Saturday, December 31, 2011

25 of 25


This is the 25th of the 25 portraits I've painted since I set the goal to finish for the end of December back at the end of November. I would normally put some more time into this one but I'm rather tired. I'm really happy to have completed this project though as I was not entirely sure I'd be able to complete it to my satisfaction but I think I've pulled it off! I may touch some of these up in the future but they are presentable now I think.

Unlike the previous 24 photographs, I actually know who this model is. It is Petra Cross of gmail.

With this project I also smashed the record of the number of posts I had made last year, which was 34 in 2010 and here with this I've hit 41 in 2011. In September or November I had realized that I was far behind my previous output and that had really bothered me. I'd like to take on other mini personal goals like this. I have some commission work to finish off and I need to arrange some personal courses but I'll get back to it I have little doubt. Its been very constructive to force myself to do this many especially since some I didn't really care for but I have learned a few things from the process!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

24 of 25




Almost there! I really enjoyed doing this one. I think I'm starting to get hair.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

23 of 25




Almost done with this mini-project. This is the last of the series from one source photography to whom I cannot properly give credit due to not having kept track of the link or name. :( The next two will be from different places but perhaps 25 is an auspicious number.

Monday, December 26, 2011

22 of 25


Again, I don't know the original photographer of the images these are referenced from. If anyone knows, I'll be happy to give credit.

21 of 25

Friday, December 23, 2011

Thursday, December 22, 2011

17 of 25



Two in one day, not bad. I've been at this a month now and have 8 days to do 8 portraits. :)

16 of 25


Again, I am referencing someone's photos. I don't remember where I got them but if anyone recognizes them let me know!!

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

14 of 25


I figure I'd better finish these 25 by my goal date or it may look kind of bad :\ haha

13 of 25

Monday, December 12, 2011

10 of 25

Still not sure I'll be able to make my goal with the commission I have going but we'll see.

9 of 25

Did this one with surprising speed :)

Saturday, December 10, 2011

8 of 25


Recently I've taken up a commission so I may not hit my target at all. We will see.

Friday, December 02, 2011

7 of 25

I really need to work on softening up the colours and shadows. My palette is too harsh still. Correcting this is much easier said than done though.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

6 of 25


I got off track for a while but I'm back now I like to think :)

Sunday, November 27, 2011

5 of 25


Again, I referenced some photography for these images. If anyone knows the photographer I will be happy to give credit.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

03 of a hopeful 25


Its more fun to draw beautiful women let me tell you lol. That said, I like this little mini project of mine as it will make me draw faces I don't normally touch.
Again, I forget where I got the reference images but if anyone can identify them I'll be happy to give due credit.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Freckles 2 aka 2 of 25


Hopefully I'll finish these before the end of December. No idea if I actually will.

Freckles


Sometimes I run into a lot of cool images I'd love to paint and then I tend to download the whole lot. Less seldomly I actually paint them. Tragically I can't recall where I found all of these but if I ever do I'll link and give credit to the photographer.

This particular image could use some fixing up and hopefully I'll get to it soon. She is supposed to be a child but looks a tad too mature. Part of the reason is that her mouth and chin are too far apart which probably happened because I got the chin the right size but made her facial features too small.
(edit Nov 22: I fixed her up a bit)
(edit: hopefully the first of 25)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Orc Warrior


Sometimes its nice to sketch out something different!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Landscape 14


From reference, I don't know where from anymore.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Study of something by LaroLaro




Neither a true study or copy but something heavily inspired by this image. I have to say I love the man's work.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Doomsayer










I'm not sure what inspired this.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

State of the robot


Still a work in progress but I want to bring this to a finished level to be sure. I originally sketched this one out a few weeks ago and didn't touch it for a while but over the thanksgiving weekend I finalized the lines. They are still a little scratchy and uneven at points but I want to refine it.

I can see going in two directions from this point: Finalizing the lines even more and paying attention to the lineweight a lot more and colour it that way or just completely painting over it leaving no or minimal trace of the linework in which case the lineart would become less important and in fact could mostly be ignored as it would be replaced. It surprisingly difficult to decide how to go about colouring it which is something I suspect would be possibly easier had I not taken so long to work on it till now. I exaggerate not when I estimate its taken twenty hours or so to get to this point!

I have realized that before the end of the year I want to have 34 blog posts with new art, or more, in order to match last years quantity or exceed it. I want to be better at painting and in general illustration so it is a worthy goal! A lot of these paintings may not be super tight and hopefully will be a mix of environments and portraits. I could put up sketches but I do want the pieces to meet a certain level of quality.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Landscape 13


Done this one, onto the next. I REALLY can't seem to focus on that robot apparently.

Horse Practice




I took a break from working on a robot I put over twenty hours into over the long weekend. Working up to Godiva and need more practice as horses certainly are not something I have drawn a lot in the past! This is from photographic reference! I'm not sure the original photographer but it is pretty quick to find when googling"horse".

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Landscape 12

Inspired by some magic cards haha.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Ash-Freya




This is a painting I did for a friend of mine.


Sunday, August 07, 2011

Fisher girl


Not sure I'm done with this one, but I sure am happy to stop working on it for a while!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Spinnerette FanArt


I have no done fan art in ages but this was fun. Please enjoy responsibly.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Character Series




This is a series of characters I made for a friend's school project. It is based on a play I can't recall off the top of my head at the moment but I hope you enjoy!



Saturday, June 25, 2011

Portrait of a women


Something straight out of my head I created to get the hang of photoshop cs5. Its also the first thing I've painted on windows 7, not that it would make a difference per se. I'd estimate it took 1 to 2 hours.


Monday, February 28, 2011

Friday, February 04, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Amazon


I have not done one of these in a while.