Ruby

Taking a break from schoolwork to try out my old conté pencils. Never used them, but they're pretty awesome really.

Ruby from Once upon a time. Basically, I just needed a convenient face to draw. But Ruby does kick serious ass, so that's a nice benefit :).

Experimenting with styles again. Also, doing something else than schoolwork.

reference taken from a photo of russian model natalia vodianova

Sketchbook post

Boredom is sometimes the mother of interesting things (or naked ladies)

Les miserables

Sooo... I guess I fell a little bit in love with Les Miserables after reading the book? Have some Les Mis related sketchy things.

Catnapping

My adorable kitty cat being the perfect model

Medusa

Freeform experiment.

Lucifer

Enjoy my watercolor attempt at smoke and the lame Dutch pun.

Dreaming

Kind of a tribute to the amazing Agnes Cecile, whose speedpainting video inspired me to do this. 

 

 

Sleeping dwarfs

Another cute hobbit picture, because, between dragons and orgs and wargs there should be some cuteness, right? Also, maybe, I just suck a little at fighting scenes...

Oh yeah, my sketchbook has a very inconvenient spiral that makes gradient-free scanning almost impossible... 

Cambodia

My only travel-themed drawing so far. This beach has a pretty significant meaning to me.
(that are chairs btw)

Calm

... or "whatever you see in this".
Love how the bloody big floating rock turned out though.

The Boxer

"In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
'I am leaving I am leaving,' but the fighter still remains"
~ Simon and Garfunkel 
(or, as I know it:  Mumford and Sons' cover)

Spirit of Winter

Testing a 'soft', 'photorealistic' painting method seen often with Asian artists... Keep having to remind myself not to draw so many damn details.

pssst... this girl has a bit of nostalgia value, for she was protagonist of my first (and only) full-length, complete story... Story is rubbish, and old, but she still pops up as a character now and then. Guess my character-design skills were a lot better when I was, 12 or so.

Crowface

Because I had mushrooms growing on my leg, according to my Russian dive master...

Oh no I didn't

I read Lord of the Rings. And the Hobbit. AND I saw all movies (Lotr and the new Hobbit). And I'm wrestling through the Dutch translation of the Silmarillion (seriously, what's up with Dutch translators?). So no, I absolutely did NOT draw fanart. I would never...

New year new chances

So, I've been gone for a bit, traveling and furiously not drawing... But, new year, new chances on the art-side! Kicking off with some nonsensical portrait, just because I can :)