OWL

Challenging myself to draw something all-pastel colored. Owls are such pretty subjects.

Fun in illustrator

I rarely post anything school-related, but since these are vectors of personal pieces I thought it would be nice to share. (also, I'm fcking proud of my new illustrator skills)

Reaching for the stars (or: Dragons are SUPER cool)

So, school, boredom and a piece of paper apparently means random dragons appear. And this sketch was just too nice to leave lying around so I coloured it marathon session. Not recommendable for anyone who wants to keep their back and hands happy!

Very early christmas greetings

Some christmas cards I made last december. Didn't get round to uploading them, so consider them a very early greeting for this year.

My dear

May he rest in peace, chase lots of birds and eat the best heavenly tomatosauce. I will miss you.

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...