Paintings and Photos and Finals, OH MY!

Work on finals is going well, better than expected actually. I've just got to make sure not to waist time this week and get things done. I worked on my painting over the weekend and today, so here are some progress shots:


When I brought it home.


After working on it at home.


After working on it today.

I think its' come really far and is feeling more warm and life-like as I work on it. It's not as photo realistic as some of my class mate's work but I hope it meets a satisfactory critique. It's the biggest painting I've ever done and its' a huge undertaking but I'm pretty happy with it. It's one big step towards getting better with oil paint.

SOCA for November!

I think this was the ONLY November SOCA meeting I was able to go to. :/ At least they had the two models again so I got to draw them when everyone else did last week.

Here are my best sketches of the night:





Now back to homework D8
(and "Hey Ash Watcha Playin?" videos :B )

Panera is good for progress!

Here is a new illustration that I've been working on lately of Kale, to accommodate my comic of her that I'm currently working on. I'm thinking of making it a mini print kind of thing.



And some current sketchbook pages!


Misaki, one of my fiancé's characters from his big story we're working on, Clayton Chronicles.


More Clayton Chronicles sketches. Patrick and Vespa taking a little time to enjoy each other's company. Proud parents to be!


And my alter ego, Loli-Fran from Or Maybe Not, hauling some luggage to the car in preparation for a con. She was shouting "GET IN THE GODDAMN CAR" but it got cut off. I just found the whole situation funny.

These last three sketches were done while chilling at Panera with some friends while waiting for our department to go over our portfolios. I added some color with Copic Markers while at home. I might go back and add color to sketches more often, I think it breathes some life into them.

Painting Progress

I finally have a nice photo of the Bastet painting I did as practice painting #3


And the newest progress shot of my final painting. It's really coming along now C:

It looks really green because of the wall behind it :P

And tomorrow is portfolio day for the department. yay? Not really but I got my disk of photography work that I posted to my class flickr account done (didn't have room for hundreds of other photos I've taken for the class so far. Too bad). I might throw in a personal sketchbook from when the semester started but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, back to work for me!

Kale Comic and Crappy Weather

First off... it's been raining for the past two days, and it may rain for two more. :/

The view from my back porch (and the reflection of my ankh, sorry about that).

As you may or may not know, I've decided to get an AA table at Nekocon next year (provided I can stay on top of it and buy one in time and get a hotel in time too...). But to prepare for it I've been working on a comic to sell there. I'm doing a little book about my character Kale, and her quest to find her kidnapped mentor. The night I came back from Nekocon I wrote out a detailed synopsis of the story, then story boarded the first 6 pages. I've been doing a page every day and I've inked the first 3 pages so far. I'm really proud and I'm going to do my best to keep it up. I'll be experimenting to see if shading it on Ps will work best. I'd rather do that right now than ruin the inked pages with markers if I mess up. I also want to keep it clean and streak free.



I'll also be working on prints and other things to sell there too. I'd like to get stickers made but Heidi told me the convention center banned stickers because people stick them on doors and such. I think that's a silly thing to do, especially since nice stickers are not terribly cheap. But even a as freebe, I think stickers would be nice to have. I'm also getting tired of buttons but we'll see if I can make some or get them made. I don't really have the money for a big button maker right now :P But I'm also thinking of doing con badges, bookmarks, and commissions.

God its' pissing down outside! I have a Sociology test today so I have to go out in it. And since its' been raining my bus has been about 30 min late everyday 9_9 Infuriating!


Here's a progress shot of my Viking painting so far. I finally smartened up and am storing it downstairs when I'm not working on it. Now my room doesn't smell like oil paint anymore :P

Viking Painting Progress

Here are some progress shots of my Viking painting I'm doing for my illustration painting class.







I'm hoping to have some illustration and personal work going soon. I've only really been able to doodle between classes and paint during class. But when I do have some more work to show, I'll be sure to post it here.