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Saturday, August 5, 2017

February Face-Fest, Room Renovations, and DIY Photo Boxes!


Kicking off with the Meet the Artist meme.


Studies and character studies for Paranoid. 


 Studies and character studies for Lily.


Finch's turnaround came out pretty well!


Test run: mini photo box!


Owl charm and Musky the Smilodon toy.


Quartz crystal (purchased) and a hag stone from Oceanside.


Agates I collected from Oceanside last year.


A couple of my old Sculpey figurines: kitty-dog and a Moraunx (1999 or 2000).


Raccoon skull I cleaned in 2006. Lots of damage, but a great reference! 



Anne's turnaround is decent.



Rant's turnaround: EYEBROWS.



Zentangle-inspired owl based on a suggestion from Sophie!


ADORABLE papercraft portrait Katie made of me! (Plus tiny cat friend.)



Christine's fabulous Sphynx cat, Gandalf the Pink!


Table setup prior to breakdown.





Naked walls are so weird...


Built with generous help from my aunt and uncle!











Fieran's turnaround is getting there. Best version I've drawn of her, at least!


Brought my Samsung monitor out of storage to use with my Surface!



Raquel and Fieran. <3 p="">



Quick reworking of an old marker illustration using watercolor pencils and Derwent Inktense. I want to make a full version!


February was another fickle month. I began my personal art challenge - February Face-Fest - on a good foot, and ended with few completed drawings to show for what I'd had planned. It was progress, but it often felt in vain.

I found distractions to pique my interest: installing and learning how to use Linux on my old laptop; building my own photo boxes to take better photos of my prints (tested with many different items); making charms with the owl beads Mom gave me for Christmas; and preparing to upgrade to a loft bed. I participated in Fanaticon 2, which was lackluster in sales but wonderful for inspiration.

...I'm finally posting this in August and I began prepping this post in March??? Life is weird. ;P

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

INKtober 2016, Day 21!

INKtober 2016, Day 21: Brainsick Poster
14x17 technical pen with acrylic ink and white gel pen on smooth bristol paper

2012 concept for a Brainsick poster.


Pencil draft on 14x17 smooth bristol paper. 
This paper is OLD; I bought it from Walker's Office Supplies during high school! Working on this stuff reminds me of why I prefer to use watercolor paper for my tech pen illustrations: the ink appears more vibrant and holds detail more easily than on bristol paper.



Big Head and Rant above; Finch and Human Paranoid below.



First section to be inked: Hallucinavian Finch, Finch, and Human Paranoid.
I used up my first Palomino Blackwing!




Big Head is Finch's biggest fan, so I had to draw them together.
I rediscovered my Magic Rub Peel-Off eraser stick! 
Big Head is a Singapura mix; used lots of reference to draw his face at this angle!
My ancient laptop is still useful!
The Snake God is based off of pythons and boas.
Big Head is done! I used a Pilot G-Tec-C for his fur.
Progress on the Snake so far!
I added Twitch on a whim. As the secondary antagonist, he's kinda important.

Adding the Snake's scales.
Using previous Inktober work as reference!




Full-view progress shot.


Rant comes to life!



Fieran's design is finalized (mostly) at long last!

Chestan: "Why do you keep sniffing my ear, Depravity?"
Aaah, much better.


What's missing? ...ah, yes. Chestan's acne. Sorry, kid.



Depravity coming to life in four stages!



Fixed Anne's pose using a mirror.
Char Coal gets an update.
Auto-photobomb progress shot.


Decay fully inked.
Anne fully inked. I still think she looks a little too nice...


I brushed in much of Char's feathers with acrylic ink.

Tech pens are wonderful, but they can scratch paper - especially old bristol sheets!

Protecting the rest of the illustration with another sheet of bristol.
I stood up to ink Celeste's wings.



DONE!

This is the largest illustration I've ever completed during an INKtober run - and my largest technical pen piece to date! Many characters are missing, so there's always an opportunity for me to revisit this poster concept. Challenge accepted - in the future. :D