Last batch of the oldies...

Here's the last of the old stuff! From 1999-onwards, possibly up to 2005/06? I'm lollin' at my first attempt at anime people- SO BAD! *cringe* And look, all the skeletons are coming out now- the furries, the fanart... And my first cat Tish is in there too, awww. Bless that cat! (Even though she was a right bitch.)

Old Emo Doodles

These are from 2003. And despite their sketchy, done-on-lined-paper-ness I think they are good because they convey... EMOTION! *dan dan daaaaaa* The dude lying down is my favourite =]

Old Fanart is the BEST Fanart!

Stuff from 1999-2001! I used to draw a lot more fan-art back then... wow, I was 11! Well, 11-13. =]

The Dark Knight- wai so srs?

Gah, I heart The Dark Knight in the face. Such a good movie. So I did some big head caricature things, for teh lulz ;)

It was nice to break out the watercolours again... it's been a while!

Violette

Acrylic painting, 20x30 inches, on canvas stretched over board.

It's been so sunny it has made me all sleepy. This was for Mo's birthday. She's going to get it framed next week- exciting times! That's all from me, think I'm gonna go crash out on the sofa now. Mmm, sofa. 

Referenced from a piece by Flosaurus on deviantart  called 'deconceptualised': 

http://flosaurus.deviantart.com/art/Deconceptual-1119296

Reference pic used with permission.

2005 paintings

Some old stuff I found under my bed that I 

thought was kinda interesting. First one is from a live model, I believe she was called Nikki. And the second is from a photo. I think it's nice to see the one from life has a lot more energy in it, even if it isn't finished. I'll be painting over these though to have a go at more painting this summer. So I thought I'd record them before they were whited out :3

Also just spotted another one from my DA account that was painted at around the same time. This one had no reference whatsoever (you can really tell :C) 

That's all for now! 

Pencils...

Mohawk Girl Coloured

Yay, here she is coloured in, all digital-like. Many thanks go to thedreamwolf (check her amazing art at thedreamwolf.deviantart.com) for teaching me pretty much everything about digital colourings. As a first proper go at colouring, I think this is not half bad. More to follow over the summer I guess! :D 

Drawing Walkthrough!

Ah, film deadline's passed, so now I can go back to drawing for fun again! :B

So I thought it would be fun to do a step-by-step doodah of a picture I've been working on recently. Well, actually it's a picture I drew a long time ago, but I came back to it. Yay! (This kinda sad but... she's based off of Naima from America's Next Top Model. =[ )

'Kay, so first things first, where it all begins: The sketchbook doodle!

Yar, so there's a lot of stuff going on in the picture. Her costume is a bit mental. Is it tribal, is it goth? I just don't know. The arm on the right is weird. She's got two right arms, for starters. One stumpy arm (I couldn't draw the hand) and the other arm doesn't look very nice at all. So, a few weeks and a film deadline later, I go back and change it! 

Redraw the first! 

A quick tracing over and I try to out repositioning the offending arm... and fail. And oops, she's got naked! :O

Redraw the second! 

Finally I drew the arm in a place that I liked. Wewt! This is thanks to Yusecki being my arm model. No way could I do hand perspective off the top of my head! :3 Ah, abusing housemates. So fun. 

Inking!

Aaaaand then it's inky time. I gave her a much simpler outfit and shoes I stole off of heat magazine, roffle. 

I'll try and colour this in chunks too. Might try giving her the traditional paint treatment, or when I learns, a cell-shaded look. Watch this space! (But not too closely, 'cos it takes me ages to get round to doing things.) But yar, hopefully I can end up with an image that is good enough for the new portfolio! 

Over and out! Laters. 

Can Can Cat PreProduction Designs

Development work for my 2nd year Uni film, Can Can Cat.





WIP acrylic painting:

Unfinished

An old canvas I found in my bedroom. A girl sat with a violin I painted in portrait class. I never got to finish it, and I've painted over it now.
Just thought I'd document it for old times' sake. =]

Ratatouille Doodles

I went to see Ratatouille on the 13th. It was super mega awesome. I did some doodles =]

Four

Four Paintings of Four Faces =]

I really love painting, I should do it more often.

Recordings of past Green Day obsession...

Yes, I was obsessed once. I did two pieces of Green Day artsies.



Detail:



And a more classical 'portrait':

Magpie Character Sketches #1

Kathy and Bugbear!



Random facts:

Kathy's full name isn't Katherine, it's Katrina.
Bugbear started life as her teddy bear.

I'll try and do the whole cast eventually, in pairs... But who shall I pair with who? =]

Colour? Not unless I get extreeeeemely bored. It's a very messy sketch too TT_TT

Edit:

Wow, two done in one night, who'd a thunk it? Next up we have Vincent and Moira!



I like Moira because she's everything Kathy's not. =]

Random facts:

Vincent is lefthanded.
Moira's father is a millionaire.

Go pencil sketches! Two down, two to go!

Random Magpie Doodles #2

Moira development. I like the one where she's looking at the magpie best. Don't ask me why she's surfing on a hoverboard-sledge-type thing, I just wanted to try out perspective =] . And to finish:



OHNOES, She fainted! :O

Magpie: Step-by-step!

This is a collab I did with Yusecki . I'm really pleased with how it turned out- I asked her to paint me a very moody background with a delapidated old city... I love the moodiness of the sky indeed, it's yummy.

Anyhoo. Here's a step-by-step process of how I put together the characters. I am still a novice in colouring, so.. bear with me. :B



1. Inks! I forgot to scan my pencils first, I inked over them :X But I spent a while tinkering with compostion and also getting a reference on magpies, since I don't draw them very often. =]



2. Then I flatted all the characters with basic colours.





3. Then it's all about shading- this is the part I'm not so good at... :B I tried to get a 'backlit' feel to the characters but I don't think it quite works. But as it's my first time trying to do a more complex lighting thingy, (mm, technical), I get away with it. Right? o.O





4. Then I get to add Yusecki's background which gives this picture 50+ cool points =]





5. And finally! A few tinkerings with the border, and: voila! =]

Indie dude

This is a very quick 'remake' of a really old doodle I found under my bed. Not many people sit like that nowadays...

Some Animals...

Oldie, I drew this after watching Spirit, Stallion Of The Cimarron. Not the most imaginative of stories, and we'll overlook the Brian Adams soundtrack, but yum the animation on the horses. Dreamworks always make their shit move good.



My cat stepped in varnish one day and we had to clean it off her feets, I thought I should document it in drawing form. So I did :B



Cheetah from the first Character Development project in the first year of Uni. I made a cheetah waiter character but I always liked this caricature of a cheetah. So I post =]

Random Magpie Doodles #1

I've been on a doodling binge today, the pencil glued to my hand. Doodles of potential things that could happen. Moira has a big head, haha. Lolllliiipoooop.