Something Something Darkside

Star Wars The Old Republic is under maintenance. I had to entertain myself somehow.

Skate

Slice of life

A slice that is perhaps little too big to chew.

I got a puppy about 3 weeks ago. She's handful. I'm so tired...

free yourself

There is something instantly charming about having no lines.

Reference used.

Art for Water

Art for Water is a non-profit campaign for those in need of clean and safe drinking water.

I got to be part of this wonderful charity event thanks to Jacqueline Yeung.

Click on the image above to go to the website and support the cause by buying arts made by talented artists.

Below is a snippet of my piece for the cause. Please visit the website for the full view.

Hmm hmm. The hat could'be been drawn better.
Also, I guess I got little lazy with her clothes. 

Reject art

Hey all, it's been awhile. I'll resume updating very soon.
For now, here is something I was working on then I rejected it for a different idea.

Doodle 1

Hey, pencil tool is pre-tty cool.

Flow

Been animating lots of dudes for work. Blog is a nice break from rigid body shapes.

Wow. It's already been two whole weeks since I uploaded anything. I haven't been too well. Things are getting back to way they were now that the workload is picking up and and require much studying on my part.

Here is a sketch with some gradients thrown in for some random flare.

Suddenly, calendar promotion

Eleven friends and I got together and made a 2012 calendar!

They are being sold at the FanExpo Toronto this weekend at table [A84] and [A155]
For more details, visit Ben Thomas' blog HERE

Anniversary

Girl sketch video 1

Actual time taken 66 min.

The final image can be seen here

I always wanted to try this because I love reliving my mistakes.
But seriously, I love watching other people's sketching or painting videos. I tend to learn a lot from just watching their brush strokes and colouring process. Lately, I've been watching Penny Arcade TV's new series Gabe Art and enjoying every second of it. So I also wanted to give it a shot.

This video is basically how I'd go about doing my daily sketches. Usually, I look at other art and references to study styles but for this particular one, none was used. Recording and drawing is like someone looking over your shoulder the entire time. I felt so nervous, my first 2 sketches were scrapped. you are seeing my third attempt.

Let me know what you think. I can certainly do more and I enjoyed making it. It's just matter of me getting used to the feeling of being watched the whole time.

Man. this has gotten wordy. Thanks.

Girl 10

It's unfinished but final. It's getting late.
I'll post something tomorrow I have never done before. I was going to post it tonight but rendering takes forever.

Zen

Beat

Hiya!

None of the sketches on photoshop was working right so I decided to animate instead.
Adobe Flash, 3 hrs.

Test Sisters

Update: quick and dirty colour with the lasso tool

doodle

Moderate length doodle to warm up.

B

Still bit busy with work and things. Two cups of coffee kind of days.

I'm back

Hey blog, it's been a while. Been little busy with work, side project and camping.
I got a Redline Fan Book the other day so here's an inspirational sketch from it.
Feels like I haven't kept loose in a while. I really enjoyed the 5 minutes I spent on this.

Room

Oh yeah.. this isn't entirely a happy story idea. 

Adora

This is my first commission piece which I worked on last Tuesday.

It was for Hanan who has set up a project called 'Adora 200' in which he collects variety of styles of illustration of his daughter.

I had a lot of fun working on it.

Rhaego

Preliminary character design 2

I promised myself to go to bed early and get my sleeping hours back on track but on the way home from life drawing, a new story idea popped up in my head. I had to draw the characters out at least. I will play around with poses and expressions next.

Steam Punk Moon

Amanda Stocker said she was going to draw a Sailor Moon fan art. So I joined in on the idea.

I had forgotten how incredibly girly Sailor Moon shows are.
In attempt to make it more masculine, I made her all steam punk.

Dream

Minotaur

Tonal sketch

Weekend

Meet Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Now, in order for me to actually relax and prevent my eyeballs from falling out, I'm not going to even tone this one. But I present you with my process scribbles.

Have a great weekend.

Thursday Night

There was an unusual number of people hanging out and drinking tonight.

Is there some kind of holiday on Friday I'm not aware of?

Color and Light

This is me reading Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter By James Gurney.

Just replace the girl with a fat asian man in a messy room.

Artillery

Twin Hug

Mermaid hunt

Purdy Fishy..

update: I was playing with my phone's photo enhancing app and the glow effect gave me this.

I kind of like it.

Happy Canada Day

Bettyteer

Wake up

Okay Wayne, I'll draw something. Just stop shaking me.

Look ma, no hands!

I totally did this today.

...except it was with my beer gut.

Past blog headers

Here are my blog header images of the past. The first one is still my favourite.