This week's whimsy courtesy of the fact that I start my taichi classes tomorrow. Guess I'm more excited about it than I thought.
Whozis? 陈洁敏 of course! Doobeedoo.
Gwalchmai. I think. Possibly!
WooOoOoOoOOties. Iz done! And I can go back to random quick sketches next week!
About time too... was getting to that zomgIamsoSICKofthis stage...
I've fiddled with the colour a bit, and I think I like the new version (the third from the left) better than the older ones. -_- If anyone other than my neurotic fiddly self can tell, anyway.
The lionesses were pretty fun. I haven't painted a furry thing in a looooooooooooooooooong while, so it was great to re-explore rendering fur with the shiny new capabilities of Pshop CS4.
Having finally accepted that it's unlikely, in this life, that anyone's going to pay me to paint whatever the Hell I feel like painting...
...I can freely paint whatever the Hell I feel like painting! Woohoo! XD
I know, I know, I should have realised this years ago. What can I say? Nuggets have low (no!) brain content!
And maybe it's better this way, anyway. I never loved print design, and I'm glad I don't do that anymore. But there are aspects of web design work, especially the bits that deal with poking and prodding humans into doing things, without them *realising* they're being poked and prodded, that really appeal to me.
Still... it'll be good to get Inanna, my current sole-completed-piece-for-this-year completed. -_- I miss my weekly free sketches, but I'm too lazy to do them while this project is there staring at me. Yes. One completed piece a year seems to be all I can do. And we won't count those 3 years that WoW ate. Prolific, that's me!
I seem to have spent most of the weekend frolicking and sleeping. -_- Didn't do as much as I hoped.
Was supposed to finish jewellery and wings this weekend. Hah! >.> And no, the jewellery isn't done. Necklace, bracer (or is that bracelet) and her hooked rod thingies still need proper detailing - all I did was put in the highlights.
Alas for lazy nugfaces! >.< Must work moar... moar! :( Need to finish by 15th August.
I'm experimenting with a slightly different way of rendering, and I think I like the results so far.
Unfortunately, it also seems to change how I hold my pen, with the result that I'm getting a blister on the first joint of my pinkie. I've tried holding the pen differently, but it doesn't give me the results I want when I do. >.> Apparently I need to grow new callouses in order to use this technique.
The great thing about this 'early digital' art time we're living in (and considering it's only the last what - 20-30 years? that's pretty early, if you consider history in general)... anyways, the great thing is there's lots to discover for yourself in terms of techniques. The basic principles of stuff still hold true, but the *how* of doing things with a different medium has lots of stuff to explore.
Back to blisters. >.<
Going to have to do this in shorter sittings over the week, I think, rather than one long sitting and, 'YAY I FEENEESH her today'... cause looking at my hand, I think that might be a Bad Idea. But at least it's moving!
SQUEE!
(Yes, it's flipped around. I tend to flip my work back and forth a lot while working, so it's not only flipped now, but is going to continue to do so! Zoom! ZOMP! Zoom!)
>.> Ok so this is a cheat. I blame ArenaNet! :(I didn't work on the piece last weekend cause I was doing BLA nonstop. XDAnd then this weekend I'm wishywashying around, unable to decide which style I want to use. If I use a paintypainty style (my normal) it's going to take a lot longer... and I need to be done by 15th August to enter the contest.If I do a more graphic style, like this one, then it'll be faster... but... I don't like that style as much.AUUUUGH! *brain splodes*On the bright side, I think this colour scheme has much more oomph than the original one.
Hopefully I'll be motivated enough to finish the rest of the study this week, but for now, here's a half-done sop to my weeklies! *shame*