Art community competitions...

I wrapped up my Strangers in a Strange Land entry the other day, so here it is. The voting for that one starts on the 12th I think... There aren't really any prizes, but it turned out to be a fun reason to keep building my portfolio. Because of that, I decided to take the plunge and start becoming involved with conceptart.org. There is no denying how big that site is, so it's as good a time as any to start posting there.

I jumped into conceptart.org's character of the week competition (otherwise referred to as Chow). The deadline is Monday so I have half the time people normally would... but I don't have a job so I should be ok :P Interesting topic too - Super Cute! ... that's definitely out of a comfort zone for me. Anyways, here are my first thumbs for Captain Lilly of the Lollipop protectorate~

step 2...

Website and other stuff

I realize I haven't posted much in the last week... I've worked a little on getting a website up and running [here]. It's still pretty simple and rough, but I had to get that rolling. It showed me that I don't have nearly enough art to actually put a portfolio together (that I'd be satisfied with). Consider that gallery temporary if you take a look. Also, any crits on web design would be good to hear... I know there is a small design glitch in IE - it doesn't kill the site but doesn't look quite how I want it to.

Aside from that, I decided to read The Fellowship of the Ring finally - awesome! I can't wait to read the other 2 if I feel like I have the time...

Next, I did a little drawing today. I'll probably enter some small mini comp on Gameartisans. The topic is pretty wide open 'strangers in a strange land'...



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Sketches and Studies #7

Just having some fun and experimenting in Photoshop.

Sketches and Studies #6

Well this image has its fair share of bad decisions, but I do like how some of the values and colors ended up. I hope you like it.

Sketches and Studies #5

I guess this was a test showing what I remember (or don't) from portrait sculpture. I used no reference, which might be obvious, but I am pretty happy with how it turned out. As you can see I discovered how to apply a canvas texture... stop me if I start over using that! :D Fun exercise regardless.

Sketches and Studies #4

Heres another study/photograph copy.

Sketches and Studies #3

Well this went a bit outside the bounds of being a quick sketch but heres another post at least. I would like to start working on a more subtle use of color... I think I get really carried away sometimes.


Just for fun, heres the drawing that sparked the image.