I Have a Plan, But Here's a Commission For Now.

Expertly titled post, if I do say so myself. I have a game plan to improve and make my portfolio nice and coherent. I've set myself a few character design projects for imaginary games. My aim is to fill this page with them. At the minute my portfolio is alright, but unfocused. Soon it will be alright AND focused. Then one day, if I work my ass off, it will be AMAZING and focused... One day!

But for now, here are the beginnings of a commission I've been working on. Its getting a lot of interesting reactions. Not surprising given its nature. I love that people are trying to figure out whether something super rude is actually happening in the scene. But I guess thats up to the viewer! More updates soon!

Bag Lady

Here she is, all finished :)

And heres a link to the progress video!

Work in Progress

Anatomy study. Will add more images to this post as it develops. I'm also recording its production, so hopefully there will be a video soon too!

Elf Healer

My hair seems to be improving. Skin and fabric are next. Defining the shoulders when the lighting is top-down is difficult. Practice makes perfect!

Thundercats!

The brief was to paint two clients as Thundercats. It's an inside joke between the couple, which is cute AND gave me to the chance to learn some anatomy. Winner!

Roughing it out.

The beginnings of a new portrait exercise! I think she will be some kind of witch.

Bears

Todays anatomy studies were on bears. As much as I love the convenience of using a cintiq, I find pencil and paper much more useful when learning anatomy. With pencil and paper I have to live with the mistakes I've made, and it annoys me into not making them again!

Complete Radio Silence.

I've been so quiet lately. So sneaky quiet. I have been working on something pretty special. As is often the case with commissions, I've been asked to postpone sharing my work with you guys for a short while. I am so excited to show you what I've been up to though. Hang in there folks, its coming soon!

Recent commissions

Sketchbook Lovelies.

This shows the difference a week off makes to drawing abilities. I've had a lot of commissions lately, and I was clearly exhausted! A small break really allowed me to come back to drawing refreshed.

I have a cat called Fizz. Luckily for her, I also have Photoshop.

Lady fell asleep across from me on the train.

Update

I like bugs. Bugs, bugs, bugs.

A few of the latest.

This is the Red Queen. Carrying on from last weeks Alice in Wonderland theme.

Self portrait.

My Facebook page reached 200 likes! Woo! Go and check out out :D

30 Minute Paints.

I recently discovered the Daily Spitpaint over on facebook. Its wonderful. They set the topic each day, and give you 30 minutes to paint it. Here are some from the past week.

Three-eyed Angel.

Pupa Hatching.

Tribal Earring.

Skipping Valentines!

...and going straight to easter! Pencil and Photoshop.

Pose Study

Practice

Commission

Finished! The learning process was so much fun. There is a lot I could improve on, but there always will be!