RusTEE!

Oh man... Tried painting today for the first time in a LONG time... The rust...I can't even begin to describe it :( I only spent about 45 minutes on it, because I think it'll be better for me to take baby steps for now. I'll work my way up to longer studies in a little while...But right now I want to do short painting studies, and get back to my gesture drawings.

Summer time?

I know I'd be back a little while ago... But due to extreme nagging from my mother for me to get a job, I haven't really been drawing or painting... Any time she seems me relaxing or even just sitting down, she goes crazy :/. But she was out today, and I managed to get some...Crap done :o I really really want to get back to studying and stuff though, because I've been so unhappy lately, with everything that's been going on. I could really use an outlet these days. Anyway, here is today's crap! Super stupid warmup :P

I'm actually kind of happy with where this one is going....I'll have to try REALLY hard to finish it! :)

Bird is...Still the word

Arg! Busy busy busy! I bagned this out like...Well, I think it was less than three hours...But definitely more than two...So I'll say two and a half hours :P. I tried a new way of working today, and am PLEASED with how it works! Although my painting doesn't look anything like the reference because...Likeness is hard, and I was rushing :/

Hello? (Hello?...Ello?...Llo?...lo?...o?...o...)

Is anybody there? :P

I'm back :P

And tired.
I should go to bed now. I'll write more another time :)

Here's an Ampharos I drew the other day. It was the first thing I drew/painted since I started back up again....And I know the pose is generic, but it's the only one I could remember from my head! D: I'm happy with it though, I did it fast, and pretty easily :)



This is from today, I don't know what to say about it right now...Too sleepy D:



I know I need to stop blending the hell out of everything...But it's hard! D:

The concept it to have her walking through fog, with her spear and skimpy outfit, with a bright white light source on one side.



Next time I work on it...I'm going to transform her body or something, because she looks squished :P

See you soon! :)

Style?

I didn't have as much time today as I did yesterday...Only about 3 hours :(.

But! I think I spent them wisely! I started off studying a portrait photo, but drawing the mouth wasn't working out (as you'll see). So I decided I would test myself, and see how much I could do one my own.

I used the reference as little as I could, and pretty much improvised :p. I dunno if you're supposed to do that...But I thought it was a good idea, and I think it might be the best thing I've painted all year! :o

I included the version with the sketch, and the version without...Since I would like to develop a technique that doesn't have lines in the final product.

Please critique this if you can, as I feel like this is where my skill level is if I spend a fair amount of time on a piece :).





And the reference photo:
Stock 205 by ~Lady-Moriendistock on deviantART


I'll have more time tomorrow :).

Mirrors are magic!

So I guess drawing wise this week really sucked. Two of my teachers thought it would be cool to give us massive projects in a short amount of time. So pretty much all of my free time this week went towards those, with no studies being done :( Of the stuff I've done a few times for practice, but those aren't really share worthy.

The good news is that my last project is due tomorrow, so after that I'll be back to normal. After tonight's all nighter, yaaay :/.

I don't want say I "doodled" this today...Because I spent a long time on it :P




It's a self portrait that looks...Surprisingly like me :o For my first try, I guess :P. The concept was for it to be me in a Pokemon trainer-like outfit xD. Don't ask why...People are doing it on deviantART and I wanted to as well :p. I used a mirror...And damn...I should've taken everyone's advice sooner! I think this is the best drawing and painting I've ever done :o.

I know I need to study and practice more...But I'm kinda proud of it :) I might even get back to it someday :o



And on the subject of getting better I watched the video review that Rahll did of the new Cintiq tablet...

I know I'm not good enough to own such things yet...But damn! Just SEEING that stuff makes me wanna draw for days :P.



Sorry for the measly update, I'll have more time starting tomorrow :)

What the...

Slight rant :/

Yo, I barely had time to sit today, it's bullshit :/.

I had to get on the roof to clean the gutters, even though I said I was busy. (AND my brother could've done it, Not to mention how HIGH our roof is...And how flimsy our ladder is....)
I had to help with groceries, even though I said I was busy.
My younger brother wants to learn how to DJ, so he got a mixer thingy. Guess who had to help set THAT up :/.
I woke up kind of late, because a headache kept me from sleeping last night. :/
People kept BUSTING INTO my room all day from random crap :/.

Needless to say, I didn't have much time today, not to mention I kept getting interrupted. So...The quality of today's study really sucks :(



Blue profile stock by ~psylight69 on deviantART



I'm kinda bummed because the model in the stock photo was really attractive and my crappy painting didn't do her justice :/.

Oh well...I guess I DID learn some stuff while I did it, so that's a plus.

Original stock photo:

Time Sink :/

I'll write a post now even though it isn't that late, just because I've been SO busy today, I don't think I'll have time to later :(.

My mom worked me like a slave today, because we have these REGENERATING TRESS at the side of our house. Seriously, last year i DECIMATED these tress, roots and everything. There was NOTHING LEFT except soil. And somehow, they came back :o.
But yeah, I was doing that from the time I woke up, till now, and basically had no time for myself today to do any figure drawing or anything.

So in my tired state, I worked a little on my work in progress from before. Taking into account the advice that I got! :) I darkened some of the values, pushed the saturation a little, and did some weird background crap :p. I also tried applying some of the colour theory stuff I read about...But I'm not sure how obvious that is.

It's not much, but it's better than not painting at all I guess?

I dunno if I still want to finish this xD. But I kind of do, so I can have an icon to use that I made myself :).

But if not, I can include in an art dump. Because that's what all the cool kids do :p.


Before:


After



Take it easy, and tell me what you think :)

Survival

I just survived my first week of school. So now I only have...One...Two...Three...One million more to go! :( I'm proud of myself though, because I managed to draw and stuff during the week :) Despite having a new schedule :).


I won't post my drawings from the past couple of day's this time, but I WILL show you a painting I started today! It started off as a study of a photograph, but while I was sketching I thought to myself "It's been a while since you last painted something from your imagination man". So I closed the reference and started this :P.



Please tell me what you think of it, and it what ways I can improve on it :). I plan to cover the missing eye, which is why it isn't painted at the moment :P.

And in other art related news. Everyone seems to be excited about Wacom's new product. The Inkling. After watching this video about it though...I personally don't think it's all that practical :/. But maybe that's just me. Tell me what you think :)




See you next time :)

I'm rusty (I'm back)

Hey guys. I'm back after foolishly taking time off because of my mouth pain. I thought I wouldn't be able to concentrate on my studies with my mouth hurting all the time, and I made the mistake of giving myself a break :/. What a dumb idea! I tried doing a study this morning, and it SUCKED!

I also did a ton of pencil stuff, but my basement is being used so I can't use the scanner right now :/. Go figure, right? Those turned out better :(.

But anyway, I'm back, and now I'm going to try EXTRA hard, because it seems like what little skill I had ran away while I was gone.

I feel like this spider. (Wait until the end to see what I mean)

Started before midnight (August 5th)

Not much to say about this one.
Except that its crap :(
The only reason I'm uploading it is because I want to keep this blog updated. Through the good times...And the bad times...
Good times being...I dunno...
Bad times being...Right now xD.

See you guys later D:

Ugh, dammit D:

I DO have the pencil stuff I promised before scanned, but it's ugly so I'll only show some of it.






Okay...So I guess I've kind of been slacking on the studies, and I hate myself for it :(

And here's a contest entry I painted and finished just today! (Well...Yesterday xD)



That's all for now guys, see you soon :)

July 18th

I had fun with the skin rendering study I did last night, so I decided to do another one! :) I took the same amount of time (about 3 hours) and I don't think it turned out as well he he ^_^'.

I need to practice drawing hands though. So expect sheets of that coming soon :).

One more for the day :)

Just practicing painting skin . I spent a lot more time on this one than I did the other two from this morning . And it turned out a LOT better too! The hands are garbage though...And I didn't try the hair and face because I didn't want to be overwhelmed. Baby steps, right?

Conceptart.org sketchbook?

So last night I was doing some lurking, and I saw some REALLY inspiring stuff on Conceptart.org. Before, I only know about Johannes Voss' super amazing sketchbook journey there...But last night I found a ton of other stuff there. I think it would be cool to maybe try doing that for myself :).

Here are two quick studies from this morning. This is my new way of doing them. I think it helps me learn values while practicing anatomy :). Two for the price of one!

See you later :)