Coal Mines

Second scene done for my game design class. PSD file looks better (as always). This time It's a coal mine. Tried to emphasize the very horizontal layout as well as how claustrophobic it is this time. Learned a lot on this one as well. Slowly getting better with these.

Dahlia

Final ref sheet for my main protagonist in my game. Her name is Dahlia.

The setting is in the 1840s during the height of the Oregon Trail usage. The wagon train she's a part of drives through a patch of land so full of angry dead that they manage to actually manifest, and try to kill everyone in the caravan. Dahlia's motivation is simply sheer survival. She has no child, no husband, nothing. Only her will to live keeps her going. 

More on her and the rest of the game as I create new pieces for it.

Steam Machine

My first piece for my Honors class. There was a lot of worry about starting this piece, and there's still a lot of imperfections, but over all, it's not something I do generally, so for that fact, I'm happy with how it turned out. Circles are such a pain to keep perfect when you're painting them. x_x

The idea of this piece was to portray a steam machine without directly drawing one. So I've tried to grab the essence of the technology, and use it to get the feeling of the machine. I made the copper oxidized to show the age and wear of the tech, seeing as how it's not really used anymore, and highly inefficient.

I used watercolor, gouache, acrylic and a bit of white ink on this.

Geisha

 

Neck's pretty long, but it was fun to do. Exercise in Digital Drawing class. About an hour. We had to draw this Geisha from a photo, and then use specific color swatches to color it with flat colors only. Done in Ps

School work and hands

 

The first page of my new sketchbook for digital drawing class. Nicole you have weird fingers. Though I don't think I did much better at drawing them. 

IT'S A HAND FORREST. My gross hands and fingers in all of these. Tried over lapping hands, using colors to push them back in space. Don't think it worked so hot. But it was fun.

 

And lastly, concept sketches for my Japanese Tsukumogami, which are possessed objects that come to life after 100 years. They're the main characters for a comic I'm going to be doing in sequential. One's a sandal, and the other is a lantern.

Crunch time

Not a very good photo WIP of my painting. x_x

Gotta love those blank, vacant eyes. I'm using my boyfriend Chris as the subject, seeing as how he's always here, and easy to get to model. I know the hand looks super weird, but honestly, in the photo it's really that odd. I actually was worried I gave him too many fingers at first. XD Just because of how much space that hand is taking up.

I'm going to TRY and get this under painting part done by Wednesday afternoon. TRY. Here's hoping. x_x I  can probably get about three more little painting sessions in before that class. And then I have until Dec. 9th to finish this. UGH. So much work to do in about a week. It's pretty ridiculous. Gotta love those big end of the semester projects.

And on a totally unrelated to school note, here's a sketch study I did of a folk singer I enjoy called S. J. Tucker. I've gotten an idea of a piece I'd like to do as a bit of an homage to her, so I'm doing sketches to figure out her face shape and the like. Should be fun. 

Hands make me think of monsters

More hands drawn durring Eastern Religions class. I love the class, but it doesn't require note taking, so I have to keep my hands busy while I listen. Therefore, I draw...hands. And then today while in Panera waiting to get my portfolio back from the department review I drew an arm monster. He's very frustrated with having so many arms to deal with. I would be too.  This sketchbook is supposed to be for life drawings, but I couldn't help myself. One monster in the whole book shouldn't hurt anything.

Speaking of monsters, I'm thinking of starting on another monster book. First I need to finish editing the text for my Beastiary of Bottomdwelling Monsters though. But what I was thinking of doing, is like, a book of monster portraits. The premise would be that on each right page, there would be a full page image, and on the left, a blurb about the picture. It would be written in first person, and it would be me explaining the story behind each monster, and how it was to work with them to draw their portraits. And I think the chapters would be divided by stages of a monster's life. So some would be like high school photos, others like wedding photos, family portraits, and then some srsbsns classical photos. Like when people go to get those old time western photos done.

Imagine it. A picture of an adolescent monster in headgear to gnarl it's straight teeth. HOW ADORABLE IS THAT? I'm probably going to finish editing my first book over winter break (so I say) and then work on the next book this upcoming summer break if I don't start sneaking in pictures before then.

Here's a piece from my Bestiary of Bottom Dwelling Monsters book. It's a book I did for an AFO class here that labels and discusses monsters living under the beds of people around the world. It's 35 full color images. That I had to make in 5 weeks. Never again. x_x  The book is, geeze, over a year old now, but it still stands ok as far as quality.

Steam Machine

Some sketches using colored microns. The hands were going to be a hand forrest, but I deviated for some odd reason. Maybe I'll try again later.

 

Here's the first WIP photo of my final painting for my painting class. I feel so much better now that it's started. It doesn't feel so huge anymore. I think the person in it is what's going to take the longest though. This is just an underpainting. There's actually going to be glazes of color on this once the values are put in. This way, I'll have a uniform green feel to everything.

I AM THE BRAINWASHER

This is what happens when you let me draw from movie stills. I will find the strangest movie I possibly can.

Both of these are from the Daft Punk movie Electroma. Hillariously wtf movie, watch it.

Took WAY too long on both of these. about an hour and some change a piece. but I was also drawing and talking on AIM, so.....

Acrylic and ink on moleskine paper.

Dark Circles

I lied. Here's something else before my weekend. I might lie again later too, we'll see.

Close up of my to scale full body self portrait. This piece is as big as I am, almost exactly. I generally hate drawing myself, but I think this was one of the better attempts I've made. I'm using the full sized shot for a portfolio to turn in to try and get into honors studio. Wish me luck! There's lots of really talented people in our department, so I'm not too confident about getting in. x_x

charcoal and white chalk on butcher paper.