Jinxy-pooh!
Just sketching and trying out a different type of lighting. Jinx from League of Legends is such a fun character.
A new place and a new project
So, I'm moving again. Well I'm currently bumming a couch for a few months and I'll be moving into a new place at the end of October. Point is, I don't have a good place to set up my computer and tablet, so I'm forced to try to work on my laptop that hates my Intuos. Digital work is partially on pause until after I get my current portrait commission done and get moved into an apartment.
That being said, I have a very big, very involved, personal project I will be working on with lots of steps and updates and interesting things. I hope to film a lot of mini tutorials and stream a lot with an open format while doing this project, so please get comfy and join!
Already outlined a story and ideas I want to build this project around. Here are a few beginning character sketches, just playing around with shapes to give each character the feel I want
Here's a rough schedule:
October - loose character, environment concepts
November - starting into full character sheets
December - mostly in Alaska on vacation, but I will start storyboarding
January - Storyboards! Thinking about sequentially illustrating in two ways, as a pitch for an action scene to be later animated/acted AND as a rough-draft for a comic layout
February - starting full illustrations, key frame and promotional pieces
Heroes of the Storm Art Contest: Submitted!
Here it is. And so it ends, and I can sleep :P
Miobi
Last night I spent two hours on a portrait so I could make a face tutorial! The photo referenced used is of Miobi, find her on miobi.deviantart.com . The video is about 15 minutes long...if you don't want to bother with the tutorial part, skip to 11:20 for the timelapse (silent).
Heroes Progress
I've been working on my entry for the Heroes of the Storm art contest. It's been a lot of fiddling with positioning and slowly working on lines, but it's getting there. Here are the lines for the characters (still need to work on Nova's gun) with a very quick lighting test. From here I'll finish up lines and background, then start the process of painting in color and light. From here on out it will look better and better very quickly, so I probably won't post any more until I'm ready to submit the thing.
Just imagine a background and some spikes ;)
New Video Up!
New on the Video page: a sped-up thumbnailing session with commentary for my Heroes of the Storm art contest project.
Own some art!
So I have a store now. Bills are a real thing, and I have them. Every print ordered will alleviate a set amount of stress :)
Videos and streaming incoming
I have the tech to start recording videos now! I'll be keeping an archive of sorts on a new, separate page on this website, linking to the videos on YouTube. Please feel free to subscribe to that YouTube channel if you'd like an easy way to keep up to date (and keep me in check). I'd love to know what people want to see or learn about.
First video is the start of an exciting project, and I'll be keeping a log of my process for it. Let me know what you think.
Also I have a Twitch channel, which for now I just randomly stream me drawing from time to time with no schedule or format. Feel free to drop by and say hi.
AH Fanart Progress
Just wanted to update for now, hopefully I can knock this out in my spare time by this weekend. Upcoming projects will include some League of Legends and/or Heroes of the Storm fan character splashes, maybe some FunHaus pieces, and a commissioned portrait project.
I got an Elgato game capture card. Of course I'll probably use it to capture games here and there, but I also got it to capture drawing stuff. Plans tentatively include making a semi-regular YouTube channel, and streaming as I draw and just shoot the breeze (a very low-key hang out session while I embarrass myself on the internet).
Well you've gotta start somewhere, and for me that somewhere is testing my set-up with some goofing off.
Best Crossover Ever
First sketch with toned paper. 40 minutes at work just to get a feel for both black and white pens.
What is the only way to make a Minion™ better? Turn him into Wolverine!
Briana
Here's a fun sketch I did last night. Thanks to Briana for lending her pretty mug to the cause.
AH Fanart
I was watching How To: Mortal Kombat X with Joel, Adam, Matt, and Jeremy the other night. There was a great moment where Matt and Jeremy were compared to the character they were playing as, Ferra and Torr. I know Jeremy asked not to see fanart of that, but how could I not? Tonight I started sketching it out.
Workin on some more RWBY
Just messing around with more RWBY characters, this time Blake Belladonna. My goal with this one is to try to replicate the technique of Stanley Lau, AKA Artgerm. He starts with great linework, adds medium flat color, and builds on top of that with light. It's amazing.
I don't usually try to get my linework as far along as I should before I start laying in values and colors, so this exercise is targeting that. Lines are probably almost done, soon colors and light!
Lots of new things
I just uploaded 5 new images to my Finished Illustrations gallery. I will have more to add to other parts of the site soon. Thanks to my friend Brian, I finally have decent pictures of some of my traditional work from my last year of college!
Go look!