me!

PS- I also made a tumblr the other day! Come find me there and check it out!
slkestrel.tumblr.com

Mage in progress

had no idea what I was painting when I started and so far it's turned into this! Actually pretty excited about how it's turned out so far, especially the anatomy and lighting on the guy. I want more contrast and values, though, so I'm thinking about making the sky much darker, maybe with some red tones, but I don't want to mess up the lighting I already set up on the guy or make it too dark. We'll see!

Monster thing Painted

just more practice for tonight :)

Older-Pierce Portrait Practice

haha...alliteration..

I realize that the skull/anatomy totally isn't correct. I just wanted to keep drawing and messing with flesh tones :) Though, now this one turned out LIGHTER than I wanted XP

Better Zan

Hi there! I'm in the 2nd week of Winter Quarter and not having all that much time to practice drawing amongst the homework for 20 units, but I still am finding time where ever I can! I'll try to post some sketches soon as well. Until then, here's a drawing I just did while looking into the Digital Painting Techniques vol 2 book. I really should practice this stuff more...especially color and light @__@ anyway, here's my first attempt at...well, something

Honu

Here's the honu or sea turtle I painted with watercolors and guache for my grandma last Christmas. By last, I mean the Christmas of 2011. Almost feels so long ago!

Enjoy :) First time working in traditional paint for a few years @__@

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hey y'all! Ok so I know I keep saying that I'll post more stuff, and it's not that I'm not drawing (though I did have an awful block recently) but I just keep forgetting to actually scan or photograph the sketches XP A lot of em are just sketches, a little bit of Bridgeman work, etc.

First of all, this super cool thing happened: Someone actually got a tattoo of one of my element symbols from my story! While a lot of people have asked me if they could use my symbols for their tattoos, this was the first person who actually followed up like I asked and showed me the final product!!! She used the air symbol over the Gemini sign. I'm a huge fan of proper astrology philosophy so I love the mix she created. Turned out cool too!



K next this is the first really awesome thing I've drawn for the new year! :D I'm thinking I'll let it sit for at least a day before I ink it, and then maybe digi paint it. Sorry about the crappy photo of it @__@ bigger view here

Rosy Quartz and Jade

Trying more still life and realism. I'm gonna aim for one a day, though I think this one took me 2 hours today... so I don't know if they'll all look this good depending on how much time I have.

Zan WIP

Progress shot of the head of Zan. It's going to be a full body drawing once I'm done, but holy crap spending so much time on trying out new things and details...

Showing my work...

Just posting a progress shot of my latest Damien piece. If you can't zoom enough, just check the image at the link here

Random Practice

random practice and stuff. Trying to do still life and then do some hard surface stuff. GEEZ it's been a while since I painted something right in front of me XD TOMATO.

Damien WIP Progress

Still avoiding that last burst of studying for the night until I became remotely satisfied with this one... here's my update, hope you like it, enjoy!

after finals, I will definitely look into the secret to painting waves... Hm...

Damien WIP

I'm smack dab in the middle of finals right now with my brain oozing out of my ears, so stylus hit tablet and my sanity was regained. This idea came while listening to Davy Jones by Hans Zimmer super fun. I think it looks pretty cool so far for being a work in progress, and probably once more bit off more than I can chew with the water. But I'm still trying new things, trying to find a style for sure that works for me and that can grow to better realism as I learn.

With this one, I think I need to step back now at the point I'm at. I want to put in some darker values so Damien stands out more, and I'm really going to have to find some good reference pics so I can get the edge of that water looking moderately realistic!

Critiques desired!

Digi Practice: Pierce

Just needed to unwind a bit today so here's a quick piece of Pierce, the pyrolk

NANOWRIMO CHALLENGE: COMPLETED

OOFTA. WOWZA. SKADOOSH. Today is the last day of November, and I have just completed the National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO) 50,000 words in a month challenge, ending at 50,159 words! I've been writing that mysterious story I keep talking about. I had optimistically and unrealistically hoped that 50000 words would cover the entire first draft of Book 1, but unfortunately it's about half, if not less. So I still have a LONGGG way to go before I even finish the crappy rough first draft. UGH. Oh well I'm still super proud of myself, because I conquered a lot of hurdles I normally experience about writing, like judging it and overthinking what to write. This challenge made me just sit down and pound it out, and though sometimes it was like pounding out teeth, other times I stumbled onto great ideas for new scenes and character developments. GO ME. I'm thinking about taking a break from writing, though. I feel like I've suffocated the project from obligation as well as enthusiasm, so I'll give it a breather. It'd be a good time for me to get back to drawing and reading like a normal person. Well, I say normal...

Anyway! Thanks to anyone who encouraged me to bang this out! I'll probably do my own nanowrimo in another month to bang out the rest of the first book. THIS THING NEEDS TO COME OUT ALREADY. However, I'm in no hurry to pass it around for advice/critique yet. I don't think I'm ready to pounce on the editing phase. But whatever. All I'm trying to say is I'm awesome and I completed the NANOWRIMO challenge!

(congrats to anyone out there who also did, or completed the no-shave november challenge. Way to go)

Damien and Pierce WIP update

Just an update on this practice piece. As usual, any advice is welcome.

Pierce and Damien WIP

Digital WIP practicing some good ol photoshop. Scene from my story with Damien and Pierce. Damien's holding water daggers and Pierce has sort of fire in his fist. I'll be trying to make that more clear :) Background will come later, too.
....Can anyone help me draw hair?

Two Posts in One Day? Surely Not...

BUT IT'S TRUE. 'Cause I hit a hardcore drawing mood! So here's one of my friends by request as a waterbender. Sketched, then totally edited/drawn in photoshop :) I forgot how smooth a wacom stylus on a proper tablet is!

NOVEMBER!?

Ok, so most of October (meaning, all of it) was spent working on my bomb-diggity costume, a Pathfinder barbarian. It's not to the level of completion that I want it to be, but it still turned out pretty cool. The armor, most of all, was amazing.. I'll post pics of my boyfriend's and my armor here, too, just so you can see what I was doing instead of drawing @__@


AAAAAAND now it's NOVEMBER!!! So instead of costuming, I should have all the time in the world now right? HAHAWRONG, because November is NANOWRIMO, NAtional NOvel WRIting MOnth!!! Remember that story I keep mentioning? Yeah, well it's time to get my butt in gear and whip out that first draft (though not out of my butt.. hopefully). I'm definitely trying to balance writing, drawing, school, and relationships, but bear with me I promise I'll post more artistic progress. Still uncomfortable about posting my writing though in the off-chance/likeliness that it'll get stolen. Anywho! Here's some of what I've done lately :)








MY ARMOR, in progress


MY ARMOR, done!

JUSTIN'S ARMOR (top, front)

JUSTIN'S ARMOR (top, back)

JUSTIN'S ARMOR, everything else