Searle-r Moon

My piece for the Searle in America eBay auction, raising money to bring the prolific illustrator's work to the West Coast for the first time. Hopefully the 90s anime nostalgia doesn't go over too many people's heads! Haha

8x10 Ink and watercolour

And the rough thumbnail sketch planning it out...

auction pieces for Jamie Baker

I donated a couple pieces to a fundraising auction for fellow story artist Jamie Baker, who suffered a stroke a few months ago. I forgot how much fun traditional painting was! Definitely inspired to pick it up again :)

Quickies

More stuff for the group film~ Colour is hard! D:

X-men Origins: Wolverine

Gonna see it tomorrow! Love love love Hugh Jackman (especially in The Prestige <333), so even if the movie sucks, I'll still enjoy watching HIM on the big screen =w= hehe

Lighthouse

Photoshop CS2. Ah, so cliched, I know~ I wanted to try out some new brush techniques for this class assignment. Started with a B/W tonal then added colours using overlay layers. The sky was fun to paint. The water was the hardest >:0 Critiques please!

Why so serious? (Edit)

Photoshop CS2 & Painter IX

Two more days until The Dark Knight premieres! *__*

EDIT (07/21/08):

Photoshop CS2

So I ended up watching the movie TWICE, lol. Best damn superhero flick ever! XD The Joker totally stole the show, but Harvey Dent stole my heart! (hawhaw lamest line ever *shoots self*) *Spoilers, highlight to read* Such a tragic character T^T Wish he'd come back in the third film, if they ever make one... I'm so depressed they killed him off. Or did they?? 'Cuz I did some snooping around the net and some people are speculating that he didn't die and they faked the whole funeral, and he was instead shipped off to Arkham Asylum. I really hope so. We need more Two-Face, definitely! *End of spoilers*

Ballooooon

Painter IX
Stupid girl, you're supposed to tie the string around your wrist :I

Final painting assignment

Damn~ I pulled an all-nighter finishing this to hand in today, but the stupid school print shop won't gimme the print until tomorrow. What a waste 8( Man I'm tired...

Done in Painter IX. Graah~ This is so not my original concept ><>> Everything seems so much paler on it... so forgive me if I blind you guys... Damn damn damn I just can't seem to get the hang of painting! Everything I produce seems so forced, and the elements and colours don't seem to harmonize at all and wth is with the weird light source aaaaaaaa *brain melts*

P-pencil...pencil is still my bff T__T

Another speed paint

Photoshop CS2, 1-2 hours

Compy sketches *UPDATED*

Ema & Trucy from Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (Out Feb. 19th! Gotta get it! Gotta get it! *o*)

Done once again in digital tools class in Painter :P I started colouring this, but gave up. Ah man, the monitors in the computer lab are pretty messed up! 8( The colours looked fine on the computer there, but when I brought it home everything was all dark and muddy. Graah, and I don't feel like messing around with the colour balance or the levels, 'cause I'll probably never get it the same colour as I originally intended it to be. 8( So..ya. Not finishing this anytime soon.

UPDATE: Wow, so I finally got around to finishing that Ema & Trucy pic, even though I said I wouldn't 8) Change of heart I guess?


Some Girly Guy

Playing around with ArtRage at the moment :3 It's pretty nifty; like Painter without the extra crap! I like the different textured surfaces you can draw on too. Anyway, I guess this is like, what, a 'faux' pencil sketch? Haha~ If only real-life pencils came with an undo button :<

Quickie

Hmm... maybe I should actually pay attention in class rather than doodle in Photoshop >> Anyway, here's another cg I did. Should I call this a speed paint? =__= The messy quality of the brushstrokes would suggest so, but I actually spent a few hours on this...like...2. >> Which is pretty slow. God I'm slow. 8( Don't like the colours either... Aaaa I miss you openCanvas! D:



Oh, and thanks Chang for the critiques 8<