7/31/15 - Quick Update

Whew, that vacation really messed up my posting schedule. Sorry.

I have not had consistent access to my files and workspace for the last few days so I've got no digital work to show today. Sorry again. I wanted to post to provide some sort of update and say that this should be changing back to a more regular schedule soon: I'm likely to have a few art related jobs and projects lined up in the near future and classes tend to mean I become far more productive. So hang in there, I'll be back at full steam within the month!

7/27/15 - Small Fiora Update

Hey! Sorry I missed yesterday; I lost power and thus my modem was off, meaning no internet and no blog. I felt okay enough with the small warmups to start doing a bit of work on Fiora, so I'm trying to take out all the black lines. I got a good number of em:

Sadly I also hurt my wrist a bit while lifting some stuff outside, so I'm going somewhat light on the arting for the next few days. I REALLY don't want to end up with a more serious issue so I'd rather play it safe now than pay for it later. The result is that I'll probably have smaller updates now, but I won't take any chances as far as long term injuries if I have to.

So that's all for today. I'll be back tomorrow!

7/25/15 - Back to Business

I'm back!

So something to sort out:

I was rather naive to assume that I'd have lots of time to do work...while on vacation. I did a ton of sightseeing and came back to the hotel far too tired and far too late to do any work on just about every day. So it was foolish to assume I'd have lots of work done. Plus, it was vacation.

So I'm likely to be spending the next couple of days just getting all the cobwebs out. I feel pretty dang rusty after just two weeks, so I don't want to work on anything big like the Fiora piece till I feel confident enough in my ability again. So I did a bunch of smaller sketches and such today. Here's two more sketches of the "royal family siblings" for the story I was working on:

So that's all for today, and I'll be back tomorrow!

7/9/15 - Tiny Update

Today was another day looming closer to vacation, leaving less time to art. I didn't make huge progress on Fiora, so here's another small sketch:

Now I may or may not be back again tomorrow, so in case I'm not able to post tomorrow:

I will be on vacation from Friday, July 10th until Friday, July 24th. For those two weeks I will not have steady internet and hence not be able to post. Posts will resume on Saturday, July 25th and I should have a decent about of new material as I will hopefully be able to do some drawing while on vacation. So until then, have a good one!

7/8/15 - Fiora Color Update

These updates get a bit smaller as I get closer to vacation. After another meet with Kienan, I changed the colors a bit to better reflect the lighting:

He's been really instrumental in this piece so far, but the rest is up to me! Tomorrow will be the last update before vacation, but I hope to get some work done on this and maybe start a second piece while I'm overseas. So hopefully I'll have lots of content when I get back!

Till tomorrow!

7/7/15 - Fiora Update

So I got some great feedback from Kienan again and worked more on the Fiora piece, shown here:

I think it's come a long way, and now it's really just down to polish!

Be back again tomorrow!

7/5/15 - Quick Notice

I don't have anything to show today, so sorry.

I do have a bit of an announcement - I'm going to be on vacation and without consistent internet access for two weeks or so starting on Saturday, July 11th, so there will be no updates on that day and for the next two weeks afterwards.

I will resume normal posting upon return, which should be the 24th or the 25th.

So that's all for now. Tomorrow will be a normal post.

7/4/15 - Peg Knight Update

I did have time to work on the piece today, so I roughed in the lighting:

Because I just started with the darkest value for any given material, this was simply an additive process and it was much simpler. There's still more to do, but I think it looks pretty nifty so far.

Be back again tomorrow!

7/3/15 - Anatomy Sketches Pt 2

So my tablet was being screwy today, meaning I didn't get much done on the Fiora piece. So here's some of the anatomy sketches I did back when I was studying for Rising and Fiora. It's not much, but it's more interesting than another tiny update. I thiiiiiiink I'll be able to get stuff done tomorrow, but it is the 4th of July...

So we'll see. Hopefully I'll have a better update then!

7/2/15 - Yikes!

I'm missing quite a few now! That's not good. Progress has been slow due to family obligations taking up a lot more time this week, with my faraway family visiting.

That said, I've got the first batch of color down pat:

And yes, it is very, very dark, because I haven't added back in the direct or reflected light yet, nor has it been refined. I think this step will make for a cool comparison to (hopefully tomorrow's) next update on this where I do add that light back in and it "pops".

I'm trying something a bit different this time so I'll see how it plays out!

Till tomorrow!

6/30/15 - Met Trip

I took another trip to the met today, so that was an all day thing, and I didn't have time to work on anything.

I do however have three simple color variations on the Peg Knight piece. I need to decide what I want the ambient color to be before I proceed, so I tested out a few and now I have to pick one and start going at it. Here's the three I liked:

I think I also need a midground object too, but I'll work on that after I pick out a color scheme. Hopefully I can work on that tomorrow.

Be back then!