DAT FACE!

Started/attempted portraiture again.


First is the lovely Mads Mikkelsen as the good Dr. Lecter, done with Faber-Castell graphite on 11x14in. Bristol. (No flash. I kept getting a big glare when I had it on)

Thank you to Derrot for encouraging me to not give up. <3 I may fiddle with this some more before putting it on dA. I could shade the thing completely, but I don't want to to risk screwing it up, especially since it's my first decent "portrait" in awhile. Just kept it simple (with mistakes, but hey. It's okay!). I'll probably do a lot more shading on the next drawing of him. :3



Currently blocking in another pic of him. Same actor, different, um, character? Eh, it's from some sort of photoshoot. I just really like his look and the crown he wears in the photo. (It'll make sense later.) Very Game of Thrones.
I already see mistakes, but I'll fix them. I'm still measuring the facial features. This is gonna be a real difficult one, but you'll keep my spirits up, right, Der/peeps? 8D

I'll probably end up drawing more of him because I adore his bone structure. >.>


Blocking-in of Lara Jean Chorostecki as Freddie Lounds (done very lightly). Haven't decided if this will be another regular graphite portrait or if I'll attempt colored pencil. She has some delicious red curls and I just want to capture them. YUM!
More sharp cheekbones to play with! YAY!

And another WIP of Roz.

Close-up of face

Close-up of hand and pomegranate

Yay? 8D

Also, before I forget: here's that Geico owl commercial, Der!

Wings 'n Things!

Remember those sketches I did for peeps at the end of last year, but never completed? Yeah, sorry. ._.; I haven't done much "arting" this year, due to my "episode" earlier this year, and work. But I think I'm getting better. Maybe. I look at those sketches now and go "ew." 8D

Refresh your memory? (Link to previous post)

Here are some more from that time period, and some from this year's beginning (but the "best" piece is the last one)
I'm using lots of quotation marks. I should stop doing that. >.>

I'll try to go in the order of when these were scribbled down.  I may revisit, or completely redo, these. But I don't like them so much now. >.>

First up, Maya from Brooke's FaLLEN! For some reason, the camera didn't want to focus on this one. o.O

 This was another pose/composition idea for Maya:

 

Wild's Sailor Astraea

 Derrot's Nicolina (and owl)- AAAAAH! So awkward. ._.;

Ayashi's Ezrae (get this novel edited! I want it! :D)

Bekuki's Lillian Armstrong (Why this file is called "hannah" I don't know. The hell?)

Another for Bekuki. This was meant to be a senshi.

Remember Ereshikigal? I still want to redo that picture, with a more dynamic composition. (Can you tell what is going on? No? Sorry. XD)

 An OC for Derrot's and my DW comic. Can you guess who it is, Der? Think LONG hair. We've discussed her! (Don't say the name. Spoilers, y'know?)

An idea for Rosalind:

Quickie of Bettie Page. Couldn't quite get the hang of her face. 8D Maybe because it's too small an area to work in? Ah well, I hope to get better at portraits since I'm sketching out actor faces now- Tennant, Matt Smith, Mads Mikkelsen, Lara Jean Chorostecki, Cumberbatch, etc. Fun fun!

 Misc ideas for bigger pictures: Cherry on a fence, Derrot's Gera and Pan falling from the sky (I want to do a companion piece with Benny and Jade), Neco from FaLLEN, and Sailor Garuda. All of these will hopefully be on large Bristol board.

Jadine's Muslim angel/Malakh. I really want to revisit this one and make it a proper picture- inked, shaded, everything.

Aaaaand, another WIP of my main Rosalind pic.
Y'know, I can't believe I didn't include a pomegranate! That's her main thing! (Or one of them.) Craparoonydoony.

It's okay. I'm a bit disappointed with how it's turning out though. Not the way I wanted it to look. Ah well.

Materials used
Background tentacle angel- Micron pen
Wings (on humanoid angel), clothes- Faber-Castell brush pens
Skin, hair- Faber-Castell graphite

WITH FLASH

NO FLASH

Till next time!

7/29/13

Stuff's coming. Nothing too exciting, but it's coming. Oh, goody goody.

Eh...4/27/13

So, I haven't updated this thing since January. (No one's noticed, I'm sure. 8D)

I seem to have lost/misplaced my main sketchbook, which has comic notes and "important" sketches for comics, and gift sketches. ._.; And it must speak volumes about my mental state when I say: I almost don't care it's gone. That may change later, but right now...I just give up.

I kind of fail as an artist anyway. >.> Or being active in any anything really.

Commishes WIP

Instrumental Angel for Bekuki

Hair EVERYWHERE. D: It's unrealistic, but I blame anime physics. 8D (I really just got carried away)

Pose from SenshiStock.


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Secret for Ayashi

The camera washed out the skin. I'm still working on it because she looks like a pink shrimp in reality. ._.; I haven't colored in so long, and I'm experimenting with colors. I don't want my people to look like plastic Barbie dolls as they have in the past.

Oopsies 1/25/13

I forgot to post for three weeks! 8D Or: I don't really have anything I want to show.

Later tonight, I may put up my two WIP commissions and one sketch. But that's it. Thrilling, huh?

Also, for DW fans: the show comes back March 30. Just putting that out there.

So... 12/31/12

This year was a flop. Other than my goddess series at the beginning, I didn't get anything done. Sure, I started. But nothing is finished. Kind of sad. Maybe I need to find a different path in life, because this art thing is a bit of a failure. >.> Bored with my complaining yet? I am. (I need a cheerleader or something).

-I've seen a progress meme going around dA and am a bit sad that I really can't participate. I don't have anything good enough or thrilling to put on it. Hmmm.


But I may get something done this year, since I'm doing two collabs with wonderful peeps who can stay on my ass. Those are:

-The  DW comic/story/THING I'm working on with Derrot. We have the very first part slated to begin in January. We still have the timeline to work out and ideas to organize, but I'm sure we can do it! We'll have to make a list of the work to do and then split it up. (I'm doing that "new" character sketch tonight, Der!) Can't wait!

-A short comic with Jadine. We did not get accepted into The Sleep of Reason, but we're still going forward with the idea we planned. We pretty much have it all outlined, but may embellish things since we no longer have a 20-page limit. I'm really excited! Let's make it freakin' awesome and make people jealous! XD

-I have an interview on Wednesday. Wish me luck? I really want to commish more peeps cuz I love y'all. ;_; Sure, there's stuff I want so I need MONEYZ (and benefits), but I mainly want to give to charities, schools, and commish/buy stuff for buddies.

-I have sketches. (Always sketches; nothing substantial! BAAAW) I would call them Xmas gifts, but since that's gone... 8D I'll just call them sketches. If you don't get one, don't be offended. You may be getting something soon. I just need to get into the swing of things.

-I want to work more on Roadside Whispers and maybe more on my SPN idea, even if it's just scenes for the fic(written and drawn). I've grown quite fond of Rosalind and don't want Cherry to just languish under a pile.

Do you have resolutions? :3