Progress!

I'm painstakingly illustrating an awesome cover for a contest, and it's going well. Since I have until March 15, I'm really trying to take my time and incorporate all the new things I learned with Photoshop.

The original drawing is unfinished, and much larger, since it is on a sequential art sized bristol pad. I am really happy I was finally able to play with the brushes to find the right one for realistic hair, even though I am still keeping it whimsical and playful. All in all, the time I'm taking is really starting to show in this work.

Hopefully more progress is to come. I'm so bad about taking progress pictures...But I've been doing alot of little doots along the way! Ru, Breena and I had an amazing sleep over weekend, and did some works together.

Breena and I drew our characters from Kith and Kin together! It was fun. STILL gonna bring furries back, ya'll.

Fun times with the Cousin!

On Saturday after work, I went over to my Aunt's to hang with my cousin and have delicious dinner times. While the adults were cooking and speaking inappropriately in a child's presence, (my 9, soon to be 10 year old cousin's words, not mine) We watercolored.

She opted to paint the Queen of Demons, and her serpent like husband, the King of Trolls. I really enjoyed how her hair ended up being similar to the green she used to color with.

I decided to paint a frowl. A little creature I came up with with Owl and Frog characteristics. They are very cute.


Here is the finished product. I'm really glad it did it on very nice Archival watercolor paper, because I am SO framing it. S...Someday. Along with...ALL...the other prints that need to be framed. Ha...HA HA.

GUNHAVER.

As a person who claims to be working on a zombie comic, I felt that I should be a little more proactive in getting some reference material that's not just me pausing horror movies.
Thankfully, my dad is of the "Guns don't kill people, people kill people" persuasion. With his help, I was able to collect some of the coolest photos ever.


Keep in mind that I love weapons. I do. But the honest truth is that I am a huge girl when it comes to names or knowing the stats. I mean, for years I've played zombie survival games. It wasn't until I was holding it in my hands, that I realized what I had. An honest to god, brain salad making, zombie swiss cheesing, UZI.


If that wasn't enough, there was also the spider killer 3000, or Magnum. I'm going to do a painting of Jill Valentine for the gallery show I'm trying to put together, so I think that this images will be very useful reference.

And finally, there is the beautiful heirloom shotgun. I do have a full shot of this beauty, but this up close image really shows you the kind of intricate detail that went into a well crafted weapon. It's truly a masterpiece. This is really special, since it belonged to the Uncle that my father was named after. I'll mount it on my wall one day.

REDO!

This is actually not current art, but I threw in this little Video Game Comic so there was something to look at.I'm doing that thing I do every once in a great while, where I go through some old drawings, and then redraw them. This is always very fun, but a little depressing too.
This one is from my story "One Child Dies", which has since been renamed "One Child".

My main Character's original drawing was painfully Anime. PAINFULLY. And the redo, while fast, is so much better. It's going to be fun finding the one that will get the makeover now.

PAPERCRAFT AGAIN? I know, shut up!

Well. Here I go again. Sadly, I neglected to do in progress photos, but hell, it turned out well, so I don't care.

I did this paper craft for my dear friend Amy, who's family has had Corgi's as long as I've known them. The dog I'm replicating here is little Rosie, the younger rascal!
I started the head in Vallejo, while I was hanging out with my mother, and used graphite to do some the the shading on the face.

I did my best to use marker and layer on what looks like floor boards under the doggy bed, and then added a Kong, which for those who do not know, is a pretty popular dog toy. It is stored in a Ribba Ikea frame, and I feel like it framed up nicely indeed! I will have to use these frames for more papercrafts in the future!

I would say all in all, the work took me about 7 hours. The head still takes alot of planning, and took about 3 all by itself. I am getting quicker, but when I am trying my best to use a reference, the planning tends to impede my process. Either way, I'm moving on to a bigger and better paper project, so wish me massive amounts of luck!

The strangest moment in fan art.

A dear friend of mine had nightmares about zombies eating her cat. After a LONG debate with one of her facebook friends about the possibility of a cat being a viable target, he suggested lasers and chainsaw legs.

I had to consent to such a marvelous idea. That is the greatest thing I have ever seen.