1/5/16 - Starting again

So last semester I was really busy and didn't really have art that I felt was up to snuff - was in a bit of a rut and it suffered and I decided not to post it, feeling like I could do much better. I realize now I should have kept going regardless. But hey, can't fix the past. But I can fix the present. So I'm gonna be posting again, maybe not every day but frequently. Here's something I'm working on now:

I'm working on some "mana color' illustrations for a side project card game thing. This is the green color, as you might expect. I'm trying to include elements common in those elements and a hand gesture. This one is the furthest along. I've got a lot on my plate at the moment so these are taking a bit of a backseat but I thought it was kind of a neat idea so I'd leave it here.

Well, I'll be back soon enough with more.

9/6/15 - Betta Glass

Hey, I missed yesterday and I have progress on one of the thumbs I showed over the last few days instead of Ilyana progress today:

But Ilyana is one of a few pieces I'm gonna be working on tomorrow for sure so I should have something to show then!

Till tomorrow!

9/4/15 - More Thumbs

Just as the title says, I really only have more thumbs right now. I hope to have more Ilyana progress tomorrow, so look for that!

Be back then!

9/3/15 - Some Thumbs

I missed yesterday, but today I've got some work from my other classes:

That's all for now. I'll be back and with more explanation (probably) tomorrow!

8/31/15 - Ilyana Thumbs

So I started work on the thumbnail sketches, generating ideas for the full composition. I'm likely going to take the top right one and flesh it out a lot more. I like that pose for her, as it's based on her attack animation in the game increasing familiarity and it's a powerful pose.

Tomorrow I'll probably have a very different set of thumbnails, as I'm now juggling a lot of different projects thanks to uni. This means more diverse work but it might get a bit confusing as I jump back and forward. There's a lot of different pieces I need to work on now.

And I'll show the start of one of them tomorrow!

8/30/15 - Ilyana Design Final

So this is the design I went with:

After I took some mentorship suggestions. I'm pretty happy with it, I think it looks pretty cool. Now it's on to the composition and rough sketch!

Which I will show progress on tomorrow!

8/29/15 - Prep sketches

So I started prep work for the next character a few days back:

This time, I wanted to do a bit more of a study on the costume, so I drew out a few variations that kept the same core themes I saw in the original design. Not much to say besides that. I've got a few days of work for this piece saved up so I'll definitely have stuff ready to share for the next few days!

Till tomorrow!

8/28/15 - Fiora Finish!

Ho damn that break was longer than I thought it was. But here I am, finally settled back in and ready for another semester. I'll begin posting daily again.

And to celebrate, I uploaded the Fiora piece!

Not much to say besides that. I've started the next piece (another FE piece) and I'll be uploading progress on that one starting tomorrow!

So I'll be back tomorrow with new stuff!

8/10/15 - Short Hold Again

Hello,

So it might be obvious by my really spotty posting recently, but things have been getting rather busy as I prepare to go back to school, visit up family and friends again while wrapping up summer projects. I'm inconsistent with my work schedule right now, so I can't promise consistent updates for a while. I'll update when I can (I expect the Fiora piece to be done REALLY SOON and some more FE concept stuff done shortly afterwards) but I can't promise a daily update for a while. My estimate is 14 days, as that's when I'll be back in the rhythm at uni, like earlier this year.

So hang tight and I'll be back again soon!

8/7/15 - Even Closer to Done

I finally got around to work on the wings and spear. I still have a few small changes, a refine pass and some effects left, but it's looking pretty close to done!

Once I'm done I'm probably going to do a few more smaller sketches and design stuff first, and then I'll dive back into another full fledged piece like this. And hopefully I'll work faster.

That said, I learned a LOT while working on this thanks to Kienan and I'm excited to both finish this one and see what the next piece will bring!

8/4/15 - Almost Done

Hey, sorry I keep dropping updates; internet has been on and off. I'd like to restate that I'll be much more consistent come September. So bear with me here. In another news, I'm almost done with the Fiora piece!

The face and breastplate are mostly done and I fixed up some other things around the image. The rest should just be polish and cleaning lines!

I hope to have it done by tomorrow but I'll just have to see. Till then!

8/1/15 - Fiora Again

I'm getting really close now! And I have an actual update!

This step, the cleanup phase, is easily the most boring and also the most time consuming. It takes a long time to polish and is far harder to notice the amount of progress when I'm making it. So it's a bit of a drag, but here's what I got done:

Most of the changes this time were in the face and breastplate. I am almost done with the latter but I think I'll be spending a bit more time on the former.

So that's all for today and with any luck, I'll be finished with this piece within the week!

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!