faster, faster!

I'm starting to pick up the habit of laying down really minimal gestures on paper and then moving straight into inking/coloring on the computer in an effort to save time but also because I always want to be coloring ASAP. Mostly the latter.

Sketch:


Color:


I also like having the freedom to mess with the drawing in the inking stage; I feel less constricted with my looser sketches. For those of you who illustrate digitally, how do you like to go from beginning to end?

Velvet

I should be doing homework, but I get so boooooored. So I drew some Velvet XD

Drool

I have such a thing for Gurren Lagann. Seriously.

Sketch a Day 12/02/09 and 12/03/09

Luigi and Major Armstrong. My interests are random and varied, but I'm trying to use this sketch-a-day to work on things that I don't usually focus on (big burly men, for example).

Sketch a Day 12/01/09

Batman's drinking a Long Island Ice Tea. No particular reason why.

Sketch a Day 11/30/09

....I just want to play some Super Mario Brothers Wii... ;_;

Sketch a Day 11/29/09

I'm delirious with sickness, so this is the best I can do for now. It always bums me out when I play Mario Kart Wii with someone and they don't have Rosalina unlocked.

Sketch a Day 11/27/09 + 11/28/09

I skipped Thanksgiving just cuz, but then the day after I met up with some friends so I didn't have time to submit my sketch for yesterday. Woops! Ergo, today I will submit 2.


I'm pretty sure K-On! is one of the cutest animes I've ever seen. It's one of the few shows where I actually enjoy all the characters, but my favorite is definitely Mugi. Also, pay no mind to what her body's doing. Pay no miiiiiiind.



Also, Haruhara Haruko. I keep trying to call her Haruhi, but that's something else.

Sketch a Day 11/25/09

I can't express how much I was affected by Urusei Yatsura as a kid. I'm pretty sure it was one of the first animes I watched ever, and it's also probably the thing that turned my tender young brain on to girly art. I mean, if there's anything cuter than Lum yelling "Darling!" while flying after that boy (who I can never remember his name), I don't want to know.




Also, I officially proclaim this week "The Girls of Fanart" week. Next week my sketches will all be some other theme, most likely animal studies. Or maybe landscape shtuff. We'll see. As much fun as it is to draw some of my favorite characters, I need to actually do something challenging for once. Siiiiiiiigh.

I can feel my watercolors getting weirder and weirder. I guess that's a good thing.

Sketch a Day 11/24/09

Day 2. I love this game so much, but not enough to be able to sit and wade through its convoluted and repetitive entirety. I wish someone else would play it for me and I'll sit and watch like a movie. Alas 3 stories was a far as I can get. I think one of my biggest regrets is not pre-ordering Odin Sphere in Japan and missing out on the limited edition art book that came with it. Sigh.



Also, just in case anyone's wondering, I'm doing these in digital watercolor not just cuz it's fast, but also cuz I'll be coloring in my layouts for my film soon. I just want to get as much experimenting done before then.

Gurren Lagann

School work's keeping me busy with my film, which means I spend a lot of time drawing fat old men (man). Here is my way of rebelling against this development:

Shikinami?

I didn't always love Evangelion...



but I always liked Asuka for whatever reason.

Fanarts

It's my boyfriend's birthday today and I originally planned to have a felt doll of one of his characters complete but since at around 10.00pm I still wasn't done, I decided to do a quick piece of fanart instead.



I once again decided to save time by doing something graphic-y, since I started at around midnight. Still, I like Diesel's design and I had a great time drawing boobs again (I hadn't for a while)


So in conclusion, happy birthday Tyson!! <3

Gotta catch 'em all!

So I'm more than a little bit obsessed with Pokemon. Not the series, but the games. Ever since I picked up my copy of Diamond (my first ever Pokemon game!) I've become crazy about catching all of these little pixelated creatures. My boyfriend's tried to introduce me to new games, but nothing appeases me more than a Pokemon game.

In honor of this obsession, I give you this:

Respawn

I've neglected this poor blog for far too long. I've been doing a fair amount of drawing, but since I'm at the boyfriend's I don't have instant access to a scanner. Scanning here generally means having to ask his mom to get off her computer, and unless the boyfriend's scanning his own stuff already I feel kinda bad having to bother people about it. I've got some good stuff though, and I seem to be emerging from what felt like the worst art-block ever so hopefully I'll be having stuff to show you soon.

In the meanwhile, I did manage to get this quickie up:



It's a bit of fanart for my boyfriend's webcomic. It's ending its run on the internet this weekend, so I thought I'd show it some love. I'm still struggling to emerge from my old style-habits, but I like the way these guys came out. The backgrounds are crappy, but I'm going to excuse it since it is just a quickie.

Nia finished

I'm sitting in a cafe drinking taro bubble tea, eating peanut butter vegan pie, and coloring pictures. No homework, no assignments, no class. BLISS.




This is that Nia picture I uploaded earlier in complete form. The background is lame, but I feel like pumping out a few quick colors. Hopefully it looks like it goes with the Yoko drawing.

Spring Time

Not only was today the last day of the quarter, but the weather was super nice. It actually feels like spring, which I appreciate since the winter was especially cold this year. I feel like doing some spring-ish pictures now. In the meantime, have some Honey and Clover fanart.




I can't wait to hang out in the park all break. It will be LUXURIOUS.

Get the ball rolling...

Here are a couple of Gurren Lagann sketches just to get this thing going:


This here be Yoko. I luff ma sexy ladies. <3




Aaaand Nia. Obviously she's not done yet. Once finals are over, I'm gonna fix her up with a fancy (quick) background :3