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 :)

Death and all his friends

Or his scythe, more like it. Another mostly Dark Souls themed sketch, with some focus on draped fabrics (credit for the Death-draped-fabric-idea goes completely to someone else ;) ).

And now I can't stop thinking about Binky. If I ever figure out how to draw horses properly, you'll get a mounted Death :)

Mega-Cow

Yup, I finished my monster-drawing of a cow for my niece :). She hasn't come to pick it up yet, so I'm really hoping she'll still like it in real life (she's seen some pictures).
It's still really big, 75 by 155 cm, and dominating our dining table.

Quick sketch

Only what the title says, really. Quick sketch of Will, who has been sorely neglected lately.

Bad influence

So a friend of mine introduced me to Dark Souls, and it turned to be ridiculously inspirational. I won't ever play it, as I don't own a ps3 and more importantly, I suck at video games, but I'll surely look up some more art.
(click for larger picture!)

Cows, cows everywhere!

First and foremost: I refuse to call cows cattle, end of discussion.

These cows are color-tryouts for a huge-ass (75 cm by 115 cm) painting for my cousin. She's a vet, hence the cows, and asked if I could paint something with livestock and lots of color for her new home. Since I rarely draw for other people, much less even as a decoration for their living rooms, I've been fretting over the color palette ever since... Anyway, I'm still working on it right now, and I might or might not post some crappy phone pictures of the progress later.

In case you're wondering, no, I haven't been drawing the same cow four times. I've drawn it once, taken a picture (because of non-working scanner) and printed it four times. And learned two things: printer ink bleeds and people like tetraptychs*.

*Tetraptych apparently isn't an English word. English artists seemingly never went above three pictures in one... picture... painting... whatever. The English are silly. If you happen to know the correct word, please tell me!
*edit: it is an English word, or at least recognized as such by Wikipedia. It just doesn't feature in my dictionary.