Holy cow I've totally neglected this thing... so what's new?

Wellll.....  I've done some animals but mostly it's been working on:

Here's Dryn in the desert... it's the furthest along on any of the WIPs I have...

Values only still... Trying not to re-do the entire piece but I might have to :(

Oldest ... I need to finish this!!

What's with me and extreme central lighting??!

Started this one because I needed a break... Got a good suggestion on how to make it better so I'll give it a shot next time I get the chance...

All for now!

Wow.  What a week.  Only chance I had recently to do art and this is what's happened so far...

Not the Kony you're looking for...

I keep forgetting to post regularly here, but that will change in April, because I HAVE A PLAN!

Anyway, finished the WIP from before...

This is the most time I've put into a piece in a very long while.  That's a good thing, I think.  While the anatomy worked out, it's still lacking in that KAPOW category, I'd say.  Hence more practice.

My next W.I.P.:

It has a much better mood I think, and a LOT more problems to solve.  We'll see how it turns out!

Haven't posted here in a bit - Not having as much time to post/draw...  Here's a W.I.P.

Got as far as I wanted to with this one...

Today I didn't get as much done w/ class and all, but I finished Study 2...

My my my how time flies!

Update 1 - Started school again on Feb 13.  That I haven't posted in a week means I was obviously too busy and I need to work on my time management!!

Update 2 - Went to San Francisco over the weekend, ran into a lovely set of Rodins, and ended up doing my first of a series of studies of his work...

I don't mind how it came out after all :)

Ok so ... end of a disappointing week.  Didn't have time to finish my Bloodsports entry :(  Missed a few good streams... and in the end accomplished little.  Had a little time tonight to try something different so take a look at a work in progress...

Tried playing around with Sickbrush's Sick Brushes... we'll see how it turns out :)

Death to Bloodsports Challenges!!!  blergh... yet another comp idea for the thing due THIS Friday...

Can you see where I express my feelings for the film though?  Despite my anger toward my own art :P

Whoops I forgot to post this yesterday... part 3 of the Feb Challenge

I failed a lot harder at this one than the previous two.  But that's how you learn...

So here's the second piece for Sparky's February Landscape Challenge speed paint:

Even though so many things are wrong with it, it made me feel good to get something like this done.

So I'm also getting into Sparky's February Landscape Challenge... Here's my first one!

The link above has the stock photo and other details!  This is going to be a great learning experience...

Still working on that concept sketch... today I didn't have much time but I did put an hour or so into trying to get a better idea on the values...

So this is like 3 days in a row and whatnot... Both with me posting and with me working on art.  It's time for progress!

A variation of the comp. sketch from a couple days ago...

So today was pretty fun - had a blast in Sparkyyy's Livestream!  Then I did another study.  That's about the day!  Looking forward to working on the Bloodsports Challenge this week!

Aright first things first - still working on Bloodsport Challenge #5

Never done anything like this before so it's exciting.

First thanks to Sickbrush for giving me confidence in my composition by taking the time and gathering his friend Fernanda to help me out with what I should be looking for/careful of once I get going.  Gave me a huge boost to continue on with the challenge.  Here's a rough idea of what I hope to get out of it:

Sick's take on it:

He suggested I fisheye the subjects in the foreground a bit, apply more saturated colors, and move the castle a bit.  A great tip was to watch out for what's going on with the edge of the flying machine right there next to Sheeta.  I agree.  Fernanda made sure I didn't get too stylized with things like oversized hats and defining clear separation and depth of space using contrast.  I felt pretty good and ready to go after they spent a good 15-20 minutes really giving me more tips than what I've listed here.  Man it's nice to be part of an art community!

That said... I'm not sure I can pull the fisheye thing off...

Anyway, now that I've settled on a composition, it's time for more studies.  I'm going for some pretty aggressive perspective and it's hard to find reference but I'll try!

Girl Study 1

If I finish more studies tonight I'll post 'em!

AJ

The Birth of the Blog...

Ok so somebody told me I should blog.  So lemme figure this out...

First... my live stream, Saga of Io.

Next, everyone who wants to improve their art can take a moment and check out the founders of the Crimson Daggers, Dave Rapoza and Dan Warren. 

Last, here be some studies!