Here's a close-up, as I was pretty proud of my inking. I've been getting faster, and I think my lines are improving.
Speaking of art for people, I drew this awhile ago and I still like it. Silvia belongs to Exavier Ford.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Some Art for Friends
Here's a close-up, as I was pretty proud of my inking. I've been getting faster, and I think my lines are improving.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
More art! Fanart and personal
It's been awhile. I've been dedicating my time pretty hard to the job and apartment search.
I have been drawing, and I felt like sharing two of the things I've been working on recently. I decided to revisit two of my slightly older drawings, to make them more appealing.
The first is fanart for Tangled. I loved this movie so much! It was a great story, with fabulous characters. The characters were believable, and well-developed. I loved Rapunzel, and even grew fond of Flynn Ryder, who I initially disliked from the trailers! I wanted to do at least a tiny piece of fanart for the movie. I'm a sucker for adorably sweet characters and long pretty hair, and so I naturally chose Rapunzel. I initially sketched up a little drawing of Rapunzel brushing her hair that was nothing too special. I would constantly glance upon it in my folders, but never much cared for it. I finally decided to rework it so it was more appealing. To spare you the long explanation I had originally typed up, that serves little purpose without the original drawing, I will simply give a quick briefing of my changes. I tweaked some proportions of the original drawing, cleaned up the lines, and did some serious redrawing. I think the biggest part of the Rapunzel piece was that I made good use of reference. With my original sketch, I had drawn entirely from my head. This left me unsure how to pose her hands, as well as the exact design of her dress. I decided that the only way to nail a believable pose for her hands was to search for reference of women brushing their hair. I tried to remain as true to the original pose of her arms, while still improving the believability. I kept the brush-wielding arm as it was, but I adjusted her arm and especially the posing of her other hand. I'd like to believe this posing works better, while still remaining playful and exaggerated. I must admit I am a thousand times happier with this updated drawing than the original. I hope you enjoy it as well! :)
The second drawing I want to show was drawn as an attempt to familiarize myself with the program GIMP. I attempted to do the piece entirely in Gimp, from sketching to coloring. I succeeded, and left this drawing sitting on my harddrive. I've always been a bit fond of the drawing, but I felt it had some issues that needed addressing. The hands and foot needed attention. I decided to revisit the piece in Photoshop, with which I am more familiar. I cleaned up the lines, I redrew the hands. But the part I wish to discuss concerns the foot. I originally intended for her to be kneeling, with her legs and toes tucked under. I attempted to draw the foot from my head, with not much success. After a few failed attempts, I remembered the ease I'd had after referencing for the Rapunzel drawing. I immediately sought out references of a kneeling woman. I found very few that were even close to what I was looking for. The only ones that even suggested the curled foot were only from the back view. I was disappointed. However, I realized that there were several photos that captured the concept better. I had wanted the feeling of a young woman posing on the beach; basically, a bit of a pin-up. I realized that it would actually improve the drawing if I were to adopt the way these women were positioning their legs. It would improve the silhouette, and add more feminine appeal. I quickly grabbed one of the reference images, and within no time had redrawn the legs in a more modelesque pose! I'm much happier with the pose. I am also proud of my attempt to use some subtle bounced lighting, as noticeable around the blue of her bikini and bracelet.
I hope that you enjoy my drawings as much as I enjoyed drawing them. :) Feel free to leave any comments or critiques!
I have been drawing, and I felt like sharing two of the things I've been working on recently. I decided to revisit two of my slightly older drawings, to make them more appealing.
The first is fanart for Tangled. I loved this movie so much! It was a great story, with fabulous characters. The characters were believable, and well-developed. I loved Rapunzel, and even grew fond of Flynn Ryder, who I initially disliked from the trailers! I wanted to do at least a tiny piece of fanart for the movie. I'm a sucker for adorably sweet characters and long pretty hair, and so I naturally chose Rapunzel. I initially sketched up a little drawing of Rapunzel brushing her hair that was nothing too special. I would constantly glance upon it in my folders, but never much cared for it. I finally decided to rework it so it was more appealing. To spare you the long explanation I had originally typed up, that serves little purpose without the original drawing, I will simply give a quick briefing of my changes. I tweaked some proportions of the original drawing, cleaned up the lines, and did some serious redrawing. I think the biggest part of the Rapunzel piece was that I made good use of reference. With my original sketch, I had drawn entirely from my head. This left me unsure how to pose her hands, as well as the exact design of her dress. I decided that the only way to nail a believable pose for her hands was to search for reference of women brushing their hair. I tried to remain as true to the original pose of her arms, while still improving the believability. I kept the brush-wielding arm as it was, but I adjusted her arm and especially the posing of her other hand. I'd like to believe this posing works better, while still remaining playful and exaggerated. I must admit I am a thousand times happier with this updated drawing than the original. I hope you enjoy it as well! :)
The second drawing I want to show was drawn as an attempt to familiarize myself with the program GIMP. I attempted to do the piece entirely in Gimp, from sketching to coloring. I succeeded, and left this drawing sitting on my harddrive. I've always been a bit fond of the drawing, but I felt it had some issues that needed addressing. The hands and foot needed attention. I decided to revisit the piece in Photoshop, with which I am more familiar. I cleaned up the lines, I redrew the hands. But the part I wish to discuss concerns the foot. I originally intended for her to be kneeling, with her legs and toes tucked under. I attempted to draw the foot from my head, with not much success. After a few failed attempts, I remembered the ease I'd had after referencing for the Rapunzel drawing. I immediately sought out references of a kneeling woman. I found very few that were even close to what I was looking for. The only ones that even suggested the curled foot were only from the back view. I was disappointed. However, I realized that there were several photos that captured the concept better. I had wanted the feeling of a young woman posing on the beach; basically, a bit of a pin-up. I realized that it would actually improve the drawing if I were to adopt the way these women were positioning their legs. It would improve the silhouette, and add more feminine appeal. I quickly grabbed one of the reference images, and within no time had redrawn the legs in a more modelesque pose! I'm much happier with the pose. I am also proud of my attempt to use some subtle bounced lighting, as noticeable around the blue of her bikini and bracelet.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Norman Reedus Paintings
So I've been working on some more digital painting practice. This time I chose Norman Reedus, who played Murphy MacManus in the Boondock Saints movies. I love his stare, and his squinty eyes with the little bags under his eyes. Hell, I love his eyes in general. Nice face, too.
I chose this one because the stare was the absolute strongest that I could find. I painted this one as I did the Allison painting: I found a good reference image, placed it alongside the left of the canvas as reference, and then painted it in Photoshop.
Of the two of Norman Reedus, this one's my personal favorite.
This one below is my second attempt at Norman. What can I say, I love his face and wanted to capture it.
I'm personally not as fond of this one. It just doesn't quite capture him as I would like it to. I may revisit it and make some tweaks. Any critique is welcome, on any piece!
Also, side note, I added an artist picture for now. It was a little warmup sketch I did before the second Norman piece. :) It's me in my favorite hoody (minus the evil monkey illustration).
I chose this one because the stare was the absolute strongest that I could find. I painted this one as I did the Allison painting: I found a good reference image, placed it alongside the left of the canvas as reference, and then painted it in Photoshop.
This one below is my second attempt at Norman. What can I say, I love his face and wanted to capture it.
I'm personally not as fond of this one. It just doesn't quite capture him as I would like it to. I may revisit it and make some tweaks. Any critique is welcome, on any piece!
Also, side note, I added an artist picture for now. It was a little warmup sketch I did before the second Norman piece. :) It's me in my favorite hoody (minus the evil monkey illustration).
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Digital Painting of Allison Harvard from ANTM
Well, since this is an an art blog, I should probably upload some work to it.
Since my portfolio is a bit lacking in realism and digital painting, I decided to work on some new stuff.
This was a bit of painting/realism practice. I decided to practice on Allison Harvard from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12, as I think she's adorable. I love her eyes! Lol, yeah, I like ANTM. So, I grabbed a photo of Allison online, and then tried my hand painting it from reference.
Since my portfolio is a bit lacking in realism and digital painting, I decided to work on some new stuff.
This was a bit of painting/realism practice. I decided to practice on Allison Harvard from America's Next Top Model, Cycle 12, as I think she's adorable. I love her eyes! Lol, yeah, I like ANTM. So, I grabbed a photo of Allison online, and then tried my hand painting it from reference.
Oh hey! I have a blog now! :D
Oh hey! I have a blog now! :D
So a little about me, I graduated from an art school in December of 2010, with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. I'm an artist who's passionate about characters. I love designing them, getting into their heads, figuring out what makes them tick. and I love so many types of characters, like the cute sweet characters, to the more demented ones. Seriously, some of my favorite characters range from sweet idiots like Dr. Zoidberg and Ralph Wiggum, to the psychotic, like Eric Cartman. I absolutely love the episode where he makes the kid eat his parents. So my interests vary. I love cutesy things, but I also love the morbid and demented.
I'm currently seeking employment as a 3d animator, or character artist. I'm working to improve myself to accomplish this. I'm also looking for freelance illustration work. You can check out my portfolio at http://StaceyBumber.weebly.com/ So "get on it!" But seriously, I'm just a character artist looking for a job doing something I love, drawing and/or animating. :)
So a little about me, I graduated from an art school in December of 2010, with a Bachelors of Fine Arts. I'm an artist who's passionate about characters. I love designing them, getting into their heads, figuring out what makes them tick. and I love so many types of characters, like the cute sweet characters, to the more demented ones. Seriously, some of my favorite characters range from sweet idiots like Dr. Zoidberg and Ralph Wiggum, to the psychotic, like Eric Cartman. I absolutely love the episode where he makes the kid eat his parents. So my interests vary. I love cutesy things, but I also love the morbid and demented.
I'm currently seeking employment as a 3d animator, or character artist. I'm working to improve myself to accomplish this. I'm also looking for freelance illustration work. You can check out my portfolio at http://StaceyBumber.weebly.com/ So "get on it!" But seriously, I'm just a character artist looking for a job doing something I love, drawing and/or animating. :)
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