Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Sakura kitsune


Was supposed to be a quick sketch for a screenprinting project.
Ended up not being as quick as I'd hoped and didn't use it either :P

Monday, September 13, 2010

Painted Dog


Same as the serval; a small sketch inspired by vintage photography of exotic ladies.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Zaynah; Kiss of the Whip


Started out as a speed paint, then people slowed me down so I took a bit more time.
I lost a lot of anatomical detail in the darkest shading, or that the hand is hovering above the shoulder rather than resting on it, but the gist should be there. Maybe I'll be lucky and the shading will also hide some of the many faults, but again, not going back to fix them. I just need to learn to up my pace and work with lighting and such to capture a mood.

I can't imagine you'd be entirely able to avoid a whipping when serving on a pirate ship, and Zaynah would be sure to learn the price of having a big mouth. Not that it's never worth paying, mind.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Zaynah, speedpaint.

Anyone know where my summer holiday went?
I do, into projects everyone else demanded of me. Commissions, homework, last minute artshow stuff. I'm so fed up with working for other people right now, I can't even make something for myself without feeling guilty.
So I said fuck it, I wanted to make something no-one asked for, no-one paid for and without any artistic merit of a subject matter no-one is waiting to see and without trying to learn something new.
Then at the end I realized I just tried out speed painting, which I had been intending to do. Goddamn sneaky learning stuff; my neighbors make being ignorant look so easy!

And I see lots of mistakes, but I'm not going back to fix them so no critique please.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Wisdom


Design for an etch, but it didn't work out. The lines were too thick to work well, I really prefer screenprinting to preserve lineweight and such.
Thought I'd show the digital sketch anyway.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Rabbits I have known; Woodruff and Cicely



Based on photos, but attempting to bring out their personality rather than just trying to capture their appearance.