Drawing Dump 2014 Part I

Hello all! Things have been busy around here, but pleasantly so! Lots of birthdays being celebrated (my own included as I have ascended to level 26!) and I am left with a feeling being loved. I manged to have a lot of friends over to my new house for the first time and having a house full of people I care about has been recharging! Also now my house is REALLY clean.
Art-ing has been sporadic due to weekends being full of things to do but I've manged get some sketches together that I've done recently.

Sketch of Alice from an upcoming comic project. Just her admiring a new outfit she's put together.

A character design where the idea was to have a troll-like character who is a mage and uses two enchanted clubs as magic wands for casting spells. She also enjoys 'pretty' things like jewelry and dresses.

Brush pen drawing done as a gift for my fiance'. I'm very happy with how this turned out.
Aside from sketches I've also started a new blog! It's about my love of fashion and my personal journey of getting more involved with Lolita fashion. It's been fun so far and is my way of getting acquainted with Wordpress blogs.

I've also decided to leave FurAffinity and have chosen to migrate to "Weasyl" under the advice of some friends. So I'll be posting anthro art over there. Lately I've been working on concept art and story with Ryan for our next comic project, "Unintentionally Alice" and since it's an anthro story I'll be posting sketches and drawings over there for it too. But of course these drawings will make their way over here as well.

So with that I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!
More art to come!

<3

Sketches and Sphinxes

Hello everyone!
I was finally able to quit my weekend job so I'll have more time for art (and unpacking at the new house)! I can finally get going on more projects, I'm so excited! In the mean time here are some recent sketches from my sketchbook.

A sketch of happy Lor the Gravedigger. I hadn't drawn her in a while and it felt good to ink something traditionally. I used blue pencil and Staedtler 'triplus fineliner.' They are fun pens.

A more serious/unamused Lor, featuring a new tunic and Roman inspired chest plate armor. I figure this is her later in her adventures.

Also from Lor's story. Sphinx ladies! I've got some more sketches of them to post later but I need to study more animal references for them. The top is a new sphinx while the bottom features a sassy looking Karah.

More art to come as my weekends are now free!

From the Pages of Weekend Shifts

This is going to be a tough month indeed.
Still got my weekend job, and the full time job is going great! Time really passes by quickly when working on orders which is great. I'm going on a full week of being under the weather tho. The only time I've had for art is drawing while at my weekend job. Here are a few (unintentionally tiny) scans of some sketchbook pages from my weekend shifts.

Sketches of my sneaky Khajit battle-mage, Frejah.

I bought myself a purse on ebay the other day. I wanted something that looked like a hobbit might take on a adventure, and keep snacks for the road in. I found such a purse and then decided to draw a little adventuring inventory page for it via Hchom. I love her blog and illustrated lists. Her inventories and food drawings are so charming that I had to give it a try myself. They are additively fun to do. Also drew myself as a Victorian inspired Dwarf. Because why not.

A little doodle of myself in some of my favorite clothes, and a Hchom inspired utility apron that I really want to make.

Four pages (out of like... 9) featuring Lor the Gravedigger and her new friend Karah the Sphinx. In this story rather than Sphinx being natural creatures they are constructs that can only be created by powerful Mages. Karah was created by a talented young mage but he wasn't quite good enough yet so she turned out to be a runt with deformed wings. Now she follows Lor around. I was playing with her mannerisms like her bringing Lor little 'gifts' like dead animals. I also couldn't stop drawing them sleeping. I guess I was tired myself.

I'll try to post more as I get the chance!

Sketches and Scuplts

Hello everyone!
I'm snowed in today so I thought I'd take some time to post some of what I've been working on lately.

Sculpting:
I started working on a replica of the Amulet of Dibella from Skyrim. I used two different kinds of sculpy this time in hopes of painting the 'jewel' to look more realistic as I didn't have one that looked right. In the future I'd like to use metal clay and real stones to create a more precious version of this.


The uncooked sculpt.


After being cooked.


Some sanding and priming to the 'jewel.'


The jewel was then painted, and the rest of the amulet was painted for metallic and aging effects. Now I'm on the look out for beads to make it look as accurate to the game version as possible.

Sketches:
While on the subject of Skyrim I've also been doing some sketches of my characters in situations that arise in the game. My dad is currently borrowing my scanner, so I have more that need to be scanned, but in the mean time here are few new sketches.

Merion got separated from Onmund while defending the city of Whitefun, but after fruitlessly searching for his body she found him safe behind the city's walls after their victory. It's hard to loose a follower when you're so used to having them around.


A traveling mercenary marking Merion's map to show her the job she was going to do. It's not much fun to talk someone into giving you their job but then you have so many places marked on your map you have NO IDEA where they just indicated they were going. That's why she looks confused/annoyed, she has no idea where this woman has pointed to.


Sky-gazing is popular in Skyrim and I can see why. There's just so much to absorb and take in, especially after being cooped up in underground dungeons for days on end.

Be sure to stay tuned, I've got some more news and artwork coming up!

Christmas Eve Doodles

I got to see Rise of the Guardians today. I highly suggest it. Great movie! For the rest of the evening I did some more dip pen practice.

We've got Theolyn trying to get a mistletoe smooch from Alencia, Spork Bunny drying off, and an annoyed Seraphim (member of the super hero team Spork Bunny is a part of).

I'm really loving the dip pen. I think I may have to start using it for comic pages...

News

Sorry I've been a bit MIA lately. I've had a lot going on and I'm still finding my bearings.

News!

+Kale: Lost & Found issue #1 is now available at Mad Arts in Madison, VA! A lovely establishment that has recently opened its doors to me. If you ever find yourself in the area, or even in C-ville, I highly suggest taking a drive down to check out this cute little house brimming full of handmade art, jewelry, discounted books (like really good art books and books from local artists), workshops, classes, and baked goods!

+OMN has been on a temporary hiatus but I'm currently working through the update. Hoping to have it ready by the end of the week, permitting no more unexpected hurdles get in the way (story of my month).

+I'm also currently finishing up my current Alencia mini comic. All that's left is the cover to finish. I've also been contacting local printers to get prices for printing books, so look out for more news soon! I'll be posting the books to my Etsy when they are printed.

In the mean time, here are some recent warm up/cool down sketches.

Alencia pouring over some research while being bothered by a strangely concerned looking demon. (I still haven't named him, it's the same guy from his post.)

Graphite portrait of my Steampunk character Layla Von Gedge. I invented the dress design and decided to put more effort into a detailed background. I plan on coloring the sketch later. The scan ate up the line work and values so much I think it needs color to save it :/ Or to at least give it some of its lost softness back.

I'll be back as soon as possible with comics and artwork! Stay tuned!

Megalocks

A warm up brush pen drawing from this morning. A friend of mine posted this video on FB today and I was instantly inspired to draw the lead singer of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, and his amazing hair.

After I eventually finish my Blind Guardian tribute illustration I will have to do a Megadeth one. I first listened to them in high school after borrowing a copy of ‘Youthanasia’ from the base library and falling instantly for it. I’ve been collecting as many albums of theirs as I can since.

Guns and Cars

Hey Everyone! I've been super busy with work lately so art has been slower as of late. I still have multiple projects going on including lettering my Alencia comic and brainstorming ideas for the next ones. I'm also hoping to do some painting soon. It's been a while since I've done any watercolor painting. In the meantime here are some sketches I did earlier this month at a Gun Club flea market/Family event. People were selling guns and war memorabilia of every kind, and there were even some civil war reenactors. One of which was nice enough to pose for me while he and another gentleman shared stories and history lessons about the war. It was pretty interesting.

I was concentrating so hard on drawing his hands that they came out far too big :P Still a fun exercise.

Bonus: Some observation sketches of cars in a parking lot. I was at the car repair place waiting for my dad to pick me up. Some crickets were fighting near by, resulting in one ripping the others' leg off. I was going to draw them but the looser of the battle hid under my shoe (and no I did not step on him). Needless to say, I need to practice drawing cars more.

Also, I'm working on opening an Etsy store! I'll be selling comics and artwork from it. And maybe some crafts later. I still need to take some product photos and spruce it up. As soon as it's done I'll be sure to post links everywhere! :)

Seven Thousand and Counting!

Hi everyone! I just noticed last night that the blog count has his over 7,000 views! So to celebrate I drew up a little sketch.

Mechanical pencil on card stock, textures by Hibbary.

I wish I could have done something fancier but I'm really busy with car and job stuff so I'm not gonna have time. (I might revisit it again to make it look more like what was in my head, colored and all.) I am going to cram as much art into my spare time as I can, so don't worry about this blog becoming desolate. Me not drawing is equated to me not breathing ;P

I'd also just to thank everyone who visits my blog (and facebook, and tumblr) and thank you for all the support. I really appreciate it! Coming up I've also got some sketches to post from a gun show/flea market I was helping my dad at last week. There was even a historical reenactor who posed for me so I could draw him! It was very nice of him. So that'll be coming soon. Stay tuned!

Battle Cry

Here's a cool down sketch I did tonight while watching "The Sacred Blacksmith" anime. The theme song got me pumped up to draw this. However the anime itself is bothering me a little. The fact this female knight needs to be constantly saved by the male lead character and that ,while she is determined to be successful, she simply cannot hold her own in battle. Also at first she wants to be a great knight so she can protect people of the city, but then her motivations turns to showing this guy that she can fight (which she clearly can't). I find the 'I'm doing it for an obvious forced love interest' plot to be boring and adds nothing to the characters. I also find no amusement in the fixation the show has on her breasts : /

But ranting aside! Here are my girls, who are perfectly capable of holding their own in battle. I Decided to slap a color down and do some lighting. No references were used for the poses or the lighting but that's why it's a wind down sketch. Done with Non-photo Blue pencil and Pocket Pentel Brush Pen on Bristol vellum.

Kicking Back

Hello all! I bring you a sketch of Kale before I head of for bed~

I felt like I hadn't drawn her in a long time, but I forgot about the cafe drawing :P Hopefully I can color that some time. I do however have some art/design employment opportunities coming my way so that will eat up some of my time. However developing the comics will continue. I just get to do something other than sell glasses for a bit. I'm looking forward to it. Wish me luck!

---- Done with non-photo blue pencil, 0.1 Staedtler pen, on printer paper.

Piggy Back Ride

Playful warm-up drawing of Theolyn giving Alencia a piggy back ride. Her foot was sprained and is wrapped up while it heals for a few hours (the healing process accelerated by a spell).

Done with non-photo blue pencil and brush pen.

Photo Reference from google used for pose.

Cafe' Chit-Chat

Alencia and Kale hanging out at a little Cafe’ in Stonebridge. Alencia insisted they have the afternoon tea sampler.

I wanted to show their different mannerisms, draw some everyday armor/new clothes for Kale, and have a cafe setting (I saw Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations first episode about Paris last night. I want to visit there very badly).

As for the city of Stonebridge it’s a cross between Venice and Paris. It was once two towns that decided to join together into one city. They did so by building a stone bridge between the two towns. The bridge is very large and is a symbolic landmark (based on the Rialto bridge in Venice). There are lots of smaller bridges that join areas of the city together, this is just the most famous one. I’ll be doing some concept art for it soon.

WIP sketch. To be colored eventually.
Mechanical Pencil on 400 series Bristol Board

Brown Paper Drawings

I've been drawing in this wonderfully cheap brown paper sketchbook I got from Mainart back in Richmond, and I'm having a lot of fun with it!


My character Alice, a rabbit girl who works at a Maid Cafe. She's part of a story me and Ryan are working on. One of many.


A more somber drawing of my super hero (wannabe) 'Spork Bunny' after what looks like a tiresome battle.

More to come!

Wind down sketch

Alencia had a bit too much wine and fell asleep.
A wind down sketch. The anatomy is all over the place. But I really love how Theolyn's face came out.

Character Sheet'n

I finally got around to doing a simple character sheet for my characters Alencia and Theolyn. I'm especially proud of how Theolyn looks. I used multiple references to get him to look right and figure out his build and pose.


Alencia and Theolyn by ~Spork-Bunny on deviantART
I've also been working on writing and figuring out Alencia's stories so I can start her comics up. I'm enjoying sitting down and writing again, I've almost forgotten how much I enjoy it. I'll do inked/colored ones later for the comic.

Stairs of Healing

So I graduated today (yesterday now). I'm officially a college graduate. I pick up my diploma tomorrow (during a one hour window when the entire art school will be picking theirs up. I really hope they are organized and ready for this. I'll write up an in depth reflective post about graduating when I'm not so sleepy) :/

So in the mean time I'm watching internet videos and drawing. Here's an WIP of Alencia healing Theolyn on the stairs of a public square (I had the Spanish Steps of Rome in mind when I did this, but no idea why they are there. I wanted to try to draw stairs).

To be inked and colored soon.



Here's a video until then:

Sketch Break

It is that time of year again. FINALS! BUT! It is finals, for the FINAL TIME! As such I am up to my neck in work so while I wait for ink to dry, I did these sketches. Then I slapped some color on one of them. Enjoy!


Sketch of Alencia and Theolyn. I think someone sneakily snatched Alencia's coin purse and now they are without any money. She's not taking it well. And Theolyn lost his shirt? But he gained a celtic raven torc. I love torcs.


My Ukulele playing bard girl. "Fear of the Dark" by Iron Maiden plays on my Pandora and I love singing along with it. For some reason I started imagining her walking alone through a dark forest singing this nervously to her self out loud (very loudly) to assure herself. Granted being so noisy in a dark forest is probably not a good idea :/ She still doesn't' have a name, and I haven't got her guardian's design down yet.

Enough playing around! (for now), back to finishing this comic page for class so I can show it off soon! I'll also be posting progress photos from my final painting I'm working on for figure painting class. It's a monster.

Hoola Hooptress

Hello everyone!

Here are my best sketches from last month's Dr. Sketchy's featuring The Karma Kontraption.

Fools Never Die

Hey guys, here is that post I promised you! Here's what we've got:

+Gifts
My fiance and our best friend Ian's birthdays land on the same day so I was set to prepare a pair of gifts for them. They are both writers so I thought I'd customize a journal for each of them.

Here's Ryan's:

It features his 'Or Maybe Not' persona, writing more scrips for the comic. Which I will work on... I swear!

And Ian's journal:

It's a metaphorical portrait of a character of his from a story we are working on. I used colored pencil, ink and white gel pen for both journals.

While working on both journals I sketched out thumbnails trying to figure out what I wanted to draw on them and how. I ended up with a few sketches as a result of this that I ended up liking on their own.





+Pen Tests

During my weekly movie night with my friends I also did some inking pen tests.

This one is of Theolyn from my Alencia stories. I used a new ballpoint pen I picked up earlier this week. It's nice to work with but it does not take to pencil very well. This will probably stay a sketching pen.

I also did some brush pen tests to show myself that if I did Alencia's stories inked with a brush pen how it would look. Here's what I came up with.


Next I will do some actual comic pages inked with brush pen for a final test. I am pleased with the look so far. I can get lots of detail, line weight variation and contrast. (And that little rabbit at the bottom is Reach's rabbit Clover.)

I didn't want to stretch this page too long so I'll be posting the best of my latest Dr. Sketchy's sketches later. Also, if I can't think of blog titles I may just stick to metal song titles from my Pandora station.

Back to work for me!