It's Done...Sorta

  It took a day longer than expected, breaks and all, but I have finished the Vice entry for that pirate contest over on dA being run by GBK666 of the Fighting Game Elite club.  Well...*sorta* finished...

   I actually fully intended on doing a back shot to go w/ this, and even w/ this submitted version a lot of little details got chopped due to time constraints, mainly the sword and the hat.  As-is, I honestly don't think it's going to win the contest but I'm not even upset about that.

   See, this picture helped to remind me why I love painting w/ color again, something another certain picture I was working on for a while made me forget.  It's important to never become tethered to the rules of norm if it feels 'boring' to you at the end of the day.  No insult to what's been proven to work in the past, but I have to find what's up for me, and apparently I have more of a taste for impressionist and abstract than I once thought.  This Vice picture it certainly rougher than I would have let it be if I had the time to be a tad more careful w/ it, but I gained a shitload of insight on myself while doing it.  Needless to say, it was more of an 'experiment' and I will definitely be carrying forward in this direction so far as use of color is concerned.

   Another reason I'm really happy w/ this one from a not-technical POV is b/c it helped me rapidly streamline my painting process.  Layers in particular, were being really abused my me and were not doing much good in creating something w/ energy.  I'll be uploading the Poison picture tomorrow to show proof of this, and hey maybe what was done w/ that picture could be a fit for someone else, but for me it was too many layers, not enough forethought or critical thinking, and boring to work on after a while.  I guess I am a speedy bastard after all when it comes to this stuff; no matter the subject matter or complexity I'd rather knock a pick out in three or four days tops, and now I feel I can do that very much so.

    There is another contest being ran on that club, for SNK chars in particular (gee, wonder why I couldn't just wait to submit this Vice one for that instead x3), but for right now I'm probably not going to participate in that one.  I have a lot of other pictures to start painting on, using what I accomplished here as a launching pad.  So the Blue Mary picture is first up and I could/should have it done by Saturday.  I also really need to get around organizing Pro-Spec and finishing up pieces to host up there.  In general, I need to be focusing more on setting up a good network to begin putting myself out there and finding some work w/ this art, contests can wait xD (tho they're good for exposure, certainly!).

     So that said, that wraps it up here.  I'll complete the other Vice picture likely sometime (it'd be a shame to let it go to waste), but there are many other ones to get to.  Thing is, I'm certain they'll all get done very quickly.  My energy's back for this, and it ain't going nowhere ever again.

    Peace out everyone; take care and I'll be back l8r.  Byez.

entry WIP (backshot)

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  Not a biggie of a post here peoples; just following through on my promise to keep uploads somewhat consistent over the weekend while I work on these for that contest I mentioned yesterday.  It actually ends Tuesday which is two more days than I thought, so I am gonna save the painting and final outlines until maybe Sunday/Monday respectively, and resume Poison on Monday (and finish her then too; just need to ink it now more or less).

 

   I managed to get this one roughed here in maybe an hour and a half, not counting breaks and distractions.  That also includes having restarted from a previous picture of her backside I just wasn't digging @ all, but that's my fault.  Had no clear idea what pose I wanted doing this and in general I have a tougher time w/ backshots than front ones, which really needs to be worked on over time.  Also, her left hand in particular gave me a really tough challenge; what's here is quite less dynamic of a posture for it than I was aiming for, but I scaled back b/c it wasn't looking too hot in the original form.  Such is the life of drawing stuff like this w/ absolutely no handy references around whatsoever :S.

    Again, did a nude mainly as some additional anatomy practice, and there's roughly enough detail in this and the front where I can just draw the rest of the outfit and proceed, 'cuz that's where the actual point of these entries is.  But indeed, I'll never turn down some anatomy practice if I can squeeze it in there; the more the better ;)

    I'll be back tomorrow w/ pics of the painting as it's done for them both; if able I'll pop back l8r tonight to post these ones again w/ the clothing on and then the paintings @ the end of tomorrow.  Feeling really good in how these will turn out, since it's been a LOT of (undocumented, truly) time these past few weeks strengthening every aspect of my approach to my traditional drawing and digital painting, but I'll just let the results speak for themselves.  Gonna eat egg rolls about now; have a gr8 Saturday see 'ya l8r :)

quickie

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  What is up, peeps?  Posting a quick wip here; it's my take on Vice from KOF and in particular it's really for a contest in a club over on dA.  I decided on participating on a whim and yet here I am giving this character a pirate-themed redesign that I would hope could actually fit w/n a real KOF game if ever I were so gracious enough to be given that opportunity ;)

   This is what I've done so far, this afternoon actually.  Partly for anatomy study as well, and to try another perspective and pose that I'm not familiar w/ in most ways.  I'll be drawing the outfit l8r tonight and I'll draw a version from the backside tomorrow.  Then either Saturday or Sunday I'll color both of those and have them ready by Monday for entry. 

    The painting's being done in Corel, but I've changed a LOT of things in my process since the last update, certainly, and this will likely be the first picture(s) to showcase that.  Here's hoping the whole adventure doesn't suck xD.

    Anyways, I'll be back semi-regularly over the weekend to post up progress as it chugs along, but not too frequently.  And if able I might sneak in some thoughts I've had over recent issues in adapting to the digital workspace, and how I'm fighting really hard to keep my art as energetic and 'non-process' as possible, 'cuz trust me it's very easy to let the program do most of the work for you even if you know the concepts.  The Poison picture (which I'm still going to finish mind you, in fact it's almost done, but I don't know when I'll work on it again over these next few days) is proof enough of that.  If that sounds like a curiosity pique, it is.

    Welp that's it for now.  I'll try and watch a movie and more Yu Yu Hakusho later...damn I miss that show, it's pretty cool even after all these years.  Can almost forgive CN for cutting the series short almost every time they re-broadcasted it, but still....oh w/e'vz.  I'm out.