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!

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

reference taken from a photo of russian model natalia vodianova

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.

Midsummer Stormclouds

Troy and Joyce from Midsummer Murders, a show I've definitely seen enough of for a while. I can practically whistle the tune and I can't even whistle!
Therefore, some of Loki for a bit of diversity :)

 Paper texture is blah blah...
Who can get me a nice scanner? 0:)

More fanart

Because playing Kingdom Hearts means seeing Cloud, and seeing Cloud means thinking: "Zack!". Because Zack is much cooler, and a lot less depressive.
Off to rewatch Advent Children now, since I haven't seen that one in quite a while.

What shall I say about that texture? Yup, my scanner still sucks.

Manus

Waiting until the birds fly into it's mouth. Ain't gonna happen boy.

Again, paper texture is paper texture.

The Flurry of Dancing Flames

Would you agree with me if I say I find that an incredibly stupid, un-menacing name? It might just be me, but flurry makes me think of bunnies ('furry') and icecream ('mcflurry').

More to the point: I finished playing Kingdom Hearts II, again. Can't help but to love Axel, no?

Paper texture all mine. Why? Because the stupid thing wouldn't let itself be removed from the image. Hurrah for over-textured paper 8)

Pre-Kiwi (but barely) - Heron Blue

As the name may, or may not, suggest did the inspiration for this particular piece come from the song "Heron Blue" by Sun Kil Moon. Pay attention to the third and fourth quatrains, this image was especially stirred by those*.
I'm never quite sure if the stories behind the pictures come before or while painting. In this case, I would say the story is as follows: rape, possibly of a prostitute, followed by death by constriction. Also, on a deeper level, lack of dreams, or soullessness.
Another two major inspirations for this picture come from this picture by "berkozturk" and the general style of cellar-fcp.
I'll stop rambling now and let you look at the picture... (yes, it might need a fair warning for mature content...)

*(lyrics: Her baby skin her old black dress /Her hair it twists round her necklace /Constricts and chokes like ruthless vines /To sleep she overtakes her?

Her room is painted Heron Blue /Lit by candlelight and chandelier /And from her headboard perched so high /A million dreams have passed her
Heron Blue, by Sun Kil Moon)

Simple Portrait

Well. Yeah. Ahum, not really artistically high standing or anything but merely a simple portrait to test Corel Painter. Which is a crazily difficult program to get a hang of, by the way. I feel threatened by the sheer number of different media and brushes. Oh Photoshop, je t'aime ta simplicité...
But I digress. A simple portrait, which makes me very happy nonetheless.(oh, and in two color tones because I can't decide which one's better)

Pre-Kiwi: Stylized

Not anyone or any thought in particular, but rather the outcome of an absentminded sketch and too many animations. Somewhere along the way my mind decided this would look really good in just black, red and white. It's no reference to the White Stripes in any way.

Work in progress snapshot: Peacock!

At the moment, I'm rather busy with school, but this quite unfinished painting has been lying around from before it got busy. It's inspired by a horrific drawing in my notebook. But based on that I made some follow up sketching, which resulted in the bigger picture.

The peacock lady - she's getting a big tail, just wait - is holding a shard of a mirror, not entirely happy with what she sees in there. Vanity, you know? It's a slight nod towards the seven sins, combining vanity and pride, and maybe a little envy.

Pre-Kiwi: Psychedelic colors

Some days, you just wake up with the urge to use extremely bright, eye scorching colors. In this case: wacky colors + wild imagination = wacky characters? They're very bright, anyway.

 

All Photoshop

Pre-Kiwi: Something's staring at me...

Now for something completely digital. It's quite old, yes, I know, but it's one of the few pictures I've used textures in, and therefore worth sharing. That, and I like her face a lot. Yup, feels like this is one of the pictures where I got the facial structure down pretty good, especially since her eyes are not exactly human-shaped. 

Completely Photoshop

Pre-Kiwi - Lady Moon

The second of the Pre-Kiwi series. A completely digital piece, this time. There's no story behind this -- just a sketch leading to a picture.

Made completely in Photoshop with a Wacom Bamboo tablet