A few months of art

My poor, neglected blog.  Here's an art dump!

And of course some caricatures and sketches from watching the Olympics.

February Finale!

I'll update with some understandable text when I'm not about to pass out on my keyboard...

February 27th and 28th

Forgive me for not posting last night.  I happened to smash my face with the freezer door of our new fridge yesterday and I wasn't exactly in the mood to update with anything, save for where it counted on the forums.  I actually finished out the day with a bit of animation for my entry.



You'll notice, too, I'm calling it quits on my achievements.  I'm rounding out the month burnt out so rather than completely throw my hat in, I'm just posting today and tomorrow whatever I happen to draw.

So for today...

February 26th

This is mostly my fault.  Was such a bum all day today and only rushed to get a sketch done.  Of course once I finally got around to drawing it actually got me in the mood.  Just didn't really know what to put to the daily draw though, but Miyazaki's films have been coming to mind and that is a very welcome inspiration.  Thinking I might color this as a special piece for tomorrow's entry.

Ponyo!

Tools: Photoshop.

February 25th

Tonight's entry is a rushed speed paint; going for something conceptual/different from Princess Mononoke, seeing as how that film has been a bit absent from my life as of late and I really should go back and watch it again!

Tools: Photoshop

February 23rd pre-post...

Weeelllll I'm calling it quits on this one.  Was killing me that I didn't finish it sooner so got Cole out of the way before I start farther in on anything else.

Bumped the colors around a bit for a wider palette range, and polished up detail.  One of my favorites I've done in quite a while.

February 21st

Ungh sorry, another quick WIP throw up for tonight's daily draw.  Almost didn't make my deadline.  Shame loomed so near!  This is actually just a closeup of the full piece but was the most worked on area.  Went for a different source than video games tonight.

Case, Neuromancer.

February 20th

Haven't much of a clue what to draw tonight so here's a baby Ratchet.

February 19th

Still feeling a little burnt out but wanted a sketch with a bit of color for today. Tried to go for more "gross" but didn't have much time (or energy). Still like the palette though. Nothin' more gross 'n' fun than blowin' a skag's head off.

Mordecai, with skag, Borderlands.

February 18th

Been on the go all day, so just have time for some doodles.

Character sketches from Snatch. Absofreakinloutly best film. Ever.

February 16th

Trying to meet Daily Draw's deadline for the time being, so just posting the linework since color is still WIP.  Going for a little looser style today.

GUYBRUSH NO.

UPDATE - And here's the color...

February 15th

Breaking achievement challenges again tonight but this idea wasn't letting me rest in peace.

Kind of a propaganda-esque poster!

February 13th

Lucky No. 13 means I'm ALMOST back in the groove.  Gonna have to leave this here as is in it's WIP state for today's daily draw competition.

February 11th

Noooo funk.  Go away.  Well, got a WIP in tonight, at the very least.

February 8th

Burnt out a little today on this one, so only the sketch is done.  Went for a more realism approach since all I've been doing is mostly an animated look.  Would like to color it at some point.  Today's achievement is Guns!  And boy did I draw a gun...

Sevchenco, Killzone 2.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro

February 7th

Achievement met: "Motorcycles!", as well as me feeling a little better about perspective since yesterday's attempt at it.

Oh yes.  Full Throttle.  I went there.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro, Photoshop

February 6th

Back to the dailies.

This achievement would be "Flying Craft!".  I regret thinking it would be a cool to draw this ship, thinking it would make for a nice, simple sketch for today.  Uggghhh so much perspective to correct.

Normandy SR2, from Mass Effect 2.

Tools: Sketchbook Pro

February 5th

Went for a little more than I could chew but still glad I did.  Attempted a "speed sculpt" but really it was anything but speedy, and took better part of the whole day.  Still pretty unfinished but it's a good start...

This is the reference drawing for it - I caricatured Nate Drake from Uncharted and am trying to work on a short little animated piece for my down time and something nice for the demo reel.

February 4th

I had something else in mind for today's daily draw, but the day didn't plan out very well and I wouldn't have had enough time if I tried, so I went for a speed paint today.  Maybe about 2 hours.  There was so much red in yesterday's piece that I immediately went green and blue to soothe my eyes.

 Got an achievement from my list, though!  Today was "Mechas!".

Tools: Photoshop

February 3rd

Another achievement down for the Draw-a-Day Challenge! This one is "Flowers!".

Kaylee from Firefly. Bless her spunky, sexy heart. I may have overdone it though. My eyeballs feel like they're going to fall out of my skull.

Tools: Photoshop