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TMBG Tuesday #3: Birds Fly

Posted on August 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

windshield

Just a quickie for today’s post. I started working on it pretty late and the rushed-ness shows.

Also it goes to show I’m just as bad at painting the interior of a car as I am at painting the exterior. Putting the steering wheel on the left felt a bit weird too!

Posted in: Watercolours | Tagged: birds fly, car, they might be giants, tmbg, watercolour

Not-Mega Monday

Posted on August 18, 2014 Leave a Comment

So I finally stopped procrastinating and started on more Megas for today’s post. And I drew a Mega Manectric I was pretty happy with.

And then I realised I’d made a rather large error.

Can you spot what it is?

manectricmistakes

If you compare this with the WIP of Tyranitar from last week you’ll notice that I’ve not laid down both strips of tape in the middle of the paper. My awesome Manectric sketch is completely misplaced! Luckily I realised before inking. You can see here that I’ve started to transpose the sketch further to the right, starting with Manectric’s snout. But as for getting finished art up today, wel’p, I don’t think it’s happening.

Oh well, there’s always next week!

Posted in: Watercolours, WIP | Tagged: houndoom, manectric, mega evolution, pokemon, watercolour

Sketchbook Saturday #3

Posted on August 17, 2014 Leave a Comment

Posting this on Sunday. I know, I’m bad. I’ve not really made the time to arts this weekend, so I’m feeling a bit stressed that Mega Monday may not get a post.

Anyway, to Sketchbook Saturday. Here are some of the sketches that led into Friday’s drawing, and also some various critters that have turned up in my sketchbooks as of late.

sketch3  sketch2sketch1 lucariosketch5sketch4

Posted in: Watercolours, WIP | Tagged: chun li, critter, fan art, lucario, monster, sketch, street fighter, watercolour, wip

TMBG Tuesday #2: Hovering Sombrero

Posted on August 13, 2014 4 Comments

HoveringSombrero

Don’t be burdened by regrets or make
Your failures an obsession
Or become embittered or possessed by ruined hopes
Remember, when you take yourself for granted
Feel rejected and unwanted, know
You’re never just a hat
You’re never only just a hat, you know

I keep coming back to this song whenever I’m feeling down. It makes for a good mantra. But I also think that the passage I based this week’s painting off is just so pretty. I often wish this song were just a little bit longer.

Deciding to do this as an animation was a last-minute decision! Excuse the messiness.

Posted in: Uncategorized, Watercolours | Tagged: animation, clock, hovering sombrero, mink car, they might be giants, tmbg, watercolour

Mega Monday #2

Posted on August 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

Well I was hoping to get all of the Generation 2 Megas done for this week but unfortunately I only managed to finish Ampharos and Scizor (Heracross was actually done last week, as I paired it with Pinsir).

Scizor

Heracross

Ampharos

My excuse for not posting Houndoom and Tyranitar is that I’ll be pairing them with Aggron and Manectric, respectively. Since they’re part of Gen 3 I’ll hopefully be able to share them with you next week! Here are some progress photos to prove that I’m not completely slack:

HoundoomWIP TyranitarWIP

Doing all this art this month has been awesome, but it’s also been pretty taxing. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get all of the Kalos Megas done during the month but worst come to worst I’ll just put a couple of Pokémon up each week and stretch out Mega Mondays past the end of Blaugust.

Posted in: Watercolours, WIP | Tagged: ampharos, heracross, houndoom, johto, mega, mega evolution, pokemon, scizor, tyranitar, watercolour

Fan-Art Friday #2: Ranma 1/2

Posted on August 8, 2014 Leave a Comment

Is it any secret that I love Ranma 1/2? Ranma is the first anime that I watched, way back when. I believe it was the OVA How to Boil Water. Good times.

This painting has a way closer camera than I normally ever use. It put me quite out of my comfort zone – not a bad thing, but there are definitely issues with it  as a result. Well, it’s practice!

Ranma

Posted in: Watercolours | Tagged: fan art, ranko, ranma, watercolor, watercolour

TMBG Tuesday #1: You Probably Get That A Lot

Posted on August 5, 2014 Leave a Comment

Welcome to TMBG Tuesday, where I post pictures inspired by the band They Might Be Giants.

The first painting is based on You Probably Get That A Lot from the album Join Us. I think it’s probably my favourite TMBG album!

This song is a love song to a cephalophore. What an absurd idea! I just love the imagery.

 

youProbablyGetThatALot

Posted in: Uncategorized, Watercolours | Tagged: cephalophore, headless, join us, they might be giants, tmbg, watercolour

Mega Monday #1

Posted on August 4, 2014 Leave a Comment

It’s the debut of my Mega Evolution paintings! My goal is to recreate the moment that each Pokémon shows off their newly Mega-Evolved form.

I got started on these a while ago but hit a bit of a wall after painting 8 Pokémon. I had inked versions of Mewtwo ready to go for ages but didn’t get around to finishing them off until the impending deadline of Blaugust came along. Yay deadlines!

In the time since I started this project they’ve gone and announced new Megas, but eh. I’ll just be aiming to illustrate Kalos accessible Pokémon. If I find the time, I’ll add Blaziken and co in!

Here’s the first (and largest) batch, featuring Kanto Pokémon.

VenusaurBlastoise  Charizards  AlakazamGengar  KangaskhanPinsir GyaradosAerodactyl

Mewtwos

Posted in: Watercolours | Tagged: aerodactyl, alakazam, blastoise, charizard, gengar, gyarados, kangaskhan, mega evolution, mewtwo, pinsir, pokemon, venusaur, watercolour

Simulacrum Sunday #1

Posted on August 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
simulacrum
sɪmjʊˈleɪkrəm
noun
noun: simulacrum; plural noun: simulacra; plural noun: simulacrums
  1. an image or representation of someone or something.
    “a small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper”
    • an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute.
      “a bland simulacrum of American soul music”

Yup, it’s Simulacrum Sunday, which means I’m posting art based on real things. People, still lifes and landscapes, I guess! Hopefully my representations are more satisfactory than, uh, un[satisfactory].

We’ll start the series with some Reddit Gets Drawn paintings I did when procrastinating from AVCon stuff a few months ago. I had a short burst where I forced myself to draw each day and heading over to Reddit to find models to paint was very convenient.

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Reference

phoquetopus

Reference

I tried not to spend too long on each painting. These are a couple of my more successful attempts!

Posted in: Watercolours | Tagged: blaugust, portrait, reddit gets drawn, watercolour

Sketchbook Saturday #1

Posted on August 3, 2014 Leave a Comment

This post is a little late as we went out to dinner, then spent much longer hanging around than anticipated. I fell asleep on the couch and everyone thought that was a good excuse to play a few hands of poker while I was non-responsive.

Here are some recent little scribbles, experimenting with a couple of things. I’d been watching Revolutionary Girl Utena for the last couple of weeks and wanted to experiment a bit with hair!

sketches02

This first picture is kinda based on some Utena fan art I found, but it’s also inspired by recent depictions of the AVCon mascot Ayvee. I’m also trying to decide on a new paint colour to add to my collection, and I experimented with paint from a sample sheet to paint the hair. I still haven’t decided on new colours to get! if you want to make a suggestion, the Daniel Smith watercolour range that I use has an extensive offering. I’m looking to get another blue and maybe some more earth tones. New colours are a tricky thing!

sketches01

Some more experiments with hair and a frilly outfit kinda also inspired by Utena. Last week I bought a new white gel pen, which is a little more effective for applying highlights and covering inking errors than the old pen I used. Leaving the whites of the paper unblemished is always the most striking and effective way to depict highlights but the gel pen works great in a pinch.

Posted in: Sketches, Watercolours | Tagged: watercolour
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