Singing "Nobody Will Ever Remember Me..."
Illustrator. Animator.
Unknown amount of time in Photoshop CS6 and Sketchbook Pro.
Since I now have my new laptop, I had to upgrade, errr, everything. So I’ll be switching to CS6 and the new Creative Cloud after a long bout of number crunching and waffling. (The numbers say that the full master collection plus one upgrade, thus two years, costs over that of five years of Creative Cloud at the current price and one year of the cloud is almost identical to the cost of an upgrade.) So yeah. I’m currently poking at a webcomic idea and trying to figure out how this whole hosting thing works. These are some of the characters from it. The two singled out so far are Isaiah and Emily.
Approximately 1 hour total (?) in Photoshop.
Just some quick sketches while working on a new gig! (No, it’s really not for Marvel.) I couldn’t get myself to not draw something badass and I wanted to get it out of my system. So Natasha happened. Then I had to get dressed an be social. Whoops?
Because of this new gig along with teaching Photoshop/animation at a summer camp, I’ll probably not have too many new finished things for the next while. But I’ll hopefully have warmups and maybe speed paintings whenever I can!
Also, if you’re interested and happen to have the funds, I’m trying to buy myself a new laptop. Consider getting something from me here.
I’m so sorry for your dashes but I realized that I hadn’t scanned and uploaded the large majority of my sketchbook! Whoops! Anyways, this is the large majority of what I’ve done. There’s maybe ten pages of stuff I’ve scanned already and twenty or so blank left in this book. So yeah, I absolutely realize this is massive and I honestly have no idea how it’s going to upload so… Yeah. Sorry for any repeats. Now to shower and head to my LCS for Free Comic Book Day!
Unknown time in pencil (.5 red and blue lead, .3 HB lead, 2B technical) in sketchbook.
The 117th division was highly trained, lavishly outfitted, and generally not to be messed with. They were also most mixed battalion in the entirety of the United Armed Forces. It’s often said they they scraped the bottom of the barrel but, in truth, the recruiters simply found another barrel entirely. Each member is hand chosen for some unique skill they exhibited, be it skills in combat or a penchant for infiltration and assassination. If someone is in the 117th, they belong there and may the powers grant their targets something better in the next life.
I don’t know, I’d been playing a lot of ME3 multiplayer when I started working on this one. I think it might even show a little bit.
Unknown amount of time in pencil (.5 red lead, .3 HB lead, 2B technical pencil) in sketchbook.
Sarafina Felicitis hasn’t been a captain of her own vessel for very long but she plans to make a long (and hopefully profitable) career of it. She was inspired at a young age by vids of a similar captain’s exploits, only to find out that his weren’t real. Still, she’s determined to make her way in the ‘verse as a hand for hire and occasional pirate with her trust bot Wellington by her side. Just as soon as she finds a crew…
So yeah, this started out as just a random doodle and grew into something more developed as I went. Yes, the vids she watched as a child were Firefly/Serenity and she’s the only person in her universe who talks like that unironically. Mostly because I maybe accidentally genderbent Mal Reynolds. I had a very powerful urge to name her robot Wheatley because reasons. He’s essentially a glorified smartphone.
Unknown amount of time in pencil (.5 blue and red leads, .3 HB lead, 2B technical) in sketchbook.
Okay, get ready for a huge dump of sketches. I’m now moved into my new apartment and I’ve got my work area mostly set up. I’m working on a dual screen setup but the basics are all here. More importantly, I have my scanner! So, here’s a few sketches I did of Rue once I finished reading The Hunger Games (and long before I saw the movie) and one of a very random girl, possibly a hacker doing a victory dance? She’s the only recent sketch I don’t have a story to go with so she’s lumped with Rue to save space and your dash. I’ve got five more coming that I’ll be uploading as I finishing typing backstories.
Varying amounts of time in Photoshop.
I figured I should upload some of the things I’ve poked at recently so here you go. The (backburnered) portrait to a song that may or may not exist. (Or you could buy Patrick Stump’s Soul Punk and keep listening after “Run Dry” ends…) Some process on a sketch of Belit from the current Conan the Barbarian. Becky Cloonan might be my biggest art inspiration ever, let me tell you. A very random cephalopodic mermaid doodle. A little something done to “Bottom of the River” by Delta Rae. I promise I’m not dead and there’s stuff posted to my instagram fairly often. So go check that out too!
38 1/3 minutes in Photoshop. Versions with and without sketch overlay.
I can’t sleep so I started sketching along to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. I decided to give the album another shot recently. This is sort of my interpretation of “Marry The Night” before having seen the video. I have very little to no idea what happens in the video at all. … Beehives are great? I guess? I’ll go back to Photoshop.
Non- photo blue and 2B pencil in sketchbook. Approximately 30 minutes.
Train sketch #2! Probably yet another nameless sister to my nameless demon prince. I’m thinking they’re more related by bond than anything. This one is very quick tempered and always it itching for a fight. Definitely one to smirk and say “you should see the other guy”.
Train sketch #1. About 30/45 minutes or so. Non-photo blue and 2B pencil in sketchbook.
I gave my demon prince a quiet, bookish mage sister. It feels pretty good to actively make things again. Also, this sketch book is nearly out of paper. Good thing I have a backup at all times. :D
