Saint Know-All

Yeah, I was about ready to kick my scanner for butchering this. But looking at it, the ripples actually look kind of cool.

Bad anatomy issues all around; her neck is as long as a giraffe’s, her jaws are more Neanderthalesque than human, and her ribcage is too wide. Despite that, I find myself liking it.

Watercolor. No reference or underdrawing, and about 20 minutes.

Hips will be the death of me. So will knees and feet. Col-Erase pencil, about 20 minutes.

I’m going on a partial hiatus until the end of May. “Partial” because I will still be posting daily artage, but nothing else. Because, let’s face it, I need that little voice chanting “Upload! Upload! Upload!” as incentive to draw or paint every day. Commitment is the only way to fight my chronic procrastinitus.

Aside from that, I won’t be on the ‘net at all, but expect an explosion of activity come June.

Cheers!

Main character in an upcoming project, and the first sketch that pretty much nails how I imagined him.

Simple ink sketch of part of an oak tree. At least, I think it’s an oak tree.

Title: Frankenstein Unbound
Author: Brian Wilson Aldiss
Genre: Science Fiction

Frankenstein Unbound was…interesting. A novel that actually explores the effects time travel and alternate realities can have on a person’s mind, it’s an intriguing read.

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Reference used from Realistic Figure Drawing by Joseph Sheppard. Watercolor using alizarin crimson, pthalo blue, and burnt sienna. About two hours.

I think the face looks more moose-y, but the body’s still a little scrunched for my liking. Meh. Pastel pencils, about 30 minutes.

Kolinsky sable hair brushes, widely considered the premium tools for your fine art needs, are actually not made from the fur of a sable. Instead, the tail hairs of the kolinsky weasel are harvested for the brushes. And by “harvested” I mean the tails are cut off from the presumably dead animal. Ouch.

Day late, I know. Didn’t have enough time to scan it yesterday. Mucho issues with this one. Head too big, hips severely fucked up, etc.  References are your friends, kids.