I painted this one on Thursday but I’ve been mulling over a title for it since. At one point I considered titling it “Between”, though I’m not sure what that title would have referred to exactly. “Nocturne” came to me not long after.
Inspired this tumblr post.
Practice pieces from the last couple of nights. I’m trying to get more comfortable with leaving the white of the paper shining through. It frequently requires more forethought than I usually have while painting.
Painted this one on the bus on the way in to work!
A self-portrait done in Painter
I bought Painter a while ago but since swapping computers I haven’t been using it. Last night I decided to do a manic experiment with colour!
Reference from the gorgeous stock art of Lockstock.
My latest papercraft project is almost complete, and it stands on its own, too!
After fiddling around with Sherman’s Circular Gallifreyan (a fan-made alphabet) for a week or so I came across another fan made variant, Doctor’s Cot by brittanybgood which I rather liked the aesthetic of. I decided to redo my previous project in that alphabet instead.
Have I made mistakes? probably. But I’m pretty pleased with the result, especially as it was relatively fast to lay out once I worked out the phonetic breakups of the words (thanks wiktionary!).
This is my submission for the Losing Altitude collaborative art book, featuring endangered bird illustrations from a ton of talented artists.
Since I like ducks, I chose to paint the Laysan Duck for the book. The Laysan was at one point in critical danger of extinction with a population of only 7 adults and 5 juveniles. By the 1950s they had recovered to around 500 individuals and later a small population was moved to Midway Atoll to ensure that any disasters on Laysan would not result in the extinction of the species. My painting is named “Midway” for Midway Atoll – it also makes reference to the fact that conservation is a continually ongoing process.
Decided to have a go at colouring this while on the bus, it took a few bus trips and it’s a little on the gaudy side but it was nice to do something a bit different.
